TURYAK Awards Three Turkish-American Activists

Since 1960 when she arrived to the US as a Fulbright scholar  to do post graduate work in biochemistry she has been closely involved in the activities of the Turkish American communities and held key positions on the boards of many local and national Turkish American organizations. Oya Bain as the member of recently formed Turkısh American Steering Committee (TASC) strives for unity among the different factions of the Turkish American community with the aim of having a united voice on foreign policy issues that are vital to the Turkish American community and Turkey itself.

Ergun Kırlıkovalı former TASC Trustee is a polymer chemist and the founder of a pioneering firm developing polymer products in construction, defense and space industries. Kırlıkovalı has been a tireless and  outstanding activist in the Turkish American community and has held leadership positions in major Turkish American organizations since his arrival to the U.S . He is well known for his powerful writing style and penned close to 5000 letters over the years, advocating Turkish American causes.

Ozcan Tuncel is an electrical engineer and one of founding members of the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA). He has published an autobiographical book about his life and success  in the U.S. (Please look up the name of his book -I cant for some reason..)