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  • ANKARA: 500 Turkish Diaspora Groups To Come Together On Thursday

    500 TURKISH DIASPORA GROUPS TO COME TOGETHER ON THURSDAY

    Today's Zaman
    June 4 2012
    Turkey

    Representatives of Turkish citizens living in different parts of the
    world will come together for the first time in Ankara on Thursday
    to establish a group called the Turkish Diaspora. During the first
    meeting of the Turkish Diaspora the target will be to define the
    problems of Turkish people living abroad and how to solve them.

    Currently nearly 6.5 million Turkish citizens are living abroad, and
    for the first time their representatives will come together under the
    auspices of the Turkish government. Representatives of approximately
    500 federations, trusts and associations will be involved in the
    meeting organized under the leadership of Deputy Prime Minister
    Bekir Bozdag.

    During the meetings held in Ankara over June 7-8 Turkish citizens
    living abroad will discuss their problems in detail as well as
    common ways forward on the basic issues concerning Turkey. Also, a
    common stance will be determined on the issues such as the so-called
    Armenian genocide allegations raised in France, the growing racism in
    Europe, Turkey's EU membership, the removal of visa requirements for
    EU travel and Islamophobia, and common strategies will be identified
    for acting collectively.

    Other ministers will also attend the meeting. After the opening speech
    by Bozdag the ministers will get the chance to meet the representatives
    of expatriates.

    Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Ar覺nc, Labor Minister Faruk Celik,
    Minister of Education Omer Dincer, Customs and Trade Minister Hayati
    Yaz覺c覺, Family and Social Policy Minister Fatma 癬^ahin and Youth
    and Sports Minister Suat K覺l覺c will join the meeting to discuss the
    problems and to propose solutions. During the meeting many issues
    concerning citizens living abroad including trade, social security
    and family and youth issues will be discussed.




    From: A. Papazian
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