Featuring:
Serkan Adin, Haluk Akakçe, Vahap Avsar, Kezban Arca Batibeki, Ramazan Bayrakoğlu, Gökçe Çelikel, Taner Ceylan, Ahmet Elhan, Extramücadele, Mustafa Horasan, Peter Hristoff, Gözde İlkin, Burhan Kum, Bahar Oganer, Soner Ön, İrfan Önürmen, Arif Özakça, Sefa Saglam, Yaşam Şaşmazer, Gülay Semercioğlu, Canan Şenol, Erinç Seymen, Hale Tenger, Nazif Topçuoğlu, Elif Uras, Ebru Uygun, Halil Vurucuoğlu, and Ekrem Yalçındağ.

Opening Reception and Book Launch:
Wednesday, June 2, 6 – 8 p.m.
Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller (LTMH) Gallery
39 East 78th Street at Madison Ave, 3rd Floor

Exhibition Dates:
June 2 - September 1, 2010
Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Symposium:
Thursday, June 3, 5:30-7.30 p.m.
Sotheby’s, 1334 York Avenue New York, NY 10021

For more information, please contact LTMH at 212.249.7695 or ltmh@ltmhgallery.com

The American Turkish Society and Moon and Stars Project are proud to support "Istanbul Cool! What’s Happening in Contemporary Turkish Art Now", a much-anticipated exhibition of work by contemporary Turkish artists. The exhibition will offer the work of 27 artists living in Turkey, as well as the U.S. and Europe, including past Moon and Stars Project grant recipients and will present the work of both well-known and established Turkish artists, and emerging artists whose work will be on view for the first time in the U.S.

An illustrated catalogue will accompany the exhibition, and will include essays by Maryam Homayoun Eisler, noted art collector; Emin Mahir Balcioglu, art historian and Director, Contemporary Istanbul; and Sefa Saglam, Director of Exhibitions, The Neue Galerie, New York.

As Emin Mahir Balcioglu, Director, Contemporary Istanbul, notes in the catalogue essay, “Contemporary art from Turkey is in the limelight (at last); its debut has been delayed for several reasons, but today, supported by a vibrant emerging economy and an ever increasing group of collectors, it has begun to thrive. This is all very new and remarkable; the fact that Turkish artists are beginning to showcase their works not only in their own country but abroad, and as the days go by are more and more acknowledged, proves that there are considerable transformations at hand.”

For exhibition highlights click here.

Istanbul Cool! What’s Happening in Contemporary Turkish Art Now is dedicated in loving memory of Ali Can Ertug.

Opening Friday, August 20, 2010 at the IFC Center and Lincoln Plaza Cinemas

Presented in association with Moon and Stars Project and The American Turkish Society

Filmmaker Fatih Akin, known for celebrated dramas like Head-On and The Edge of Heaven, serves up a delightfully fresh comedy with his latest award-winning film. Soul Kitchen is a delicious, free spirited story of food, friends, and rock & roll; winner of the “Special Jury Prize” and the “Young Cinema Award for Best Film” at the Venice Film Festival; and a smash with audiences at the Toronto and Tribeca film festivals.

The film centers on a likable but hopelessly disorganized restaurateur, Zinos (co-screenwriter Adam Bousdoukos) whose cafe is second home to a motley crew of lovable eccentrics. When his girlfriend Nadine moves to Shanghai, a love-sick Zinos decides to fly after her, leaving his restaurant in the hands of his unreliable ex-con brother Illias. The mayhem that follows is a hilariously entertaining story of self-realization, set to an irresistibly soulful soundtrack.

“One of the Current World Cinema Scene’s Most Exciting Filmmakers.”
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times

“A Rollicking, Beat-Crazy Foodie Comedy… Purely Entertaining”
The Onion A.V. Club

To view the trailer, click here. For info and advance tickets, call (212) 924 7711 (IFC Center) or (212) 757 2280 (Lincoln Plaza Cinemas).

Please join us at the Summer Residency Program Open Studios to see recent works by current artists, including 2010 artist-in-residence Nazim Unal Yilmaz, whose participation is sponsored by Moon and Stars Project, The American Turkish Society, the Turkish Culture and Tourism Office, and the Marmara Manhattan. Summer Residencies at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City offer emerging and mid-career artists time, space and a supportive community in which to develop ideas and focus on their artistic direction. The American Turkish Society and Moon and Stars Project have offered grants to fund student artists of Turkish origin to attend the program since 2004.

