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Membership Announcement
Please renew your membership or become a member now for 2008. Download membership form here and mail it to us, or you can pay online via PayPal by clicking here.
Membership options available are:
Student $10
Individual $30
Family $60
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Cultural Tour of Turkey
Our major donor for last two years' events, the Turkish Cultural Foundation has organized an intensive and immersive cultural tour of Turkey. Below is the announcement we received from the executive director of the foundation. It is worth a serious look if you want to see much of cultural, historical, and artistic aspects of Turkey
Designed by the Foundation's experts, the tour is a celebration of Turkey's rich history and cultural heritage and includes visits to all three Ottoman capitals and important Anatolian Seljuk towns, as well as select antique cities and archeological sites. This cultural immersion tour will take participants to Istanbul, Edirne, Iznik, Bursa, Safranbolu, Ankara, Amasya, Tokat, Sivas, Kayseri, Cappadocia, Konya and Antalya over 16 days. The Tour offers first-class accommodations throughout and is designed as a journey through the rich cultural history of Anatolia, highlighting cultural heritage sites of Turkey, while providing a taste of over thousand years of Anatolian Turkish culture through private performances and demonstrations of Turkish music, dance and art. Providing participants an unforgettable culinary experience, meticulously designed menus will showcase local and regional tastes, in addition to the best examples of Ottoman and Turkish cuisine.
The price for the Grand Tour of Turkey is $ 4,200 per person for double occupancy and $ 4,900 for single occupancy. The price is all inclusive except for roundtrip air travel to Istanbul. All proceeds will benefit the Turkish Cultural Foundation.
For a city by city itinerary, reservation and other information, please visit the Turkish Cultural Foundation website.
The newly designed Web site of the Turkish Cultural Foundation will please you with its new look and its content. While you are there, do not forget to hop over to their sister site, Turkish Music Portal.
Publication: Sultan's Seal by Jenny White
Our member, Jenny White has a new book out, Sultan's Seal. The novel received great reviews and promises to be a good read. It is available at Amazon. See what others have said:
A wonderful read, written by someone who can write about the exotic and fascinating world of the late Ottoman Empire with knowledge and understanding ... Of the highest quality Iain Pears, author of An Instance of the Fingerpost.
Intricate and subtle as a Turkish Carpet, lush as silk upon the skin ... Its very appealing characters are caught between East and West, Islan and Christianity, and bound in a web of murder and treachery that only the luck few may escape. Diana Gabaldon, author of A Breath of Snow and Ashes
Past Events
Thursday, January 24, 2008
RI Food Bank Community Service Event
RI Community Food Bank, Cranston, RI
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Friday, November 9, 2007
Ataturk Commemoration and Reception
RI State House, State Room
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Bayram Luncheon
Efendi's Mediterranean Restaurant, Cranston, RI
Saturday, October 13, 2007
October 13, 1207 in RUMI's Anatolia
Smith Center for the Arts, Providence College
Dunya Inc.
A Musical Glimpse Into the Life and Times of a Great Sufi Poet
with MEVLiD-i SERiF in the second part of the concert
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Annual Turkish Victory Day Picnic
Goddard Park, Warwick, RI
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Saturday, August 25, 2007
30th Annual Heritage Festival
State House Lawn, Providence College
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Saturday, October 28, 2006
Dunya Ensemble and The Boston Camerata
European Travellers AND THE OTTOMANS:
A concert dedicated to
W. A. Mozart in the 250th year of his birth
The RISD AUDITORIUM, Providence
The Turkish American Cultural Society of RI presented a unique concert performed by the two leading ensembles of the genre. The Boston Camerata and the Dunya Ensemble performed Turkish-Ottoman music transcribed by European travellers to the Ottoman lands. These pieces were later performed in Europe and inspired the musicians of the era to compose major works that we all enjoy today. The concert is a tribute to Mozart in his 250th year of birth. The concert was free and open to the public.
Post concert note
The concert was a well-attended event with over 250 people in the audience. The music was exhilarating, informative, touching, and of course, highly enjoyable. Below is a message from one person in the audience, which probably speaks for all. Thank you all for coming to this fabulous event.
I just wanted to thank you for presenting that FANTASTIC concert yesterday. As a musician and world music fan, I have seen many concerts in my life, but this was one of the best. Much credit to your organization for having not just one but, TWO well -known music groups on the stage and offering so much learning and great music to the public FOR FREE! I especially liked the commentary offered by you and both conductors. Now I am so glad I happened upon the TACSRI website on a rainy day and will definitely be checking in from time to time.
Thanks again.
Dr. JRS
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