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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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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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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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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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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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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Unforgettable leader of Western Trace Turks was commemorated in his 25th anniversary of death in Gümülcine (Komotini).
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Yunus Emre Institute's Baku branch teaches Turkey Turkish to the Turkic world with the motto, "What do you think of learning about Turkey more closely?" Yunus Emre Institute's Baku branch is strengthening its science and culture network in the Turkic world through online Turkish courses and has recently reached 750 trainees from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan.
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The book entitled “RHODES and KOS TURKS: Contributions to the Turkish War of Independence and Current Problems” mainly aims to reveal the contributions of the island Turks to the Turkish War of Independence.
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76 years ago, today, Crimean Tatar Turks were deported from their homeland Crimea to Siberia and Central Asia on wagons on 18 May 1944. Thousands of Crimean Tatars who were driven out of their homeland overnight in inhumane manner by boarding cattle cars died of thirst, hunger and disease during the journey, while the survivors were forced into exile from their homeland for years. We share the pain of the Crimean Tatars on the 76th anniversary of the 18 May Deportation of the Crimean Tatars and remember those who lost their lives during the exile with mercy and gratitude.
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