Merhaba!

Merhaba!

We will have a Turkish Night on Sunday, April 5th, from 6pm to 8pm.

The location for the event is

Austin Raindrop Turkevi

12400 Amherst Dr. #108

Austin TX 78727

Please RSVP by Thursday, April 2, by sending an email to me (ademekmek78@yahoo.com). The subject of your email should be RSVP-Turkish Night and just tell the number of people (including yourself) that you are RSVPing for in the text.

Your significant other, loved ones, and/or friends are all welcome.

We will have delicious selections from Turkish cuisine, movie clips about Turkey and Turkish culture, a small Turkish folk music performance, many Turkish people to practice your Turkish, and a little competition. In short, we will have fun! Please join us if you can.

Orada görüşmek dileği ile!

-adem

Movie: Vizontele

When: March 6, Friday @ 6 pm

Where: SSB G1.310 “Glenn Maloney Student Assembly Room”

Info: Vizontele is a 2001 Turkish film directed by Yılmaz Erdoğan and Ömer Faruk Sorak. Yilmaz Erdogan also wrote the script. It tells the story of some incidents following the arrival of the first television to a little village in Eastern Turkey during early seventies. It is one of the most viewed movies in theaters. Although it is a comedy, it contains very seriously worked messages but still leaving the viewers with lots of entertainment. The main advantage is coming from the dialogues which gives all the purity and naturality of villagers.

The main actors are Yılmaz Erdoğan as Deli Emin (Crazy Emin), Altan Erkekli as Nazmi, Demet Akbağ as Siti Ana, Cem Yılmaz as Fikri. After the movie being very well received, Yılmaz Erdoğan shot a sequel at 2004, Vizontele Tuuba keeping the most of the cast present.

Running time : 110 min

Language: Turkish with English subtitles As always we will serve refreshments. You are welcome to bring your friends to this enjoyable event. 

Turkish is one of the approximately 30 languages that make up the Turkic language family. Turkic languages are spoken in the large area from Eastern Europe to Siberia to Western China. It is an ancient language that has a history of more than 5,000 years.

Approximately 200 million people in the World speak a Turkic language

Turkic languages are spoken in Turkey, in the Balkans in countries such as Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, and Romania…

Due to migrants in Western Europe, Australia, and the Americas,… in Iraq, Iran,  and Azerbaijan … and in central Asian republics such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kirgizstan, Kazakhstan

Turkish is designated by the US state department as a critical language of strategic importance.

Because of Turkey’s strategic position between Europe, Middle East, and Asia and  because of Turkey’s efforts to join the European Union,  it’s historical ties with Muslim countries,  and because of the rich history that Turkey hosts, Turkish is becoming a popular language.

Turkish population in the US is growing rapidly with an estimated 300,000 including 10,000 university students and 1,000 academicians.

Here is one local example of the popularity of Turkish … The Center of Middle Eastern Studies here at UT is currently interviewing candidates … for a professorship position in the Turkish language they are committed to increase the strength of the center in the Turkish language and culture by adding more positions.

The Turkic Cultures Student Association is working … to introduce Turkic cultures to the UT community, to provide a meeting place and a learning environment for those interested in Turkic cultures, and to bring together students, staff, and faculty belonging to the different Turkic cultures. One among many great works of TCSA is 9-week Turkish class offered to Austenite at no cost. Thanks TCSA!