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November 14, 2015 / No:851

 ATAA Strongly Condemns Deadly Terror Attacks in Paris

Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) condemns the deadly terror attacks in Paris that killed 129 and wounded over 300 people. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/DAESH) claimed responsibility for one of the worst attacks in years in France.

ATAA condemns violent extremism and acts of terrorism in the name of Islam. Such carnage cannot be justified by religion or be said to be ordained by God, as terrorism has no religion, language, race or country and perpetrators cannot possibly be followers in good faith of any religion.

Terrorists are criminals and their acts of terrorism are crimes -- plain and simple. ATAA rejects the term, "Islamic Terrorism", because referring to terrorism by using "Islamic" as a descriptive, implies Islam's association with terrorism, and promotes hatred and prejudice against Muslims who are peaceful and law abiding.

As the preeminent organization representing the Turkish American community, we express our sympathies to the families and friends of the victims.

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ATAA, representing over 60 local chapters and 500,000 Turkish Americans throughout the United States, serves locally and in Washington DC to empower the Turkish American community through civic engagement, and to support strong US-Turkish relations through education and advocacy.  Established in 1979, ATAA is the largest, democratically elected Turkish American membership organization in the United States.  As a non-faith based organization, ATAA is open to people of diverse backgrounds.  The ATAA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed under the laws of the District of Columbia. To learn more about ATAA, please visit www.ataa.org.

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