Fostering Understanding of Turkish American Issues through Public Education

Remembering the Victims of Armenian Terrorism

On January 27, 1973, Turkish Consul General to Los Angeles Mehmet Baydar and Vice Consul Bahadir Demir were murdered by Armenian terrorist Gourgen Yanikian at the Biltmore Hotel in Santa Barbara. Yanikian was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. On October 26, 1973, a group calling itself, “The Yanikian Commandos” planted a bomb outside the Turkish Information Office in New York and demand the release of Yanikian. On October 4, 1977, Armenian terrorists bombed the home of Professor Stanford Shaw, a renowned Jewish American scholar of Ottoman history at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA).

TCA Statement on U.S. Officials' Statements on Kurds and Turkey

The Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) is deeply concerned by statements by U.S. government officials irresponsibly employing offensive language such as “ensuring that Turks don’t slaughter Kurds,” following U.S. President Trump’s announcement that the withdrawal of all 2000 U.S. troops from Syria will be coordinated with Turkey.

Any expression of generic anti-Kurdish hostility by the government of Turkey or the people of Turkey is provocative and uninformed.

Application Deadline Extended: TCA Washington Summer Internship Program

The Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) is accepting applications for the 12th Annual Washington Summer Internship Program.

The TCA Internship Program is open to undergraduate/graduate students and recent graduates of Turkish American heritage. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and must submit a completed application to be considered.

The deadline to apply has been extended to Friday January 11, 2019 via email to scholarships@tc-america.org.

TCA Gusi Peace Prize is Read into Congressional Record

On December 10, 2018, Hon. Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN/9th) made a statement in the United States House of Representatives recognizing TCA and its President G. Lincoln McCurdy for receiving the 2018 Gusi Peace Prize. Congressman Cohen is a co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on U.S.-Turkey Relations and Turkish Americans.

TCA and Its President Receive International Peace Prize

McCurdy standing in the center with Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court Lucas Bersamin on his left and the laureate from Turkey, Faruk Cengic, to his right.

G. Lincoln McCurdy, president of the Turkish Coalition of America (TCA), was one of the fifteen 2018 laureates from 13 countries receiving the Gusi International Peace Prize at its 17th annual awards ceremony on November 28 in Manila, Philippines.  The Gusi Peace Prize, established in 2002, is Asia’s foremost award that recognizes individuals and organizations working toward the attainment of peace and respect for human life and dignity.