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WORLD BULLETIN
Diplomacy
18 March 2011 Friday
Turkey's EU minister urges Turks in US to get organized
Bagis also urged Turkish parents in the U.S. to present the best
opportunities for their children in their education.
Turkey's top official for relations with the European Union has called on
Turks living in the United States to get organized among themselves to watch
out for Turkey's interests there.
"We could get to speak as one voice whenever necessary if you stay in touch
with each other as well as with our ambassador and consul generals here,"
Egemen Bagis told in Washington "The Turkish American National Leadership
Conference," co-hosted by the Assembly of Turkish-American Associations
(ATAA) and the Federation of Turkish American Associations (TADF).
Bagis said expatriate Turks all had a responsibility to their motherland,
adding that Turks living in the U.S. had even a great responsibility.
"You are living in the country that can create the biggest of butterfly
effect. That is why Turks living here do not have the luxury to make up
excuses in the face of developments, whatsoever. Issues that involved Turkey
in the U.S. have their effects else where in the world, which doubles the
burden on your shoulders," Bagis said.
"We are expecting much from you. Do not forget that each and every one of
you is a Turkish ambassador here representing Turkey," he said.
Bagis also urged Turkish parents in the U.S. to present the best
opportunities for their children in their education.
"Giving better education to our children here can help us access to key
positions in the U.S. politics, academia, civil society, arts and culture,"
he said.
Bagis said Turkey's relations with the U.S. have grown to be much more
powerful than they were a decade ago, adding that American have come to
understand Turkey better over the years.
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From: A. Papazian
WORLD BULLETIN
Diplomacy
18 March 2011 Friday
Turkey's EU minister urges Turks in US to get organized
Bagis also urged Turkish parents in the U.S. to present the best
opportunities for their children in their education.
Turkey's top official for relations with the European Union has called on
Turks living in the United States to get organized among themselves to watch
out for Turkey's interests there.
"We could get to speak as one voice whenever necessary if you stay in touch
with each other as well as with our ambassador and consul generals here,"
Egemen Bagis told in Washington "The Turkish American National Leadership
Conference," co-hosted by the Assembly of Turkish-American Associations
(ATAA) and the Federation of Turkish American Associations (TADF).
Bagis said expatriate Turks all had a responsibility to their motherland,
adding that Turks living in the U.S. had even a great responsibility.
"You are living in the country that can create the biggest of butterfly
effect. That is why Turks living here do not have the luxury to make up
excuses in the face of developments, whatsoever. Issues that involved Turkey
in the U.S. have their effects else where in the world, which doubles the
burden on your shoulders," Bagis said.
"We are expecting much from you. Do not forget that each and every one of
you is a Turkish ambassador here representing Turkey," he said.
Bagis also urged Turkish parents in the U.S. to present the best
opportunities for their children in their education.
"Giving better education to our children here can help us access to key
positions in the U.S. politics, academia, civil society, arts and culture,"
he said.
Bagis said Turkey's relations with the U.S. have grown to be much more
powerful than they were a decade ago, adding that American have come to
understand Turkey better over the years.
AA
From: A. Papazian