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    TCA Announces 13th Annual Washington Summer Internship Program

    The Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the 13th Annual Washington Summer Internship Program.

    The TCA Internship Program is open to undergraduate/graduate students and recent graduates of Turkish American heritage.

    Now in its thirteenth year, the TCA Washington Summer Internship Program has provided close to 200 internship opportunities for young Turkish Americans at Congressional offices throughout Washington, DC. Designed to enhance Turkish American participation in political life, the program provides an opportunity for young Turkish Americans to live and work in the nation’s capital, learn about the American political process, contribute to U.S.-Turkey relations and the TCA mission, and explore career opportunities in public affairs.

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  • TCA Commemorates the Lasting Legacy of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

    On November 10th, TCA pays tribute to the legacy of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who led the Turkish National War of Liberation, founded the modern Republic of Turkey and launched an extraordinary series of reforms that continue to inspire the Turkish nation. World-over, Ataturk is honored as one of the greatest national leaders of the 20th Century. In the words of Scottish historian, Patrick Balfour (the 3rd Baron Kinross): “the soldier in Ataturk had saved his country, the statesman in him had won for it the honorable peace, the reformer in him was now to make of it a new country.”

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  • 6th Annual TCA Turkish American Youth Leadership Congress Concludes

    Delegates in front of the U.S. Supreme Court with TCA President G. Lincoln McCurdy.

    The Turkish Coalition of America’s Sixth Annual Turkish American Youth Leadership Congress took place in Washington, D.C., October 24-27. Fourteen Turkish American delegates participated in the 2019 Youth Congress, including college students, recent graduates, and young professionals from ten states. Additionally, there were two representatives participating from the Council of Turkish Canadians (CTC) and the Australian Turkish Advocacy Alliance (ATAA).

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  • TCA Celebrates 96th Anniversary of the Turkish Republic

    On October 29, 1923, the newly recognized Turkish Parliament proclaimed the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, formally marking the end of the Ottoman Empire. On the same day, Mustafa Kemal, who led the Turkish National War of Liberation andwas later named Atatürk (father of Turks), was unanimously elected as the first president of the Republic.

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  • Statement Regarding the Situation in Syria

    YPG control of Syria expanded with U.S. support to roughly 30% of the landmass, even though the Kurdish population (which the YPG does not represent) constitutes only 5-10% of the country’s overall population and is concentrated mostly along the northern border with Turkey. YPG expanded into these lands beyond their inherent capabilities with ulterior motives. The overextended YPG ethnically cleansed the conquered territories in an effort to consolidate their control. The YPG occupation has disenfranchised Arabs, minority groups and Kurds who do not share their Marxist-Leninist politics alike.

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