Recognizing Wikimedia User Groups is the responsibility of the Affiliations Committee;
Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey has submitted an application for recognition, which has been reviewed by the Affiliations Committee;
The scope of the group, which can be found on their meta page, is "a group formed by the members of Turkish Wikimedians community who are active participants in Turkish Wikipedia and its various sister projects, as well as in some other global Wikimedia projects such as Commons, Meta-Wiki, Outreach, Wikidata, etc. Furthermore, most of the current members of the user group have been active Wikimedians for several years and some of them have participated in various meetings and conferences abroad, representing the community of Turkish Wikimedians and also, actively participating in various events held in universities throughout Turkey, doing presentations and workshops in order to reach students and young people with the purpose of introducing the Wikimedia and its projects to new people and thus, bringing in new people with potential for the community."; and
It is the opinion of the Affiliations Committee that the group meets the requirements for Wikimedia User Group status.
Therefore be it resolved that Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey is recognized as a Wikimedia User Group for a one-year, renewable period, effective on February 9, 2016.
