Mr. Michael Ciamarra, Mrs. Melody Ciamarra, Mrs. Iris Gross and Mr. Bill Gross at 29th October , 88th year of Turkish Republic Day celebration at Birmingham International Center.
We celebrate like another birthday of the Turkish Republic each year with 10th year anthem. It was the Republic Day celebration while the Father of Turks was a life.
We ask our future generation to put off the candles on the cake.
With volunteers, we prepared examples from Turkish Cuisine to enjoy all together.
Great Team.
From left to right; Ergin Esirgemez (BOD), Rebecca Kinney (Volunteer), Deniz Cakir (BOD), Sukru Icimsoy (BOD) , Paul Vloon (Volunteer), Aynur Ates Vloon (BOD), Abidin Yildirim (BOD), Hulya Aybek (BOD) and Eva Reichel (Volunteer)
Although, they are not in the picture, but also; Orrin Ford (BOD), Gunes Demirbas (BOD) , Ozge Cavusoglu (Volunteer), Peggy Bonfield (Volunteer), Fevzi Caglarsu (Former BOD) , Demet Gurler (Former BOD), Sinem Kilic (Former volunteer).
And last but not least, I would like to thank Turkish Community and Friends of Turkey for their continuous support.
In an endeavor to raise money for the organization, the TAAA put together a game night for its members and friends on March 13, 2011. The event consisted of a backgammon tournament, Marbling art, fortune telling and much more. The TAAA also sold t-shirts, specially designed by Hulya Aybek. Ferhat Zengul showed the TAAA and friends the fascinating art of Marbling art “Ebru”; all proceeds from his masterpieces went to the TAAA. A big thanks goes to all those who helped prepare a delicious feast for our members and guests for Game Night!
Congratulations to Patricia Yayman for winning the backgammon tournament!
Moody Elementary School held an art show on March 8, 2011 dedicated to the culture and traditions of Turkey. The TAAA provided a sampler with several choices of delicious Turkish food, like köfte, chicken kebap, pilav, lahmacun, and baklava. The TAAA also introduced the community to commonly used spices in Turkish food. Students from Moody Elementary created and showed guests a presentation about Turkey during the event.
Helping others is a major aspect of Turkish festival traditions, especially unfortunate children. One of these holidays is Ramadan. This year, the Turkish American Association of Alabama selected the organization Pathways.Pathways provides support for homeless mothers and their young children; the TAAA, along with the Turkish community, collected gifts for the children, ranging from toys to school uniforms and casual clothing. Several ladies from the TAAA came together one morning to personally give the gifts to the organization, hoping to meet the women and children they were bringing unimaginable amounts to joy to! The young mothers appreciated the gifts dearly, giving everyone who helped another successful and complete mission to help others!
On May 7, a group of ladies from the TAAA came together for a fun night out without the men! They met at the Superior Grill Mexican Restaurant on 280 and enjoyed live music and even some dancing! Make sure to join them on their next night out, which we will give you the date for when plans have been made.
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