The total numbers of Turkish restaurants, cafe, wine bars, clubs, and deli's have reached 150. According to TurkAvenue.com, New York based Turkish Business News Portal, Turkish places mostly locate in New York City, Brooklyn, Queens and North Jersey. New York City is the most popular place for Turkish food industry and Big Apple has 63 Turkish places, North Jersey area has 42 and Brooklyn has 25 places. Generally the most places have opened last five years and a small portion of them has survived over 10 years. Some restaurants, cafes and wine bars have become a chain as Gulluoglu Baklava which has 4 branches in NY and NJ, Toros Restaurants have three branches in New Jersey, Pierre Loti Wine House has three locations in New York City. Pera, Ali Baba, and Ayza Wine Bar & Chocolate have two locations each.
2015-2017 election cycle at ATAA has been successfully completed. Lale Iskarpatyoti, Chairperson of the Nominations Committee, announced on the 2013 election results. Ergun Kırlıkovalı, President of ATAA, thanked all candidates for partaking in democratic process and congratulated the new slate of fellow volunteers. ''I have full confidence in the leadership of the new ATAA presidents Mehmet Celebi (2013-2015) and Prof. Mehmet Toy (2015-2017) and wish the entire ATAA family much success.'' Kırlıkoavalı said. 
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) for a second time has selected the Embraer A-29 Super Tucano for its Light Air Support (LAS) requirement, according to Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), the U.S. proponent. On Wednesday, SNC said that it has an initial $427 million order to supply 20 A-29s, which will be assembled in Jacksonville, Fla.
(Kitco News) - The chief executive of low-cost, mid-tier gold producer Alamos Gold Inc. (AGI) says Turkey wants to become a significant mining jurisdiction, and he also looks for more mergers within the gold-mining sector. Canada-based Alamos Gold owns and operates the Mulatos Mine in Mexico and produced 200,000 ounces of gold at a cash operating cost of $355 an ounce in 2012, which company officials have described as their best year ever. Alamos also has advanced-stage exploration projects in Turkey.
