Turkish American Cultural Alliance of Chicago (TACA)
in collaboration with the
Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA)
Capital Forum and National Speakers Bureau Program
Proudly Presents
Prof. Türkkaya ATAÖV*
“Turks & Armenians: What Really Happened on April 24, 1915” (click here for presentation)
&
Ergun Kırlıkovalı*
“Advocacy: The art of influencing public policy through proactive public education”
Date: Saturday, April 10th 2010
Time: 2:00PM-5:00PM
Place: Baldwin Auditorium – Lurie Research Building
Northwestern University
302 E. Superior Street, Chicago 60611
Special parking rate available at 222 E. Huron ($7). For validation talk to us before or after the conference.
Sponsored by Turkish Coalition of America
* Türkkaya Ataöv is Professor Emeritus in International Relations at Ankara University, Turkey. He did his graduate work in the United States, where he received two M.A.s (NYU & Syracuse Univ.) and a Ph.D. (1959, Syracuse U., NY). He taught at Ankara Univ. for more than four decades and lectured in several American, British, Russian, German, Dutch, Indian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, African and Australian universities.
He is the author of close to 140 books (most of which have been in foreign languages and printed in Europe or in the Americas), a few hundred academic treaties, and a few thousand newspaper articles. His writings have been translated into 20 languages and appeared in 17 European, 13 Asian, 5 African, and 3 American states plus Australia…
He was elected to central executive positions of UN-related international organizations, dealing with racial discrimination, human rights, terrorism, nuclear war, and exchange of prisoners of war.
Professor Ataöv published 80 books or booklets on the Armenian issue, was invited (as “witness of authority”) by the Paris court to the two (1984 & 1985) trials of Armenian terrorists, participated in the UN (1985) Geneva meetings of the Human Rights Commission on the Genocide Convention, and partook in several meetings of the European Parliament that dealt with the Armenian issue.
Professor Ataöv received 17 academic awards or medals in recognition of his published works and activities. They include two (Italian and Federal Yugoslavian) presidential medals, two UN-affiliated awards, and several honorary doctorates and academic citations.
* Ergün Kırlıkovalı is the President Elect (2009-11) of the Assembly of Turkish American Associations. He was born in Izmir, Turkey, attended Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey, received his BS degree in Chemistry from Bogazici University and MS degree in Polymer Science from the University of Manchester, England. He conducted research on polymers in Holland and Austria. He was employed as a product development and research chemist in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. Currently, he is the founding president of his company, which conducts research and development on new materials based on interpenetrating network polymers.
Mr. Kırlıkovalı found himself in need of promoting and defending Turkish culture and heritage due to a relentless barrage of unsolicited and unjustified anti-Turkish attacks by Armenian and Greek lobbies and others in America. He had written more than 5,000 letters to the editors, news programmers, panelists, politicians, academicians, and other opinion-makers. He also appeared on TV and radio shows and participated in conferences and panels in universities and colleges in an effort to present the other side of the story and fight against discrimination and censorship fostered by a surprisingly racist and dishonest version of history persistently promoted by anti-Turkish lobbies.
He has served as president of American-Turkish Association of Southern California, Public Relations Committee Chairman and later Western U.S. Regional Director for the Federation of Turkish American Associations in New York and ATAA in Washington DC.
He is married, has one son, and lives in Southern California.