The following is the proceedings of the Second Annual Convention of Turkic American Alliance under the title of "New Challenges & New Opportunities," held on November 30, 2011, in Washington DC. 

The convention proceedings feature addresses by H.E. Mehmet Simsek, Finance Minister of Turkey, The Honorable Kristen Gillibrand, US Senator of New York, and the Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, US Representative of Florida. 

United States public schools have recently begun hiring international teachers for science and mathematics classes across the country. The purpose of this study is to shed light to the practice of international science and math teachers in the K-12 institutions in the United States.

Recently there was a wave of celebration of the 20th anniversary of independence in all Central Asian states, yet their nation building process is not complete and the perception of the national identity is still distorted. By its nature national identity

In the last decade, Turkey has taken major steps in political, economic, and international arenas. A Muslim country with six decades of electoral experience further consolidated its democracy by introducing major reforms aimed to demilitarize its politics. Its economy is strong despite the global recession and growing at record levels.