:::TurkishPAC:::

Dear Pax Turcica members and friends,

We kindly ask you to register and sign the White House petition calling President Obama to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the Khojaly Massacre with a Presidential message.

On the night of February 25-26, 1992, Armenian forces, supported by Russia’s 366th motorized infantry regiment, occupied the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly and brutally massacred its fleeing residents. 613 civilians including 106 women, 63 children and 70 elders were tortured to death in a freezing cold, up to 2,000 were reported missing.

This will only take less than a minute of your time, but will help recognize the horrific war crime committed by Armenian forces against the innocent Azerbaijani Turkic civilians.

Click to register and sign the petition:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/commemorate-victims-1992-khojaly-massacre/gkjzndDT

"By February 1, 1990, 706 people had applied for medical assistance to medical facilities of Baku. The court medical bureau [sudebno-meditsinskoye byuro] had accepted 84 persons. 73 of them with gunshot wounds (16 in their backs), smashed by APCs 8, bayoneted wounds 2. By February 9, 1990, 170 people, including 6 Russians, 7 Jews, Tatars and Lezgins, had died. Among the dead are six women and 9 children and teenagers. 370 people were wounded. 321 people disappeared." Source: "Black January: Baku 1990, Documents and Materials", AzerNeshr, Baku, 1990, p. 287, with a reference to the Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan SSR.

Several of our members asked us for our recommendations for the November 6 Election. TurkishPAC’s articles of incorporation states that “The Corporation shall not concern itself with the political issues that are inherent to the internal and/or international political operations of the USA or Turkish Governments, otherwise not related to the defense of the Turkish Heritage”. We must therefore base our recommendations only to issues that are  related to the defense of the Turkish Heritage.

Based on the above, we recommend that you consider voting for the politicians who are members of the Congressional Turkish Caucus and supported by TurkishPAC. Names and districts of the Turkish Congressional Caucus members are provided below:

Please, take only few seconds of your time to submit the Pax Turcica CapWiz letter campaigns to your elected US officials and local media. These letters are necessary to voice the opinion of Turkish- and Turkic-Americans against the House Resolutions 304, 306, 180 and the Senate Resolution 196, designed to charge Turkey with the crime of genocide, to allege its destruction of Christian heritage and to interfere into its sovereign constitutional affairs. Below are the links:
 
http://capwiz.com/paxturcica/issues/alert/?alertid=50752501
Oppose the unfounded genocide allegations against Turkey in the US Congress
(Oppose H. Res. 304 and H. Res. 306)
 
http://capwiz.com/paxturcica/issues/alert/?alertid=50681501
No to U.S. intervention in Turkey's sovereign religious affairs
(Oppose H. Res. 180 and S. Res. 196)
 
We kindly ask that any feedback received to the Pax Turcica Capwiz campaigns from Congressional offices is forwarded to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

These CapWiz campaigns of the Pax Turcica Institute (PTI) are endorsed by:
 

Assembly of Turkish-American Associations (ATAA)
Azerbaijani-American Council (AAC)
Azerbaijan Society of America (ASA)
Pax Turcica Institute Board Directors

Ergun Kirlikovali
Erhan Atay, P.E.
Javid Huseynov, Ph.D.
Tomris Azeri
Gulzar Babaeva, Esq.
Todd Gordon, Esq.
 

Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) is accepting applications for its 2011 TCAdvance Scholarship Program through Friday, June 17, 2011.
 
The TCAdvance Scholarship Program was established in 2007 to support American students of Turkish and Turkic heritage who pursue a career in public and international affairs, law and communications. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic achievement, civic engagement, particularly active participation in Turkish American community affairs, as well as individual leadership qualities. Since the program's inception in 2007, 48 Turkish American students have been awarded the TCAdvance Scholarship.

TurkishPAC received a letter from the USA Congressional District 7 Representative Honorable John Culberson on February 24, 2011, which states that he fully supports our opposition to the Congressional Armenian Genocide Resolutions and declares that he plans to vote against such resolutions if they come to the house floor. Honorable Culberson wrote that

"[b]etween 1915 and 1923, brutal fighting took place between Armenian and Ottoman Turks over the future of Anatolia. While Armenian authorities allege that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed and another 500,000 were forcibly removed in ethnic cleansing, this view is not universally shared by scholars. Nearly a hundred years have passed since these alleged crimes took place, yet they still create significant controversy. Since this is a divisive historical question, experts should debate the merits of the genocide designation, not members of the United States House of Representatives. Furthermore, since Turkey is a close friend of the United States and an important ally in the Global War on Terror, there is no reason to unnecessarily provoke the emotions of the Turkish Public.