Congratulations to Turksa President for Receiving the 2012 President's and Graduate Student Organization Awards

Merhaba,

It is a great pleasure to announce that Cuneyt Gozu, the President of Turkish Student Association, has been selected to receive both President’s Award for Leadership - International Student Leadership Award and Graduate Student Organization Distinguished Service Award on April 1. These awards recognize students and organizations that have made significant contributions to the quality of student life at the University at Albany.

Cuneyt Gozu thanked the award committee for their recognition and dedicated these honorary awards to the following Turksa officers and volunteers: Hamide Yilmaz-Gozu, Ersin Dincelli, Esma Nur Ulcay, Jak Akdemir, Imran Selcuk, Elanur Kibis-Selcuk, Esra Altay, Umit Boz, Serhat Kert, Giray Aksoy, Deniz Ortactepe, Selim Unal, Selman Ipek, and Zumrut Akcam.

University at Albany President George M. Philip and Cuneyt Gozu 

You may found the complete list of recipients and more information about the President’s Award for Leadership on this link. 

As Turkish Student Association, we are extremely glad that our contributions and dedication have been recognized by the university and we would also like to thank Cuneyt for governing our association at its best.

The award ceremony will be held on April 1, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom. Please RSVP by March 27, 2012 to Student Involvement & Leadership at (518) 442-5566 or involvement@albany.edu.

Trip - 5th Annual TASSA Conference

Turkish Student Association is organizing a trip to attend Turkish American Scientists & Scholars Association 2012 Annual Conference.

Where?

Van Munching Hall, Robert H. Smith School of Business

University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland

When?

March 3-4, 2012

The trip includes travel to and from the conference in a rental vehicle and a 2-night group hotel accommodation. We will leave from Albany on Friday (March 2) morning and return back on Sunday (March 4) night.

• GSO funds will not be used for this trip, so the estimated cost per person is $325.
• Meals and incidentals are not included.
• Very limited number of seats is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Price is subject to change based on number of attendants.

To sign up and for more information contact us at turksa@albany.edu  by Friday, February 17th, 2012.

TURKSA is on Twitter!

You can now follow us on Twitter to be aware of upcoming TURKSA events at University at Albany and other community related updates. You can find us on Twitter by clicking the link below.

You can also join our facebook group to keep up with the latest news and events.

Turkish Student Association

cordially invites you to the

Turkish Movie Night

Dersimiz: Atatürk

2010 movie with English subtitles

A Turkish biographical film based on the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Lecture Center 6

Pizza and drinks will be served!

The event is free and open to all!

Visit also facebook event page

Sponsored by

Graduate Student Organization

Multi-Cultural Affirmative Action

"Your GSO funds at work"

Turkish Movie Night

Turkish Student Association

cordially invites you to the

Turkish Movie Night

KÜÇÜK KIYAMET

"The Little Apocalypse"

Award-winning 2006 movie with English subtitles

A psychological thriller with a distinctly supernatural twinge. The narrative is weaved around the August 17, 1999 earthquake that rocked Istanbul and massacred thousands.

Please join us to support Turkish Earthquake Victims!

We will be having donation t-shirts to sell and a donation box during the event.

Saturday, November 19, 2011

8:00pm - 10:00pm
Lecture Center 6

Pizza and drinks will be served!

The event is free and open to all!

Visit also facebook event page

Sponsored by

Graduate Student Organization

Multi-Cultural Affirmative Action

"Your GSO funds at work"

Happy Republic Day!

Today, we are proudly celebrating the 88th anniversary of Turkish Republic (Cumhuriyet Bayrami).

After the War of Independence, Turkish Grand National Assembly under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk declared the new form of Turkish government as the republic on this day in 1923.
 
We would like to take this opportunity to present our gratitude to the Great Leader Atatürk and to all our grandfathers and mothers who made great sacrifices to serve our country and the nation.

TURKSA Earthquake Donation T-shirts are on Sale!

TURKSA earthquake donation t-shirts are on sale! There are two different colors, gray and white. The price is $20. The money that will be collected from the sale will be donated to Turkish Red Crescent Society to aid earthquake victims. If you are interested in buying a t-shirt to help us, please e-mail turksa@albany.edu or call 518 242 6679.

 

Turkish students at UAlbany keeping watchful eye on earthquake - YNN, Your News Now

We would like to thank YNN for taking time to interview with us to take public`s attention to the recent earthquake disaster in the eastern Turkey. You can click the link below to watch the interview.

Turkish students at UAlbany keeping watchful eye on earthquake - YNN, Your News Now

Times Union has also published an article about the earthquake disaster and the events that Turkish Student Association and Turkish Cultural Center of Albany are organizing, We would like thank Times Union for spreading the word. You can find the mentioned article on the link below:

Sadness tinges Turkish independence events - Times Union