Foreign Economic Relations Board. Further dislike of Holmes by the Turkish government was caused when at a discussion panel chaired by Holmes, AKP-affiliated journalists, acting as if they were still in Turkey where such behavior would be normal, refused to answer a question posed by a Zaman journalist. Holmes rebuked this refusal, insisting that the AKP-columnist answer. See also American Turkish Friendship Association Assembly of Turkish American Associations Federation of Turkish American Associations Lobbying in the United States Turkish Americans References External links Turkey–United States relations Realist think tanks