Türkiye Gençlik Birliği
| Türkiye Gençlik Birliği (TGB) |
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| purpose | Politically non-profit |
| Chair: | Yıldırım Gençer |
| Establishment date: | May 19, 2006 |
| Seat : | TGB Genel Merkezi, Konur-2 Sokak No: 71/6 Kızılay 06700 Ankara |
| Website: | https://tgb.gen.tr/ |
The Türkiye Gençlik Birliği (German: "Turkish Youth Association"; abbreviation: TGB ) is a Kemalist and anti-imperialist Turkish youth and student organization.
There are personal overlaps with the youth organization of the Vatan Partisi .
Foundation and goals
It was founded on May 19, 2006 as an amalgamation of 65 student associations from 40 Turkish universities in Ankara . Its aim is to bring together “revolutionary, patriotic and Ataturk- oriented young people”. May 19 is a Turkish holiday as the beginning of the Turkish War of Liberation ( 19 Mayıs Gençlik ve Spor Bayramı ).
activities
The association maintains youth and cultural centers in various Turkish cities that are named after the writer Attila İlhan . It is also active in the Turkish diaspora and has a branch in Germany. She publishes the magazine Kırmızı Beyaz (German: "red-white").
Its then chairman Adnan Türkkan was arrested on July 1, 2008 in the course of the Ergenekon investigation.
On January 22, 2013 members moved the organization in the Turkish city of Iskenderun soldiers of the Bundeswehr bags over his head and dusted them with flour . The then chairman of the German branch, Beyhan Yıldırım , declared this as a symbolic action in the context of protests against the stationing of patriotic defense systems of the Bundeswehr in Turkey. He referred to the opposition of the majority of the population in Turkey and Germany to this mission. On the day of the deployment decision in the Bundestag, he himself intervened from criticism from the audience.
During the protests in Turkey in 2013 , the association took part in the preparation and implementation of the protests against the AKP government . In the spring of 2013, their representatives wrote a letter to the members of the German Bundestag in favor of those detained in the Ergenekon proceedings and took part in a meeting with the human rights commissioner Markus Löning .
As part of a cultural festival on May 19, the TGB invited the chairman of the Turkish lawyers' association Metin Feyzioğlu . The proceeds of the event were donated to the families of the victims of the Soma mine disaster.
Together with other organizations, including the Communist Party of Switzerland , the Eurasian Youth Movement in Russia and various youth organizations from Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, the TGB founded the Anti-imperialist World Youth Federation ( WAYU ) in Istanbul on October 29, 2014 .
Web links
- Official Website (Turkish)
- Official website of the division in Germany (Turkish)
- WAYU website , list of members (English)
Individual evidence
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- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Statement of Principles ( Memento of April 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish)
- ↑ Milliyet , July 1, 2008 (Turkish)
- ↑ "It was a symbolic act" , n-tv , January 25, 2013.
- ^ Statement of the association on the website of the German branch ( Memento of June 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Alman Dışişleri Bakanlığı'nda Ergenekon toplantısı ( memento of July 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), meeting with the human rights officer in the Federal Foreign Office, March 27, 2013 (Turkish).
- ↑ Alman Parliaments 'Ergenekon' mektubu ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Letter to the members of the Bundestag, April 6, 2013 (Turkish).
- ↑ Berlin'in haber sitesi .: TGB Avrupa Oberhausen'de fırtına estirdi . In: Berlin'in haber sitesi. ( ha-ber.com [accessed December 22, 2016]).
