April 22, Sunday-International Children's Friendship Festival
April 25, Wednesday-Anzac Day
May 13, Sunday-Mother’s Day
May 19, Saturday-Commemoration of Ataturk, Youth and Sports Day
June 17, Sunday-Father’s Day
June 24, Sunday-Picnic
August, 19, Sunday-Turkish Sugar Festival
August, 25-26, Sat/Sun- Turkey's Victory Day Celebration & Camping
October 20-21, Sat-Sun-Turkfest

We are calling for a Turkish Popular Music Youth Band! The band will start performing at the International Children's Festival in April and will continue their performances at all TACAWA organized events/festivals throughout the year. The band will be performing similar music that some youngsters performed at Turkfest and the Children's festival before. If you have been proficiently playing an instrument for the past 2-3 years or confident in your vocals and have a passion for singing, please e-mail Batuhan Biyikoglu at

Dogan Ulkekul will be signing copies of his novel "Cehennem Yelkenlisi" this Saturday at the Olive & Grape!

Dogan Ulkekul ABD'de yasayan bir yazarimiz. Ikinci romani Turkiye'de baslayip, ABD, Beyrut, Hawaii'ye kadar uzanan bir aski, bir buyuk tuzagi ve intikamin aci tadinin surukleyici oykusunu polisiye roman tadinda anlatiyor (Donence Yayinlari).

Let us revive the School Age Children’s Choir for the International Children’s Festival this April! We will teach well known children songs of our time such as “Daha Dun Annemizin” and “Postaci”. Zeynep Ertugay will accompany us on the piano. If your school age child is interested in joining, please e-mail Asli Selcuk at asliselcuk@hotmail.com. We’ll let you know when and where the practices will take place. We will coordinate our practice with the Anadolu Youth Dancers practice schedule so that there will be no time and place conflicts. Thank you in advance for your interest!

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NOTE: Ticket sales for the dinner portion of this event have ended, but tickets are available for attending just the after-dinner entertainment program. For $45, you can attend the live music and dancing from 9 pm to 1 am, featuring New York-Portland band istavritistanbul. (http://www.istavritistanbul.com/)

In addition to the entertainment, this price includes a free drink ticket, as well as champagne for the midnight toast.

Interested in studying Turkish? Winter Turkish classes coordinated by TACAWA are being offered in Seattle and Bellevue at the beginner and intermediate levels! In addition to providing language education, this experienced team of teachers - comprised of Derya Sunkel, Selma Nadir, and Ferdi Nadir - also offers cultural information on Turkey in English at the end of their lessons.

The fall quarter will begin the week of November 6th, and will run for 5 weeks at a price of $210.

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Please join the University of Washington’s Near East Languages and Civilizations department for their event of the year: a lecture and concert by Irene Markoff, one of the foremost experts in the culture, rituals, and music of Alevi-Bektashi Sufi communities in Turkey and the Balkans, and an accomplished vocalist and musician in the Turkish mystical and folk traditions. She received her doctorate from the Ethnomusicology Division of the University of Washington's School of Music, and currently teaches music studies courses and performance at York University in Toronto.

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On Tuesday, December 7th, the TACAWA Turkish Table will be meeting at Cafe Allegro in the University District, 4214 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105.

Whether you are interested in learning or practicing Turkish, or are a native speaker, all are welcome for conversation and camaraderie!

İçişleri ve Dışişleri Bakanlıkları tarafından yürütülen ortak çalısma sonucunda, biyometrik özeliklere sahip e-Pasaportlar 1 Haziran 2010 tarihinden itibaren kullanıma sunulacaktır. Vatandaşlarımız e-Pasaport başvurularını ülkemizde 81 il ve 110 ilçe Emniyet Müdürlüklerine, yurt dışında ise bağlı bulundukları konsolosluklara yapabileceklerdir. e-Pasaport uygulaması konusunda vatandaşlarımızı bilgilendirmek amacıyla hazırlanan e-Pasaport web sitesi www.epasaport.gov.tr adresinde bugünden itibaren hizmete sunulmuştur.

Evren Artiran, an internationally recognized artist and University of Washington graduate student, will be featuring her latest work in an exhibit titled “Naturalized Dialogues” at the Sandpoint Gallery in Magnuson Park.

The opening reception will be held Wednesday, May 12th, from 5:30 to 9 pm, and the exhibition will run through Saturday, May 15th.

On the opening night, Evren will give a 5 minute performance as part of the whole exhibition. The performance, titled “Unnatural Distribution,” will loop every 20 minutes, at 5:55 pm, 6:20 pm, and 6:45 pm, for a total of 3 times.