--- description: Danismaz is president of the Turkish Heritage Organization title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Halil I. Danismaz ## Halil I. Danismaz Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Danismaz is president of the Turkish Heritage Organization_ ## Halil I. Danismaz Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Aug 22, 2016 ### [The U.S. and NATO Need Turkey](https://time.com/4457369/the-u-s-and-nato-need-turkey/) 'To cast Turkey loose now would forfeit our influence in the region and end a decades-long alliance' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/halil-i-danismaz/","name":"Halil I. Danismaz"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/halil-i-danismaz/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/halil-i-danismaz/"},"name":"Halil I. Danismaz","jobTitle":null,"description":"Danismaz is president of the Turkish Heritage Organization","url":"https://time.com/author/halil-i-danismaz/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```