How to Come to Terms with One’s Own Past

A Probe into History Including Armeno-Turkish Relations   by Prof. Dr. Türkkaya Ataöv Coming to terms with one’s past in historical context needs to conform to a number of conditions. Otherwise, it may be misleading in several ways. The methodology of such a probe into history should be the kind utilized in any scientific endeavour. … Read more

I Do Not Apologize!

TurkishPAC supports the "I Do Not Apologize" campaign, launched two days ago against the "I apologize" campaign initiated by some misguided Turkish  academicians. The latter was launched at the beginning of this week and led by some of the well known so called "Armenian Genocide" protoganists, including Ahmet İnsel and Cengiz Aktar.  They ask visitors … Read more

TurkishPAC Mourns the Loss of Gündüz Aktan

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

False Armenian Allegations – White Paper by multinational intellectuals

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. 

TurkishPAC announces that it is not supporting the Barack Obama-Joe Biden ticket

We have witnessed with great sorrow
Senator Barack Obama’s selection of Senator Joe Biden as his Vice
Presidential running mate. Joe Biden has a clear bias against Turkey
and Turkish people as proven by his actions in the past.

With all the evidence in hand, TurkishPAC
does not believe that we will be able to change the anti-Turkish
positions of Senators Obama and Biden.  If elected, their actions are
expected to result in further deterioration of the already-fragile
friendship and cooperation between Turkey and the U.S.

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Let Historians Decide on so-called Genocide

By Justin McCarthy, University of Louisville in Kentucky April 11, 2001 Part I: Nationalists who use history have different goals. They use events from the past as weapons in their nations’ battles. They have a purpose — to triumph for their cause, and they will use anything to succeed in this goal. Like other men … Read more