Mauritius & Turkiye Friendship and Solidarity Association

kovaladı; gençlerle, kendini genç hisseden yaşlılarla, orta yaşlılarla ve çocuklarla geleceğe dair nekadar güzellik varsa konuştuk, okuduk, düşündük. Zaman sonra bu Ülkeyle bağlarımızın aslında çok daha eskilere dayandığını farkettik. Evet, aslında "Karaya" ayak bastığımız andan beri hiç bir an bizi yalnız bırakmayan bu asil insanların asaleti, yüksek seciye sahibi Ata'larından geliyordu. Müslüman halkın varlıgı ile beraber adaya "Osmanlı" ruhuda gelmişti. Dersaadete baglılık yeminleri yapılmış ve bağlılıklarını her seferinde fazlasıyla göstermiş, atalarımızın en zor zamanlarında maddi ve manevi desteklerini esirgememişlerdi. Bu gün onlarca tarihi belge gösteriyorki Mauritius'lu müslümanlar "birinci dünya harbi ve istiklal savaşlarında" bizlere yüklü miktarda ve düzenli olarak nakdi yardimda bulunmuşlar. Hemde evlerini, arazilerini satarak... Kollarindaki, boyunlarindaki mücevherlerini vererek...

Bütün bu bilgiler ve tarihte yaşanmış ve yaşanmakta olan yüzlerce güzellik bizleri bu adaya bağladı. Dedelerimizin en zor zamanlarında yanında olan bu iyi kalpli halka bir vefa borcumuzun olduğunu düşünüyoruz.

İşte "Mauritius-Turkiye Friendship and Sollidarity Assocation" oluşumu bu vefa duygusunun bir sonucu olarak ortaya çıktı. Amacımız iki halkın tarihten gelen, ortak değerlerini geliştirmek ve geleceğe kalıcı maddi, manevi ve insani miraslar bırakmaktır. Tüm idealist, maneviyyat perver dostlarımızı fikrî, zikrî, maddi ve manevi katılıma bekliyoruz. Dünyanın en ücra köşelerinden birinde bulunan bu cennet vatanın, temiz eller vasıtasıyla kurulacak köprülerle kadim Osmanlı Medeniyyetine tekrar gönülden bağlanmasını istiyoruz. Bu meyanda hazırlanmakta olan her türlü kitap, dergi ve broşürün oluşturulup dagıtılmasında, konferans, panel ve filmlerin oluşturulmasında, sağlık, eğitim ve kültür adımlarının atılmasında ilgi ve bilginize açığız. SAYGILARIMIZLA. ADA'YA DAİR

Mauritius Hint Okyanusu'nda yer alan bir Doğu Afrika ülkesidir. Hint Okyanusunda oldugu icin çogu kez bir Asya ulkesi olduğu sanılır, ama bir Afrika ülkesidir. Ekonomisi ağırlıklı olarak Şeker kamışı üretimi, turizm ve tekstile dayalıdır. Afrika'nın 7. zengin ülkesidir. Yarı Tropikal bir iklime sahiptir. Birleşmiş Milletler insani gelişme raporlarında Afrikanin en iyi 3 ulkesinden biridir. Yönetim biçimi ve siyasi yapısı Ingiliz modelini temel almıstır. Vize: Türk vatandaşları 30 günü aşmayan her tür seyahatlerinde vizeden muaftırlar.

İstanbul'dan Mauritius'a uçuş mesafesi 7408 km'dir.

Çok kültürlü bir topluma sahiptir. Halkın çogunlugu Hindistan ve Afrika kökenlidir. Daha sonra Avrupalilar ve Çinliler gelmektedir. Din: Adadaki en ck mensubu bulunan din Hinduizm (%52)'dir. Daha sonra katolik hristiyanlar(%26) ve müslümanlar(%18.8) gelmektedir. Müslüman nüfus oranı takribi yüzde 18.8 dir. 238 bin müslüman nüfusu vardır. Müslümanların ekseriyyeti sünni Hanefi dir. Ada'da 120 yi aşkın irili ufaklı mescid ve cami vardır. Camilerde beş vakit ezan açıktan okunmaktadır. Camiler müslümanlar için tam bir sosyalleşme merkezidir. Önemli toplantılar, nikah merasimleri, islami eğitim, sıbyan mektebi, mübarek gece ve günlerde televizyon yayınları ve sufiler için zikir programları açıktan camilerde icra edilmektedir. Müslüman toplum üzerinde 1970 lere kadar Osmanlı-Türk-islam modeli hakimken, Osmanlıdan sonra Türkiyenin bu taraklarda bezinin olmaması sebebiyle tarihsel etkimiz kaybolmuş ve adada bu boşluk pakistanlı ve Arabistanda eğitim almış şeyhlerin etkisine girmiştir. Son otuzyıla kadar düğünlerde, derneklerde türk bayrakları kullanılırdı. Halkın hemen tamamı fes kullanırdı. Hatta müslüman liderler kendi parti bina ve salonlarında müslümanları temsilen türk bayrağı ve türk büyüklerinin resimlerini kullanırlardı. Bu gelenek daha sonra Pakistanın kurulşunun ardından Pakistan bayrak ve liderlerine dönüşmüştür. Bununla beraber hala müslümanlar OSMANLI VE MÜSLÜMAN TÜRKLERi çok sevmekteler ve saygıyla yad etmekteler. Yerel Kreole, Çin, Avrupa ve Hint mutfak kültürünün karisimi sonucu oldukca farkli tatlarda yemeklere ve mutfak özelligine sahiptir. Başkenti: Port Louis
Resmi Dili: İngilizce
Tarihte: Fransız ve İngiliz Sömürgesiydi
Nüfus: 1.265.000
Para Birimi: Maurutian Rupee