For program and participant details, please click here.

This event is free and open to the public. Our special thanks to the Marmara Manhattan and the Turkish Culture and Tourism Office in New York.

The American Turkish Society is pleased to host

A welcome reception for visiting students from Ihsan Dogramaci Foundation Bilkent Laboratory High School in Erzurum, Turkey

and

A send-off for the 2010 New York participants of Space Camp Turkey

Join us on June 23 when visiting students from Erzurum, Turkey meet their Turkey-bound American peers: the students from New York City who will be attending Space Camp Turkey next month. Their teacher and a student intern will also be joing them in Turkey with support from The American Turkish Society. Middle and high school students are particularly encouraged to attend the reception to meet their Turkish and American peers.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

The American Turkish Society
305 East 47th Street at 2nd Avenue, 8th Floor

Please RSVP to amy.nazer@americanturkishsociety.org or by calling (212) 583-7614.

Support The American Turkish Society’s efforts to provide scholarships for New York City students to attend Space Camp Turkey. Please consider making a donation online or at the event.

The Ihsan Dogramaci Foundation Bilkent Laboratory High School in Erzurum, Turkey, was founded in 2007. With 90% of students on scholarship, the school aims to bring a higher quality of education to Turkey's eastern region. In early 2009, the North America Alumni of Bilkent University supported 8 students and 2 teacher chaperones to visit their greater Bilkent family for a week-long educational and cultural program in New York City. The program is being repeated this year from June 20 -27. The alumni have raised $20,000 to fund this and future trips for the students from Erzurum.

Global Friendship Through Space Education (GFSE) is a California-based non-profit organization dedicated to promoting friendship among young people from different countries and cultures through the study of space-related science and technology. Through GFTSE’s International Scholarship Program, students from around the world participate in a 6-Day International Summer Camp at Space Camp Turkey, the only such facility in the Middle East, Southern / Eastern Europe and Asia. Registration is ongoing for Space Camp Turkey’s other sessions throughout the summer; more information is available here.

The Columbia Business School Alumni Club of NY, The American Turkish Society, and Turkish American Business Forum are pleased to present a breakfast discussion with Stephen Kinzer following the June 8 release of his latest book, “Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America’s Future.”

What can the United States do to help realize its dream of a peaceful, democratic Middle East? Stephen Kinzer offers a surprising answer in this paradigm-shifting book, to be released on June 8. Two countries in the region, he argues, are America's logical partners in the twenty-first century: Turkey and Iran. Besides proposing this new "power triangle," Kinzer also recommends that the United States reshape relations with its two traditional Middle East allies, Israel and Saudi Arabia. This book provides a penetrating, timely critique of America's approach to the world's most volatile region, and offers a startling alternative.

8:00 - 8:30 am - Registration
8:30- 9:30 am - Book Lecture & Question and Answer Session
9:30- 10:00 am - Book Signing & Networking

The event fee includes a copy of the book and breakfast.

We would like to thank Herrick, Feinstein LLP for sponsoring this event.

Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Please register online by Friday, June 4. For questions, please call (212) 583-7614 or email info@americanturkishsociety.org.

Baruch College, CUNY The Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, and The Light Millennium, in collaboration with The American Turkish Society present a book disussion with author Stephen Kinzer, award‐winning foreign correspondent, master storyteller, and New York Times bureau chief in Turkey (1996‐2000), Germany, and Nicaragua, and Professor at Boston University.

What can the United States do to help realize its dream of a peaceful, democratic Middle East? Stephen Kinzer offers a surprising answer in this paradigm-shifting book, to be released on June 8. Two countries in the region, he argues, are America's logical partners in the twenty-first century: Turkey and Iran. Besides proposing this new "power triangle," Kinzer also recommends that the United States reshape relations with its two traditional Middle East allies, Israel and Saudi Arabia. This book provides a penetrating, timely critique of America's approach to the world's most volatile region, and offers a startling alternative.

**Please note time change**

6:00 pm - Registration & Reception
7:00 pm - Program

Our special thanks to

This event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required for entry. Please register HERE by Wednesday, June 9.

