2022-11-15T19:42:02-06:00 2021-12-31 SE McMASTER & ASSOCIATES PLLC 1825 K STREET NW STE 705 WASHINGTON DC 20006 990 2021-01-01 208364801 TURKISH COALITION OF AMERICA % THE ORGANIZATION TURK 9783180039 48 jonas brown circle concord MA 01742 Yalcin Ayasli PRESIDENT 2023701399 2022-11-13 true Yalcin Ayasli 999009999 S E McMaster CPA P00310424 2022235001 2 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Yalcin Ayasli 48 jonas brown circle concord MA 01742 7359920 false X WWW.TC-AMERICA.ORG X 2007 MA TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT TURKEY AND TURKISH AMERICANS AND VOICE THEIR OPINION ON CRITICAL ISSUES TO INTERESTED PARTIES. 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IN CARRYING OUT ITS MISSION, TCA IS COMMITTED TO BUILDING COALITIONS AND WORKING WITH ALL LIKE MINDED ORGANIZATIONS, BASED ON SHARED VALUES AND GOALS, ON THE LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS. THE ORGANIZATION PURSUES ITS GOALS BY: SPONSORING AND false false 660754 TCA EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH TO CONGRESS AIMS TO ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF US-TURKEY RELATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, TCA EDUCATES MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON THE CONCERNS OF THE TURKISH AMERICAN COMMUNITY. IN DOING SO, TCA OFFICIALS PAY VISITS TO INDIVIDUAL CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES AND ATTEND CONGRESSIONAL MEETINGS. TCA ALSO ORGANIZES PROGRAMS FOR LOCAL TURKISH AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE TO HAVE CONTINUOUS DIALOGUE WITH THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS IN ORDER TO INFORM THEM ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS AND ISSUES. TCA IN THE PAST HAS SPONSORED AND ORGANIZED CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS AND OTHER GROUP VISITS TO TURKEY PROVIDING A WELL BALANCED PROGRAM THAT INCLUDED HIGH LEVEL GOVERNMENTAL, BUSINESS AND EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS AS WELL AS PROVIDING CULTURAL ASPECTS OF TURKEY. TCA SPONSORED TRIPS TO TURKEY HAVE BEEN TEMPORARILY PUT ON HOLD DUE TO SECURITY CONCERNS FROM TERRORISM AND THE UNCERTAINTIES RESULTING FROM THE ATTEMPTED COUP IN 2016. TCA HOPES TO RESUME THE SPONSORSHIP AND ORGANIZATION OF SUCH TRIPS IN THE NOT TOO FAR FUTURE. THE LEGAL EXPENSES OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE DIVISIBLE INTO THREE MAIN AREAS: (1) ORDINARY LEGAL EXPENSES RELATED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION, (2) FEES FOR CASES EVALUATED BY THE TURKISH AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE FUND (TALDF), WHICH IS A PROJECT OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND (3) FEES RELATED TO THE INVESTIGATION OF AN APPARENT CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CONSPIRACY TO HARM THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS SOLE DIRECTOR. REGARDING TALDF, UNLIKE IN YEARS PAST, THE PROJECT DID NOT ACCEPT ANY LITIGATION MATTERS IN 2018. HOWEVER, IT DID PROVIDE LEGAL ANALYSES TO THE ORGANIZATION OF TWO PIECES OF STATE LEGISLATION, ONE IN TEXAS AND ONE IN CALIFORNIA. IT ALSO EVALUATED SEVERAL MATTERS FOR LITIGATION AND REPORTED ON THEM TO THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICERS, AFTER WHICH THE ORGANIZATION DETERMINED NOT TO FUND THE CASES. REGARDING THE INVESTIGATION, THE DIRECTOR OF THE ORGANIZATION WAS SUED IN TURKEY IN A MATTER ALLEGING LINKS TO A GROUP CURRENTLY BANNED UNDER TURKISH LAW. THE PLAINTIFF IN THAT MATTER ISSUED PUBLIC STATEMENTS AGAINST THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS DIRECTOR. HE ALSO SEEDED DEFAMATORY NEWSPAPER ARTICLES WITH FALSE ALLEGATIONS THAT THE ORGANIZATION WAS CONNECTED TO THE BANNED TURKISH GROUP. THE INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE ORGANIZATION WAS BEING DIRECTLY TARGETED AS PART OF A CONSPIRACY BY SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS IN THE UNITED STATES AND TURKEY. THE AMERICAN MEMBERS OF THE CONSPIRACY HAVE SINCE BEEN INDICTED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR FRAUD. THAT CASE IS ENTITLED, UNITED STATES V. JACOB KINGSTON, CASE NO. 2:18-CR-00365-JNP-BCW, U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH (INDICTMENT DATE