Now What Do we do?
As discussed in previous blogs (see Identity Crises series, and other Horizon Denison School Board -related blogs), the boys -- Akkaya and Sagnak -- had applied for Science Department Head and Dean of Academics positions (respectively) on their green card applications.
Now without going into the lengthy legalese attached to the process, the bottom line is that in order for anyone who is not an American citizen to apply for permanent residency based on an occupational need, there has to be a "need" for that position that cannot be filled by an American citizen. In other words, if despite looking high and low for a qualified American to fill the spot -- the employer comes up empty -- then -- and only --then -- can the position be filled by a foreigner.
In the cases of Akkaya and Sagnak, there clearly were many qualified Americans that could have -- and should have -- been hired for both the Science Department Head and Dean of Academics (for that matter, Sagnak's Director position, depending on who he was at any given time) at Denison.
Which of course begs the question -- why are only Turkish men holding the top administrative and accounting positions at the Gulen-inspired, Turkish-run, whatever you want to call them -- schools? But that's another topic, read the rest of the website to figure that out.
Now back to Akkaya and Sagnak -- we have found resumes from the EEOC files (regarding discrimination charges filed), and other resumes that the boys did not bother to submit to the EEOC (but others did), despite the request from the EEOC to their attorneys.
It seems like the boys conveniently misplaced all of the resumes when requested to send the EEOC copies of applicants that applied for the Dean of Academics and Science Department Head.
But what is even more interesting is that Jennifer Bayraktar, the former HSA Denison Board President, was essentially supposed to be in charge of interviewing the candidates, at least when it came to Sagnak because at the time, Sagnak was techinically the Dean of Academics on his green card application. It might have seemed a little odd to the DOL and INS if Sagnak had interviewed himself.
In reality, Angela Ross, the Dean of Students at the time did some of the interviewing (who by the way did not have anything other than an expired substitute teaching license and did not hold a graduate degree).
We have also included a few emails between Bayaktar and some person named Rishi, and Bayraktar.
Bayraktar asks in the email dated, March 31, 2008,
" But I have a few questions about this interview, such as what happens if the candidates are truly qualified for the position? What if they ask why the director position is open? What are the minimum qualifications for this type of position? What is the salary being offered, etc.? Thanks."
Our answer to Jennifer (the school Board President) is simple -- you might want to hire someone who is actually qualifed (unlike your buddies Sagnak and Akkaya). And better yet, how about not willingly participate in what you have to know is an immigration scam and in clear violation of the law -- as well as being unethical.
Below are the emails and some of the resumes of very qualified candidates who did not get hired. These candidates actually held administrative licenses and graduate degrees.
Now without going into the lengthy legalese attached to the process, the bottom line is that in order for anyone who is not an American citizen to apply for permanent residency based on an occupational need, there has to be a "need" for that position that cannot be filled by an American citizen. In other words, if despite looking high and low for a qualified American to fill the spot -- the employer comes up empty -- then -- and only --then -- can the position be filled by a foreigner.
In the cases of Akkaya and Sagnak, there clearly were many qualified Americans that could have -- and should have -- been hired for both the Science Department Head and Dean of Academics (for that matter, Sagnak's Director position, depending on who he was at any given time) at Denison.
Which of course begs the question -- why are only Turkish men holding the top administrative and accounting positions at the Gulen-inspired, Turkish-run, whatever you want to call them -- schools? But that's another topic, read the rest of the website to figure that out.
Now back to Akkaya and Sagnak -- we have found resumes from the EEOC files (regarding discrimination charges filed), and other resumes that the boys did not bother to submit to the EEOC (but others did), despite the request from the EEOC to their attorneys.
It seems like the boys conveniently misplaced all of the resumes when requested to send the EEOC copies of applicants that applied for the Dean of Academics and Science Department Head.
But what is even more interesting is that Jennifer Bayraktar, the former HSA Denison Board President, was essentially supposed to be in charge of interviewing the candidates, at least when it came to Sagnak because at the time, Sagnak was techinically the Dean of Academics on his green card application. It might have seemed a little odd to the DOL and INS if Sagnak had interviewed himself.
In reality, Angela Ross, the Dean of Students at the time did some of the interviewing (who by the way did not have anything other than an expired substitute teaching license and did not hold a graduate degree).
We have also included a few emails between Bayaktar and some person named Rishi, and Bayraktar.
Bayraktar asks in the email dated, March 31, 2008,
" But I have a few questions about this interview, such as what happens if the candidates are truly qualified for the position? What if they ask why the director position is open? What are the minimum qualifications for this type of position? What is the salary being offered, etc.? Thanks."
Our answer to Jennifer (the school Board President) is simple -- you might want to hire someone who is actually qualifed (unlike your buddies Sagnak and Akkaya). And better yet, how about not willingly participate in what you have to know is an immigration scam and in clear violation of the law -- as well as being unethical.
Below are the emails and some of the resumes of very qualified candidates who did not get hired. These candidates actually held administrative licenses and graduate degrees.