For questions, please call (212) 583-7614 or email info@americanturkishsociety.org.

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The American Turkish Society and Moon and Stars Project are proud to present a benefit concert to pay tribute to Hrant Dink, the Turkish-Armenian journalist and editor-in-chief of the Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos newspaper, who was assassinated on January 19, 2007.

In this unprecedented gathering, world-renowned percussionist Arto Tuncboyaciyan and Turkish rock artist Yaşar Kurt who together formed the musical collaboration Yash-Ar will share the stage with musicians from the Armenian Navy Band to perform Tunçboyacıyan’s timeless songs, as well as works from Yash-Ar’s debut album “Against Hatred and Animosity” (Nefrete Kine Karşı), which includes a special song dedicated to the memory of Hrant Dink. Proceeds of the concert will go to the International Hrant Dink Foundation dedicated to fostering equal opportunity among youth and creating cultural diversity.

This special program represents a genuine effort to follow in the footsteps of the late Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink in embracing peace and fostering dialogue between the peoples of Turkey and Armenia and their respective communities around the world. We are particularly pleased to present this concert at a time of renewed reconciliation efforts between the two countries, despite a troubled history and ongoing political, social and cultural hurdles to mutual understanding. We believe that the arts can contribute significantly to these efforts.

Ticket Information
Ticket Prices are $125 VIP ticket, $50, $40, and $20 (Student & Senior).

The VIP ticket includes one orchestra seat (in $125 category), a specially signed CD from the artists, and an invitation to an exclusive cocktail reception preceding the concert.

TO PURCHASE TICKETS, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

TO PURCHASE ARTISTS' CD, PLEASE CLICK HERE .
(Will call on the day of the event)

We are seeking individual and institutional donations for this benefit concert in order to maximize our support for the International Hrant Dink Foundation. In addition, if you are unable to attend the concert we encourage you to make a tax-deductible contribution. For details, please see the benefit package below.

TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION, PLEASE CLICK HERE .

br>Sponsored by:

The Transatlantic Academy, State University of New York (SUNY's) Office of International Programs, The Levin Institute
and
The American Turkish Society

invite you to a reception
which follows an invitation-only Academic Symposium on

The New Turkish Foreign Policy and its Relation to Domestic Change in Turkey

Symposium Panelists:
Zehra Arat, SUNY Purchase
Soner Cagaptay, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Steven Cook, Council on Foreign Relations
David Cuthell, Institute of Turkish Studies
Ahmet Evin, Transatlantic Academy
Kemal Kirisci, Transatlantic Academy
Michael Oppenheimer, NYU
Nathalie Tocci, Transatlantic Academy
Juliette Tolay, Transatlantic Academy
Umut Uzer, SUNY FIT

Space is limited. Reservations to the reception are required
RSVP by April 21 to: info@americanturkishsociety.org

The American Turkish Society is pleased to support the electro-baroque opera “Fuga” created and produced by bassoonist Burak Ozdemir, the two time recipient of The Society’s Ahmet Ertegun Memorial Scholarship at The Juilliard School. He will be joined by guitarist Cagdas Ozkan, another Ahmet Ertegun Scholar at Juilliard.

Premium Tickets: $85
General Admission: $45
Student: $20 (Available at the Box Office w/ ID)

For more information and to purchase tickets click here.

Support the Ahmet Ertegun Memorial Scholarship Fund

The Ahmet Ertegun Memorial Scholarship Fund supports students of Turkish descent pursuing undergraduate or graduate studies in music at The Juilliard School, in memory of The Society’s late Chairman Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlantic Records. Our current Ahmet Ertegun Scholars, Burak and Cagdas, are exceptional examples of how the program contributes to the artistic and professional development of young musicians. To contribute to the Fund, please follow our donation link here.

Soul Kitchen
IFC Films presents U.S. Premiere

Director Fatih Akin dishes out lighter fare in his delightful and appropriately titled Soul Kitchen. Having previously achieved worldwide art-house fame for such brooding and powerful films as Yasamin Kiyisinda (The Edge of Heaven) and Duvara Karsi(Head-On), Akin is at ease and in great form in this wistful comedy.

