New book looks at important buildings | Hürriyet Daily News

The fact that the funeral of Turkey’s ambassador to Washington was sent to Turkey in a U.S. battleship marked the beginning of deeper political relations between Turkey and the United States, Professor Mensur Akgün said at the launch of a new book on the Turkish ambassadorial residence in the American capital on July 11.

Mehmet Münir Ertegün was appointed as the second envoy by Turkey in 1934, and two years later purchased the Everett mansion, built by the Ohio industrialist Edward Hamlin Everett.
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