Author: Aylin D. Miller

Eruç Charts New Territory On Epic Adventure

15 Time Guinness World Record Holder, Erden Eruç Charts New Territory On Epic Adventure – Westbound Rower

For Immediate Release

15 Time Guinness World Record Holder,
Erden Eruç Charts New Territory On Epic Adventure –
Westbound Rower

No Engine, No Sails, Just Raw Human Power.

Gig Harbor, WA, June 19, 2021 – The first person to circumnavigate the world solo by human power, Erden Eruç, (pronounced Air-den Air-rooch) is launching on a second epic adventure, this time departing Crescent City, CA on June 22nd – destination, Hong Kong, PCR. Having successfully crossed four different oceans by rowing between 2006 – 2012, Eruç is estimating a 10-month crossing of the Pacific Ocean before making landfall. This will be the first mainland to mainland crossing of the Pacific between North America and Asia.

As an Ocean Ambassador for Ocean Recovery Alliance (ORA)will produce a stream of an educational content both in English and Chinese. Additionally, he will reach classrooms communicating by satellite phone with Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants. His educational and scientific mission earned Westbound Rower the recognition as a Flag Expedition by the prestigious Explorers Club.

“I’m looking forward to connecting with more classrooms from my rowboat and spreading the message about the current state of our oceans. I have a unique perspective out at sea in which to capture the attention of students and other ocean advocates,” said Eruç.

About Erden Eruç – Westbound Rower

Eruç is a leading ocean rower in the world today. He is the recipient of the 2013 Citation of Merit from the Explorers Club, one of he 2013 Adventurers of the Year – “nine individuals changing the face of global adventure” by Outside Magazine. Fifteen Guinness World Records are registered to his name and listed in the 2009, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018 & 2021 Guinness Book of World Records.

“We believe that this historic crossing between the two continents will generate dedicated fans who will wake up wondering where Erden is, then check his progress on the tracking page before their morning meal. That interaction creates teachable moments to raise awareness about plastics in our ocean and the plight of all species under pressure from human activities. This Westbound Rower will take his followers on a transformational journey to become stewards of this planet,” said Doug Woodring,
Founder & Managing Director of Ocean Recovery Alliance.

Follow the Expedition

Viewers can learn more at Westbound Rower and follow progress via this tracking page.

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June 30, 2021
Joint Statement of Turk American Associations

Americans of Turkish heritage are deeply disappointed with President Joe Biden’s characterization of the Events of 1915 as genocide. President Biden’s April 24 statement is misguided because it:

·       Discriminates against and prejudices our community, by choosing to side with Armenian Americans, while passively denigrating Turkish Americans with the accusation of genocide and contributing to the enduring turcophobia that targets people of Turkish heritage;

·       Denies the tragedy that befell Ottoman Muslims and Jews, during the Armenian insurrections that massacred and displaced over 1 million Ottoman Kurds, Turks, and Jews in eastern Ottoman Anatolia;

·       Disrespects the rule of law, including the United Nations Genocide Convention which designates the International Court of Justice as the adjudicator of allegations of genocide; the Separation of Powers which does not authorize the Executive Branch to adjudicate; and last but not least, Due Process — Presumption of Innocence — Benefit of the Doubt — Equal Protection — all rights denied to our community;

·       Disregards international legal precedent, including the 1921 Malta Tribunals which acquitted 144 Ottoman officials of war crimes, the United Nations which has thrice declared it does not consider the Armenian case a genocide, and the European Court of Human Rights which held that the Armenian case is an allegation and not a proven genocide.

In times when our nation is deeply divided, polarized with hatred and prejudice, and when hate crimes have become routine, including attacks against people of Turkish and Muslim heritage, we wish President Biden would have taken the lessons of April 24, 1915, to promote unifying reconciliation, rather than divisive accusations. President Biden’s unfortunate statement is more about America than Turkey or the world. President Biden should have addressed our own past injustices in America, before casting the stone at others for events more than 100 years ago, thousands of miles away.

·      Ahiskan American Society of Massachusetts

·      American Association of Crimean Turks

·      American Karachai-Kafkas Benevolent Association

·      American Turkish Association of Washington DC (ATADC)

·      Amerika Ülkü Ocaklari New York

·      Association of Turkish American Industrialists and Business

Owners (MUSIAD USA)

·      Azerbaijan Association of New York

·      Azerbaijani Community Center of Pennsylvania

·      Balkan Turks of America

·      Besiktas USA

·      Federation of Turkish American Associations (FTAA)

·      Fenerbahce USA

·      Galatasaray USA

·      Hasene America

·      Long Island Turkish House

·      New York Turkish American Center

·      Samarkandian Forum of Philadelphia

·      TURCA Los Angeles

·      Turkish Ahsican American Association

·      Turkish American Arts Society of America

·      Turkish American Ahiska Association (DATUB)

·      Turkish American Association of New York

·      Turkish American Chamber of Commerce and Industry

(TACCI)

·      Turkish American Giresuns Association

·      Turkish American Giresuns Organization of New York

·      Turkish American Pharmacists Association

·      Turkish American Restaurateurs Association

·      Turkish American National Steering Committee (TASC)

·      Turkish Community Center of Hagerstown, New Jersey

·      Turkish Cultural Association of Rhode Island

.     Turkish Forum – Dunya Turkleri Birligi (TF-DTK )

·      Turkish Hars Union and Community Cultural Alliance

·      Turkish Society of Lancaster, Pennsylvania

·      US Azeris Network (USAN)

