CBC PAC Chairman Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY/5th), Ranking Member of the Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats Subcommittee of the Foreign Affairs Committee, with members of the Turkish American women's delegation.
As part of TCA's Turkish American Women's Leadership Initiative, last weekend a delegation of five Turkish American women joined members of Congress and industry representatives at the Congressional Black Caucus PAC's (CBC) Annual Retreat in New York City from July 21-23, 2017. Nineteen Congressional Black Caucus members took part in the retreat as well as special guests House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD/5th) and Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY/10th), Filemon Vela (D-TX/34th), and Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX/15th). Representatives from 75 companies and organizations also took part in the retreat.
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Turkish Delegation at Lausanne led by Ismet Inonu.
TCA celebrates the 94th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne, which recognized the boundaries of the modern state of Turkey. This international treaty was signed on July 24, 1923 and shortly thereafter, the Republic of Turkey was proclaimed on October 29.
read moreToday marks the 43rd anniversary of the Turkish peace operation in Cyprus, which took place on July 20, 1974 to protect the lives and liberty of the island’s Turkish community.
The dispute over Cyprus did not begin in 1974.
The independent Republic of Cyprus was born in 1960 as a partnership state based on the political equality of the co-founding Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot peoples. It had a Greek Cypriot president and a Turkish Cypriot vice-president, each with veto powers to ensure political equality at the executive level.
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2016 TCA Youth Congress delegates visit the U.S. Capitol.
The Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) is accepting applications for the 4th Annual Turkish American Youth Leadership Congress. Held every year in Washington, DC, this year’s Youth Congress will be held October 26-29, 2017.
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TCA President G. Lincoln McCurdy informing Congressman Alex Mooney (R-WV/2nd) about the 1st anniversary of the attempted coup at the Congressional Republican summer meeting in Pennsylvania.
TCA commemorates the first anniversary of the July 15, 2016 failed coup. Tragically, 250 individuals lost their lives and more than 2,000 were injured, many of them civilians who took to the streets to defend Turkey’s democracy. Over the past year, TCA has visited Capitol Hill and met with members of Congress to explain the significance and trauma of the events that took place on July 15, 2016.
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