Zinos Kazantsakis runs a no-frills pub in Hamburg called Soul Kitchen, where loyal locals flock for the good grub and music. His idle life begins to tilt when his girlfriend takes a job in China, fast-tracking his plan to leave the restaurant business forever. However, his exit strategy gets derailed in this vibrant comedy of errors. His surly brother is recently out on parole and needs a job, and his new chef's fancy fare is turning away the currywurst-loving customers. To make it all worse, he just slipped a disc, and a greedy businessman is trying to steal his family's property. What ensues is a foot-tapping-music-filled, mouthwatering journey of revelations. Soul Kitchen is a deliciously fun and heartfelt romp, and Akin has proved that—no matter what the genre—he can serve up poignancy and soul from his own filmmaking kitchen. --Genna Terranova

Cast & Credits
Featuring: Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Pheline Roggan, Anna Bederke, Lukas Gregorowicz, Dorka Gryullus, Ugur Yucel
Directed by: Fatih Akin
Written by: Fatih Akin, Adam Bousdoukos
Produced by: Klaus Maeck, Fatih Akin
Co-Produced by: Fabienne Vonier, Alberto Fanni, Flaminio Zadra, Paolo Colombo

Screenings
Thu, Apr 22, 6:30PM
Village East Cinema 6

Mon, Apr 26, 5:30PM
Village East Cinema 3

Thu, Apr 29, 1:00PM
Clearview Chelsea Cinema 8

For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit Tribeca Film Festival’s website

The American Turkish Society and Moon and Stars Project are pleased to present

Fatima Spar and the Freedom Fries

Early Show: 8:00pm
Late Show: 10:00 pm

Ticket Price: $25, $20 (senior citizens and students with valid ID)

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE.

A Vienna-based group formed in 2004, Fatima Spar and the Freedom Fries is a Euro-Asian indie jazz band with a Turkish singer that integrates swing and musical styles from the Balkans. Their music encompasses an artistic blend of multiple instruments like trumpet, saxophone, accordion and bass. The band derives its name from the euphemism for French Fries used in the U.S. after the French government’s refusal to support the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and consists of Fatima Spar (vocals), Milos Todorovski (accordion), Erwin Schober (drums), Philip Moosburger (double bass), Florian Wagner (guitar), Alexander Wladigeoff (trumpet), and Philip Yaeger (trombone).

The group averages around 100 concerts every year, and has performed in many renowned concert halls throughout Europe including Notting Hill Arts Club in London, Wiener Konzerthaus in Vienna and Concertgebouw in Amsterdam as well as leading music clubs in Belgrade and Istanbul. The lyrics, which find emotion in Fatima Spar’s contemporary jazz voice, are mostly in English and Turkish. When asked about how she would like to be remembered, Fatima Spar told Turkish Journal, “Precious but fleeting”, which it may be said, is also a good depiction of her band’s brilliant amalgam of sounds. Falling somewhere between 1930’s and today’s music, the band’s tunes resemble avant garde artists such as Pink Martini and Paris Combo and yet retain their own individuality.

Some of their most popular songs including 'Egyptian Ella' (a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald), 'Bosa Noga', 'Kızılcıklar Oldu Mu', and 'Kibirli Ceviz' are covered in their second album Zirzop and their latest album Trust was recorded in Frankfurt’s renowned Hazelwood Studio. The story behind the album’s title song, 'Trust', is poignant and politically charged. “I read a racist propaganda letter in a bus line, which said ‘Kill all Muslims’ with an image showing a man hanging off a scaffold,” says Fatima Spar. The group would then go back to the studio to produce the album. Trust contains a skillful mix of romantic and political songs such as 'My Little Someone', which tells the story of a great love, and 'Biting Creepers', which continues with the same theme, depicting love and kisses as best antidotes to hypocrisy.

Fatima Spar has been nominated for the Amadeus Austrian Music Award and the BBC World Music Award, among others, and her band was also the first Austrian band that played in the official program of Womex, the world music expo.

A special thanks to Pegasus Transport Service, Ali Baba Terrace, Istanbul Cafe & Restaurant, and Mr. and Mrs. Eray Artan for supporting this event, and Village Voice and Radyo Turkum for being a media sponsor.