·      US Bulgarian Turks Cultural Association and Aid Society

·      Western New England Turkish Association

.       Southern New England Turkish American Association (SNE-TACA)

·      Young MUSIAD USA

April 28, 2021
2021 International Children’s Friendship Festival

2021 International Children’s Friendship Festival: How to Make a Friend and See the World

April 27, 2021
World Water Day

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

You are invited to a Zoom webinar. Topic: WATER, SANITATION, COVID-19, VALUES AND THE FUTURE OF WATER
World Water Day – Light Millennium When: Sunday, March, 21, 2021
Time: 13:00 – 15:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) 12:00–14:00 (CT) 10:00–12:00 (PT)
18:00-20:00 (UCT) 19:00-21:00 (CET) 20:00-22:00 (TR) Language: English

Please click the link below to join the webinar (no registration is required):
Passcode: WWD2021
Tentative Agenda with short bios of the Speakers:https://www.lmglobal.org/2021/03/05/wwd2021-water-sanitation-covid-19-values-and-the-future-of-water/
Concept Note: https://www.lmglobal.org/2021/02/07/water-sanitation-covid-19-values-and-the-future-of-water-webinar-by-light-millennium/For more information, email to: [email protected]: Flyer (updated on March 18, 2021)

Hashtags: #WaterDay #WWD2021 #SDG6 #Sanitation #SDG3 #Covid19 #ValuingWater #FutureOfWater #UNWithCivilSociety #lightmillennium #LMGlobal2021

March 20, 2021
To the Turkish Parliament members

To the Turkish Parliament members
Statement of the All-Tatar Public Center About political hunger strike

The All-Tatar Public Center (VTOTs) announces the beginning of a political hunger strike on February 3, 2021, against the claim of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Tatarstan to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan on recognizing the VTOTs as an extremist organization and on the liquidation of the organization, against the trial of the VTOTs. The trial will take place on February 24.

We believe that the trial of the oldest (founded in 1989) Tatar national organization, the All-Tatar Public Center (VTOTs), is an act of demonstrative disrespect for the Tatar people. VTOTs is the only Tatar public organization consistently defending the rights of the Tatar people. Since 1989, the VTOTs has been tirelessly fighting for the statehood of the Republic of Tatarstan, for the implementation of the state status of the Tatar language, for the strengthening of federalism in Russia, for the constitutional rights of all peoples of Russia. The VTOTs role is great in the adoption of the Declaration on State Sovereignty of Tatarstan on August 30, 1990, in holding a referendum on the state status of Tatarstan on March 21, 1992, and in the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan on November 6, 1992. It should be noted that the organization has always acted within the framework of the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Constitution of the Russian Federation. VTOTs want to be recognized as an extremist organization on absolutely trumped-up charges. For example, they find extremism in the address of the VTOTs of 2017 “SAVE THE TATAR LANGUAGE!” or in the Articles of VTOTs, which was adopted in 2004.

Recognition of the VTOTs as an extremist organization is tantamount to recognizing the Tatar people as an extremist, recognizing the extremist idea of statehood of the Republic of Tatarstan and the provisions on federalism of the Constitution of the Russian Federation (Article 5: “The federal structure of the Russian Federation is based on equality and self-determination of peoples in the Russian Federation.”), This is also a violation of the constitutional rights of citizens to public associations and freedom of thought and speech

February 21, 2021
Political hunger strike

To the Turkish Parliament members TBMM To the Turkish Parliament members Statement of the All-Tatar Public Center About political hunger strike Statement of the All-Tatar Public Center About political hunger strike

To the Turkish Parliament members
Statement of the All-Tatar Public Center About political hunger strike
The All-Tatar Public Center (VTOTs) announces the beginning of a political hunger strike on February 3, 2021, against the claim of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Tatarstan to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan on recognizing the VTOTs as an extremist organization and on the liquidation of the organization, against the trial of the VTOTs. The trial will take place on February 24.
We believe that the trial of the oldest (founded in 1989) Tatar national organization, the All-Tatar Public Center (VTOTs), is an act of demonstrative disrespect for the Tatar people. VTOTs is the only Tatar public organization consistently defending the rights of the Tatar people. Since 1989, the VTOTs has been tirelessly fighting for the statehood of the Republic of Tatarstan, for the implementation of the state status of the Tatar language, for the strengthening of federalism in Russia, for the constitutional rights of all peoples of Russia. The VTOTs role is great in the adoption of the Declaration on State Sovereignty of Tatarstan on August 30, 1990, in holding a referendum on the state status of Tatarstan on March 21, 1992, and in the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan on November 6, 1992. It should be noted that the organization has always acted within the framework of the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Constitution of the Russian Federation. VTOTs want to be recognized as an extremist organization on absolutely trumped-up charges. For example, they find extremism in the address of the VTOTs of 2017 “SAVE THE TATAR LANGUAGE!” or in the Articles of VTOTs, which was adopted in 2004.

Recognition of the VTOTs as an extremist organization is tantamount to recognizing the Tatar people as an extremist, recognizing the extremist idea of statehood of the Republic of Tatarstan and the provisions on federalism of the Constitution of the Russian Federation (Article 5: “The federal structure of the Russian Federation is based on equality and self-determination of peoples in the Russian Federation.”), This is also a violation of the constitutional rights of citizens to public associations and freedom of thought and speech.
10.02.2021

Presidium of the All-Tatar Public Center

Chairman of VTOTs F.V. Zakiev

February 10, 2021