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[edit] Info Box

I have add a Info Box. Hope you like it.--Babaeski 00:12, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comment

Just as "Turkish" and "Turkic" aren't synonymous, "Turkish American" and "Turkic American" wouldn't be synonymous either.

Gringo300 18:21, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree. This should be retitled "Turkish-Americans". I've never heard "Turk-American" or "Turkic-American" been ever used--Kilhan 09:49, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

From everything I've ever seen, "Turk" is a NOUN. "Turkish" and "Turkic" are adjectives. "Turkic Americans" would be far more grammatically sound than "Turk Americans". But I think the article is talking about TurkISH Americans, and that's what it should be changed to. Gringo300 21:17, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Added Organizations

I've added 26 states (sub-sections) and 54 organizations into the Organizations section. -- WiiVolve 12:58, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

And I have removed them. Wikipedia is not a link farm. User:Zoe|(talk) 09:02, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Then remove the links only. I took my time placing each and every one of these organizations in here. Take some time off yourself too. -- WiiVolve 02:51, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I will second. This is already an article in its infancy, there is nothing wrong with having those links until the time when the article will be expanded significantly. But please also remember the problem of systemic bias, which means that such articles take a long time to mature. The links can stay. Baristarim 02:59, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Per the discussion above, it appears that User:Zoe had a problem with the massive amount of links in this article back in January. And it doesnt look as if anything has changed since then. This article "in its infancy" has had four months to be cleaned up, but hasn't been. The huge numbers of links need to be removed. This isn't dmoz. Corvus cornix 20:56, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Done. If anyone wants to use the links for developing the article, I've put them below; you should keep in mind the policy on reliable sources. cab 02:53, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

If somebody knows a reliable website where the links to these orgs are listed, we can have an external link to that website. Anyway, I guess the tag is about Bob Dylan (the others are rather obvious). I checked the article Bob Dylan, and its mentioned there that his paternal grandparents hail from Istanbul or Trabzon, I guess they are descendants of Sephardic Jews who immigrated to Ottoman Empire in the late 15th century. Check this: [1], it is but a blog, we might be able to find the original (Dylan, Chronicles, Vol. 1, 92–93). deniz^T_C 09:51, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

just because SOME of Bob Dylan's JEWISH ancestors lived in turkey for SOME time, it doesnt make him turkish

thanks

[edit] Organizations

[edit] Hawaii

Turkish American Friendship Association of Hawaii

[edit] Illinois

Turkish-American Society of Chicago.
Turkish American Cultural Alliance of Chicago.
Turkish American Association for Cultural Exchange.

[edit] Indiana

American-Turkish Association of Indiana.
Purdue University Turkish Students Association, West Lafayette, Indiana.

[edit] Louisiana

Turkish American Association of Louisiana

[edit] Massachusetts

Turkish American Cultural Society of New England.
Turkish Student Association of Boston University.
MIT Turkish Student Association.

[edit] Maryland

Maryland American Turkish Association.
Turkish Children Foster Care.

[edit] Michigan

Turkish American Cultural Association of Michigan.
Turkish American Neuropsychiatric Association

[edit] Minnesota

Turkish American Association of Minnesota.

[edit] Missouri

Turkish-American Association of Greater Kansas City.
Turkish American Cultural Alliance of St. Louis.

[edit] North Carolina

American Turkish Association of North Carolina.
Turkish Student Association of North Carolina State University.
Turkish Student Association of University of North Carolina Chapell Hill.
Divan Cultural Center.
Bridge to Turkiye Foundation.

