The 2025 OSCE Human Dimension Conference was held in Warsaw, Poland, from October6-17. The Turkish Minority was represented at the conference by KeremAmpdourachimoglou, a human rights expert, on behalf of WTMUGA, and K. EnginSoyyilmaz on behalf of the ABTTF.The conference, organized by the OSCE Finland Presidency with the support of the OSCEOffice for Democratic Institutions…
WTMUGA participated in the OSCE Helsinki 50+ conference held in Helsinki, the capital ofFinland, on July 30-31, 2025. The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized a specialconference to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act, theOSCE’s founding document. Human rights experts Dr. Pervin Hayrullah and KeremAbdurahimoglu attended the conference on…
The FUEN European Minority Regions Forum took place in Novi Sad, Serbia, in theAutonomous Region of Vojvodina from June 26-28, 2025. Human Rights Experts Dr. PervinHayrullah and Kerem Abdurahimoglu represented WTMUGA at the forum. The forum, titled”TALKING ABOUT MONEY – The Added Value of Minority Communities in Cross-BorderRegions,” began on Friday, June 26, with opening…
The Western Thrace Turkish Minority (OSCE) participated in the 3rd OSCE SupplementaryHuman Dimension Meeting of 2025. The meeting took place in Vienna on June 2-3, hostedby OSCE Chairman Finland and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights(ODIHR). Human Rights Expert Kerem Abdurahimoglu represented the Western ThraceTurkish Minority. The meeting, themed “Inclusivity as a way…
WTMUGA participated in the Western Balkans Communication Network Meeting organizedby FUEN in Skopje on March 6-7. WTMUGA was represented at the meeting by HumanRights Experts Dr. Pervin Hayrullah and Kerem Abdurrahimoglou. The meeting began withthe opening speech of FUEN President and MEP Lorant Vince. In the first panel of themeeting titled Current Situation of Minorities…
Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) and EuropeanWestern Thrace Turks Federation (ABTTF) participated in the UN 17th Forum on MinorityIssues. At the forum held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 28-29 November 2024, WTMUGA wasrepresented by Human Rights Expert Kerem Abdurahimoglou and ABTTF was representedby International Relations Director Melek Kirmaci. The forum started with the openingspeeches…
We participated in the 10th annual meeting of the FUEN Turkish Minorities / CommunitiesWorking Group (TAG), of which we are a member.WTMUGA Secretary General Burak ADIL and WTMUGA Board Member Murat AHMETattended the meeting held in Ankara, the capital of the Motherland Republic of Turkey,between October 31 – November 01.Within the scope of the FUEN…
Problems of the Western Thrace Turkish Minority are talked about at OSCE 2024 Warsaw Human Dimension Conference. The OSCE Human Dimension Conference was held in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, between September 30 and October 11, 2024. At the conference, the Western Thrace Turkish Minority was represented by the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association…
The 16th Session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues took place in Geneva,Switzerland, between 30 November and 1 December. Western Thrace Turks were represented at the Forum by the Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) and the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe ABTTF). WTMUGA was represented by Human Rights Experts Kerem…
The problems of the Western Thrace Turkish Minority were expressed at the 2023 OSCE Human Dimension Conference. The Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (WTMUGA) and the European Federation of Western Thrace Turks (ABTTF) attended the conference held between 2-13 October in Warsaw, the capital of Poland. At the conference WTMUGA was represented by Human…
