Florida Senate - 2013                             (NP)    SR 838
       
       
       
       By Senator Garcia
       
       
       
       
       38-01475-13                                            2013838__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the Turkish American
    3         Federation of the Southeast and applauding its efforts
    4         to bridge cultural divides and celebrate diversity.
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    6         WHEREAS, South Florida is home to the third-largest Turkish
    7  population in the nation and, each spring, tens of thousands of
    8  Floridians attend the Turkish Festival organized by the Anatolia
    9  Cultural Center which features contemporary and traditional
   10  varieties of Turkish music, performing arts, and historic
   11  Ottoman marchers, and
   12         WHEREAS, the Turkish American Federation of the Southeast
   13  is comprised of 22 Turkish and Turkic nonprofit and
   14  nongovernmental organizations in this and four other southern
   15  states and was established to improve the relationship between
   16  Turkic and American communities through educational, cultural,
   17  business, and other community endeavors, and
   18         WHEREAS, the Turkish American Federation of the Southeast
   19  is hosting an annual art and essay contest for middle school and
   20  high school students in which they are encouraged to explore
   21  cultural differences through creative works of art or the
   22  written word, and
   23         WHEREAS, in February 2010, the Turkish American Chamber of
   24  Commerce of the Southeast launched an annual business
   25  “matchmaking program” in which business owners and chief
   26  executive officers from Turkish companies visited Atlanta,
   27  Georgia, to explore import-export opportunities with local
   28  companies, and
   29         WHEREAS, the Turkish American Federation of the Southeast
   30  supports this and other efforts to boost the economy of this
   31  state, NOW, THEREFORE,
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   33  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   35         That we do hereby recognize the Turkish American Federation
   36  of the Southeast and applaud its efforts to bridge cultural
   37  divides and celebrate diversity.