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About President of Mauriturk

His name is Ahmet Kemal ÖNCÜ. He is 40 years old and was born in central Anatolia, cradle of history and natural wealth. He studied history, theology and sociology at the University of Anatolia. In 1993, He was active in "Adaptation of youth in society and for future in Turkey" association. In 1994, He created his own corporation for assistance in education, namely: A&G Consultancy. In 1995, He founded his publishing company "DA&GY" and at present, more than 30 set of books form part of Turkey‟s school curriculum, under the name of ABC Publishing house. He got married in 1998 with his wife Gülbahar, a pedagogue and historian. And in 2000 they shifted the management of their business to their business partners to better serve children who needs help and to concentrate more on their support to the development of the countries, especially for African countries and East Asia. In 2001, for the first time in Johannesburg, they established "COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER" together with a group of Turkish and Indian citizens. In the last ten years they have brought - with the help of partners - their support in the African continent by providing health care such as cataract surgery, distribution of food and open water wells for millions of Africans. Hundreds of talented African youngsters got the opportunity of studying in Turkey thanks to them. Along with its partners, Bec opened 70 education and social development centres for children. At present, more than 7,000 children and families in need in these centres keep hope for a better future. Ahmet Kemal travelled as professor and sociologist in more than 100 countries, and He has conducted more than 300 conferences and seminars in his country and in 50 other countries on:
> Youth problems and solutions in the 21st century.
> Being Asian today.
> The basics of healthy youth.
> Ottoman Culture and Civilization in history. In 2005, He made his first trip to Mauritius and He really liked the island and its inhabitants. From 2007 onwards, He started to come regularly to Mauritius to foster good relation and He established "the Bosphorus int exp imp" to further commercial ties between Mauritius and Turkey. He stayed a year and a half with his wife in the island to improve their language and prepare their biographical book which will soon be published. In this period they had had the opportunity to know the Mauritians better. As their interest in the island grew larger, they indulged further into their research in the Ottoman archives. In this light, He managed to attract the attentions of Turkey‟s most reputable historians. They found hundreds of valuable documents in the Ottoman archives. They are currently trying to gather the documents to process a book because they believe this will help in bringing the two countries and their citizens even more closer. He hope that Mauritians will see the French and English versions of the book very soon indeed. Still for the interest of both countries He founded and He is the first president of "Mauritius and Turkey Friendship and Solidarity Association" in Turkey. To provide historical, commercial and cultural support to both countries, He purchased domains as follows: mauriturk.com / .org / .net
The creation of the websites is still underway. Still for the same reason and motivation He invited his first delegation to the island. The delegation has organized more than 30 official meetings. These meetings brought their fruits and companies have already begun signing contracts between the two countries. Finally, He thank Mauritians for their hospitality. They helped in the negotiation of firms in the tourism sector and the latter have already started their partnerships. They believe in positive results between the two countries. His wife and Himself conducted a coverage in the island for a reputable newspaper such that it diffuses the steps into which they have casted themselves into. They got interviewed twice in return. In 2012 one of the largest TV channel namely TV8 came to the island in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism to film a showcase on the island. Normally such recordings should be 45 minutes by convention, but through them, the recording was successfully shot into three parts for a total period of 135 minutes. This documentary has been viewed 12 times by 80 million habitants living in Turkey and 200 million viewers across the other six Turkish states. Moreover, his wife and Ahmet Kemal have spoken for 10 minutes in that recording to cast light and provide explanations on the island. The fact that they were here in the island as Turks has been very well received by the Turks. They are still striving to make Port-Louis a sister city in Turkey. Moreover, they have brought the letter of intention from Istanbul Municipality in return to letter of sister city Mauritian Port-Louis Municipality. Today, his wife and Ahmet Kemal consider themselves as Mauritians and they are proud and happy to help Mauritian students living in Turkey and businessmen and tourists coming from the island. In Turkey, He is partnered as the head founder of his 3 corporations which are engaged in the grounds of jewelry, construction and education. His biggest hobbies are reading, writing poetry and traveling...
His biggest phobias are to break the hearts of others and to disturb others.

