a2oppelner Sportfreunde “oberschlesien” von 1919 - Newsbomb.gr

The team consists of amateur players, who belong to the Croat community in Serbia.
Its biggest successes were the second place at the EUROPEADA 2008 and winning the
European championship of the autochthonous Croatian national minorities 2011 in Zagreb/
Croatia.
Minority: Croat minority from Serbia
Region: Vojvodina, Serbia
Organisation: Democratic Union of Croats in Vojvodina
Contact: Ivan Budinčević
Email: ivanbudin@yahoo.com
www.dshv.rs
C2 The Western Thrace Turks
In Western Thrace, the region in the northeast of Greece from the border river Marica
between Turkey and Greece up to the river Nestos, 150,000 Turks are living, who came to
the region during the Ottoman conquests on the Balkans and who settled there.
In 1923 the minority rights of the 150,000 Turks were guaranteed by the Lausanne Peace
Treaty and the region was given to Greece. Still the Western Thrace Turks have to fight
against assimilation. Today they are a minority who is for the largest part living in exile.
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABBTF) puts together a team for the
EUROPEADA 2012.
The team of the Western Thrace Turks will consist of players from the member organisations
of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABBTF) and from members of the
association “Turkish Union of Xanthi”, which is active in Greece. 16 Players, 1 trainer and 3
ancillary staff members will come to Lusatia.
Minority: Western Thrace Turks
Organisation: ABTTF (Avrupa Batı Trakya Türk Federasyonu) Witten (D)
Region: Western Thrace (Greece)
Contact: Oskan Resit, K. Engin Soyyilmaz
Email: info@abttf.org
www.abttf.org
C3 The Ladins
The Ladins are living in South Tyrol (Val Badia and Val Gardena), in Trentino (Val di Fassa)
and in the province of Belluno (Fodom and Ampezzo). The Ladins are a non-kin-state
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