- FUEN TAG Spokesperson paid a working visit to Ankara
Spokesperson of the Working Group on Turkic Minorities and Communities (TAG) of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) Halit Habip Oğlu paid a working visit to Ankara, the capital of Türkiye, the kin state of Turkic minorities and communities, on 25-27 December 2024.
As the FUEN TAG family, we congratulate the new year of the entire Turkic world and wish that 2025 will bring health, happiness, joy, success and peace to your family and to all your loved ones.
- FUEN member Turkic organisations at the UN Forum on Minority Issues
Turkic organisations that are members of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) participated in the 17th Session of the United Nations (UN) Forum on Minority Issues held in Geneva, Switzerland on 28-29 November 2024.
- Autochthonous and national minorities and linguistic communities in Europe came together at 68th FUEN Congress
The 68th Congress of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) was held in Husum/Hüsem, Germany on 19-22 September 2024, hosted by the North Frisian minority. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) representing the Western Thrace Turks, Rhodes, Kos and Dodecanese Turks Culture and Solidarity Association (ROISDER) representing Rhodes, Kos and Dodecanese Turks and the International Meskhetian Turks Association ‘‘VATAN’’ representing Meskhetian Turks from the Working Group of Turkic Minorities/Communities in FUEN (TAG) attended the Congress where FUEN’s 75th anniversary was also celebrated. The organisation of Bashkirs from Ukraine ‘‘Duslyk’’, which has applied for supporting membership to FUEN, also attended the Congress.
- TAG paid a working visit to Romania and Bulgaria
The Working Group of Turkic Minorities and Communities in the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) (TAG) paid a working visit to Romania and Bulgaria on 8-12 May 2024.
- FUEN member Turkic organisations attended OSCE meeting
Turkic organisations that are members of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) attended the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) held in Vienna, the capital of Austria, on 22-23 April 2024.
- The 6th annual meeting of the FUEN Education Working Group was held in Helsinki
The 6th Annual Meeting of the Education Working Group of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) was held in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, on 9-10 April 2024. The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace, which is a member of the Working Group of Turkic Minorities/Communities in FUEN (TAG), attended the meeting themed ‘‘Primary school - primary education level in minority education’’, hosted by the Swedish minority in Finland.
The Working Group of Turkic Minorities/Communities in the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) (TAG) held its first online meeting in 2024 on Saturday, 30 March 2024. At the meeting where Turkic minorities and communities came together, the developments in the first three months of 2024 and the activities of 2024 were assessed.