The American Turkish Society and the Turkish Cultural Foundation are pleased to present a lecture

“Turkish Tulip and the Ottoman Gardens”

by

Professor Nurhan Atasoy
Resident Scholar of the Turkish Cultural Foundation

Monday, April 12, 2010
6:00-8:00pm
Reception will follow the lecture

The American Turkish Society
305 E. 47th Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10017

Space is limited. Pre-registration is required. Please register online by Thursday, April 9, at 12:00 pm. For questions, please call 212.583.7614 or email info@americanturkishsociety.org.

Professor Dr. Nurhan Atasoy received her B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from the Department of Fine Arts and Art History in the Faculty of Letters at Istanbul University. She served as Department Chairman of the Department of Fine Arts, Department Chairman of the Department of Archeology and Art History, and as Dean of the Faculty of Letters before retiring from Istanbul University in 1999. During her academic life, Prof. Dr. Atasoy attended and lectured at many international congresses and symposiums and participated in research and international meetings on Turkish and Islamic art throughout the world. She is the author of more than 80 articles and 20 books, including Iznik: Ottoman Pottery of Turkey, with Julian Raby; The Art of Islam, with A. Bahnassi and M. Rogers; 1582 Surname-i Hümayun: An Imperial Celebration; Otağı Hümayun: The Ottoman Imperial Tent Complex; IPEK: Imperial Ottoman Silks and Velvets; and A Garden for the Sultan: Gardens and flowers in the Ottoman Culture.

Prof. Dr. Atasoy holds many titles and has received numerous awards from notable national and international institutions, including the medal of Pro Merito from the Council of Europe, received in Strasbourg in 1984; Memphis Municipality Honorary Citizenship, received in 1989; the ECO (Economic Cooperation Organization) Award in Recognition of Outstanding Performance in the Field of Fine Arts, received in 1993; and the Turkish Ministry of Culture Award in Recognition of Outstanding Performance in the Field of Fine Arts, received in 1993. Her book Otağı Humayun: Imperial Ottoman Tents was selected as Book of the Year by the Textile Society of America in 2000, and Prof. Dr. Atasoy was awarded a Senior Fellowship in the Department of Landscape, Dumbarton Oaks, at Harvard University in 2004 and a State Award for Superior Achievement in 2006.

The American Turkish Society Presents a Panel Discussion on

The Energy Sector in Turkey
with a Particular Emphasis on Renewable Energy

Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Registration: 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Panel Presentation: 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Reception: 6:45 pm - 7:30 pm

Chadbourne & Parke LLP
30 Rockefeller Plaza, 36th Floor
(Between 49th & 50th Streets and 5th & 6th Avenues)
New York, NY 10112

Moderated by:
Governor George E. Pataki
Counsel, Chadbourne & Parke LLP

With:

Onur Göker
DCM Special Situations
Deutsche Bank

Ali Iz
Partner
New World Capital Group

Sameer Shukla
Senior Energy Specialist
The World Bank

Adam S. Umanoff
Partner
Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Please join our experts for a conversation on the latest developments and investment opportunities in the energy sector in Turkey with a particular emphasis on renewable energy.

This event is free for corporate members of The American Turkish Society.

Space is limited. Pre-registration and ID strictly required for entry. No walk-ins will be allowed. Please register online or fax a completed event registration form to 212.583.7615 by Friday, April 2, at 5:00 pm. Press attendance is limited; members of the press wishing to cover the event, please contact The Society.

For questions, please call 212.583.7614 or email info@americanturkishsociety.org.

Special Thanks to Our Sponsor, Chadbourne & Parke LLP

The American Turkish Society and Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University (ISAW) present a lecture with

Christopher Roosevelt
Associate Professor of Archaeology
Boston University

on the topic:

“Probing and Preserving the Past in Western Turkey: The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey”

The Central Lydia Archaeological Survey has been investigating all periods of the human past in central western Anatolia since 2005. The project focuses on a roughly 350 sq. km. area surrounding Marmara Gölü (the ancient Gygaean Lake), around 10 km north of Sardis, the capital of Lydia in the Iron Age. In addition to the funerary monuments of Bin Tepe, the area of a "thousand mounds" commonly identified as the royal cemetery of the Lydians, the project has shed light on periods ranging from Paleolithic to recent times. This presentation highlights recent discoveries including a network of large, well-preserved citadels that may have composed the core of the Seha River Land, a Bronze Age kingdom important to the Hittites in their territorial control of western Anatolia, as well as rifle trenches and other emplacements associated with the outbreak of the Turkish War of Independence. Along with such ongoing investigations, the presentation emphasizes preservation initiatives that encourage local and regional efforts to protect heritage landscapes through a variety of monitoring and outreach programs, including annual inventories of looting and destruction, as well as community meetings and educational programs for children.

