Admin TOA

My Grandparents Were Always Proud of their Turkish Heritage

Dan Morhaim, Deputy Majority Leader of the Maryland General Assembly.

Until a century ago in Kırklareli, the capital of Kırklareli Province in Eastern Thrace, in the European part of Turkey, there was a Jewish congregation of one thousand three hundred people. Now among the native-born residents of the city there are only five Jews, including the rabbi. Rabbi Hayim Abravanel (86) has served over 50 years in the Musa Synagogue Foundation.

October 5, 2009
Published in Politicians

New York Has a Special Place as Our Primary Trade Partner in the US

Zafer Caglayan, Minister of State.

By Zafer Çağlayan -
Republic of Turkey, Minister of State in Charge of Foreign Trade
Whenever Turkey-US relations are being examined, trade affairs and economic dimension are shadowed by defense and politics-oriented relations between the two countries. Naturally, this was one of the matters discussed during US President Barack Obama’s recent visit to our country. As a result of the dialogues with President Obama, the obligation of supporting strategic relations between the two countries through advancements in trade and economic relations has been agreed on.

June 14, 2009
Published in Politicians

City of Niagara Falls Builds on the Past, Seeks a Brighter Future

Niagara Falls, NY - What is the similarity between being a mayor of the City that is one of the U.S.’s top ten tourist destinations and being a professor of international affairs at a university? The best person to answer that question may be Paul A. Dyster, the mayor of Niagara Falls.

June 14, 2009
Published in Politicians

Will Buffalo Rise Once Again?

The village of Buffalo was originally surveyed and laid out for the Holland Land Company in 1804 by Joseph Ellicott. The Holland Land Company had purchased western New York, bounded by the Genessee River to the east, Lake Ontario to the North, the Niagara River and Lake Erie to the west and Pennsylvania to the south. Buffalo of 1830's was a boom town on the Erie Canal.