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The delegation of Western Thrace Turks payed a visit to Strasbourg
18.09.2019
Greece has not been implementing the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for 11 years on the cases brought by the associations whose activities are not allowed due to their names which include the word “Turkish”. On 17 September 2019, in the visit to Strasbourg, the delegation of Western Thrace Turks raised...
Protest at Xanthi Turkish Minority Secondary and High School!
12.09.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu: As ABTTF, we support the decision to protest of the parents of the children of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and ask the Greek authorities to take the necessary steps to ensure that the Xanthi Turkish Minority Secondary and High School have a new building with sufficient capacity to accommodate the students and relieve t...
Greek Deputy Foreign Minister announces support for the Greeks of Bozcaada (Tenedos)
04.09.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu: “As the Christians in Gökçeada (Imbros) and Bozcaada (Tenedos) are of Greek origin according to the Lausanne Treaty, on the other side we are Turks in Western Thrace!” Antonis Diamataris, Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Diaspora Greeks, described Greece’s support for the Greeks of Bozc...
Five more minority primary schools in Western Thrace will be closed in the new school year!
23.08.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu: “The number of primary schools belonging to Western Thrace Turks is rapidly diminishing with decision on closure of schools with no consideration of the autonomous status of Western Thrace Turkish community in education and their granted rights. In violation of the relevant legislation, closing schools on the grounds of low ...
Video by ABTTF on religious freedoms of the Turkish community in Western Thrace
15.08.2019
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) conveys the current events and the latest developments occurred in Western Thrace related to the Turkish community in Western Thrace to the world public opinion through the videos made in English. At the same time, through these videos, it is aimed to better present the customs and traditions of ...
Mosques in Kos are still kept closed for prayer on the grounds of restoration
26.07.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu: “We demand from our country Greece to protect and restore the mosques built in the Ottoman period in Kos as soon as possible since it is a part of its cultural heritage and to respect the freedom of religion of Turkish community living on the island” Defterdar Haci Ibrahim Efendi Mosque located in the center of Kos ...
Parallel report by ABTTF on the US 2018 Report on International Religious Freedom: Greece
23.07.2019
In its parallel report, ABTTF cited Greece’s problems in the area of religious freedom of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and called on Greece to stop immediately interfering with the religious autonomy of the Turkish community in Western Thrace and to fully respect its religious freedom. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in...
Margaritis Schinas was nominated by Greece for European Commissioner
18.07.2019
Following the election of Ursula von der Leyen as the new European Commission President, Margaritis Schinas was nominated as Greece’s representative in the European Commission. Margaritis Schinas currently works as European Commission’s chief spokesman and he worked as a member of the European Parliament during 2007-2009 with New Democr...
Extend of Zaev's concessions exposed in former Greek PM's letter
03.07.2019
In the run up to the Greek elections, SYRIZA has published a letter by former Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis from 2005. The letter makes it clear the Zaev Government went much further in accepting Greek proposals for the Prespa agreement than previously known. The letter was published as a counterattack to harsh criticism by the conservativ...
The USA 2018 Report on International Religious Freedom on Greece
02.07.2019
Halit Habip Oğlu: “In the part on Greece within U.S report, the problems in the field of religion faced by the Turkish community in Western Thrace are again covered incompletely and superficially. Like in previous years, as ABTTF, we will present in detail the views and demands of the Turkish community in Western Thrace regarding the themes o...
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