AUGUST 1, 2018). TWO AMERICAN CONSPIRACY MEMBERS HAVE PLEADED GUILTY TO ALL CHARGES. ANOTHER IS DUE TO BE TRIED IN JANUARY 2020. THE TURKISH INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS THE INITIAL PLAINTIFF AGAINST THE ORGANIZATION'S DIRECTOR IS TREATED AS AN UNINDICTED COCONSPIORATOR BY THE UNITED STATES IN THIS CRIMINAL MATTER. BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION AND INCORPORATING INFORMATION REVEALED IN THE U.S. CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS, A CIVIL RICO LAWSUIT HAS BEEN PREPARED AND FILED IN U.S. FEDERAL COURT, WHICH DESCRIBES HOW THE ORGANIZATION WAS TARGETED AND VICTIMIZED BY THE CONSPIRACY. THIS CASE IS ENTITLED, AYASLI ET AL. V. KORKMAZ ET AL., U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, CASE NO. 1:19-CV-00183-JL. AMONG THE MANY LOSSES SUFFERED BY THE ORGNIZATION WAS THE CLOSURE OF ITS ISTANBUL OFFICE UNDER THREAT OF VIOLENCE. THE ORGANIZATION IS EXPENDING FUNDS ON COUNSEL TO MAINTAIN ITS POSITION IN AND TO TRACK THESE MATTERS, INCLUDING CONDUCTING FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND ENSURING THAT PLEADINGS IN THE CIVIL RICO MATTER PROPERLY DESCRIBE ITS ACTIONS AND LOSSES. COUNSEL ALSO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE ALL POSSIBLE METHODS OF PRESERVING THE DIRECTOR'S REPUTATION AND THAT OF THE ORGANIZATION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LITIGATION IN THE U.S. AND TURKEY. COUNSEL HAVE ALSO MET WITH PROSECUTORS IN THE U.S. REGARDING THREATS AND ELECTRONIC HARASSMENT AGAINST THE DIRECTOR. 660754 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false true false false false false false true 1 0 true 2 true false false false false false false false false false false false X 4 3 false false false false false false false false false false true false false true false false false MA X THE ORGANIZATION 9783180039 48 JONAS BROWN CIRCLE concord MA 01742 CAROL ANN JACKSON SECRETARY 10.0 0.0 X X 20467 0 0 YALCIN AYASLI president 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 sharon tatro director 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Irem Toner director 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 20467 0 0 0 false false false Sheehan Phinney Bass Green 1000 Elm St 17th Floor MANCHESTER NH 03101 legal services 262118 mcguire woods 888 16th st nw suite 500 WASHINGTON DC 20006 Legal Services 252882 2 3500000 3500000 3500000 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 3500000 3512874 -12874 -12874 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INCOME 345189 345189 MISC REFUNDS AND RETURNS 14695 14695 359884 3847046 14695 345225 0 0 0 0 0 0 24709 4942 19767 0 1917 383 1534 2169 434 1735 0 588846 588846 0 0 0 0 4599 920 3679 0 10235 2047 7688 500 3365 673 2442 250 0 131834 26367 105467 136 27 109 0 1844 369 1475 0 0 154850 30970 123880 18620 3724 14896 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 4629 926 3703 BANK FEES 630 126 504 948383 660754 286879 750 0 0 278968 3649698 0 0 4167 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5475 0 4243089 1851605 2546334 2391484 307575 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3142519 6041182 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3142519 6041182 0 0 3142519 6041182 3142519 6041182 2898663 X false true X true false X 4500000 30005 41759 1441204 3500000 9512968 0 0 4500000 30005 41759 1441204 3500000 9512968 4539023 4973945 43675 80196 45845 4154 36 173906 0 32 -122472 -47036 359884 190408 9877282 0.50357 0.79844 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 3754776 1390291 2364485 60080 60080 428233 401234 26999 2391484 3847046 3847046 3847046 948383 948383 948383 X 1 3500000 appraisals false false false Real property at 48 Jonas Brown Circle, 2021-12-28 3500000 Apraisals Robert P Goldman Trustee 48 Jonas Brown Circle Concord MA 01742 Trust false false false false REVIEW PROCESS FORM 990 A COPY OF THE DRAFT FORM 990 WAS CIRCULATED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS VIA EMAIL BEFORE BEING FILED. INFORMATION REQUESTS THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. PART VI GOVERNANCE, MANAGMENT AND DISCLOSURE QUESTION 7A The board of directors of the organization elects the governing body of the organization