KAFFED

The Federation of Caucasian Associations or KAFFED is the largest Circassian association in Turkey and is a union of Circassian and other North Caucasian associations from various provinces of Turkey. The Federation describes itself as "criticizing Russia's authoritarian attitude that ignores the existence and rights of the North Caucasian peoples". The KAFFED Chairman has been banned from entering the Russian Federation. KAFFED is a founding member of the International Circassian Association (ICA), there are however debates to leave it due to "ICA acting as a Russian puppet organisation".