1526 18th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036 | 202.483.9090 | 202.483.9092 fx |  www.ataa.org
Community Information Service
June 28, 2016 / No:970

ATAA Condemns Barbarous Terrorist Attack in Istanbul

The Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) strongly condemns the barbarous terror attack carried out today at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport in Turkey, which claimed the lives of at least 36 people and injured 147 more.
 
As the preeminent organization representing the Turkish American community , ATAA extends its deepest condolences to the families of the victims and to the Turkish nation, and wishes a speedy recovery to those injured as a result of this atrocious act.
 
ATAA remembers all Turkish military and law enforcement personnel who have sacrificed their lives to fight terrorism, and conveys its deepest sympathies and respects to their families.
 
### 

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
© Entire contents copyright 2016 by the Assembly of Turkish American Associations. All rights reserved. 
 
This article may be reprinted without the permission of ATAA and free of charge under the conditions that the entirety of the article is printed without alteration to text, art or graphics,  the title of the reprinted or republished version attributes the article to ATAA, and the ATAA website link http://www.ataa.org is  included in the reprinted or republished version.