Turkish Coalition of America

Turkish Coalition of America
TypeNon-profit
Location
Membership
156[1]
President
Lincoln McCurdy
Websitehttp://www.tc-america.org

The Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) is the main Turkish lobby organization in the United States.[1] Its stated purpose includes education and congressional advocacy. It is based in Washington, D.C., with an office in Boston, Massachusetts.[2] A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, it engages in educational, cultural, social and political activities and it's closely aligned to the Congressional Caucus on Turkey and Turkish Americans.[1]

The organization has received criticism for making inaccurate claims about the Armenian genocide.[3][4] Historian Richard Hovannisian states that TCA "has become a driving force behind contemporary efforts to deny the truth of the Armenian Genocide".[5]

  1. ^ a b c Thurber, James A.; Campbell, Colton C.; Dulio, David A. (2018). Congress and Diaspora Politics: The Influence of Ethnic and Foreign Lobbying. State University of New York Press. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-4384-7089-4.
  2. ^ "About Us". Turkish Coalition of America. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
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  5. ^ Hovannisian, Richard G. (2015). "Denial of the Armenian Genocide 100 Years Later: The New Practitioners and Their Trade". Genocide Studies International. 9 (2): 228–247. doi:10.3138/gsi.9.2.04. S2CID 155132689.