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  • 2009 ANNUAL DUES, DONATIONS and Book Sales

    2009 ANNUAL DUES, DONATIONS and Book Sales

    2009 MEMBERSHIP DUES AND YOUR DONATIONS ARE NEEDED TO CONTINUE OUR POSTED PROGRAMS WITH OUT INTERUPTION

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    ÜYE AİDATLARI, BAĞIŞLAR VE KİTAP SATIŞLARI

    Dear Friends,

    The Turkish Forum (TF) is the GLOBAL organization with branches and working groups COVERING 5 CONTINENTS, working with many regional Organizations in the America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Turkey.  TF’s mission is to represent the Turkish Community in in the best way possible, to empower the people of Turkish origin and friends of Turkey to be active and assertive in the political and civic arenas, to educate the political establishments, media and the public on issues important to Turks, and cultivate the relations between the working groups located an five continents, serving the Turkish Communities needs.

    In order to achieve these goals we have performed many activities and completed many projects, THEY ARE ALL LISTED IN THE WEB PAGES OF TF, . You have been informed about these activities and projects, many of you participated voluntarily and contributed heavily and still contributing to these activates and projects. As the events happen and the major steps taken the information always reaches to you  by the TF Grassroots DAILY NEWS Distribution Service.  Needless to say, each activity and project requires a large amount of human and financial resources. TF has a  completely volunteer board, none of the board members receives any compensation or salary or even a small reimbursement. TF also has many volunteer committee members, WELL ESTABLISHED ADVISORY BOARD and project leaders. In addition to our large volunteer pool, please see them an https://www.turkishnews.com/tr/content/turkish-forum/ TF sustains Permanent Offices in New England, Germany and in Turkey and has a number of professional staff to upgrade its systems, and to solve the technical problems.  Please check our website at https://www.turkishnews.com/tr/content/turkish-forum/

    As the 2009 did begin we kindly ask you to support TF by becoming a member, if you are not already one.  You can also contribute a donation if you wish to upgrade your regular membership  to a higher level. Your financial support is critical to TF in order to pursue its mission in a professional manner. Needless to say, it is the financial support that we receive from our members and Friends of Turkey  is the backbone of our organization. As long as this support is continuous we can achieve our objectives and work for the communities across the globe.  Your contribution is tax-exempt under the full extent of the law allowed under Internal Revenue Code 501(c) (3).

    Becoming a member and making an additional contribution are easy: You may become a member online at http://www.turkishnews.com/dagitim/lists/?p=subscribe&id=3

    I thank you for your belief in TF, and look forward to another successful year with your uninterrupted support.

    Sincerely,
    Kayaalp Büyükataman

    Dr. Kayaalp Büyükataman, President CEO
    Turkish Forum- World Turkish Coalition

  • France’s white knight tarnished

    France’s white knight tarnished

    Lizzy Davies in Paris
    February 6, 2009

    ACCUSED of using his power to secure lucrative contracts with African dictators, France’s most popular politician and charismatic humanitarian activist has been forced to defend his reputation as a moral crusader.

    Bernard Kouchner, the foreign minister, is portrayed as a money-loving hypocrite whose business dealings between 2002 and 2007, while out of ministerial office, tarnish his reputation for ethical practice.

    The thrust of the allegations made in a new book, The World According To K by the investigative journalist Pierre Pean, is that Mr Kouchner profited from an uncomfortable combination of public and private sector work, billing huge sums to the regimes of Gabon and Congo.

    Capitalising on his political clout as the government-appointed head of a public health body operating in Africa, Mr Kouchner also worked as a policy consultant for two French firms that charged €4.6 million for his reports into national health insurance schemes.

    Pean does not describe the activities as illegal but claims there was a clear conflict of interests. “[There is] a distortion between the general way in which he behaves and the image that the French people have of him,” he said. “That image is of a knight in shining armour fighting for morality …”

    Mr Kouchner, the founder of Medecins Sans Frontieres and a prized recruit of President Nicolas Sarkozy, has rejected the book as a “grotesque and sickening” attack motivated by jealousy from those who resent his success, and revenge from former Socialist allies who view him as a traitor.

    In the weekly Nouvel Observateur, he denied having had direct financial dealings with President Omar Bongo of Gabon or President Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo. Defending his right to work in the private sector, he insisted it stopped as soon as he took up his new job.

    Despite his characteristically vigorous denials, the allegations threaten his “whiter than white” reputation.

    Some opposition politicians urged him to set out his defence publicly. “It seems to me problematic that a minister has received money from African heads of state with debatable human rights records,” said a Socialist deputy, Arnaud Montebourg. Bernard-Henri Levy, the philosopher, criticised the “little men” who attacked Mr Kouchner.

    Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, February 6, 2009