{"id":1922,"date":"2026-04-28T15:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/?p=1922"},"modified":"2026-05-21T13:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:58:54","slug":"tex-2026-abdourahimoglus-rise-and-comparison-with-2025-changes-in-the-consular-directorate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/tex-2026-abdourahimoglus-rise-and-comparison-with-2025-changes-in-the-consular-directorate\/","title":{"rendered":"TEX 2026: Abdourahimoglu\u2019s Rise and Comparison with 2025 Changes in the Consular Directorate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>TEX 2026: The &#8220;Iron Fist&#8221; of the Consulate and the Strategic Consolidation of Kerem Abdurahimoglu<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The conclusion of the General Assembly of the illegal <b>Turkish Union of Xanthi (TEX)<\/b><br \/>on April 26, 2026, was not a mere procedural formality.<br \/>Comparing this year\u2019s results with those of 2025 reveals a<br \/>clear picture: <b>the consular apparatus has &#8220;tightened&#8221; its ranks<\/b>, increasing participation and consolidating key figures who faithfully execute the orders of the Directorate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>1. The Strategy of the &#8220;Mass&#8221;: Increasing Participation<\/h3>\n<p>While in 2025, 377 members voted, this year attendance rose to <b>467 members<\/b><br \/>(an increase of nearly 24%). This mobilization is no coincidence.<br \/>Following the departure of Ozan Ahmetoglu last year, there was a need to prove that the<br \/>structure remains strong and \u201calive\u201d despite court rulings classifying it as a &#8220;ghost association.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>2. The Absolute Dominance of Abdurahimoglu<\/h3>\n<p><b>Kerem Abdurahimoglu<\/b>, who received 226 votes last year, this year soared to <b>386 votes<\/b>.<br \/>This is an impressive consolidation around his person,<br \/>confirming that he has received the \u201cgreen light\u201d to act<br \/>as the absolute representative of the consular line in Xanthi, under the close<br \/>supervision of Mustafa Trampa.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Recycling and Internal Movement<\/h3>\n<p>We observe an interesting reshuffle:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><b>Ipek Salihoglu<\/b>, from 203 votes last year, rose to <b>323<\/b>, taking over the position of General Secretary.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><b>Ismet Tiutsar<\/b>,<br \/>who was last year\u2019s leading vote-getter (243) on the Board of Directors, this year<br \/>\u201cmoved\u201d to the presidency of the Audit Council (261 votes),<br \/>showing that the apparatus fully controls the hierarchy according to<br \/>operational needs.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. The Shadow of the Parastate and Institutional Tolerance<\/h3>\n<p>As in the previous year, this year\u2019s process<br \/>unfolded with the provocative presence and endorsement of elected officials of the<br \/>Hellenic Republic. The presence of <b>Huseyin Zeibek, Burhan Baran, and Ahmet Kurt<\/b><br \/>provides a cloak of \u201clegitimacy\u201d to an organization that the Supreme Court has ruled threatens public order.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Editor\u2019s Note<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>One year after the departure of the &#8220;longest-serving&#8221; Ozan Ahmetoglu, TEX shows no decline,<br \/>on the contrary, it appears to renew its momentum through a controlled<br \/>\u201cdemocracy of the 400.\u201d Abdurahimoglu is no longer a transitional president but the chosen one of the Trampa system.<br \/>The increase in votes and the disciplined allocation of roles prove that the<br \/>parastate in Thrace is not merely recycling itself; it is being upgraded,<br \/>exploiting the persistent institutional apathy of Athens. TEX remains Ankara\u2019s<br \/>\u201cbridgehead,\u201d with new faces but the exact same anti-national agenda.