January 27, 1973 - Santa Barbara, California MEHMET BAYDAR Turkish Consul General BAHADIR DEMIR Turkish Vice Consul On January 27, 1973, Armenian American extremist, Gourgen Yanikian, assassinated the Los Angeles Turkish Consul General Mehmet Baydar and Vice Consul Bahadir Demir, after inviting the Turkish diplomats to his hotel suite to present the Turkish Government with gifts. [...]
January 26, 2019 | The Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) conveys its deepest condolences to the victims of the devastating earthquake in eastern Turkey. The 6.8 magnitude quake took the lives of 38 people and left more than 1,600 injured. In light of this tragic event, ATAA is asking its members, Turkish Americans and friends [...]
Today, the Turkish American Community honors the life and legacy of a remarkable man, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his commitment to equality and justice. Dr. King never wavered from his path of peaceful opposition to segregation and discrimination. Indeed, segregation was still exercised in America, one hundred years after the Civil War, which claimed [...]
December 12, 2019, Virginia - The Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA), a non-profit non-partisan organization that includes 50 Turkish American groups nationwide, is deeply disappointed by the U.S. Senate passage of S.Res.150, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that it is the policy of the United States to commemorate the Armenian Genocide through [...]
On October 4th, ATAA President Gokhan Ozalp led the official opening of the newly renovated ATAA Türk Evi (Turkish House) with a ceremony attended by Turkish American community leaders, ATAA officers and delegates. Throughout the renovation of the ATAA Turkish House, ATAA members and Turkish American Community members provided invaluable support.
Photo Caption: Left to Right) Bircan Ünver, ATAA NY Region VP and the Light Millennium President, Sevgin Oktay, ATAA NY Region Past VP, Burcu Tansu, ATAA California Region VP, and Mrs. Elizabeth J. Oktay. October 17, 2019 - By Sevgin Oktay, ATAA Past-VP of New York Region, Representative of the Light Millennium to the UN Department [...]
Conference Booklet | Session Videos | Photo Album The Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) held its 40th Anniversary Conference at the Westin Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia on October 5, 2019. The theme of the one day conference, "Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Turkish Independence Movement” brought together large attendance, including Turkish American [...]
At the Assembly of Delegates Meeting of October 6, 2019, the ATAA concluded the 2019 elections process with the acceptance of the new members of the ATAA Board of Directors. The new member include Mazlum Kosma, President-Elect; Nilufer Esen Bilgin, Secretary; Zulfunar Rasin, Capital Region VP; Ilhan Geckil, Mid-Atlantic Region VP; Fuat Ornarli, Southeast Region VP; [...]
ATAA Wishes to Gratefully Acknowledge Its Sponsors for Supporting the 40th Anniversary Conference Sponsorship Categories ATAA FOUNDERS $5,000 and above Dr. & Mrs. Bülent & Sema Başol Mr. & Mrs. Ergün & Juliana Kırlıkovalı Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) ATAA LEADERS $2,500 - $4,999 Dr. Selim Erhan Mr. & Mrs. Gökhan & Mine Özalp Mrs. Yücel [...]
ATAA President Gokhan Ozalp: “Now the children and the second generation of this third wave is our target” Interview conducted by Bircan Ünver, The Light Millennium & TurkishLibrary.Us TurkishLibrary.Us proudly presents an exclusive interview with the President, Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA), GÖKHAN ÖZALP on the ATAA’s 40th Anniversary Celebration along with the 100th Anniversary [...]
