MI SR0183

Recognizes and affirms the friendship and partnership between Michigan and the Republic of Turkey based on shared values of freedom, democracy, and human rights

Notes approximately 400,000 Turkish Americans in the United States with a growing population in Michigan, and highlights Turkey as the world's fifteenth-largest economy and Europe's sixth-largest economy

Identifies existing ties including Muskegon and Antalya as sister cities, a 2012 Michigan-Turkey research and development forum in Istanbul, and Ford Motor Company's major joint venture assembly plant in Turkey

Acknowledges the Turkish American Society of Michigan (TASM), the Niagara Foundation, and the Turkic American Federation of the Midwest as active organizations promoting Turkish-Michigan cultural and economic relationships

Directs copies of the resolution to be transmitted to the Niagara Foundation, the Turkic American Federation of the Midwest, and the Turkish American Society of Michigan