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Source:<\/b> <b>Nikos Arvanitis<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj4OEAoJquETCJv0P7z2TtsMjW-WBbZzMBrJ7g21QOwX4xIoks4vDTlDeyJSh7Hj-vxmX-jCLsyLHB11JNNSbUxjAVZv_05rZAD66fRP_qeQvsj5Df0SJs6J9-822C4NNT99G22Tfyhznzu4RuKYQs6C4Ai12RmL8Fdtp2A4ZqAa1L3mxMra7Hnlgq-dpFO\/s1600\/gndm1777281674.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"240\" http:=\"\" width=\"320\" alt=\"TEX 2026: The Consolidation of Abdurahimoglu and the Comparison to 2025 \u2013 What Changed in the Consular Directorate | NEWSFIRE.GR\" title=\"TEX 2026: The Consolidation of Abdurahimoglu and the Comparison to 2025 \u2013 What Changed in the Consular Directorate\" src=\"https:\/\/newsfiregr.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777380607_443_gndm1777281674.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgGHX5uhqyjL_ZBvPQcLnhyphenhyphengFXd12t1Kra4mGtulTAS5BJhtSyrVN8usOCLid1gyWGjmkc_Wxc_1EcxjPQP-uF4cXxI0T7LNob3x55SfhTy1paJ4JsQ4ydplSUIiOdf5OzCmLW7DSi1vBLFUnlSfgOhmz7Rs8Pn6AVmwwFeeV8zoGiE2tIJSIvA6xS9KjLq\/s1600\/gndm1777281653.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"240\" http:=\"\" width=\"320\" alt=\"TEX 2026: The Consolidation of Abdurahimoglu and the Comparison to 2025 \u2013 What Changed in the Consular Directorate | NEWSFIRE.GR\" title=\"TEX 2026: The Consolidation of Abdurahimoglu and the Comparison to 2025 \u2013 What Changed in the Consular Directorate\" src=\"https:\/\/newsfiregr.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gndm1777281663.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEivL1yk_Xdp3poy6NTCIQ0_8lMT1tSN6w0LkkSraKXQ6BOFfpFisk-bmYSdPllwzGI8LOPMQgRlUoBr3zTsNitJo6OwL56ONlKufP5-dBBDTN4IDP_zwrbt6i2B6t587n6UXQDbhnIACMz-rTJ2EbWewQ0h9bKPxO2mGVyewQbEHmPs9E0uHqfGclqwxy4y\/s780\/itb-yonetim-780x462.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"462\" data-original-width=\"780\" height=\"190\" http:=\"\" width=\"320\" alt=\"TEX 2026: The Consolidation of Abdurahimoglu and the Comparison to 2025 \u2013 What Changed in the Consular Directorate | NEWSFIRE.GR\" title=\"TEX 2026: The Consolidation of Abdurahimoglu and the Comparison to 2025 \u2013 What Changed in the Consular Directorate\" src=\"https:\/\/newsfiregr.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/itb-yonetim-780x462.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhgjlBbnV8SsZ5R0iz86lglVJ7KwImZCnH4uGF7x_RqpkRpyi00XS3yGI2qyPrCfFsGeMfl5ZQtVxDd2YqTAVK_yLa8m5ZmP3w0vFS-29lu_oqyQr1hbhyphenhyphenHhyphenhyphenzhyA7Gw0-I11DIXaiUhaZVZNQ7p69ISTGVSuBHlqQR5XGliRrauJzAwZ8K-k52JwHCsDjh\/s862\/itb-uyeler.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"447\" data-original-width=\"862\" height=\"166\" http:=\"\" width=\"320\" alt=\"TEX 2026: The Consolidation of Abdurahimoglu and the Comparison to 2025 \u2013 What Changed in the Consular Directorate | NEWSFIRE.GR\" title=\"TEX 2026: The Consolidation of Abdurahimoglu and the Comparison to 2025 \u2013 What Changed in the Consular Directorate\" src=\"https:\/\/newsfiregr.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/itb-uyeler.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><em>Source: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/taxiarchispress.blogspot.com\/2026\/04\/2026-2025.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TAXIARHISpress<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Turkish Union of Xanthi assembly reveals tightened consular control, with Kerem Abdurrahimoglu solidifying power amid increased turnout, reflecting Ankara\u2019s reinforced covert grip in Thrace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":1923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[1705,1706,1368,1704,427,1703],"nfg_topic":[134],"class_list":["post-1922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ipek-salihoglu","tag-ismet-tiutsar","tag-kerem-abdurahimoglu","tag-moustapha-tramba","tag-thrace","tag-turkish-union-of-xanthi","nfg_topic-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1924,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922\/revisions\/1924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1922"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=1922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}