The city of Dayton is selling the Bomberger Center to the Ahiska Turkish American Community Center of Dayton. The 22,000-square-foot center, at 1306 E. Fifth St., will be used as a multi-purpose community center for education, recreation and community services for the Ahiska Turkish community and others. Some of the services to be offered will include English as Second Language (ESL) and citizenship classes.
Despite Turkey's poor record on press freedom, the country is witnessing an explosion in Internet-based social media, ranking the 4th largest in global usage on Facebook and 8th largest on Twitter. These rankings have made social media a powerful rival to Turkey's mainstream media. But concerns are growing that the development could further polarize Turkish society. In a cafe in downtown Istanbul, Hale is catching up on the news, using Twitter and other social media, which she now relies on for finding out what's going on.
A joint statement sent to President Obama by America's leading national non-profit Turkish and Turkic organizations. The statement says: ''Wartime tradegy suffered by all peoples, not just Armenians.'' Armenian terrorism, revolts, and treason triggering this tragedy still not acknowledged. The statement is signed by Ergun Kirlikovali, ATAA President, Ali Cinar , FTAA President, Adem Buyukacar, TACC Secretary General, Tomris Azeri, ASA President, Javid Huseynov, Ph.D., AAC General Director. The statement is as below:
Coca-Cola is offering shareholders a two-for-one split for their stock. Chief Executive Officer Muhtar Kent announced the recommendation Wednesday at the company's annual shareholder meeting at the Cobb Galleria, eliciting a rousing round of applause from the roughly 600 people gathered. Kent said the share split would be the 11th in the 92-year history of the company's stock and the first time the company offered the split since 1996.
