Local Mayors Travel to Turkey
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Channel: Dayton 24/7 Now · 2012 · News & Politics
DAYTON -- Saturday night three of our local mayors are in the air, on their way to Turkey.Their luggage was filled to the brim for a week-long trip to the crossroads of Europe and Asia.The visitors include Dayton Mayor Gary Leitzel, Riverside Mayor Bill Flaute and Trotwood Mayor Joyce Sutton Cameron.The leaders want to develop more economic and social relations with the country.Mayor Flaute said, "We have the largest population of Turkish folks, of the Ahiska Turkish folks here in the Dayton area. So we want to foster that relationship and encourage them to stay here and welcome the new Turkish folks that want to come in."The mayors will be meeting with the President of Turkey, the Prime Minister and three different city chambers of commerce.
