"The Importance of the Melungeon Community to Turkish-American Relations
by
David L. Arnett
I would like to begin by expressing heartfelt greetings to all of you from the great people of Turkey.
I am a proud American, of course, and a career Foreign Service Officer of the United States, but I have also spent nine years of my life in Turkey, and I know the tremendous affection that Turks feel in their hearts for all of you. In fact, Turks are much more likely than Americans to know about you, the Melungeons, or Meluncanlar in Turkish."
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