Sacramento, CA – National and grassroots Turkish American associations joined power to defeat California Assembly Bill 961, a proposed law that sought to punish companies who did business in the Ottoman Empire or do who business in Turkey today. The bill was introduced by Armenian Assemblyman Paul Krikorian and supported by nationalists Armenian groups. [ read ]
Turkish Caucus in US Congress Reaches a New Record
With the newest additions of Robert Latta (R-Ohio/5th District), Brian Baird (D-Washington/3rd District), and Rodney Alexander (R-Louisiana/5th District), Vic Snyder (D-Arkansas/2nd District) and Russ Carnahan (D-Missouri/3rd District) the Caucus on US-Turkish Relations and Turkish Amerians in the US House of Representatives reached its highest membership since its formation and now includes 87 members of Congress. The Turkish Caucus is a bi-partisan platform for members of Caucus to focus on US-Turkish relations and issues that concern Turkish Americans. Many of its members have joined this Caucus due to the efforts of their Turkish American constituents and friends of Turkey .
A full list of the Caucus members can be found here .
This is a breakdown of the current membership of the Turkish Caucus: 49 Democrats and 38 Republicans.
Please take initiative and invite your Representative to join the Turkish Caucus, you may contact info@tc-america.org for assistance.
2009-10 TCAdvance Scholarship Recipients Announced
July 28, 2009, Washington, DC – 11 Turkish American students were awarded the Turkish Coalition of America’s TCAdvance Scholarship for the 2009-2010 academic year. The TCAdvance Scholarship is awarded competitively to Americans of Turkish and Turkic heritage with the objective to recognize the academic achievements, community service and leadership role of young Turkish Americans and to cultivate a new generation of leaders in our community. [ read ]