The Congressional Caucus on Turkey and Turkish Americans (Turkey Caucus) was established by US Congressmen

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(D-

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), Ed Whitfield (R-

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) and Kay Granger (R-

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) in March 2001. The Turkey Caucus is a bi-partisan platform for members of the Caucus to focus on US–Turkey relations and issues that concern Turkish Americans. Many of its members have joined this caucus due to the efforts of their Turkish American constituents and friends of Turkey. The Caucus has 136 members as of May 2015.

Breakdown of the current membership

* 53 Democrats * 83 Republicans

Members of the Caucus

Co-chairs

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(D-TN) * Ed Whitfield (R-KY) * Virginia Foxx (R-NC) *

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(D-VA)

Senators

* John Boozman (R-Arkansas) * Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) * Christopher S. Murphy (D-Connecticut) *

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(R-Mississippi)

Representatives

* Ed Whitfield (R-Kentucky/1st), co-chair *

(D-Tennessee/9th), co-chair * Virginia Foxx (R-North Carolina/5th), co-chair *

(D-Virginia/11th), co-chair * Robert Aderholt (R-Alabama/4th) * Mark Amodei (R-Nevada/2nd) * Joe Barton (R-Texas/6th) * Don Beyer (D-Virginia/8th) *

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(R-Utah/1st) * Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee/7th) *

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(D-Guam/At-large) * Charles W. Boustany (R-Louisiana/3rd) *

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(D-Pennsylvania/13th) *

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(R-Oklahoma/1st) * Mo Brooks (R-Alabama/5th) * Susan Brooks (R-Indiana/5th) * Larry Bucshon (R-Indiana/8th) *

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(D-North Carolina/1st) * André Carson (D-Indiana/7th) * Steve Chabot (R-Ohio/1st) *

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(D-New York/11th) * Lacy Clay (D-Missouri/1st) * Mike Coffman (R-Colorado/6th) * Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma/4th) * Doug Collins (R-Georgia/9th) *

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(R-Virginia/10th) *

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(R-Texas/11th) * Kevin Cramer (D-Texas 28th) *

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(D-Texas/28th) *

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(R-Texas/7th) *

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(D-Illinois/7th) *

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(D-Washington *

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(D-Texas/25th) * Jeff Duncan (R-South Carolina/3rd) * Donna Edwards (D-Maryland/4th) *

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(D-Minnesota/5th) *

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(R-North Carolina/2nd) * Elizabeth Esty (D-Connecticut/5th) * Trent Franks (R-Arizona/2nd) *

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(R-Arizona/1st) * Kay Granger (R-Texas/12th) *

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(D-Florida/9th) *

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(D-Texas/29th) * Tim Griffin (R-Arkansas/2nd) *

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(R-New Hampshire/1st) * Brett Guthrie (R-Kentucky/2nd) *

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(R- New York/22nd) * Andy Harris (R-Maryland/1st) * Alcee Hastings (D-Florida/23rd) *

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(R-Texas/5th) *

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(D-New York/27th) * Jim Himes (D-Connecticut/4th) * George Holding (R-North Carolina/13th) *

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(D-California/15th) * Richard Hudson (R-North Carolina/8th) *

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(R-Illinois/14th) *

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(D-Texas/18th) * Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York/8th) * Bill Johnson (R-Ohio/6th) *

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(D-Texas/30th) * Hank Johnson (D-Georgia/4th) *

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(R-North Carolina/3rd) *

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(R-Iowa/4th) * Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois/11th) * Ann McLane Kuster (D-New Hampshire/2nd) *

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(R-New Jersey/7th) *

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(R-Ohio/5th) * John Lewis (D-Georgia/5th) * Daniel Lipinski (D-Illinois/3rd) * Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming/At-large) * Sean Patrick Maloney (D-New York/18th) *

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(R-Texas/10th) * Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota/4th) * Jim McDermott (D-Washington/7th) * Mark Meadows (R-North Carolina/11th) *

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(D-New York/6th) * Luke Messer (R-Indiana/6th) * Mick Mulvaney (R-South Carolina/5th) * Tim Murphy (R-Pennsylvania/18th) * Kristi Noem (R-South Dakota/At-large) * Eleanor H. Norton (D-District of Columbia/At-large) * Pete Olson (R-Texas/22nd) *

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(D-New Jersey/8th) * Steve Pearce (R-New Mexico/2nd) *

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(R-Minnesota/3rd) * Steve Pearce (R-New Mexico/2nd) * Scott Perry (R-Pennsylvania/4th) *

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(D-Minnesota/7th) * Pedro Pierluisi (D-Puerto Rico/At-large) *

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(R-North Carolina/9th) *

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(R-Pennsylvania/16th) * Jared Polis (D-Colorado/2nd) * David Price (D-North Carolina/4th) * Tom Price (R-Georgia/6th) * Mike Quigley (D-Illinois/5th) * Scott Rigell (R-Virginia/5th) * Dana Rohrabacher (R-California/46th) *

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(R-Indiana/4th) *

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(R-Florida/18th) * Dennis Ross (R-Florida/12th) * Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Maryland/2nd) * Bobby Rush (D-Illinois/1st) * Tim Ryan (D-Ohio/13th) *

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(D-Mariana Islands/At-large) * Matt Salmon (R-Arizona 5th) *

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(D-California/47th) * Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana/4th) * Austin Scott (R-Georgia/8th) * David Scott (D-Georgia/13th) *

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(R-Texas/32nd) * Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania/9th) * Mike Simpson (R-Idaho/2nd) * Louise Slaughter (D-New York/28th) *

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(D-Washington/9th) * Steve Stivers (R-Ohio/15th) *

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(R-Indiana/3rd) *

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(D-Mississippi/2nd) * Glenn Thompson (R-Pennsylvania/5th) *

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(R-Colorado/3rd) * Paul Tonko (D-New York/20th) * Michael Turner (R-Ohio/10th) * Marc Veasey (D-Texas/33rd) * Greg Walden (R-Oregon/2nd) * Jackie Walorski (R-Indiana/2nd) *

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(R-Texas/14th) *

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(R-Georgia/3rd) * Frederica Wilson (D-Florida/24th) * Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina/2nd) * Rob Wittman (R-Virginia/1st) *

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(R-Kansas/3rd) *

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(R-Alaska/At-large) * Todd Young (R-Indiana/9th) *

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(D-New York/1st)

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Caucus information

{{Turkey–United States relations Caucuses of the United States Congress Turkey–United States relations 2001 establishments in the United States