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Minister of Foreign Affairs Gerapetritis: “Members of minorities in Greece enjoy equal rights’’
06.09.2023
ABTTF President: “The statement of our country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gerapetritis, that the members of the Turkish community in Western Thrace enjoy equal rights, is inconsistent with the facts. Despite all the warnings of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, our country, which has closed our associations with t...
We condemn the heinous attack on the Turkish cemetery in Polianthos (Narlıköy)
04.09.2023
On Sunday, 3 September 2023, the Turkish cemetery in Polianthos (Narlıköy) in the prefecture of Rodopi in Western Thrace was attacked by an unidentified person or persons, and twenty gravestones were destroyed in the attack. Police launched an investigation into the attack. As the Presidium of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europ...
Answer from the European Commission to the question for written answer on hate speech against the Turkish community in Western Thrace
23.08.2023
ABTTF President: “Due to the Commission’s lack of competence, the issue of national minorities has been left to EU Member States, but as we all know, our country Greece is one of the countries with the worst record as regards minority rights in the EU. However, since there is no general protection and control mechanism for the protectio...
We send our best wishes of recovery to our region Western Thrace!
22.08.2023
Our region had a very difficult night as the fire in Mishos (Çepelli) lasted as far as Iasmos (Yassıköy). In our country Greece, which struggled with the fire that broke out in Alexandroupoli on Saturday, 19 August, the fire that started in Mishos (Çepelli) in the prefecture of Rodopi on Monday, 21 August, spread to Polianthos...
Wildfires in Alexandroupoli, we wish a speedy recovery to our region!
21.08.2023
Due to the fire that broke out in Alexandroupoli on Saturday, 19 August 2023, the forest in the south of Evros was destroyed and many buildings were damaged. A state of emergency was declared in the region due to the fire, and villages were evacuated for security reasons. The smoke also reached Komotini and Xanthi. The fire damaged agricultura...
BTTDD Chair Hasan Küçük was not allowed to enter Greece
16.08.2023
ABTTF President: “A person’s freedom of travel cannot be obstructed; this right is a human right. However, this is not the first time, we have witnessed many times in the past that our friends representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace were not allowed to enter Greece. Today we see that nothing has changed. The ban on entry in...
ABTTF conveyed the problems after the first snap elections in Greece to the UN
14.08.2023
In its written statement submitted to the 53rd Session of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN) held in Geneva, the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) conveyed the behaviour and discourses which targeted the Turkish community in Western Thrace in the first snap elections which were held in Greece on 21 May 2023 to th...
An opportunity for change for the new government!
09.08.2023
ABTTF President: “Indeed, as Mitsotakis’ father implemented the policy of isonomia-isopolitia, that is, equality before the law and equal citizenship, may be the son Mitsotakis would talk about change as the government! However, the government must first show its goodwill towards our community, and this would be implementation of the EC...
Another criticism of our country’s distorted perspective!
04.08.2023
ABTTF President: “Our country, which claims that only Greeks or Greek Muslims live in Western Thrace, denies the existence of the Turkish community in Western Thrace living in these lands for centuries and our Turkish identity; and defines us as Greek Muslims.” Georgios Papahristos, one of the famous writers and journalists of ...
TRT World: “How Greece denies proper education to Turks in Western Thrace?”
28.07.2023
Halit Habip Oğlu: “The main purpose of all these obstacles is to pretend that there is no Turkish presence in Western Thrace, that is, to try to turn this into reality by creating a perception based on denial.” In the analysis published on the website of TRT World, the English-language channel of the Turkish Radio and Tel...
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