[edit] New Jersey

Azerbaijan Society of America.
Anadolu Club.
Young Turks Cultural Aid Society.
American Turkish Islamic and Cultural Center
Karacay Turks Mosque and Cultural Association
American Karachay-Kavkaz Benevolent Association.
Solidarity of Balkan Turks of America
United Islamic Center (Ulu Cami).
Türk Ocağı
Turkestanian American Association
Istanbul University Alumni Association of USA.
Istanbul Sports, Cultural, and Educational Association.
Pioneer Academy of Science.
Hudson Turkish American Cultural Association.
Turkish Cypriot Cultural and Educational Association of New Jersey

[edit] New York

Federation of Turkish American Associations.
Turkish American Cultural Association of Long Island.
The Society of Turkish American Architects, Engineers and Scientists.
Turkish Society of Rochester.
Young Turks Cultural Aid Society.
Turkish Cypriot Aid Society
Turkish Women's League of America
American Association of Crimean Turks.
Istanbul University Alumni Association of USA.
Middle East Technical University Alumni Association.
United American Muslim Association.

[edit] Ohio

Turkish American Association of Central Ohio.
Turkish American Society of Northeastern Ohio.

[edit] Oklahoma

Turkish American Association of Oklahoma

[edit] Pennsylvania

Lehigh Dialogue Center.
Pittsburgh Turkish American Association.
Turkish American Friendship Society of the United States.
Turkish-American Muslims Cultural Association

[edit] Rhode Island

Brown University Turkish Cultural Society.
Turkish American Cultural Society of Rhode Island.

[edit] Texas

Raindrop Turkevi Raindrop Foundation Turkish Cultural Center.
American Turkish Association of Houston.
Turkish American Association of Northern Texas.
Turkish American Association of San Antonio.

[edit] Virginia

American-Turkish Friendship Association.
The Melungeon Heritage Association.

[edit] Washington

Turkish American Cultural Association of Washington.

[edit] Washington DC

Assembly of Turkish American Associations.
American-Turkish Friendship Association.
American Turkish Association of Washington DC.
Washington Turkish Women Association

[edit] Wisconsin

Turkish American Association of Milwaukee

[edit] Turk or Turkish?

I think this should be made clear. The correct term is Turkish American for people who have origins in Turkey. Also please stop including other Turkic speaking peoples. This is just for people from Turkey. -- Behnam 02:52, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Republic of Turkey or Rep of Turkey + geographically Turkish? Is Bob Dylan Turkish American due to his grandparents? Deniz^T_C 08:05, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Turk American is flatly ungrammatical. No one would ever say *Swede American or *Dane American. In all of these expressions, "American" is a noun; we don't use a noun signifying nationality (e.g. "Swede", "Dane", "Turk") to modify another noun. We use the adjective instead: Swedish American, Danish American, and here Turkish American. Türk Amerikan or Türk Amerikalısı might be possible in Turkish, but not in English. Q·L·1968 ☿ 16:28, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alabama is not named after "Allah"

I was looking at the source of this article, and it appears to be based on a virulently nationalist perspective, which suggests among other things that the words "Allegheny" and "Alabama" evidence Turkish influence in the origins of the modern USA, because they include the word "Allah".[2] "Kentucky" and "Niagara" were apparently also named by Turks. The article also suggests that the traditional Turkish bogeymen, the Armenians and the Greeks, hate and persecute Turkish people in America, and that in America the "alleged genocide" of Armenians is advertised on "neon lighted signs... creat[ing] an atmosphere in which Turks are under siege and continually forced to defend themselves."

Perhaps it would also be a good idea to remove Tiffani Thiessen and Bob Dylan (and probably half the other images) from this entry, as these people are clearly not "Turkish American", except perhaps to confused nationalists desperate to feed the mythos. DBaba (talk) 19:21, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bronson?!

This article reads like a fairy-tale... Among the other claims that I found laughable is that Charles Bronson is supposed to be Turkish... Now this affected me because I am a Lithuania American, I don't even know where the association came from, Lithuania was never affected by Tatar or Ottoman invaders, there's no connection at all. Koalorka (talk) 05:33, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article should be moved to Turkish American

Someone should move it to Turkish American, that is more correct as can be seen by the long list of Turkish American organizations. TheNewPianist (talk) 17:20, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image gallery

Per WP:NFC, non-free images are generally not allowed in galleries because in that context they are used without critical commentary and thus fail the significance criterion. Please use only freely licensed and public domain images in the gallery. Thanks! —An gr ^{If you've written a quality article...} 07:47, 29 February 2008 (UTC)