Turkey

TACSCO (Turkish American Cultural Society of Colorado) is a non-profit organization with close to 200 member families representing more than 1000 Turkish Americans living in Colorado.

The primary goal of the Association is to foster, promote, plan and execute programs aimed at improving the social, cultural, educational, economic and general welfare of the Turkish-American community. Additionally, the Association organizes events to increase, improve and promote public knowledge and understanding of Turkish culture, history and people. We believe that this would help to develop a more balanced and objective view of Turkish culture and Turkish people. In order to achieve these goals, TACSCO provides and/or participates in cultural and educational activities and seminars and festivals.

Tuba  Firincioglu-Apaydin was born in Istanbul, Turkey.  She moved to the United States in 1996 to study Petroleum Engineering at Stanford University.  In 1998 she moved to Colorado and started working for NITEC LLC as a petroleum engineering consultant.  Currently she is the Reservoir Studies Manager at the same company with a focus on optimizing production from unconventional oil and gas reservoirs.  She has been actively involved with Turkish American Cultural Society of Colorado (TACSCO) for over 15 years.  She is currently serving as the President of TACSCO.  She has also been serving in the Board of Directors of Rocky Mountain Stanford Alumni Association for more than 10 years.  Recently she became a Stanford Affiliate for her dedicated service to the Stanford community.  She received her PhD from Colorado School of Mines.  Tuba Firincioglu-Apaydin is married to Osman Apaydin and has two kids, Ekin and Ozan.