TCA Recognized at ACBH 10th Anniversary Gala

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ACBH Executive Director Ajla Delkic (front row, second from the left), TCA President G. Lincoln McCurdy (front row, third from left), and ACBH President Mirzeta Hadzikadic (front row, third from right) with ACBH Board Members at the ACBH 10th Anniversary Gala

 

 

TCA received the Advisory Council for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (ACBH) Friendship Award at its 10th Anniversary Gala on February 25, 2017.  The ACBH Gala also celebrated the 25th anniversary of the U.S. recognition of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) independence. Also honored at the event for their support of BiH were former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., who also served as the Gala’s keynote speaker, and former Senator Robert J. Dole.

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Canadian Parliement Press Conference

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Council of Turkish Canadians organized a press conference at the Canadian Parliament on February 26, 2015.  In the video below, Professor Justin A. McCarthy, historian and demographer from University of Louisville, Kentucky and Mr. Bruce Fein, specializing in constitutional law, international law and civil liberties comment on alleged Armenian genocide:    

Ceremony for Judge Jay Karahan

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  TurkishPAC successfully raised $4000 for reelection of Judge Jay Karahan, highest elected Turkish-American official in the US.  TurkishPAC is organizing a reception to present Judge Karahan’s check on October 7th, from 18:00 to 19:00 at the Harvest Organic Grille located at 11681 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77077. Supporters of TurkishPAC and Judge Karahan are … Read more

Sign the Petition Calling President Obama to Commemorate the 1992 Khojaly Massacre

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Dear Pax Turcica members and friends, We kindly ask you to register and sign the White House petition calling President Obama to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the Khojaly Massacre with a Presidential message. On the night of February 25-26, 1992, Armenian forces, supported by Russia’s 366th motorized infantry regiment, occupied the Azerbaijani town of … Read more

23rd Anniversary of “Black January” Events

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"By February 1, 1990, 706 people had applied for medical assistance to medical facilities of Baku. The court medical bureau [sudebno-meditsinskoye byuro] had accepted 84 persons. 73 of them with gunshot wounds (16 in their backs), smashed by APCs 8, bayoneted wounds 2. By February 9, 1990, 170 people, including 6 Russians, 7 Jews, Tatars and Lezgins, had died. Among the dead are six women and 9 children and teenagers. 370 people were wounded. 321 people disappeared." Source: "Black January: Baku 1990, Documents and Materials", AzerNeshr, Baku, 1990, p. 287, with a reference to the Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan SSR.

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On the Upcoming Presidential Elections

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Several of our members asked us for our recommendations for the November 6 Election. TurkishPAC’s articles of incorporation states that “The Corporation shall not concern itself with the political issues that are inherent to the internal and/or international political operations of the USA or Turkish Governments, otherwise not related to the defense of the Turkish Heritage”. We must therefore base our recommendations only to issues that are  related to the defense of the Turkish Heritage.

Based on the above, we recommend that you consider voting for the politicians who are members of the Congressional Turkish Caucus and supported by TurkishPAC. Names and districts of the Turkish Congressional Caucus members are provided below:

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Action Alert

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Please, take only few seconds of your time to submit the Pax Turcica CapWiz letter campaigns to your elected US officials and local media. These letters are necessary to voice the opinion of Turkish- and Turkic-Americans against the House Resolutions 304, 306, 180 and the Senate Resolution 196, designed to charge Turkey with the crime … Read more

S. Res. 196

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S.RES.196 — Calling upon the Government of Turkey to facilitate the reopening of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Theological School of Halki without condition or further delay. (Introduced in Senate – IS) SRES 196 IS 112th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 196 Calling upon the Government of Turkey to facilitate the reopening of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Theological … Read more