Christopher Roosevelt is an Associate Professor of Archaeology at Boston University. A member of the Archaeological Institute of America, the American Research Institute in Turkey, the British Institute of Archaeology in Ankara, and the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, he is the recipient of a National Science Foundation grant for a project titled “Environmental and Cultural Dynamics in Central Lydia, Western Turkey.” He has contributed to the American Journal of Archaeology, the Journal of Field Archaeology, and other journals and edited volumes.

The event is free and online registration is not available for this event. Please email info@americanturkishsociety.org for questions or inquiries.

Burak Ozdemir is a two time Ahmet Ertegun Memorial Scholarship recipient. Established by The American Turkish Society in memory of Ahmet Ertegun, the late Chairman of The Society, the scholarship offers tuition support to deserving students of Turkish descent attending The Juilliard School in New York City.

Ticket Price: GA Tickets $25.00;
All Students & Baruch Faculty $15.00 (Available only @ the Box Office w/ ID)

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

Tickets by Phone: 212-352-3101
866-811-4111

Musica Sequenza Players
Elizabeth Derham, Violin
Liv Heym, Violin
Kim Mai Nguyen, Viola
Ceren Turkmenler, Cello
Irene Wong, Harpsichord
Burak Ozdemir, Bassoon

Musica Sequenza, an early music ensemble founded by Burak Ozdemir, is comprised of young Juilliard musicians who found they all shared a common passion for music from the early ages. The ensemble performs music ranging from renaissance to late Rococo, on both modern and period instruments. Mr. Ozdemir serves as Musica Sequenza's artistic director/conductor, as well as bassoonist of the ensemble. The ensemble made its debut on January 2009 at Peter J Sharp Theater at The Juilliard School's Chamber Music Fest in a performance of C.P.E. Bach's Concerto, Wq.166 in an arrangement transcribed by Mr. Ozdemir.

The 2009 - 10 concert season also included performances at the American Irish Society, The New York Society for Ethical Culture, a masterclass performance featuring gamba virtuose Jordi Savall at Juilliard's Paul Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Maiden Lane.

Join us for a conversation with renowned Turkish illustrator Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu who will walk us through the evolution of his artistic career and give a visual presentation of his work. Signed copies of his illustrations will be on sale at the event.

Our special thanks to Ms. Gungor Mimaroglu.

Gurbuz Dogan Eksioglu

Eksioglu was born in the northern Turkish city of Mesudiye in Ordu province in 1954. He studied graphic design at the State College of Fine Arts in Istanbul, and remained at the same school, now known as Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, for 25 years as an assistant professor. Since 2006, he has been working at Yeditepe University Faculty of Fine Arts, Graphic Design Department, as an assistant professor. In addition to having been published in Turkey, many of his works have also appeared in the U.S., Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Iran, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, Kosovo, Macedonia, Hungary, Pakistan and Greece.

He has been drawing illustrations since 1977 and holds a total of 71 awards, of which 27 are international. Eksioglu has participated in numerous national and international collective displays and has opened 12 solo exhibitions including one in New York. He has drawn many cartoons and illustrations for various newspaper and magazines including Forbes (cover page), The Atlantic, and The New York Times (op-ed and book review sections), and his work has appeared on six covers of the New Yorker. He holds the internationally acclaimed Sedat Simavi Visual Arts Award, which he received in 1998. Two of his works have been printed on UNICEF postcards, which have been sold throughout the world.

Ambassador Jeffrey, who has been serving as the United States Ambassador to Turkey since November 2008, will discuss the latest developments in U.S.-Turkish relations and answer questions from the audience.

Pre-Registration is strictly required. To register online please click on the link below or fill out the registration form below and fax it to The American Turkish Society at 212.583.7615 by January 8.

For questions, please email info@americanturkishsociety.org