Turkish Festival
Turkish Festival February 18th and 19th 2012 in downtown Ft. Lauderdale! Every spring, in downtown Ft. Lauderdale, tens of thousands of South Floridians attend to Turkish Festival organized by ACC. The Festival entertains the crowd with songs of a very popular Turkish singer, Turkish folk music and performance and historic Ottoman marchers.
Mothers Day Nursing Home Visit
Anatolia Cultural Center members handed out roses at the Sinai Plaza Rehabilitation & Nursing Center on Mother’s day. The residents were delighted to receive elegant roses as a Mother’s Day gift. Everybody enjoyed getting to know each other in an atmosphere of sympathy.
Earthquake Relief Fund
Good afternoon friends,
It is with a heavy heart that we regret to inform you of the massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake that occurred this weekend in Turkey. As the death toll presently surpasses 300 victims, Istanbul Center has decided to initiate a fund in the Southeast U.S. to help the most affected cities. For as you may know, this large earthquake struck Turkey yesterday morning, Sunday October 23rd 2011 around 10:40 a.m. The Eastern cities of Van and Ercis were hit the hardest and most directly by the powerful quake, causing thousands of buildings to come crashing down, injuring more than 1,500 people, killing hundreds and trapping hundreds more. Multiple aftershocks, most topping 5.0 and one even reaching 6.0 on the Richter scale, led to further infrastructural damage and loss of life in the wake of the initial earthquake.
Collective Battle Against Global Violence
On Sunday night, President Barack Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden, world’s most notorious terrorist and the leader of al-Qaeda, had been killed. As President Obama stated, the death of bin Laden should not be heralded as a victory only for the United States but, “should be welcomed by all who believe in peace and human dignity.”