KOSOVO

As Marmara Group Foundation, although we do not have common borders with Kosovo, we consider this country as a close neighbor.

The world public opinion is with the people of Kosovo. More than a hundred countries of the world approach the recognition of Kosovo with restraint, a spirit of compromise and respect for international legitimacy.

As Marmara Group Foundation, our deep cooperation with Kosovo through our civil society identity contributes to the development of the country on the one hand and to the strengthening of peace and stability in Southeastern Europe on the other.

We see Kosovo as an integral part of both the regional cooperation process and the European organization and we support the initiatives in this direction with our civil society identity. As Marmara Group Foundation, with our civil society identity, we continue our joint work in the international meetings we have organized in order to eliminate the problems faced by Kosovo during the period of non-recognition.

Marmara Group Foundation organized the first international meeting in Istanbul in 1998 for Kosovo to become an independent state.

Marmara Group Foundation is the non-governmental organization that organized the first Kosovo meeting in Istanbul by bringing together the Parliamentarians of the Council of Europe, Turkish statesmen, diplomats and the leaders of Kosovo at that time.

After Kosovo gained its independence, it has attached great importance to the meetings of the Marmara Group Foundation, especially the Eurasian Economic Summits, and has always participated at the Ministerial level and sometimes at the Presidential level.