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Amerika'nin En Etkin Turkleri Odullerini Aldi

ABD'de 2002'den beri yayın yapan TURKOFAMERICA Dergisi tarafından seçilen Amerika'nın En Etkin Türkleri ödüllerini aldı. New York Times Square Marriott Marquis Hotel'de gerçekleştirilen gecede, Nevada'dan Tennessee'ye, Maryland'tan New Jersey'e kadar farklı eyaletlerde yaşayan Türkler bir araya geldi. Türkler arasında gerçekleştirilen ilk çalışma olma özelliği taşıyan ödül gecesinde bir konuşma yapan Brooklyn Belediye Başkanı Adams, davetlilerden büyük alkış topladı.

October 21, 2015
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The Sultan in New York

HIH Prince Bayezid Osman (Courtsey of Peter Constantine)

By Cemil Ozyurt - TURKOFAMERICA has brought together in New York Prince Bayazıd, the Head of the Ottoman Dynasty; Prince Cengiz Nazım, the son of the grandchild of the Sultan Mehmed V; Princess Nejla Chawky, the great-granddaughter of Sultan Abdülmecid; and Mediha Nami de Martinez, the great-granddaughter of Sultan Abdülhamid II.

July 25, 2015
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"My Heart Belongs to America, But My Soul Belongs to Turkey"

HIH Prince Cengiz Hanim and his wife Suzanne Hanimefendi at their New York visit.

When he arrived at Atatürk Airport in 1960 to make a connection to his flight, his heart was about to skip a beat. He was flying to London from Cairo with a transit over İstanbul and he was going to stay in İstanbul for one night. For the first time, he was going to see the lands where his father, who had left the country with the passing of 3 March 1924 exile rule, was born, and, the city where his grandfathers had ruled. When he got off the plane and rode into İstanbul, passing The Old Walls with the Turkish flag flying above, he got emotional and could not hold back his tears.

July 25, 2015
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The Hanim Sultan of the United Nations

Fatma Samire Sultan with her mother Samiye Sultan and His father HIH Prince Abdulhalim. (Courtesy of Nejla Chawky)

Nejla Chawky is the only ‘Hanım Sultan’(Imperial Princess) living in the United States. Her mother, Princess

Nejla Hanimsultan with her mother Fatma Samire Sultan. (Courtesy of Nejla Chawky Hanimsultan)

Fatma Samire, was the daughter of Prince Mehmed Abdulhalim. Members of the Ottoman Dynasty who bore the title “hanım sultan” were the daughters of an Imperial Princess. Princess Nejla was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where her father was Egypt’s Ambassador. Her first schooling was in Romania where, after Brazil, her father served as Ambassador.