WINEP Turkish Research Program Internship
The Washington Institute’s Turkish Research Program is currently seeking qualified applicants for a part-time or full-time internship. The position is available immediately. Internships are unpaid. More

Turkish Folk Dancers Shine at World Bank Show
Organization Celebrated its Cultures on Dec. 12
The Turkish Times - Thousands of World Bank Staff applauded for the Turkish Folkdance and Kaftan Fashion show in an end-of-year celebration event at World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, December 12. Staff filled the Atrium of the Main Complex at 4pm to witness their colleagues and families share their culture as singers, dancers, choreographers, fashion designer, models, and playwrights. More

Hollywood Painter Metin Bereketli Ends 2002 in Charity Flurry
Metin donated paintings to 4 charities in the last 2 months
The Turkish Times - Hollywood-based international painter Metin Bereketli, who is known for his striking DIVERSITY series of paintings, has concluded 2002 with a flurry of charitable donations in which his paintings were auctioned off to raise precious funds for worthwhile causes. More

Erhan Kucuk, M.D. Elected President of the Medical Staff at SJW
Erhan Kucuk, M.D. is the new President of the Medical Staff at St. Joseph’s Wayne Hospital, Wayne, New Jersey (www.sjwh.org). Dr. Kucuk, an internist who also serves as Chairman of the Department of Medicine, succeeds Joseph Tarta, M.D. His term of office begins on January 1. As President, Dr. Kucuk will be responsible for representing the views and needs of the more than 300 physicians who are members of the Medical Staff to the Board of Trustees and President of the hospital. More