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The Consulate-General of Turkey in Los Angeles is one of the six Turkish consular missions in the USA. Other Turkish Consulates are located in New York, Chicago, Miami, Bostonand Houston. The Embassy of Turkey in Washington D.C. also has a consular section in it.
Since its inception in 1968, our Consulate-General has been providingits consular services throughout a jurisdiction area covering the West Coast of the United States, namely Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, California, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Hawaii, Pacific Islands (Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa)
Our Consulate-General also incorporates the Los Angeles Offices of the Educational Attaché and the Commercial Attaché, which have been operational since 1988 and 2007 respectively.
The Consulate General is located at 8500 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 900 since June 2020.
Turkish American Gezi Platform is a community-based, volunteer-run, non-profit organization (501-c). It was established by an independent group of individuals with heritage in Turkey who were inspired by the democratic values and multi-vocal participation embedded in the Gezi movement that took place in Istanbul, Turkey in summer of 2013.
The aim of TAGP is to unite and organize the Turkish American community around a set of core values, and promote these values through public events, such as seminars, lectures, art exhibits, forums.
The mission of TAGP is to:
- Strengthen the connections among Turkish citizens living in the U.S. through social and cultural activities;
- Facilitate the creation of cultural centers to bring the community together.
- Support and/or collaborate with other non-profit organizations, media campaigns and educational projects which serve for the progression in level of education, human rights, secularism and democracy in Turkey.