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09.02.2022 - Award to FUEN Vice-President Habip Oğlu from the association of the Macedonian minority "Ilinden"- Tirana

At the occasion of the 13th anniversary of its establishment, “Ilinden”-Tirana which represents the umbrella organisation of the Macedonian minority in Albania awarded Halit Habip Oğlu, Vice President of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) and President of the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), with the “Ilinden” award 2022.

With the decision of “Ilinden”-Tirana President Nikolla Gjurgjaj and of the Board, Habip Oğlu along with the Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) - Canada and Ambassador of the Republic of North Macedonia in Tirana, Danco Markovski, were deemed worthy for the “Ilinden” award.

Every year, the "Ilinden" award goes to individuals and/or organisations that have made significant contributions to the improvement of the life, history and culture of the Macedonian national minority in Albania and the preservation of the authentic Macedonian culture.

FUEN Vice President Halit Habip Oğlu thanked “Ilinden”-Tirana President Nikolla Gjurgjaj and its Board who awarded him this important award, and wished them success in their works.

Award to FUEN Vice-President Habip Oğlu from the association of the Macedonian minority "Ilinden"- Tirana

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30.12.2021 - Happy New Year!

As the FUEN TAG family, we would like to congratulate the new year of the Turkic world and all mankind with our warmest regards and wish that 2022 be a year full of health, and then peace and joy and where the pandemic will have less impact.

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14.12.2021 - Turkic minorities and communities came together in the 7th Annual Meeting of FUEN TAG

The 7th Annual Meeting of the Working Group of Turkic Minorities/Communities (TAG) of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) was realised on 11 December 2021. Turkic minorities and communities that are members of FUEN attended through the online platform the meeting which was held online.

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28.09.2021 - Turkic minorities and communities gathered at the 3rd Thematic Seminar of FUEN TAG

The 3rd Thematic Seminar of the Working Group on Turkic Minorities/Communities (TAG) of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) was realised online on 24 September 2021. Turkic minorities and communities came together at the seminar, which was held on a virtual platform.

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14.09.2021 - 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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25.06.2021 - 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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18.05.2021 - 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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01.04.2021 - 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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28.12.2020 - 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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23.12.2020 - 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.