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Stamps Honoring the Turkish Diplomats Who Saved Jews

General AnnouncementsDecember 15, 2008195Views 0Likes 0Comments

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.

CNN Action Alert – December 08

General AnnouncementsDecember 4, 2008178Views 0Likes 0Comments

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.

TurkishPAC Mourns the Loss of Gündüz Aktan

General AnnouncementsNovember 19, 2008174Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

Armenian American Verbal Thuggery Provokes Criminal Investigation Request in Ohio

General AnnouncementsNovember 4, 2008178Views 0Likes 0Comments

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.

Message from Azerbaijani American Council

General AnnouncementsOctober 31, 2008172Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

Election Guide by TCA

General AnnouncementsOctober 31, 2008178Views 0Likes 0Comments

Turkish Coalition of America introduced a very useful service for those of you who are planning to vote or want to follow the election process. Click here to access the page.

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

General AnnouncementsOctober 27, 2008170Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

Two Years of TurkishPAC

General AnnouncementsOctober 23, 2008186Views 0Likes 0Comments

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, ...

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

General AnnouncementsOctober 23, 2008178Views 0Likes 0Comments

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...

False Armenian Allegations – White Paper by multinational intellectuals

General AnnouncementsSeptember 19, 2008180Views 0Likes 0Comments

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.