My Dear President Kılıç, Please accept my congratulations for the best ATAA convention I have every attended, and I believe I have been to all of them. Your personal touch and hands-on approach made the large difference that brought the success it did. I hope you have time to enjoy your office, for in my book, you are doing a super job. I did enjoy the article in The Turkish World. Stay Well Frank Ahmed     Sayın Ercüment Bey, Los Angeles'te Arkadaşımız Ayşe Gören'in evindeki toplantıda sizinle tanışmaktan eşim Oscar ve ben büyük mutluluk duyduk. Bu arada, yapmak istedikleriniz, idealist düşünceleriniz, eşitlik ilkeleriniz tamamen gönlümce olan şeyler. Umarım zorluklarla karşılaşmazsınız, karşılaşsanızda üstesinden gelebilecek bir yapıya sahipsiniz sanırım. ATAA is lucky to have a President as yourself. Please let us know if we can be of any help to you on the West Coast. Saygılar Ilgin Baran Gallo Long Beach , CA   Ercüment , I have been following the new energy and higher level of activity ATAA under your leadership and applaud you. I am sure it will be a very successful conference. Best wishes. Jim Moody   Dear Ercüment , ATAA gibi kuruluşların çalışmalarını takip ediyorum ve sizlerle gurur duyuyorum.. Laf değil iş üretiyorsunuz.. I just finished reading the first issue of ATAA’s Turkish World , literally cover to cover, during a visit to my home in New Jersey. Congratulations to all of you for creating a new and wonderful magazine and much success on the new challenges. Thank you and best regards. Congratulations! Thanks to you and to everyone that helped the internship program a reality, which will benefit Turkey immensely. Tekrar çalışmalarınızda başarılar dilerim. Selam ve sevgiler. Yüksel Oktay, New Jersey   Sevgili Ercüment Bey, What an impressive accomplishment. You have really worked very successfully during your term as President of ATAA. Watching DFH TV and having mention of ATAA and component events will certainly raise our profile even higher in North America and beyond. Great job. Saygılarımla, Turhan Ovacık, Attorney at Detroit   Dear Ercüment, I love the fire and the sparks. Keep on it. You’re going great. So proud to be your friend. If these doesn’t ignite them, nothing will. Demetra Mustafoğlu     Keep up good work Ercüment . Let us know if we can do any thing . Watch out mw new address talk to you later . Zeki Balımtaş, Maryland   Internship Program is great news and I would like to thank all those involved that made it a possibility. Sema Karaoglu Flew, Los Angeles, CA   Dear President Kilic, I agree with you wholeheartedly on your vision. You have my support as a member of ATAA. Keep up the good work. Regards, Alp Berker   Aziz Kardesim Ercüment: Thank you very much for your e-mail of 11 September 2003. I am very happy to hear of the increased activities of ATAA in the right direction. I congratulate you on establishing ATAANET1@YAHOO-GROUPS.COM, a Satellite TV program on ATAA activities, and renaming the Turkish Times, The Turkish World. Again, I congratulate you on the increasing activities of ATAA, and for directing ATAA in the right direction. Sincerely yours, T. Nejat Veziroglu, Professor,University of Miami   Dear Ercüment, I want to congratulate you on a wonderful initiative. Keep me informed!!! Thanks. Lydia Borland, Washington, DC   Dear Ercüment bey: First of all, I would like to thank you for accomplishing what I had always dreamed about: a successful internship program to promote civic & political activism among the Turkish-American youth. As a product of various internships in Congress and the UN, I know the value of such programs first hand… I think another important factor that should be. Once again, congratulations and wish you continued success. Sincerely, Mehmet Celebi, ATAA Midwest VP, TACA-Chicago President Dear Ercument: Excellent job. We are very proud of our President.. Nurten Ural, Detroit, Michigan     Dear Ercument, Thank you very much for your detailed report on the state of ATAA. I am proud to be a member of an organization that is being run by dedicated volunteers. Your program is ambitious and it answers many of our needs. Strengthening our organization will help us maintain our visibility (and viability), which is so important for future generations of Turkish-Americans. Orhan Gurbuz, California   Sevgili Ercüment Ağabey, Congratulations on your recent invitation from the State Department. I am sure that the trip will be very beneficial and productive for our Turkish brothers living in that part of Europe. I am looking forward to your comments and observations following your travels. Yolun açık olsun; güle güle git ve gel. Sevgiler, Turhan Ovacik   Dear Ercüment Bey; Thanks for the Annual Report 2004 - well written. I appreciate the hard work and skillful management your team has put to this year’s revitalization of ATAA. I can only imagine the sacrifice you all had to put in working as volunteers. I would like to let you know that your efforts are recognized and appreciated here in California. Best regards. Selçuk Çakır ATAA member Los Angeles, CA     Ercument Bey, There will always be people who will attack the Turkish-American organizations on this topic. We cannot win all of these wars. Do we need to waste our time responding to each and every one of these hateful comments. We cannot change the way certain individuals feel about Turks. I also agree that we should not spend our valuable time on reacting to these letters. Lets find a way to raise awareness in a different way and work towards educating the Americans on this historical event in a more positive and constructive manner. I am looking forward to going on the Delegation Trip to Turkey with your group. Selamlar, Sevda Aleckson     Dear President Ercument Bey, I extend my heartfelt congratulations to you and your team for your comprehensive budget report and and excellent work for ATAA. As you have stated you are not only fulfilling your term with outstanding work but your are building a good and solid foundation for ATAA and for its future growth. I would like to thank you for your efforts. Enclosed are my renewal for membership and check. Keep up the good work. With my best wishes. Edip Kirdar Arizona   Dear Ercument, I highly congratulate you and your team for this very worthwhile effort. Regards Demir Karsan, Ph.D., PE Houston   Greetings Ercument, I hope you remember me. We spoke ( along with my husband, George) at Serdar Bulun's home just before you started your ATAA presidency. Congrats on the success of the internship program...I never say I told you so but I am saying it now with great pleasure. I only wish that the ATAA powers that be when I was growing up had started this earlier. But perhaps this will be continued so that some day my daughter, Aysu, will be able to participate should she choose to do so... I am also pleased with the changes at ATAA...so much so that I will be renewing my membership this year. Regards, Elif Oker   Dear Ercüment Bey, Thanks for the Annual Report 2004 - well written. I appreciate the hard work and skillful management your team has put to this year’s revitalization of ATAA. I can only imagine the sacrifice you all had to put in working as volunteers. I would like to let you know that your efforts are recognized and appreciated here in California. Can we find a way to keep the same management involved for another year - vital to complete the turnaround you have started? Best regards, Selçuk Çakır, ATAA member, Los Angeles, CA   Dear Ercument, No one would know better than I how hard you work for Turkey. Hugs, Rasel Bortnick