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The Ultimate Americanization
Sema Karaoglu, Daughters of Ataturk - www.DofA.org
, Daughters_of_Ataturk@yahoo.com
- Even though I have been fortunate enough to travel widely both within
the U.S. and abroad, my last trip had the most impact on me. My husband
and I have been talking about driving across the U.S. for some 30 years
which we finally did this month. Most of our previous travels have been
by air, in and around a city in rental cars, local highlights and museums.
This last trip, however, was totally different. More
World Leaders Praise Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Ozgur Madak, President, ITSS-Intercollegiate Turkish
Students Society - Today we are celebrating an important anniversary;
84 years ago, on May 19, 1919, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk landed in Samsun
to start the Turkish National War of Independence, which ended in great
success and became a milestone in the history. Please see
www.turkey.org and below quotes to learn more. More
ATAA Thanks Amb. Edelman
The Turkish Times - After the productive visit to
Amb. Edelman, ATAA has sent the following letter of appreciation to
the new US envoy to Turkey:
"To: Ambassador Eric
S. Edelman Washington D.C.
May 26, 2003
Dear Ambassador
Edelman,
On behalf of the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA), an
organization that helps foster US-Turkish relations and takes an active
part in promoting a balanced and truthful picture of Turkey in the US,
I would like to thank you for taking the time to meet with us on May
23, 2003. I believe this meeting was a valuable means of communication
and we hope that you will continue to keep this channel open.
Thank you for
your consideration of our views. We look forward to working with you
to fashion a fruitful relationship, promoting communication between
our communities.
Sincerely,
(signed)
Ercument Kilic
ATAA President"
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"Marxist Ocalan’s
utopian quest cost more than 30,000 lives"
Subj:O'Leary column,
May 7, 2003
In "Solution to the Kurdish problem"
[Op-ed, May 7], Carole A. O’Leary writes "...Turks and Iranians,
who have yet to provide full political and cultural rights for their
own Kurdish communities, fear that the decade-long Kurdish experiment
in democracy and self-rule which has flowered in the Kurdish autonomous
enclave in northern Iraq will be institutionalized...in Baghdad."
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"Armenia is not partner against terrorism,
but sponsors terrorism"
Subj:Reconciling Turks and Armenians
Dear Mr. David Philips: I am writing about
your article; "Reconciling Turks and Armenians." Armenia is not a
partner of United States or Turkey in fighting terrorism. State of
Armenia is a terrorist and a Mafia state.This is a country where terrorist
murdered their opponents right in the parliament. Just in recent election,
the irregularities, ballot stuffing, intimidation in elections were
wide spread. All of these facts are published by independent media,
not by the adversaries of Armenia. If you are indeed an expert, you
should confront issues not gloss them over. In real life this is called
tough-love. Reverse is enabling the negative behavior. Like buying
alcohol to an alcoholic. More
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