We are happy to report there are seven members of the Turkish American community who are now running for elected office in 2017-2018! We previously sent out a bulletin on three Turkish Americans running for office: Hacibey Catalbasoglu of New Haven, CT; Judge Jay Karahan of Houston, TX; and Lauren Arikan of Jarrettsville, MD.
Since then we have learned of four more Turkish Americans running for office: Kemal Bozkurt of Lawrence, MA; Aylin Acikalin Maklansky of New Orleans, LA; Tayfun Selen of Chatham, NJ; and Ben Bartlett of Berkeley, CA. We will continue to send out updates as we learn of new Turkish American candidates running for office.
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TCA 2016 Youth Congress delegates visiting the U.S. Capitol.
There is still time to apply for the Turkish Coalition of America's (TCA) 4th Annual Turkish American Youth Leadership Congress to be held October 26-29, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Applications are due by Monday, September 11, 2017.
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TCA celebrates the 95th Anniversary of Turkish Victory Day, which commemorates the triumph of the Turkish people against foreign forces in the final battle of the three year long Turkish War of Independence.
read moreThree members of the Turkish American community are running for elected office in 2017-2018. We expect more Turkish Americans to run for office, and we will continue to send out updates as we learn of new candidates.
Currently, there are two Turkish Americans serving as elected officials, Judge Jay Karahan of Houston, Texas and Judge Ali Paksoy of Shelby, North Carolina. To the best of our knowledge, only eight Turkish Americans have ever been elected to public office, all at the local level.
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Top Left Photo: Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI/1st) in Pennsylvania with TCA President G. Lincoln McCurdy and Lydia Borland representing the Turkish Coalition USA PAC.
Top Right Photo: House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD/5th) in New York with TCA President G. Lincoln McCurdy, TCA Project Coordinators Liz Clark and Sezan McDaniel, and supporters of TCA’s Women’s Leadership Initiative.
Bottom left photo: Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL/7th) at the residence of Congressional Black Caucus PAC Chairman Greg Meeks (D-NY/5th) in New York, TCA President G. Lincoln McCurdy, TCA Project Coordinators Liz Clark and Sezan McDaniel, and Ceylan Rowe of Northborough, Massachusetts.
Bottom right photo: Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC/5th) with TCA President G. Lincoln McCurdy in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina.
The Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) has continued its Congressional outreach throughout the summer of 2017. In several meetings with members of Congress, TCA has emphasized the importance of U.S.-Turkey relations, the significance of the July 15, 2016 failed coup in Turkey, and the achievements of Turkish Americans.
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