The largest Caucasian organization, the Federation of Caucasian Social Clubs KAFFED, in Turkey issued a statement condemning the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops.
"We strongly condemn Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. We share the pain of civilians directly affected by these attacks and fearing for their lives," KAFFED said in a statement.
As the Caucasians of Turkey point out in their statement, the Ukrainian people should not be a victim of NATO's containment policy. KAFFED also calls Russia's actions an intervention that could set the entire region of Eastern Europe and West Asia on fire and "cause instability in both our country of residence, Turkey, and our republics in our homeland."
"History has taught us that wars do irreparable harm, not solve problems. In this context, it is clear that today's Russian attack on Ukraine will exacerbate rather than solve problems in the region and feed new hostility and instability," KAFFED said in a statement.
The authors of the appeal urge all parties to the conflict to adhere to international law.
"As a society still experiencing the pain of occupation and wars hundreds of years ago, we say 'No to War' first and foremost and call on all parties to respect international law and remember their legal and humanitarian responsibilities, especially to civilians, with our belief that conflicts in the world cannot be resolved by war," KAFFED said in the statement.
KAFFED now includes not only Circassian national clubs (dernek), but also associations of Ossetians, ethnic Dagestanis, Chechens and Ingush. Separate from KAFFED are the Abkhaz organizations, which are united in AbkhazFed.