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Istanbul Mayor Ali Müfit Gürtuna Visits
Washington D.C.
ATAA supports photo and marbling exhibitions,
March 18-April 2
The Turkish Times-Ali Mufit Gurtuna, Mayor of Istanbul
Metropolitan Municipality, will pay a visit to Washington during which
he will make contacts with American officials and participate in art
exhibitions sponsored by American Turkish Council and Assembly of Turkish
American Associations. More
PM Gül:Friendly Relationship of Mutual Understanding
With U.S. Will Go On
Anatolia News Agency,
March 2, 2003, ANKARA-Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Sunday that
the Turkish-American relations were strategic, adding that those relations
would go with friendship and mutual understanding. More
US Says Turkey Won't Get Aid Package
VOA News, 03 Mar 2003-The Bush administration says
Turkey cannot expect to get the bulk of a multi-billion dollar U.S.
economic aid package after parliament rejected a U.S. troop deployment.
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Monday most of the grants
and loan guarantees were to help Turkey prepare for a possible war against
Iraq. More
Dr. Erhan Küçük elected President
of St. Joseph’s
Wayne Hospital Staff, NJ
The Turkish Times-Erhan
Kucuk, M.D. is the new President of the Medical Staff at St. Joseph's
Wayne Hospital. Dr. Kucuk, an internist who also serves as Chairman
of the Department of Medicine, succeeds Joseph Tarta, M.D. His term
of office began on January 1. More
Virginia is Home to Champion Tae Kwon Do Master
Ismail Top
The Turkish Times-Virginia is home to a Turkish national
Tae Kwon Do champion Ismail Top, who despite his young age, has managed
to establish quite a few impressive track record. More
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Erdogan:We
Expect All States To Respect Our Concerns
Anatolia News Agency, March 2, 2003, ANKARA-Justice
and Development Party (AK Party) leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
while assessing the decision of the parliament about the prime
ministry motion that "the Turkish nation has historical reflexes
and concerns which have to be taken into consideration by everybody."
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ATAA-sponsored monthly student dinners are getting
more and more popular by each month. At the February dinner, ATAA President
Ercument Kilic (Right) presented a well-deserved award to the young
Karate champion Ismail Top (Center) of Northern Virginia. Mehmet Celebi
(Left) ATAA Vice President for MidWest Region was also available during
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