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Provocative act from Lagos
31.01.2020
EU MP Yannis Lagos, who left the racist Golden Dawn Party in July 2019, yesterday ripped the Turkish flag at a session of the European Parliament which was related to the plight of migrants and refugees on the Greek islands and said, "This is all that it deserves, nothing else. Let the Turks come out and we will end our dealings with them,&quo...
Celebration of Christian religious holiday is imposed to schools belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace
22.01.2020
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We do not accept this imposition which disregards the religious and cultural values of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, and which bears the intention of complete assimilation.” The Greek authorities have moved that the Christian Orthodox religious holiday is also celebrated in minority schools belonging to ...
ABTTF paid a working visit to Athens
21.01.2020
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) paid a working visit to Athens, Greece. ABTTF President Halit Habip Oglu and ABTTF Vice President Mustafa Kasap held a series of meetings within the framework of the visit. ABTTF activities and the problems of the Turkish community in Western Thrace were discussed ABTTF delegation first...
Signatures collected for the Minority Safepack Initiative are registered online at the European Commission
15.01.2020
The signatures of support collected for the European Citizens' Initiative titled “Minority SafePack Initiative (MSPI)” of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), of which the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) is a member, were registered to the European Commission’s online system on 10 January 20...
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year 2020
01.01.2020
As the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace, Greece, we wish you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year 2020 filled with peace, harmony and mutual understanding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D8WdvQhFFw
Report from the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs on attacks on religious sites
27.12.2019
ABTTF President: “Attacks on places of worship and mosques belonging to the Turkish community of Western Thrace are provocative attacks aimed at disrupting the peaceful environment in the region while targeting freedom of religion and belief” The Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs has just released its 2018 report on i...
Kos Municipality is confiscating the foundation's revenues on the grounds of the restoration of Defterdar Mosque!
23.12.2019
ABTTF President: ‘The municipality is trying to create a fortune from the suffering caused by the natural disaster. It is utterly unacceptable for the municipality to reach an agreement with the appointed foundation managers and collect the rental income of the shops under the mosque’. There is a series of surprising developmen...
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe stated that Greece must comply with the decisions of ECtHR
11.12.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We call on our country Greece to immediately implement the decisions of ECtHR regarding the associations belonging to the Turkish community in Western Thrace and Macedonian minority.” The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe supervised the execution of the decision of European Court of Human Rights (ECtH...
Delegation of Western Thrace Turks had a meeting with OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
09.12.2019
Hate speech and systematic discrimination against the Turkish community in Western Thrace, Greece were raised in the meeting. As representatives of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) payed a working visit to the...
Delegation of Western Thrace Turks is at the UN Forum on Minority Issues
29.11.2019
The problems in the field of education faced by the Western Thrace Turks were addressed at the forum where the right to education for minorities is discussed. As representatives of the Turkish community in Western Thrace, Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMU...
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