American Freedom Alliance
In association with
The Simon Wiesenthal Center

Presents

Is Turkey Lost?

A PANEL FEATURING:

            

Claire Berlinski, Rick Richman, Omri Ceren and the Hon. Hakan Tekin

 

Tuesday, September 7, 2010    7:30 pm

Museum of Tolerance

9786 West Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035

The recent Flotilla incident off the coast of Gaza has brought into question Turkey's role in the Middle East and its relationship with the West. This crucial land bridge between East and West has always functioned as a vital actor in world politics. What are the attitudes of the country's leadership today? Do they continue to embrace Western values or are they now driven by an Islamist agenda? And what accounts for the deeply soured relationship with Israel?

Come hear a panel of experts, some of whom live in Turkey, to gain important insights into this challenge to Middle East peace and stability.

Location: Museum of Tolerance, 9786 West Pico Boulevard,. Los Angeles CA 90035

Time: 7:30 PM

Admission:$10.00
Tickets can be purchased by calling 310.772.2505.  Advance ticket purchase recommended.

Parking: Free Underground parking

Please be considerate of residential neighbors and make every effort to avoid driving through single-family residential streets.

BIOGRAPHIES:

Claire Berlinksi
Claire Berlinski is an American freelance journalist who has been based in Istanbul for the past five years. She is the author of four books, including There is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters, and Menace in Europe: Why the Continent's Crisis is America's, Too. She is a fellow of the Discovery Institute, a Manhattan Institute Scholar, and a contributing editor of City Journal.


Rick Richman
Rick Richman is a graduate of Harvard College and NYU Law School. He edits "Jewish Current Issues" and is one of the bloggers at COMMENTARY Magazine's group blog, "Contentions." His articles have appeared in American Thinker, COMMENTARY Magazine, The Jewish Press, The New York Sun, and Pajamas Media, among other publications and websites

Omri Ceren
Omri Ceren is the founder and editor of Mere Rhetoric, a political blog dealing with the geopolitical, cultural, and economic dimensions of the global war between the West and political Islam. He also hosts a weekly Internet radio show for One Jerusalem Radio, contributes regularly to Andrew Breitbart's Big Journalism and Big Peace, and has been published in international outlets such as the Jerusalem Post. His investigative journalism has been cited by the Associated Press, Reuters, CNN, and the BBC.

Hon. Hakan Tekin
Hon. Hakan Tekin is the Consul General of Turkey in Los Angeles. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey in 1990. Worked at the Departments of Culture, Central Asia, Human Rights, Balkans and Personnel within the Ministry. Served at the Turkish Embassies in Abu Dhabi/United Arab Emirates, Sofia/Bulgaria, attended the NATO Defense College Senior Course in Rome/Italy and worked at the Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations in New York. Assumed his post in Los Angeles as Consul General in April 2007. His area of responsibility covers 12 states of the western region of the United States.

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