Turkish Ethnic Groups

Pittsburgh Region

• Pittsburgh Turkish American Association
  http://www.ptaa.org/
  PTAA, Pittsburgh Turkish American Association, was founded in 1973 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, and is currently registered as a non-profit organization in Pennsylvania. It traditionally serves the tri-state area around Pittsburgh, including Western Pennsylvania, Easter Ohio, and West Virginia and is a member of the ATAA (Assembly of Turkish American Associations). PTAA and TASA (University of Pittsburgh Turkish American Student Association) collaborate in joint activities to benefit the Turkish-American community.

• TASA: Pitt's Turkish & American Student Association
  http://www.pitt.edu/AFShome/s/o/sorc/public/html/turkish/
  Turkish students at the University of Pittsburgh

• West Penn Cultural Center
  http://www.wpcc.org/
  The West Penn Cultural Center is a nonprofit organization founded in 1999 by Turkish families whose mission is to preserve Turkish traditions, culture, and language, as well as Islamic religious practices.

United States

• Assembly of Turkish American Associations
  http://www.ataa.org/
  The founding principle of ATAA was the need to create cohesion and cooperation between the large numbers of social/cultural Turkish American organizations around the US. The main objectives of ATAA are to create an informed national Turkish American community that can help foster US-Turkish relations and take an active part in promoting a balanced and truthful picture of Turkey in the US; and to educate Americans in government, the media and the public at large about Turkey and issues that concern us as Turkish Americans.

• Turkish Press
  http://www.turkishpress.com/
  Based in Plymouth, Michigan, TurkishPress.com is a comprehensive Web site featuring daily updated news and information about Turkey. TurkishPress.com is run by Anatolia.com, Inc., a privately held company.