G. Lincoln McCurdy: Presentation on “Empowering the Turkish American Community”
www.tc-america.org
www.turkishcoalitionofamerica.org
Saturday, October 10, 2009
“Empowering the Turkish American Community”
Ohio Election Commission Ruling – Schmidt vs Krikorian
source:http://www.tc-america.org
Ohio panel rules against congressional challenger: Schmidt vs Krikorian
By STEPHEN MAJORS (AP)
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Armenian-American congressional challenger made false campaign statements with reckless disregard for the truth when he said an Ohio congresswoman took money from the Turkish government and Turkish government-sponsored interests, the Ohio Elections Commission found Thursday.
U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt, a Cincinnati-area Republican, brought the complaints against David Krikorian after he made the statements in the waning days of the 2008 campaign. Krikorian, who ran as an independent, said Schmidt was given roughly $30,000 from Turkish interests because of her denial that the mass killings of Armenians by the Turks in 1915 constituted genocide. (more…)
Saturday, October 24, 2009: Workshop for Turkish-American Youth
TACA Public Outreach Program Presents
Full-day Workshop
for Turkish American Youth (Grades 6 – 12)
on
HOW WELL DO WE KNOW OUR HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, and HERITAGE?
The Turks: From the Pacific to the Atlantic over Two Millenniums
Saturday, October 24, 2009
12:00 – 6:00 PM
at TACA Building
3845 N. Harlem Avenue, Chicago, IL 60634
Optional evening and Sunday program includes:
Movie (Ataturk & Kurtulus Savasi), dinner, and sleepover at TACA on Saturday, Breakfast and a field trip to the Chicago University Oriental Institute Museum (Anatolian civilizations exhibit) on Sunday (12:00-2:00pm).
Program adjourns at 2:00pm on Sunday.
Program is free and sponsored by TACA Public Outreach Program
Please direct your questions and RSVP’s to:
TACA Public Outreach Program at pop@tacaonline.org
Selim at 708 369 4332 or Sevil at 847 414 1150
TACA Republic Day Ball November 7, 2009
TACA is organizing the Republic Day ball on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at Westin, Lombard. Please check tacaonline.org for details.
TACA Cumhuriyet Balosu 7 Kasim 2009′da Westin Lombard’da yapilacaktir. Detaylar icin tacaonline.org‘a bakabilirsiniz.