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ABTTF attended the FUEN Assembly of Delegates 2020

26.10.2020

ABTTF, WTMUGA and FEP Party represented the Turkish community in Western Thrace at the meeting which was held online. 
 
The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) attended the Assembly of Delegates of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) which was organised online due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on 24 October 2020. ABTTF President and FUEN Vice President Halit Habip Oğlu and ABTTF International Affairs Director Melek Kırmacı Arık participated in the online meeting where the Turkish community in Western Thrace was represented together by ABTTF, the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) and the Friendship, Equality and Peace (FEP) Party. 

The FUEN Assembly of Delegates, which was attended by more than 200 delegates belonging to minorities from different European countries, began with a welcome speech by FUEN President Loránt Vincze. Following this, FUEN President, Vice Presidents and Secretary General explained the activities of FUEN and the working groups under the umbrella of FUEN and FUEN’s 2020-2021 programme was presented. ABTTF President and FUEN Vice President Halit Habip Oğlu delivered information with respect to the activities of the Working Group of Turkic Minorities/Communities (TAG) inside FUEN.

The FUEN Assembly of Delegates adopted a resolution with respect to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the national minorities and linguistic communities in Europe. The resolution also states that there was insufficient information given in mother tongue to the Turkish community in Western Thrace which also participated in FUEN’s survey on the Covid-19 pandemic.

The delegates were also informed at the meeting that the FUEN 2021 Congress would be held in Nova Gorica/Gorizia at the Italian-Slovenian border region and that the FUEN 2022 Congress would be held in Estonia’s capital city Tallinn. 

At the FUEN Assembly of Delegates, the organization “Qumuqlar” representing the Kumyk community in Russia which participated as a guest in the FUEN TAG meetings was accepted by the votes of the delegates as an ordinary member of FUEN.

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