Turkic minorities and communities came together in the 8th Annual Meeting of FUEN TAG

The 8th Annual Meeting of the Working Group of Turkic Minorities/Communities (TAG) of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) was realised on 11 December 2022. 

The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) and the Friendship Equality and Peace (FEP) Party representing the Turkish community in Western Thrace, Rhodes, Kos and the Dodecanese Turks Culture and Solidarity Association (ROISDER) representing Rhodes and Kos Turks, the Public Organisation of Meskhetian Turks “VATAN” representing the Meskhetian Turks, the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People representing the Crimean Tatars (QTMM), the Social Organisation for Fostering and Development of the Karachay-Balkar Traditions (Bars El) representing the Karachay-Balkars and the Tatar Democratic Union representing the Romanian Tatars attended the 8th Annual Meeting of FUEN TAG. 

At the meeting, which started with the greetings of FUEN TAG Spokesman Halit Habip Oğlu and FUEN Vice-President Nabi İbrahimcik, Habip Oğlu was unanimously re-elected as FUEN TAG Spokesman.

The participating organisations conveyed the important developments regarding the Turkic minorities and communities they have represented since the last annual meeting in December 2021, as well as the activities they carried out in 2022 and planned to perform in the near future.

The meeting ended with the discussion of FUEN TAG’s 2023 action plan and the identification of the common roadmap for it.