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GULER KOKNAR

Country: United States of America

Profession: Executive Director, ATAA

A recipient of Daughters of Ataturk's Women of Distinction Award in 2000.



Summary:

Over four years of service with the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) in Washington, DC preceded by a five-year diplomatic career with the Turkish Foreign Ministry in Ankara and Houston.

Work History:

December 1994 – current Executive Director: Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA), a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization.
December 1991 - September 1994 Vice Consul at Turkish Consulate General in Houston, TX
August - November 1991 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey : Department of Council of Europe and Human Rights
December 1989-August 1991 Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Department of Information and the Spokesman

Education:

• M.A. (pending): University of Houston - Department of Political Science (1992-94)
• Juris Doctor: Istanbul University Law School in Turkey (graduated 1989).

Languages:

Native and native-level fluency in written and spoken Turkish, German and English.

Other:

Served on Advisory Council for Turks Abroad of the Turkish government (1998-2002)


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