Amazon.com has more than 50,000 books related to Turkey. Now you can order these
titles through ATAA's association with Amazon.com and HELP ATAA.
Amazon.com will contribute a portion of the sale
to ATAA. It's easy to do ! |
|
| |
| PRESS RELEASE |
July 20, 2009 |
|
|
|
ABOUT US |
The objective of the Assembly is to coordinate the activities of member Turkish American associations and individual members of the Assembly for the purpose of presenting a more balanced view of Turkey and of the Turkish people, and emphasizing the importance of enhanced understanding between Turkey and the United States. [more]
|
BECOME A MEMBER |
By becoming a member you will be part of a network of Turkish-Americans and friends of Turkey who care about the historic relationship between the two peoples and who are aware of the crucial role each one of us plays in strengthening the relationship and promoting an accurate and fair picture of Turkey and Turks. [Join ATAA]
|
|
| Contact Information: |
|
Gunay Evinch, President, ATAA
|
Phone: 202.483.9090
E-mail: assembly@ataa.org |
Dear Members and Friends of the ATAA:
The following letter was sent to members of the U.S. Congress on the 35th Anniversary of the Turkish Cyprus Peace Operation.
July 15, 2009
Re: The Turkish Cyprus Peace Operation of July 20, 1974
Dear Member of Congress:
I serve as President of the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA), which is the respected voice of over 500,000 Turkish and Turkic Americans.
July 20, 2009, is the 35th anniversary of the Turkish Cyprus Peace Operation.
The Turkish American community celebrates Cyprus' Turkish heritage, which has been present on the island since 1571 when the Ottomans defeated the Venetians. The Venetians had ruled the island since 1483 after defeating the Third Crusade which had held the island since 1190 AD.
The Turkish American community supports the recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and U.S. foreign policy to remove the economic and political isolation of the Turkish Cypriot state. Please visit www.ataa.org, to read about ATAA's recent fact-finding mission to the island of Cyprus.
The Turkish American community commends the 1974 Turkish Cyprus Peace Operation, which stopped the massacres of Turkish Cypriots, preserved the island's diversity, and arrested the illegal unification of the island with Greece. For eleven years prior, Greek and Greek Cypriot political and religious leaders had lead massacres against Turkish Cypriots to jerrybuild a homogenous Hellenic Orthodox Christian island state, as United Nations peacekeepers on the island watched helplessly in horror.
For a summary of the Cyprus dispute 1960 - 1994, attached please find the fact statement in the federal case of Crist v. Turkey, in which Greek Cypriot land claims against Turkey were defeated.
The Turkish American community urges the United States to mobilize United Nations efforts to bring a lasting solution to the Cyprus dispute, because the EU's handling of this matter in the context of Turkey's and Cyprus' EU accession has proven unsuccessful. In 2003, the Turkish Cypriots voted in favor of and the Greek Cypriots voted against a bi-communal, bi-zonal unified Cyprus under a U.N. plan. Greek Cypriots had nothing to lose in rejecting the U.N. plan, as Greek Cyprus joined the EU unconditionally.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Gunay Evinch
President
Assembly of Turkish American Associations
|
