71st Anniversary of Sürgün, the Mass Deportation of the Crimean Tatars
TCA's Study Abroad Scholarships for Native Americans Featured in Winds of C
TCA's Study Abroad Scholarships for Native Americans were featured in Winds of Change, the nation's leading Native American science and engineering magazine. Winds of Change's special College Edition featured an interview with former scholarship recipient Jacquelyn Spring of the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana, along with a TCA scholarship ad highlighting another former recipient, Josie Anne Green of Oglala Lakota Nation. read more
Not only a Bridge between East and West - But the Birthplace of Western Civ
A new study identified present-day Turkey as the homeland of the Indo-European language family. The international research team, led by Quentin Atkinson, at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, used computational methods to analyze words from more than 100 ancient and contemporary languages, as well as geographical and historical data. By doing so, the scientists say they have pinned down the origin, about 8,000 years ago, of the largest global language to Anatolia, present-day Turkey. read more
68th Anniversary of Sürgün, the Mass Deportation of the Crimean Tatars
On May 18, 1944, the entire Crimean Tatar population in Crimea, was rudely awakened by Soviet soldiers, loaded on trucks, taken to the nearest train stations and brutally deported to Central Asia, the Urals and Siberia. read more
Local teachers find Turkey 'in stark contrast' to stereotypes
Three local educators will go back to school this year with more than just textbook knowledge. Victoria
Robins, a history and sociology teacher at Fox Chapel Area High School; Cynthia McNulty, a literature and history teacher at Oakland Catholic; and Gary Peiffer, principal of East Allegheny High School, recently returned from a two-week tour of Turkey sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and the Turkish Cultural Foundation. read more
