The Turkish Cultural Center is deeply disappointed to learn that the so-called documentary called "The Third Jihad" has been shown to the members of the New York Police Department. It is obvious that this video intentionally presents Islam, Muslim Americans, and the Muslims in general in quite a malicious and distorted way. As such, showing this video partially or fully to the fine members of the NYPD, let alone using it for allegedly educational purposes, serves only to promote hatred, discrimination and racism in our city.
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The Turkish Cultural Center New York is honored with Rising Stars of 2012.
Turkish Cultural Center New York will be held A Discussion on Turkish Media Landscape
On January 27, 2012, the Turkish Cultural Center brought together three esteemed panelists to discuss the importance of the movie Prince Among Slaves in order to analyze the self-understanding for Black/African American youth. This particular movie focuses on the life of a victim of the slave trade, Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori. The issue of self- preservation and sense of self is discussed in the panel by Dr. Michael Gomez, Mr. Eric Tait and Mr. Yusuf Ramadan.
A delegation from the Turkish Cultural Center New York visited Dean Howard Schneider at Stony Brook University in Long Island. On January 2, 2012, Dean Schneider was interviewed by Idris Gursoy at AKSYON Magazine, titled “Untrue News won’t be tolerated in the U.S.” (1) 
