American Turkish Council

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a business association dedicated to enhancing the promotion of US-Turkish Commercial, Defense, Technology and Cultural Relations in Washington DC.

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According to its 2005 annual report, current American-Turkish Council (ATC) board members include:

Brent Scowcroft, the board chairman and former national security adviser for George H. W. Bush
George Perlman of Lockheed Martin
Elizabeth Avery of Pepsico
Ozer Baysal of Pfizer
Andy Button of Boeing
Richard K. Douglas of General Electric
Sherry Grandjean of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
John R. Miller of Raytheon
Selig A. Taubenblatt of Bechtel

ATC Staff Amb. James H. Holmes (Ret.) President & CEO

Canan Büyükünsal Executive Director

Cenk sidar Director, Defense, Energy & Construction Programs

Ayşe Sümer Director, Commercial Programs and Government Affairs

Faith Scott Office Manager

ATC's advisory board also includes representatives of a number of high-powered defense, pharmaceutical, consulting, and technology firms, including General Atomics, BAE Systems, Motorola, and the Cohen Group. Daniel Pipes is a former ATC board member.

Growing media scrutiny of the ATC is a result of allegations made by FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds regarding suspect activities of council members in an article in the September 2005 Vanity Fair.

The ATC is where former Ambassador Joseph Wilson met his future wife and CIA operative, Valerie Plame, leading some to speculate Plame's CIA front company, Brewster-Jennings & Associates, was monitoring the same alleged nuclear trafficking of the ATC as Sibel Edmonds.