Turk of America
Turk of America is a Turkish magazine which reports news about Turkish businesses and the Turkish community in the United States. It was founded in 2002 with its first issue published in August of the same year. The magazine is not affiliated with any political organization, party, ethnic group, or ideology.
The magazine’s content focuses primarily on the business activities and the social lives of Turkish people in the United States. Social, cultural and economic activities as well as the activities of Americans who are related in any way with Turkey, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus or other Turkish communities are largely covered on a monthly basis. The magazine follows contemporary developments in the U.S. through its contributors from 10 states Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Washington, D.C.
Distribution
The magazine is distributed in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. by subscription.
The magazine can also be mailed to individuals, institutions, and other entities that serve the Turkish community or has extensive communication with Turkish community in their respective region. U.S. based Turkish associations, consulates and businesses are included in this segment. The magazine is also sent to American companies doing business with Turkey, to members of the U.S. Senate (100 Senators), to the members of the Turkish American Chamber of Commerce & Industry, to the members of the Turkish Business Forum, to the members of the American Turkish Assemble Associations, to the members of the Federation of Turkish American Associations and to the members of the American Turkish Council. The magazine, which is published in English, is also distributed to airline passengers at the Turkish Airlines VIP lounge at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City.
The magazine is distributed to a broad audience in Turkey, which includes large corporations, banks, advertising and PR companies, foundations, and the press.
Growing popularity
Turk of America reaches over 10,000 individuals, institutions, and entities in the United States. It is also distributed through direct mail in Turkey. It is sent to over one thousand executives of leading advertising, media, PR and consulting companies in addition to large corporations, banks, and investment firms.
Prominent figures that have been interviewed for the magazine:
Political Figures
- Süleyman Demirel – 9th President of Turkey
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - Prime Minister of Turkish Republic
- Abdullah Gül – Former Foreign Minister of Turkish Republic - President of Turkish Republic
- Kürşad Tüzmen – State Minister of Turkey
- Ertuğrul Günay – Tourism Minister of Turkey
- Robert Wexler – U.S. Democratic Congressman for the 19th Congressional District of Florida
- Steve Cohen – U.S. Democratic Congressman for the 9th Congressional District of Tennessee
- Dan Burton – U.S. Republican Congressman for the 5th Congressional District of Indiana
- Virginia Foxx – U.S. Republican Congresswoman for the 5th Congressional District of North Carolina
- Eddie Bernie Johnson – U.S. Democratic Congresswoman from the 30th Congressional District of Texas
- David Paterson - New York Governor
Business Professionals
- Güler Sabancı – The chairperson of the family-controlled Sabancı Holding, Guler Sabanci ranked 65 on The 100 Most Powerful Women in 2007.
- Ferit Şahenk – Chairman of Turkey's Doğuş Holding conglomerate and one of the country's wealthiest individuals, with a personal fortune estimated at US $1.3 billion.
- Tim (Murat) Özgener – Presindet of CAO Cigars
- Alican Tosyalı – President of Benchmark Rings
- Ekmel Anda – President & CEO of Unique Settings of New York
- Sani Şener – President & CEO of TAV Airports Holding
- Ferhan Geylan – President of Gilan Jewelry
- Huseyin Özyurtçu – Owner of Picasso Travel, is the industry leader providing the most competitively priced consolidator fares in United States.
- Mustafa Baklan – President of Baktat, In Germany, Baktat, a company that produces and distributes ready foodstuffs, is known to be the largest Turkish food company in the ethnic market.
- Ahmet Aktaş – President of Efe Fırat Feinkost Limited, one of the biggest Turkish brands on European market.
- Şeref Tıraş – President of EMS, which handles most of the overland transportation from Germany.
- Turan Kahraman – President of Askew Industrial Corp.
- Ahmet Sandıkçı – President of Arcade Currency Palace, first money showroom in the U.S. (Charged with crimes and now bankrupt)
- Varol Ablak – President of Vocelli Pizza
- Alparslan Basdoğan – President of Asia Minor Carpets
- Türker Hıdırlar – President of Iconn
- Yıldız Blackstone – President of Luca Luca
- Nevin Şanlı – President of SP&H (Los Angeles)
- Sinan Altun – Commercial, Customer and Field Marketing Director of Glaceau.
- Moshe Aelyon – Party organizer
- Aydın Şenkut – The first International Sales Manager at Google.
- Barış Karadoğan – Partner at Velocity Interactive Group
- N. George Uğraş – General Partner, Adams Capital Management.
- Mustafa Abadan – Design partner in the architectural firm of Skidmore Owings and Merrill LLP, one of the largest and most influential architecture firms of the modern era.
- Melih Abdulhayoglu - Founder of Comodo
- Barry Habib - Mortgage Consultant
Academia
- William J. Grimes – New School University Media Management Department Chair
- Robert C. Michelson – Principal Research Engineer Emeritus at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, founder of the International Aerial Robotics Competition and inventor of the Entomopter
- Dr. Yaman Yener – Associate Dean of Engineering in charge of Research and Graduate Studies and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University.
- Professor Ahmet Palazoğlu of the University of California, Davis
- Professor Ümran İnan of Stanford University
- Professor Lawrence DeNardis – Emeritus President of University of New Haven (UNH)
Arts and Performance
- Arif Mardin – Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco, and country.
- Sezen Aksu - Queen of Turkish Pop
- Sertab Erener - Pop Singer
- Fahir Atakoğlu – Producer and musician
- Demir Demirkan - Composer, producer
- Sinem and Didem Balık (a.k.a. the Opera Twins)
- Zeynep Üçbaşaran – Pianist
- Mesut Özgen – Classical Guitarist, Composer
- Aram Gülyüz – Screenwriter, director, and producer
- Mehmet Güler – Painter
- Cem Duruöz – Guitarist
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