{"id":32678,"date":"2011-04-24T11:06:41","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T08:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=32678"},"modified":"2023-04-08T13:33:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T10:33:32","slug":"action-alert-call-president-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2011\/04\/24\/action-alert-call-president-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"ACTION ALERT Call President Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-32679\" title=\"Stand_up\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Stand_up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Stand_up.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Stand_up-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Dear Friends and Members of the Turkish-American Community:<\/p>\n<p>Azerbaijani and Turkish American organizations throughout America have initiated a major campaign to urge President Obama not to use the term &#8220;genocide&#8221; if his Administration chooses to make a statement regarding events that occurred in the Ottoman Empire in 1915.<\/p>\n<p>To date, no American President has described the events of 1915 as genocide.\u00a0 Unlike many other tragedies and massacres, whether the Armenian case constitutes genocide is widely disputed.\u00a0 The Armenia allegation of genocide has even been rejected by the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>We urge Turkish Americans and friends of Turkey to send their messages to President Obama and Congress NOW!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Please\u00a0click on\u00a0the following links\u00a0to take urgent action:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Click\u00a0<span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?llr=fhytefcab&amp;et=1105247425386&amp;s=842&amp;e=001ei-xxmVOoYwhet5QsF1K_M8ZS-aHfbsKFvjXS4WawQWGkj-0Yhbrr1R941a6ldoDlYuKhSPqvwplfa025Uvwp4fuDnLeAXKBNwWGbD4Zxl95u1cVul5r5MIC85NH35T8YTZ4aFW49tOmCYBlQmzyqiuWouBq9yb9FidGmy0ufzcklm_VG84gHDzGI0ZsUwen0McgTP5Phjw=\">here<\/span> to send your message to President Obama not to use the term &#8220;genocide&#8221; when describing the sad events in the Ottoman Empire in early 1900&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?llr=fhytefcab&amp;et=1105247425386&amp;s=842&amp;e=001ei-xxmVOoYzcq3dGUbLvOezRfOesnLdR4-hVfyHNdZmca3CDaZH5v0cuZlUSuL85344EnuDTb-QSHePrObUNPKrCzpQlAto_2PDh2j_D9-L76J51jGkHSVegr9-5q7soFmJquEm9UhID4Tsm2bQCc6bny69ZBn-ecOgf-kMBzbLy0ANZOxEhEK2BAUEjw8nnz3VVU19SjQ8=\">here<\/span> to send your message\u00a0to your legislators.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?llr=fhytefcab&amp;et=1105247425386&amp;s=842&amp;e=001ei-xxmVOoYy3aJNLV9AW-UmhFDJzEFLLZeGrnjXONk7nSz3xfli5MXa1PnC7gpdeSWWkrwrvx0je_gS76fY5BxgzkucLUP5Uw0HlG9BuZK76anUk0bRod5azwTUerLq-XwKdSg8Gba1gKzXclxWPIH-AjTMlPnWMy1smr42VxV_PisJr4nJz-I__H79HAbTojRbptX6FJ1M=\">here<\/span> to send\u00a0your message\u00a0to your legislators to celebrate April 23rd, as per H.Res 221.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>We also encourage you to send your message by calling the\u00a0White House\u00a0at\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\">202.456.1111<\/a><\/strong><\/span> between 9:00am and 5:00pm, EST. In addition, you may reach the White House online at\u00a0<span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?llr=fhytefcab&amp;et=1105247425386&amp;s=842&amp;e=001ei-xxmVOoYyjK-GfB96Mj7nhuOkRkKtt07zTj5CkpryGZSKz6i-lid72BuIyuU0eZ92sBA3pz3h0YYn-vk_bNSL1G1wtz9S3RrlX9xR6LeLWV-V72x2LJluruB8Ne9sQ\">www.whitehouse.gov<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?llr=fhytefcab&amp;et=1105247425386&amp;s=842&amp;e=001ei-xxmVOoYyo6q5hEOoN33kDBk2dWUcXTdphhaT3pKBFnxK8Q1LB_ATJ8cHSb0IPGLJ1NxGxffHia6y74jIgEPSDwXMX1-zUsnW3YeTeSG8=\">www.ataa.org<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends and Members of the Turkish-American Community: Azerbaijani and Turkish American organizations throughout America have initiated a major campaign to urge President Obama not to use the term &#8220;genocide&#8221; if his Administration chooses to make a statement regarding events that occurred in the Ottoman Empire in 1915. 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