World Union of Turkish-speaking Cypriots

World Union of Turkish-speaking Cypriots
Dünya Türkçe Konuşan Kıbrıslılar Birliği
Παγκόσμια Ένωση Τουρκόφωνων Κυπρίων
Abbreviation WUTC
Motto Cyprus for Cypriots!
Founded at Cyprus
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Website cypriots.org

The World Union of Turkish-speaking Cypriots (WUTC) is (Turkish: Dünya Türkçe Konuşan Kıbrıslılar Birliği; Greek: Παγκόσμια Ένωση Τουρκόφωνων Κυπρίων) is a Cypriot nationalist organization that mainly campaigns for ending the Turkish occupation of Cyprus and works against the oppressions happening on the Turkish Cypriots by Turkey.[1]

The organization is active in the occupied areas of Cyprus and has its headquarters in the United Kingdom, where, today, Turkish Cypriot population is bigger than in Cyprus.[2] Unlike most of other Turkish Cypriot political movements, it supports a unitary solution instead of a federal one, concerning the reunification of Cyprus.[3] It took the world’s attention after its vocal advocacy of supporting Afrika newspaper, after the Turkish settlers attack at its headquarters in Nicosia, on 22 January 2018.[4][5]

The World Union of Turkish-speaking Cypriots also founded a cultural organization called "Cypriot Folk Music Society", which is active in the field of the study and the preservation of the traditional Cypriot music.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ Aldrich, Alan (17 August 2018). "Cypriotism in the Twenty-First Century". Bella Caledonia. Scotland. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Morgan, Tabitha (7 September 2012). "Turkish Cypriots leave island as 'settlers' move in". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 26 October 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  3. ↑ Kent, Holly (2 October 2018). "Cyprus: Options for a Solution". International Policy Digest. South Korea. ISSN 2332-9416. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  4. ↑ Kagui, Olena (23 January 2018). "Sole independent Turkish Cypriot newspaper attacked". Tuck Magazine. Canada. ISSN 2371-350X. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Kıbrıs'tan katılan tek örgüt WUTC olacak" [WUTC will be the only participant organisation from Cyprus]. Voice of the Island (in Turkish). Cyprus. 9 April 2018. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Cypriot Folk Music Society". Cyprus Music Information Center. Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture. Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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