COMPLETED TCA ACTION ALERTS AND CAMPAIGNS

The Turkish Coalition of America invites you to join a campaign to write to President Obama to celebrate October 29th, Turkish Republic Day, with Turkish Americans at the White House. Add your voice to this nationwide campaign to celebrate the contributions of the Turkish American community and to mark the 88th Anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey, a long-time ally and friend of the United States. read more

The so-called "Armenian Genocide Resolution," H.Res. 252, has been scheduled for a vote at the House Foreign Affairs Committee on March 4, 2010. We urge Turkish Americans and friends of Turkey to contact your member of Congress NOW and urge him/her NOT to co-sponsor and VOTE AGAINST this resolution. read more

The Turkish Coalition of America for months maintained Google Ads for its website, www.turkishcoalition.org, without protest or incident. But after an aggressive campaign by an Armenian American group Google suddenly and without a chance for the Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) to respond suspended the ads saying that they violated its “Anti” policy. Google also said that it could not accept ads for websites that, “suggest revisions to history.” read more

February 1, 2009 - TCA is urging Turkish American residents of New Jersey to participate in an Action Alert for Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ). Senator Menendez (D) of New Jersey , one of the states with the most populous Turkish/Turkic American community, has become a flag-bearer in the Senate for anti-Turkish actions and rhetoric. read more

Ask your California State Assembly Member to vote against SB 234 unless it is amended to explicitly permit the presentation of contra-genocide viewpoints in genuine historical controversies. SB 234 would allow the California State Curriculum Commission to recommend adding an oral history component to the 2014 history-social science curriculum framework that relates to genocide. read more

The Greek lobby and its supporters in Congress have introduced two new resolutions, H. Res. 486 and S. Res. 169. These resolutions are inaccurate and we must educate our members of Congress about the true motive behind Greece's "name dispute." read more

With the first-ever Congressional Caucus on Macedonia and Macedonian-Americans formed, we are counting on your support to grow the membership of the Caucus. The Congressional Macedonia Caucus is a bi-partisan group of members of Congress dedicated to maintaining and strengthening a positive and mutually beneficial relationship between the United States and Macedonia. read more

The Turkish Coalition of America respectfully requests the United States Helsinki Commission to hold a public hearing to examine Greece’s subjugation of its Turkish minority in Western Thrace. While the European Union and the United States have been quick to award Turkey demerits for allegedly slighting Kurdish culture, they have been conspicuously inaudible in the face of Greece’s decades long campaign of cultural repression, ethnic and religious discrimination and economic marginalization of its Turkish minority. read more

The Turkish Coalition of America would like to alert our members to the recent documentary that was aired on CNN, December 4, 2008. The 2 hour special, "Scream Bloody Murder," discusses genocides of the 20th century. Due to inaccuracies that are often propagated in the mainstream media regarding the actions of the Ottoman Empire with regard to the Armenians from 1915 to 1918, TCA took action to ensure that our viewpoint was not silenced in the debate. read more

Washington, DC - May 27, 2008 - Sabri Bogday, a Turkish national, has been sentenced to death by a Saudi court on March 31, 2008 for allegedly cursing the name of God in his barber shop during an argument with a client. Reportedly, Bogday was not represented by a lawyer in court and did not have access to a translator. read more

Several US media outlets have taken an interest in the case of Sabri Bogday, the Turkish national who has been sentenced to death by Saudi courts. We are pleased that our efforts to bring public attention to Mr.Bogday's case has resulted in this important coverage and would like to encourage you to write letters to the editors or post on the websites where the articles are featured to amplify the urgency of international intervention to save his life. read more