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Federation of the Western Thrace Turks in Europa, Newsletter January 2015

General Elections Statement from FEP Party President Mustafa Ali Cavus

Dear Western Thrace Turks

We are experiencing a new election process in our country. Our wish for the 25th January elections is for our people to go to the polls and with their freewill support their candidates. As the FEP Party we will not participate in these elections because of the 3% undemocratic electoral threshold.

FUEN Working Group of the Turkic Minorities met for the first time during the founding event in Ankara

The first annual meeting of the Working Group of the Turkic Minorities under the umbrella of FUEN took place from 20 until 23 November in Ankara, Turkey. FUEN President Hans Heinrich Hansen and FUEN Vice-President Halit Habip Oğlu honoured the meeting with their presence.

PACE Autumn Session 2014

“The functioning of democratic institutions in Georgia” -report highlights the repatriation process of the Meskhetian Turks

FUEN EXPRESSES ITS DEEP CONCERN ABOUT ESCALATING SITUATION IN UKRAINE AND IN THE AUTONOMOUS REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA

FUEN President Hans Heinrich Hansen: We urge all relevant parties to engage in a meaningful dialogue for a peaceful and constructive solution in accommodating the interests and providing a safe environment for the Crimean Tatars.

Crimean Karaites to be recognized indigenous people of Crimea

A bill to recognize Crimean Karaites and Krymchaks small indigenous peoples of Crimea to be introduced into Russian Parliament on June 25, vice speaker of Crimean Parliament Remzi Ilyasov announced.

REPATRIATION OF MESKHETIAN (AHISKA) TURKS

FUEN expresses a strong discontent and bewilderment in regard with the statement of David Darakvelidze, Minister of Refugees in on the subject of Georgia's implementation of its obligations undertaken upon the accession into the Council of Europa to repatriate the population forcibly deported by Stalin decree in 1944 from Akhaltsih region of Georgia

GREEK STATE TELEVISION PRESENTER MAGIA TSOKLI VISITED WTMUGA

The Greek State Television ‘‘Taxidevondas’’ travel documentary Producer Hronis Pehlivanidis and Presenter Magia Tsokli visited WTMUGA on 26th November 2012 in order to shoot an interview for their upcoming documentary about Western Thrace.