Interview about Hizmet Movment at Maxwell School of Syracuse University
Date posted: February 6, 2016
Tosca Bruno-Van Vijfeijken, Director of Transnational NGO Initiative at Maxwell School of Syracuse University inteviewd Dr. Alp Aslandogan, President of the Alliance for Shared Values.
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