Regular Report on Turkey's Progress Towards Accession
by Commission of the European Communities, Brussel
The European Council in Cardiff in June 1998 noted that the Commission would present a report on Turkey based on Article ...
october 6th, report, pdf

Issues Arising From Turkey's Membership Perspective
In parallel with the preparations of the report and the recommendation requested by the European Council, the Commission services have conducted an assessment of ...
october 6th, report, pdf

EU Commission Recommends to Start Negotiations With Turkey Under Certain Conditions
On the basis of a comprehensive report assessing the situation as regards human rights, democracy, the rule of law and the protection of minorities ...
october 6th, news, html

Turkey on the Threshold: Europe�s Decision and U.S. Interests
In December 2004, the European Union will decide whether or not to begin accession negotiations with Turkey. Whatever the outcome, the implications for U.S.-Turkish relations ...
october 5th, policy paper, pdf

Washington National Opera Opens its 49th season
The Washington National Opera opens its 49th season on Saturday, September 11, 2004 at 7 p.m. with its first-ever production of Andrea Chénier, Umberto Giordano’s verismo masterpiece of love ...
september 13th, news, pdf

The Oxford Business Group - Online Briefing
Volume 121, Turkey : Off Track
Turkish rail authorities have endured a barrage of criticism over the past few days, after a high-speed train hurtled off its tracks last week, leaving 37 dead. Two further railway disasters ...
august 2nd, report, pdf

Energy Intelligence Research - Iraq Report
To coincide with the handover of sovereignty in Iraq, Energy Intelligence has published a free summary of recent events in Iraq to its best-selling special report, Iraqi Oil and Gas: A Bonanza in Waiting ...
august 1st, report, link

AFOT Carpet Raffle's lucky winner is:
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july 21st, news, html

Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) Elected as President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE-PA) on July 9, 2004 ...
july 14th, news, html

The Oxford Business Group - Online Briefing
Volume 119, Turkey: Island Life
When the European Union's much-anticipated aid package to Cyprus was unveiled last week, reactions were decidedly mixed among both Turks and Turkish Cypriots. While any steps ...
july 13th, report, pdf

The Oxford Business Group - Online Briefing
Volume 118, Turkey: In the Pipeline
Meeting on the margins of the NATO summit in Istanbul earlier this week, the Greek and Turkish defence ministers discussed still further measures to reduce their respective military's deployments in the Aegean ...
july 1st, report, pdf



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At a special ceremony held in the Istanbul Hilton Hotel on June 29, 2004, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, US Secretary of State Colin Powell and ATC President G. Lincoln McCurdy witnessed the presentation of a financial contribution to The Human Resource Development Foundation by Atilla Yerlikaya of Philip Morris (an ATC Golden Horn Member) for the establishment of a women’s shelter in Istanbul.
H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister, adresses ATC members at a luncheon at the Swissotel in Chicago,IL on June 12, 2004, sponsored by ATC Golden Horn members Motorola, Raymond James International, The Boeing Co. and Raytheon Aircraft.

MP Reha Denemec, Vice-Chairman of the AK Party,and a member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly addresses ATC Executive Committee at a luncheon at the Sofitel Hotel, Washington, DC on June 2, 2004.

MP Egemen Bagis, Chairman of the Turkish-American Friendship Caucus,from the Turkish Grand National Assembly addresses ATC members at a luncheon at the Sequoia Restaurant,Washington, DC on May 11, 2004, sponsored by ATC Golden Horn member Eli Lilly Co.