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"America Hates Me But I Still Love Her," a book by Umut Ozturk, has been released on March 2005.
You are reading the beginning of the story that has no end in the book:
Major Michael Kennedy Osborne (MKO) was assigned to Incirlik Air Force Base in Turkey on August 1990. He, his wife and their three Children George, Bill and Harrison arrived to Incirlik Air Force Base on August 20, 1990. George was 12.5, Bill was 11.5, and Harrison was 5.5 years old.
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Major MKO was promoted to Lt. Colonel during his tour.
They had a baby girl when they stationed on the Base.
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Lt. Colonel's family asked him to leave the Active Duty and live with them in Turkey. Lt. Colonel MKO asked his retirement from Active Duty on 1994. However, he would stay as a reserve officer until September 2008.
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Lt. Colonel MKO worked on several projects. He always coordinated Local and Federal Government Officials.
During the world crisis, as an NATO Officer, he wrote to Turkish and American Officials that he was ready for an active duty job if necessary.
Turkish Defense Department issued military ID cards for Lt. Colonel's family. DOD considers Colonel as an NATO Officer.
Lt. Colonel MKO is a native Mississippian. When there was an election for the United States Senate, he decided to run for Senate as an Independent candidate.
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He was departing to his state on September 3, 2002.
It was on August 21, 2002. He was arrested.
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When TINS (Turkish Immigration and Naturalization Service) agent put the Colonel into the cell to have him use it as a restroom, he promoted his well-done job to his TINS colleges:
"He is former American Air Force Security Chief. He is Colonel. Did you see any thing like this?"
His friends shake their heads. "No."
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The second part of the above story inspired Author Umut Ozturk to write his book: America Hates Me But I Still Love Her!
NEW NOTE (September 1, 2005)
Author Ozturk who braces the Hurricane Katrina in Biloxi, Miss., says that he loves Gulf Coast Mississippi more than ever.
Mr. Ozturk donates 10 percent of his earning from his book "America Hates Me But I Still Love Her" to Hurricane Katrina victims.
"America Hates Me But I Still Love Her" is a splendid tale of a young immigrant coming to Mississippi Gulf Coast at an early age and adapting to a new society.
Author Umut Ozturk brings in fifteen years of his life in Biloxi, Mississippi and shows us ups and downs of being a foreigner in his new home.
In clear and easy to understand language Mr. Ozturk points out his extra ordinary journey of being a southern boy to a southern gentleman.
Mr. Ozturk's story is a Mississippi Gulf Coast's history between 1990 to the current days. He has been living in Biloxi, Mississippi trough the bad and good days.
As you are reading this PR he is fighting against Hurricane Katrina's devastation side by side with his friends in Biloxi, Miss.
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About the Author
Umut Ozturk was born in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1977. He moved to the City of Biloxi, Mississippi in 1990 at the age of twelve. He graduated from Biloxi High School in 1995 and received his B.A. in Speech Communications from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2000. He has coached soccer for the Biloxi Soccer Organization from 1995 to 2002.