The ceremony was attended by Turkish Ambassador, Namık Tan and dignitaries representing the University of Pittsburgh, along with members of Turkish American community in Pittsburgh who contributed to the success of the project through financial contributions and volunteer work.
If Mehmet Okur was caught by surprise and unsure how to respond to being traded from the Utah Jazz to the Nets, his sister, Seda, had no such ambivalence. “Oh yeah, she was excited,” Okur said today of his sister, who lives in New York City. “When I called her, she couldn’t believe it for like five minutes. She said, ‘Mehmet, I need to call you back. Give me like five minutes. I want to catch my breath!’ “I was like, ‘Take your time. Don’t pass out,’ ” Okur said with a smile. “She was excited.”
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