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UPDATED: 19 Nov 2009 GMT
  • Numbers of Americans Studying Abroad Go Up Numbers of Americans Studying Abroad Up 8.5%

    Turkey continues to send more students to study at US universities than any other country in Europe or the Middle East. Number of Turkish students studying at US universities increases more than 10% in 2008/09 to 13,263. 671,616 international students studying at US universities in 2008/09
  • InfoUSA Stand at the Istanbul Book Fair InfoUSA Stand at the Istanbul Book Fair

    Over 350,000 people visited the week-long 28th Istanbul Book Fair. American authors Adam Fawer and Richard Price attended the fair as guest writers. The booth run by the U.S. Consulate General Information Resource Center attracted about 2,500 fair visitors including students.

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  • Consul General Sharon Wiener at STEAM Arena Consul General Sharon Wiener at STEAM Energy Arena

    One of our strongest partners is Turkey. The reasons are obvious. Turkey has been called “the meeting place of Europe, Asia and the Middle East.” Around this meeting place, Central Asia, the Caspian, the Caucasus and Iraq all have great potential for supplying and participating in the world’s rising prosperity...

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The famous American author Adam Fawer gave a lecture on "Improbable and Empathy: My Literary Career So Far" at the 28th Annual Istanbul International Book Fair on October 31, 2009. Fawer spoke about his first steps into writing professionally and his two international bestsellers Improbable and Empathy.

Release of International Religious Freedom Report

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