General Announcements

Stamps Honoring the Turkish Diplomats Who Saved Jews

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Turks have been instrumental in the Jewish survival since the early period of the Ottoman Empire; beginning with the firman issued by the second Ottoman Sultan Orhan the first in
1332 that allowed them to settle in the Ottoman territories. Similar
protection acts followed, including Sultan Beyazit the second’s evacuation of the Sephardic Jews from Spain in 1492 and the young Turkish Republic’s embracement of the Jews expelled from Germany. (Please click here for an informative article by historian Stanford Shaw.)

To commemorate some of these late efforts, the Turkish General Directorate of Post and Telegraph Organization (PTT) has issued two new stamps to honor the Turkish diplomats Necdet Kent (1911-2002) and Selahattin Ülkümen (1914-2003), who risked their own lives in order to save those of hundreds of Jews during the WWII. 

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CNN Action Alert – December 08

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CNN REPORT INCORRECTLY CHARACTERIZES ARMENIAN TRAGEDY

IMMEDIATE CORRECTION REQUIRED
 
Dear Turkish Americans and Supporters of U.S.-Turkish Relations.  CNN will be broadcasting a program titled, "Scream Bloody Murder" on December 4, 2008, regarding genocides in the 20th century.  Though CNN’s program advertisement does not list the Armenian case, we have learned that a small segment will discuss the events of 1915 in Ottoman Anatolia as a case of genocide.
 
TurkishPAC encourages all Turkish Americans to write to CNN.  The documentary program and reporter Ms. Christiane Amanpour’s recent statements in The Armenian Reporter (November 29), that the events of 1915 constitute the crime of genocide, prejudices inquiry into this genuine historic and legal controversy by proclaiming a verdict when in fact the evidence has never been tested by a proper neutral arbiter.  In applying the term genocide and associating the Turkish and Armenian tragedies during Word War I with later crimes against humanity, Amanpour enflames hatred against Turkish people and Muslims, while ignoring the current research that is piecing together a historical narrative that is revealing that Ottoman Armenians engaged in a bloody revolt and that multitudes of Ottoman Muslims perished from causes nearly identical to those which took the lives of so many Armenians.  Please click on "read more" link below for a sample letter/email text, and for more dertails.

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TurkishPAC Mourns the Loss of Gündüz Aktan

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Gündüz Suphi Aktan, Turkey’s former ambassador to Greece, United Nations and Japan and a member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, passed away on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at the age of 67, due to kidney tumor. Gündüz Suphi Aktan was born in Safranbolu, on August 7, 1941. After graduating from the political science department … Read more

Armenian American Verbal Thuggery Provokes Criminal Investigation Request in Ohio

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Washington DC, November 3, 2008  – The
Turkish American Legal Defense Fund today requested the Attorney
General of Ohio, Nancy H. Rogers, to open a criminal investigation
under Ohio law into signature Armenian verbal thuggery employed by
Armenian American independent candidate David Krikorian against
Representative Jean Schmidt. The Congresswoman represents the 2nd
district of Ohio, and is running for re-election. The criminal lies
under that Krikorian recently splattered against Ms. Schmidt are
emblematic of the religiously and ethnically bigoted campaign tactics
that Armenian Americans celebrate, directly or indirectly, against
congressional candidates who refuse to salute their narrow,
close-minded, fanatical anti-Turkish agenda.

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Message from Azerbaijani American Council

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Yusif Babanly, Azerbaijani American Council‘s Vice President kindly sent the following message for the Republic Day: "Our Dear Turkish brothers and sisters,  Congratulations on the Independence Day of Turkey! Through the hardships and battles, through misery and devastation, through suppression and injustice, the Turkish nation has fought its way out and has come out as … Read more

Members of Congress and Other Elected Officials Join Turkish Americans in Celebration of Turkish Republic Day

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Five members of Congress will join the Republic Day celebrations as the result of a coordinated effort by TCA, supported by the Assembly of Turkish American Associations , the Federation of Turkish American Associations and several local Turkish American associations. The following members of Congress will be guests of honor of Turkish American associations at … Read more

Two Years of TurkishPAC

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Since its establishment in October 2006, TurkishPAC has been working hard to defend Turkish heritage against slanderous campaigns carried out by ethnic groups in the USA, which are unfriendly to the people, heritage and history of Turkey, and whose main method is distorting the historical facts.

In these two years, we organized numerous events, …

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Turkish American Contributions Exceed the $1,000,000 Mark

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The total contribution by Turkish Americans during this election cycle has exceeded the historical $1,000,000 benchmark, according to Turkish Coalition USA PAC.

"Thanks to the dedication of Turkish Americans across the country, historical benchmarks have been reached in this important election cycle reflecting the growing activism on the part of Turkish Americans in the US political process. Over…

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False Armenian Allegations – White Paper by multinational intellectuals

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A group of multinational intellectuals ranging from diverse backgrounds like medical doctors, engineers, lawyers, computer scientists, and historians from Europe, USA and Turkey have agreed on the dissemination of the following two articles: ‘White Paper: The Armenian Issue’ and ‘Misrepresentations of Facts Associated with the Armenian Issue’. Click "read more" button below to read the articles.