On the 18th of May, marking the 1944 deportation of 230,000 Crimean Tatars by Stalin’s regime, TASC Turkish Republics Representative M. Sami Görgülü attended a ceremony at the Long Island/New York Martyrs’ Memorial. He prayed for the souls of those who lost their lives during the deportation and genocide, emphasizing solidarity with the Crimean Tatar Turkish community after 77 years.