Selected Events 2007

Consul General Butcher Delivers Speech on the Changing Face of America to Turkish Community in Kiel

From left: Cebel Kücükkaraca, President of the Turkish Community in Schleswig-Holstein, Consul General Duane Butcher (Photograph courtesy of Martin Geist)

March 28, 2007. On March 28, Consul General Duane Butcher addressed close to 60 members and guests of the Turkish Community of Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel to speak about the U.S. immigrant experience and current debates about the topic in American society and politics. In his remarks, Consul General Butcher outlined the history of immigration and described contemporary shifts in America’s ethnic composition as well as how diverse groups have been successfully incorporated into one society and nation.