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The Wikimedia Turkic Hub is a regional hub dedicated to supporting and developing Turkic-speaking affiliate communities and promoting the Wikimedia movement in the region. Our task is to enhance access to free knowledge and foster collaboration across the diverse affiliates, communities, cultures, and languages within the Turkic world. Our goal is to provide more assistance to affiliations and communications of the region on their development path as communities and organizations. The hub will also provide assistance to communities to develop their skills in working on the online projects of Wikimedia, as well as provide technical support for the sustainability of Wikimedia projects.
The Turkic Hub will actively work with the Wikimedia communities of Turkic-speaking of Central Asia, the Caucasus, Europe, and the Middle East, as well as with all Turkic interest groups and individuals.
Backdrop
[edit]The decision to establish the Turkic Hub was made by a collective of Wikimedia project users who speak Turkic languages during a meeting at Istanbul WikidataCon. Recognizing the shared linguistic and cultural ties among Turkic-speaking communities, the participants saw the need for a unified platform that would facilitate the development and growth of Wikimedia projects and communities in Turkic languages. This initiative was conceived to create a common space where Wikimedia users could collaborate, share resources, and strengthen their contributions to Wikimedia projects.
Turkic UG together with Turkic communities have been working for several years to create a sustainable platform for communication, cooperation, development and work. At the initial cooperation stage, the communities jointly successfully implemented some important projects such as the Turkic Marathon, Istanbul WikidataCon, Turkic Wikimedia Conference and local meetings in different communitites.
Goals
[edit]The primary goal of Hub is to enhance the quality and scope of Wikimedia projects in Turkic languages by bringing together contributors from across the Turkic world. Through this collaborative effort, the Turkic Hub aims to support the development of Wikipedia, Wikidata, and other Wikimedia projects, ensuring they reflect the richness and diversity of Turkic cultures and languages.
In alignment with this vision, the purpose of our upcoming training-conference is to further develop Wikimedia projects, with a particular focus on Wikidata and Wikipedia in Turkic languages. Hub is designed to improve the skills of representatives from Turkic Wikimedia projects, equipping them with the knowledge and tools necessary to make meaningful contributions. While the Turkic Wikimedia community holds immense potential for growth, many members currently lack the specific skills needed to effectively contribute to projects like Wikidata, which is crucial for the coordination, dissemination, and collection of structured information across Wikimedia platforms.