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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.

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.

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.

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”

'Western Thrace Turkish Minority is not derelict' says Erdogan

Unforgettable leader of Western Trace Turks was commemorated in his 25th anniversary of death in Gümülcine (Komotini).

Yunus Emre Institute reaches out to the Turkic world

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.

“RHODES and KOS TURKS: Contributions to the Turkish War of Independence and Current Problems”

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.

Pain still continues for 76 years: Deportation of the Crimean Tatars

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 76^th anniversary of the 18 May Deportation of the Crimean Tatars and remember those who lost their lives during the exile with mercy and gratitude.

Happy New Year 2020

As the FUEN TAG Secretariat, we wish you a Happy New Year 2020 filled with peace, harmony and mutual understanding.

Turkish-Muslim Foundation Properties in the Greek Island of Kos Being Undersold

On the Greek islands of Rhodes and Kos, there are a number of foundations belonging to Turkish Muslims. When the administration of the islands passed to Italy, it was decided that foundation properties would be managed by a commission. With the transfer of the islands to Greece in 1947, the law numbered 517/1947 was passed.