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- FUEN 2021 Congress was held in hybrid way

The Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) organised its 65th Annual Congress on 9-12 September 2012 in the city of Trieste, Italy, hosted by the Slovenian minority living in Italy. Western Thrace Turks from the Working Group of Turkic Minorities/Communities in FUEN (TAG) participated in the hybrid congress physically, while other TAG members participated online due to travel restrictions within the scope of covid-19 outbreak.

The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), the Friendship, Equality and Peace (FEP) Party and the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace, the Public Organisation of Meskhetian Turks “VATAN” and the Public Union Of Meskhetian (Ahıska) Turks living In Azerbaijan “VATAN” representing Meskhetian Turks, the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People representing the Crimean Tatars, the Kosovo Youth Union Association representing the Turks in Kosovo and the Social Organisation for Fostering and Development of the Karachay-Balkar Traditions (Bars El) representing the Karachay-Balkars all attended the online seminar.

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FUEN 2021 Congress was held in hybrid way

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- Turkic minorities and communities got together at the 2. Thematic Seminar of FUEN TAG

The Working Group of Turkic Minorities/Communities (TAG) in the Federal Union of European Nations (FUEN) organized its 2. thematic seminar online on 23 June 2021. The Turkic minorities and communities living in a wide geography from the Balkans to the Caucasus met at the seminar held on a virtual platform.

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Turkic minorities and communities got together at the 2. Thematic Seminar of FUEN TAG

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- On the 77th anniversary of the deportation, the wound of the Crimean Tatars continues to bleed

To mark the 77th anniversary of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatars, commemorative events will be held in the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine, Turkey and other countries where Crimean Tatars live, and events will be watched live online. As the Working Group of Turkic Minorities/Communities (TAG) in FUEN, we wholeheartedly share the pain of the Crimean Tatars in the 77th anniversary of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatars, we commemorate the Crimean Tatars who lost their lives in exile and wish that such suffering never happens again.

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On the 77th anniversary of the deportation, the wound of the Crimean Tatars continues to bleed

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- FUEN TAG held its 1st online thematic seminar

The Turkic minorities and communities came together on the virtual platform for the first seminar of FUEN TAG thematic seminars which were launched in 2021.

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FUEN TAG held its 1st online thematic seminar

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- We Strongly Condemn the Greek Claim That There Are No Turks In The Dodecanese.

ROISDER strongly condemns the Greek claim that there are no Turks in the Dodecanese. It reminds that Turks have existed in the islands of Rhodes and Kos for over five hundred years.

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We Strongly Condemn the Greek Claim That There Are No Turks In The Dodecanese.

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- FUEN TAG held its 6th Annual Meeting online

The Working Group of Turkic Minorities/Communities (TAG) in the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) held its 6th Annual Meeting on 22 December 2020 online as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic which has affected the world as a whole. The FUEN TAG meeting, which was initially planned to be held on 9-12 August 2020 in Cherkessk in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and be hosted by the Social Organisation for Fostering and Development of the Karachay-Balkar Traditions (Bars El), was moved online due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and Turkic minorities and communities which are FUEN members came together on the virtual platform.

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FUEN TAG held its 6th Annual Meeting online

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- Güllü Karanfil: Gagauz Yeri'nin geleceği için Gaguzcayı çocuklarımıza öğretmeliyiz

Gagauz Yeri; 23 Aralık 1994 yılında ilk başkanları olan Stefan Topal’ın önderliğinde Moldova’ya bağlı özerk bir bölge olarak kuruldu. Sayıları 160.000 civarında olan Gagauzlar Avrupa’daki önemli Türk halklarından bir tanesidir. Ortodoks Hristiyan olan Gagauz Türklerinin kültürleri Balkan Türklerine dilleri de Türkiye Türkçesine oldukça yakındır.

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Güllü Karanfil: Gagauz Yeri'nin geleceği için Gaguzcayı çocuklarımıza öğretmeliyiz

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- FUEN Assembly of Delegates 2020 was organised online

The Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) could not hold its regular congress this year due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Instead, FUEN held its Assembly of Delegates online on 24 October 2020.

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FUEN Assembly of Delegates 2020 was organised online

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- Turkish organisations that are FUEN members attended the European Regional Forum on Minority Issues

Turkish organisations that are members of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) attended the attended the European Regional Forum on Minority Issues entitled “Hate Speech, Social Media and Minorities” which was organised online on 21-22 September 2020.

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Turkish organisations that are FUEN members attended the European Regional Forum on Minority Issues

Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe ABTTF

- 8 additional Turkish primary schools will be closed in the new academic year!

ABTTF President: “The closure of our Turkish primary schools under the pretext of austerity measures and lesser number of students at schools has become a tool of the systematic discrimination by our own country against the Turkish community in Western Thrace”

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8 additional Turkish primary schools will be closed in the new academic year!