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About Mauritius

A melting pot of the world's oldest civilisations, Mauritius is a rare example of social peace and unity in a multi-cultural society. The population boasts origins from the European and African continents, as well as India and China. Such a cosmopolitan legacy makes for legendary hospitality. Mauritius is also a safe place to live, Mauritians being naturally well-inclined and of a peaceful nature. All Mauritians enjoy freedom of expression and of religion. Mauritius is internationally recognised for its continuity of government and rule of law. The island has enjoyed enduring political stability ever since independence in 1968 with a democratically-elected government every 5 years. Mauritius has the highest adult literacy rate for the whole of Africa mainly as a result of free education at primary and secondary school level. This highly disciplined and educated workforce is also equally fluent in English and French, while many also speak a third international language: Hindi, Mandarin, Urdu and a host of European languages. The workforce is young, 29.2% being aged less than 30 and business spirited, innovative thinking and open to the world. Mauritius has a talented pool of multidisciplinary professionals trained locally and in the best universities around the world. With the right policies at the right time in its economic history, Mauritius is nowadays categorised as an upper-middle income country with a per capita income of USD 7,500. Over the last four decades, the island has recorded a healthy and sustained average GDP growth rate of 5%. From a monocrop economy, based on cultivation of sugarcane, the island has successfully transformed itself into a robust, diversified and innovation-driven economy resting on agro-industry, export-oriented manufacturing, tourism, financial services, property development & real estate, ICT-BPO, Freeport & logistics and seafood. Niche opportunities are cropping up in local emerging sectors such as healthcare, life sciences, knowledge, renewable energies, creative industries, marinas and film making. The business environment and the investment climate in Mauritius are constantly being enhanced with a view to strengthen the image of Mauritius as an attractive investment destination. The sound economic policy and good governance have made Mauritius the most business friendly destination in Africa. According to the latest World Bank Doing Business Survey, Mauritius is the No.1 in Africa and 23rd globally in terms of ease of doing business. Canadian Fraser Institute also ranked Mauritius 1st in Africa and 9th worldwide on its chart of economic freedom. Today, any foreign investor can set up hassle-free in Mauritius and be operational in just 3 working days. Mauritius offers a business environment which is very conducive to business growth and investment: a low tax regime is in place where personal and corporate tax are harmonized at a low 15%, dividends are tax free, there is no exchange control and export-oriented operators enjoy duty-free privilege for their inputs and equipment. Mauritius has also enacted anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing legislation, and is internationally known as a well-established, trusted and transparent international financial centre of choice. So far, Mauritius has signed Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAAs) with 39 countries and Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (IPPAs) agreements with 36. In addition, Mauritius has secured preferential market access to the European Union, the USA through the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). To facilitate business and commercial activities, Mauritius has a well-developed infrastructural network comprising of an extensive and well maintained road infrastructure, a modern and efficient port capable of berthing vessels up to 100 metres, direct air connections with several cities around the world; high bandwidth fibre cable connectivity and a reliable fixed and mobile telephone network. The Government has ensured that doing business in and from Mauritius is both easy and smooth and complies with best practices in terms of transparency, good governance and ethics. Mauritius International Benchmarks

Index Global Rank (Mauritius) Africa Rank (Mauritius)
Environmental Performance Index 2010 6 out of 163 countries 1st
2012 Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom 8th out of 183 countries 1st
Fraser institute economic freedom 2011 9 out of 141 countries 1st
Forbes Survey of Best Countries for Business 2011 19 out of 134 countries 1st
World Bank Ease of Doing Business 2013 19th out of 185 countries 1st
Democracy Index 2010 Full Democracy
24th out of 167 1st
Global Enabling Trade Index 33 out of 125 countries 1st
Knowledge Economy Index 64 1st
Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance 2012 1st for the 6th consecutive year
International Property Rights Index 2011 38 out of 129 2nd
Global Competitiveness Index 2011-2012 54 out of 142 countries 2nd
Africa Competitiveness Index 2011 2nd
Corruption Perceptions Index 2010 (Transparency International) 39 out of 178 2nd
ITU –United Nations Agency for Information and communications
ITU’s Digital Access Index 62nd out of 178 2nd
Outsourcing Readiness Index (Africa) 2009 2nd out of 15
Human Development Index 2011 77 out of 189 3rd
The A.T. Kearney Global Services Location Index 2011