- Mehmet F. Celebi
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Mehmet Celebi is the former Turkish president of the Turkish American Cultural Association.[1] He is a fellow with the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding and an expert on US Turkey Relations. [2] He was a fund-raiser for Hillary Clinton, he also produced television programs and motion picture films and was accused of links to a controversial movie about Iraq.[3]
Celebi serves on multiple boards including the Dean's International Council of the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago [4]. He is an organizer of Fashionable Istanbul and assists in attracting direct foreign investment in Turkey.[5] Celebi also served on the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on "Strengthening America: The Civic and Political Integration of Muslim Americans". Celebi is the co-founder of the Turkish-Greek Friendship Committee.[6]
References
- ^ http://www.theturkishtimes.com/archive/02/06_01/index.html
- ^ http://www.ispu.org/expert-details.php?scholars=33
- ^ http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB120640777613961117-coAOOFJNvgprW4DW5uAo_xZ5dRs_20090325.html
- ^ http://harrisschool.uchicago.edu/boards/dic/members/celebi.asp
- ^ http://www.istanbulview.com/istanbul-meets-the-fashion-world-with-fashionable-istanbul
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=Ua8mDR5Ial8C&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=Mehmet+Celebi&source=bl&ots=fzEsrXq3oC&sig=_dA-VlWancrlv-Y2Z0ClCkLiB6Q&hl=en&ei=zRDyS9KtDoP6lwfuu_CiDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CEkQ6AEwCTjyAg#v=onepage&q=Mehmet%20Celebi&f=false
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