Oppose S. Con. Res. 47, Defend Turkish Cypriot Equality

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Press Releases/News	June 21, 2012

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Oppose S. Con. Res. 47
Defend Turkish Cypriot Equality

Defend U.S. Policy to End Isolation of Turkish Cypriots

Dear Friends and Members of the Turkish-American Community,

On June 21, 2012, the Presidents of America's leading Turkish and Turkic-American grassroots organizations, including the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA), Federation of Turkish American Associations (FTAA), Turkish American Community Centers and Mosques (TACC), Azerbaijani-American Council (AAC), and Azerbaijan Society of America (ASA), which represent over 500,000 Turkish Americans and 300,000 Turkic-Americans nationwide, submitted to each Senator a joint letter opposing S. Con. Res.47.

S. Con. Res 47, introduced by Senator Olympia Snowe, promotes Hellenic nationalism on the island of Cyprus. It denies the native Turkish Cypriots equality, cultural rights, and economic rights. It denies the existence of Turkish Cypriots and Muslims whose right it is to live in peace and to prosper individually and as a community on the island of Cyprus.

S. Con. Res 47 echoes the racist rallies of Greek Cypriot Minister Yorgadjis, who in 1962 called for the extermination of the Turkish Cypriots: "There is no place on this island for anyone who is not Greek, who does not think Greek, and who does not constantly feel Greek!"

We urge you to join the Pax Turcica Capwiz Action to contact your Senator and arrest S. Con. Res. 47. Please click here to read the ATAA Northern Cyprus Fact Finding Mission Report.

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