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ABTTF and EFA co-organized a conference on education at the European Parliament
20.03.2019
Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) organized a joint conference at the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels on March 20, 2019 with the European Free Alliance (EFA) which has a political group within the European Parliament. Conference with the theme “Fundamental Problems in Education Facing Minorities in Europe: Comparing Th...
Educational problems of Western Thrace Community addressed at the international conference
04.03.2019
Outputs and recommendations achieved at the event which was carried out in two phases as workshop and conference and participated by academics and the experts on bilingual education will be made into a report and submitted to the Greek authorities. Federation of Western Thrace Turks (ABTTF), Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Associati...
European Parliament Conference calls for Greece to recognise and better protect its minorities
03.03.2016
3 March 2016, Brussels - On 2 March 2016, Csaba Sógor MEP (EPP), hosted a conference at the European Parliament in Brussels titled ‘Freedom of Association in Greece: A Loophole in European Minority Rights Standards’. The conference, organised in association with the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) and the Federation of Western...
Turkish Minority of Western Thrace hosted FUEN 2015 Congress being one of the most important events concerning European national minorities
19.05.2015
150 people representing 30 minority organisations in 20 countries took part at FUEN 2015 Congress which was a historical moment for Turkish Minority of Western Thrace Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) and Friendship, Equality, Peace (FEP) Party co-hosted Federa...
Western Thrace Turkish Minority and Rhodes, Kos and Dodecanese Turks were at the UN
28.11.2013
ABTTF and Rhodes, Kos and Dodecanese Turks Culture and Solidarity Association have for the first time co-organised a side event at the UN Forum on Minority Issues Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) and Rhodes, Kos and Dodecanese Turks Culture and Solidarity Association have co-organised a side event on “Freedom of Religion and...
240 Imams Law was discussed in Warsaw
27.09.2013
A side event at the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) has for the first time been co-chaired by ABTTF and BTAYTD In cooperation with Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (BTAYTD), Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) held a side event on “240 Imams Law”, featured as one of the striking issues...
The dissolved minority associations bearing the word “Turk” in their names were discussed at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
26.04.2013
Greece’s non-execution of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decisions on associations founded by the Western Thrace Turkish Minority was discussed at PACE Side Event organised by ABTTF The problems faced by associations of the Western Thrace Turkish Minority, which were previously dissolved on the grounds of bearing the word “Turk” or “Mino...
BAKES, DEB Party and ABTTF commonly hosted an international media conference
28.03.2013
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: We are here to support Gundem and Millet Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), Western Thrace Minority Culture and Education Foundation (BAKES), Friendship, Equality and Peace (DEB) Party have commonly hosted an international conference “Minority Press in Europe; Freedom of Expression and Media” ...
A conference at the European Parliament calls upon Athens for a constructive dialogue with its ethnic Turkish minority
05.12.2012
Presentation of a 30-page preliminary report of a fact-finding mission to Thrace (*) HRWF (30.11.2012) - "A commitment to mutual trust and respect between the Greek State and the minority of ethnic Turks is a prerequisite to any long-lasting solution and implementing without further delay outstanding decisions by the European Court of Human Righ...
Problems of Western Thrace Turkish Minority were discussed in the European Parliament
29.11.2012
ABTTF once again undersigned an outstanding initative through the conference “Human Rights Violations against Ethnic Turks in Greece” on 28 November 2012 organised in cooperation with the Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace and the Brussels based NGO, Human Rights Without Frontiers International and hosted by François Alfonsi, Member of the Eur...
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