Six Turkish Americans Named to International Advisory Board

Image Adem Buyukacar, TACC Secretary General, Ali Cinar, President of Federation of Turkish American Associations, Dr. Faruk Taban, President of Turkic American Alliance, Ergun Kirlikovali, President of ATAA, Mehmet Celebi, President-Elect of ATAA, Mehmet Durmus, VP of FTAA, Prof. Dr. Haluk Unal, Professor of Finance, at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland and Sevil Ozisik, Managing Partner of Tooma & Ozisik LLP, has been selected to serve on Turkey's "Overseas Citizens Advisory Board," a prestigious international advisory panel.  On December 28, 2012, the Turkish Prime Minister's office approved the Advisory Board members' selection after a 15-month review process of a significant number of Turks of varied backgrounds who are leaders and experts in their respective fields.
The Advisory Board will start to work actively in 2013 for a period of 4 years to identify the problems of Turks living outside of Turkey and to provide recommendations to the Turkish government concerning how to enhance the lives of these citizens, and ensure they participate equally in social and economic life in the countries in which they live.  Sevil Ozisik is one of 8 board members chosen to represent the interests of Turkish citizens living in the United States and is the only woman as well as the only lawyer from the group.  She will be serving together with the honorary member from the U.S., Mr. Muhtar Kent, who is the CEO of Coca-Cola. 
 
HONARARY MEMBERS OF OVERSEAS CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD

Dr. Merve KAVAKÇI İSLAM - USA
Muhtar KENT - USA
Fuat MANSUROĞLU- GERMANY
Prof. Dr. Yaşar BİLGİN - GERMANY
Mehmet Ali KARAMEMİŞ - AUSTRALIA
Ayhan BAKAN - AUSTRIA
Prof. Dr. Cafer ÖZKUL - FRANCE
Turgut TORUNOĞULLARI - HOLLAND
Remzi GÜR - ENGLAND
Prof. Dr. Feridun HAMDULLAHPUR - CANADA

MEMBERS OF USA
1 - Adem BÜYÜKACAR
2 - Ali ÇINAR
3 - Dr. Faruk TABAN
4 - Ergun KIRLIKOVALI
5 - Mehmet ÇELEBİ
6 - Mehmet DURMUŞ
7 - Prof. Dr. Haluk ÜNAL
8 - Sevil ÖZIŞIK

MEMBERS OF GERMANY
1 - Abdulhafiz KARADAĞ
2 - Abdurrahman SERÇE
3 - Adem ÇAKIR
4 - Ahmet YAZICI
5 - Ayten KILIÇARSLAN
6- Bahattin KAYA
7 - Bekir YILMAZ
8 - Dr. Ahmet ÜNALAN
9 - Erdinç ALTUNTAŞ
10 - Mustafa YENEROĞLU
11 - Oğuz ÜÇÜNCÜ
12 - Osman KARAHAN
13 - Prof. Dr. Halit ÖZTÜRK
14 - Prof. Dr. Havva ENGİN
15 - Yakup TUFAN

MEMBERS OF AUSTRAILA
1 - Ekrem ÖZYÜREK
2 - İzzet ANMAK
3 - Kazım ATEŞ

MEMBERS OF AUSTRIA
1 - Attila DİNÇER
2 - Ercüment AYTAÇ
3 - Ümit VURAL

MEMBERS OF BALKAN COUNTRIES
1 - Gökhan Suat KARAKUŞ
2 - Muzaffer ÇİLEK
3 - Ömer SÜSLİ
4 - Zeki BAYRAM

MEMBERS OF BELGIUM
1 - Eşref YAĞCIOĞLU
2 - Hüseyin ASLAN
3 - Meryem KAÇAR

DENMARK
1 - Musa KEKEÇ

FINLAND

1 - Dr. Mine ERAY

MEMBERS OF FRANCE
1 - Bilal DİNÇ
2 - Cumhur GÜNEŞLİK
3 - Emine BOZKURT
4 - Fatih SARIKIR
5 - Sait TAHAN
6 - Şaban KİPER

HOLLAND
1 - Ejder KÖSE
2 - Doç. Dr. Özcan HIDIR
3 - Osman ELMACI
4 - Yusuf ALTUNTAŞ

MEMBERS OF ENGLAND
1 - Ayşegül YEŞİLDAĞLAR
2 - Doç. Dr. Yusuf ARAYICI
3 - Necmi AKÇAY

MEMBERS OF SWISS
1 - Hasan DÖLEK
2 - Rafet CANDEMİR

MEMBERS OF SWITZLAND
1- Celal BAYAR
2- Dilek UÇAK-EKİNCİ

ITALY
1 - Fatih Mehmet ÇAMLICA

MEMBERS OF CANADA
1 - Selim ARGUN
2 - Timurçin GÖKDEMİR

K.K.T.C.
1 - A. Hayri ORÇAN

NORWAY
1 - Dr. Canan SEVER

MEMBERS OF MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
1 - Bekir KANTARCI
2 - Mustafa BAĞ
3 - Oktay ERCAN

MEMBERS OF CENTRAL ASIA
1 - İhsan FATOĞLU
2 - Orhan İNANDI
3 - Zeki PİLGE
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