Of all the variables that dictate the fate of nations, demography might just be the most decisive. The pace of populations—how they grow, change and decline—helps shape a country’s political outlook, its internal makeup, and its place in the world. It can also provide useful insights into a nation’s foreign policy priorities. Turkey is a case in point. In late April, TurkStat, Turkey’s official statistics agency, released its latest survey of the country’s population. That study found that the national fertility rate, at 2.08, remains more or less stable. The trend, however, isn’t uniform. In the country’s west, birth rates generally fall significantly below the 2.1 live births per woman needed for “replenishment.” Births in Turkey’s Kurdish-dominated southeast, by contrast, are significantly higher. In other words, Turkey’s Kurdish minority is growing, while the rest of the country is not.
A group of masked assailants attacked a mosque in Massachusetts on Wednesday. According to an official and community leader, several windows were broken and no one was injured. The attack took place in the city of West Springfield at around 8:15 p.m. local time (00:15 GMT) at the Ahiska Turkish American Cultural Center and Mosque. According to Yaşar Çolak, the religious affairs counselor at Turkey's embassy in Washington, D.C., five unidentified masked men arrived at the scene and began hurling stones at the buildings. 
New York merkezli Türk Amerikan Liderler Konseyi, Makedonya'da son dönemde Makedonya Başbakanı Nikola Gruevski'ye karşı yapılan karalamalara tepki gösterdi. TALC Başkanı Ali Çınar'ın imzası ile yapılan basın açıklamasında Makedon Hükümeti'nin Türkiye ile çok yakın ilişkide olduğu ve birçok Türk firmasının yakın olarak çalışıldığı hatırlatıldı. Devletlerarası ilişkiler dışında iki halk arasında yakın bir ortaklığın ve paylaşımın olduğu vurgulandı. 
Ali Cinar-New York- (January 15th-2015) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has launched an ID program that will give the city's estimated half million undocumented migrants an opportunity to open bank accounts and access other services that may have been denied to them before. 
By Ali Cinar, Brooklyn, (January 9th-2015) - NYPD Officers in Brooklyn had a visit to Eyup Sultan Cultural and Mosque Center. Former President of Eyup Sultan and NYPD Clergy Liason Kenan Taskent made a short presentation about the organization during visit. Since there is a big Islamophobia issue raising globally, it was a very important visit for NYPD Officers to know their neighbor moslem organization in Brooklyn. 
Turkish American Community Leaders Erhan Yildirim and Ibrahim Kurtulus was invited by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams who was holding a vigil for the 2 Selin NYPD officers. The United American Muslim Association Fatih Mosque a Turkish American group based in Brooklyn made a statement at the program on Sunday night. 
By Ali Cinar - December 2nd,2014 - New York Mayor de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bratton today announced the city’s latest crime numbers and outlined the administration’s work this year to strengthen the relationship between police and community. They made an announcement at Ingersoll Houses in Brooklyn which is one of the Facilities where the Blasio Administration invested 210 million dollars forNew York City Housing Authority anti violence programs where crime has been decreased by 18.6%
Ali Cinar- New York (20 Şubat 2014) Amerika Birleşik Devletlerinde başlayan sosyal medya girişimleri tüm dünyaya yansımış hem insan hayatı hem de ülkelerin kaderini bile belirleyici faktörlerden bile olmuştur. Amerikada 2004 yılında kurulan Facebook’a baktığımız zaman kullanıcı sayısı 1.23 milyar , yine keza 2006 yılında kurulan Twitter baktığımız zaman kullanıcı sayısı 200 milyonnun üzerinde. 
DAYTON -- Democratic candidate for governor Ed FitzGerald visited the Ahiska Turkish American Community Center on Wednesday to talk about the stakes in the 2014 election. New Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley and other Dayton area political leaders joined FitzGerald at the event, which is campaign called the first in a series of events focused on putting Ohio's middle class first. We were at the event and will bring you more from FitzGerald's visit tonight at 6 on ABC 22 News and at 6:30 on FOX 45 News. 
Chairman of Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kilicdaroglu continued his Washington talks on Tuesday, as part of his first visit to the US as the chairman of Turkey's main opposition party. Kilicdaroglu came together with the US House of Representatives Majority Leader Congressman Eric Cantor, a meeting in which the Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Ed Royce, CHP Deputy Chairmen Faruk Logoglu and Sezgin Tanrikulu were also present. 
TCA commemorated the 90th Anniversary of Turkish Republic Day on October 29. On this day in 1923, the newly recognized Turkish parliament proclaimed the establishment of the Republic of Turkey and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who led the Turkish National War of Liberation, was unanimously elected as its first president. This year, as the 90th Anniversary of Turkish Republic Day is being celebrated, we express our sincere appreciation to the various organizations and friends of the Turkish-American community who delivered congratulatory messages marking this important milestone. 
ISTANBUL — Riot police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets in day-long clashes that lasted into the early hours Wednesday, battling protesters who have been occupying Istanbul's central Taksim Square and its adjacent Gezi Park in the country's most severe anti-government protests in decades. The crisis has left Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan looking vulnerable for the first time in his decade in power and has threatened to tarnish the international image of Turkey, a Muslim majority country with a strongly secular tradition, a burgeoning economy and close ties with the United States. 
