FLORIDA TURKISH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Presents…

11TH ANNUAL TURKISH FESTIVAL

2-DAY EVENT - FREE ADMISSION

INCREDIBLE RAFFLE PRIZES Winners will be announced here

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2012 at POMPANO BEACH CIVIC CENTER
at Pompano Beach - FREE PARKING

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2012 at TURKISH CENTER, Fort Lauderdale

Fun-Filled Activities to bring Turkish Culture to South East Florida

When:
Saturday, November 17, 2012 11 am to 8 pm

Where:
Pompano Beach Civic Center

Northeast 6th Street

Pompano Beach, FL

Tel: (786) 251-9996

FLORIDA TURKISH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Presents…

10TH ANNUAL TURKISH FESTIVAL

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19~20, 2011

Florida Turkish American Association Proudly Presents…
Two days of Fun-Filled Activities to bring Turkish Culture to South East Florida

When: Saturday, November 19, 2011 11 pm to 7 pm & Sunday
November 20, 2011 11 pm to 6 pm
Where: Hollywood Beach Broad-walk & Beach Theater
100 Johnson Street
Hollywood, Florida
Tel: (954) 588-7957

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• Turkish Folk Dance Group
• Music Group
• Authentic Turkish Cuisine & “Gozleme”
• The Art of Ebru (Paper Marbling)
• Turkish Coffee & Fortune Telling
• FREE Kids Activities
• Belly Dancing
• Buy a Raffle ticket and win a round-trip airline ticket (3) round trip tickets to Istanbul), and (1) cruise vacation, and (1) I-Pad
10th Annual Turkish Festival to Take Place Saturday, November 19 and 20 at Hollywood Beach and the Broadwalk

10th ANNUAL FLORIDA TURKISH FESTIVAL STAGE PROGRAM

19-Nov-11 SATURDAY
TIME PERFORMER

11:00-11:15 ALP-DJ
11:15-12:00 BLUESTAR DANCE TROUPE- SHOW 1
12:00-12:15 OPENING CEREMONY
12:15-12:30 TURKISH CHORUS & SCHOOL
12:30-12:45 ALP-DJ
12:45-1:15 MOZAIK- SHOW 1
1:15-1:45 KARDELEN 1
1:45-2:15 BELLY DANCER- SHOW 1
2:15-3:00 BLUESTAR DANCE TROUPE- SHOW 2
3:00-3:30 KARDELEN- SHOW 2
3:30-4:00 MOZAIK SHOW 2
4:00-4:30 BELLY DANCER- SHOW 2
4:30-5:00 BLUESTAR DANCE TROUE SHOW 3
5:00-5:30 KARDELEN 3
5:30-7:00 MOZAIK- SHOW 3

20-Nov-11 SUNDAY

TIME PERFORMER
11:00-11:15 ALP-DJ
11:15-12:00 BLUESTAR DANCE TROUPE- SHOW 1
12:00-12:30 KARDELEN- SHOW 1
12:30-1:30 MOZAIK-SHOW 1
1:30-2:00 BELLY DANCER- SHOW 1
2:00-2:45 BLUESTAR DANCE TROUPE- SHOW 2
2:45-3:15 KARDELEN- SHOW 2
3:15-4:15 MOZAIK-SHOW 2
4:15-4:45 BELLY DANCER- SHOW 2
4:45-5:00 TRIVIA
5:00-5:30 RAFFLE
5:30-6:00 ALP-DJ

The Florida Turkish American Association (FTAA) is pleased to present a day of Turkish music, dance, art and culture at the 9th Annual Turkish Festival on Saturday, November 19, 2011 from 11:00am to 7:00pm and Sunday, November 20, 2011 from 11:00am to 6:00pm at the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk, 100 Johnson Street. The festival is free of charge and open to the general public.
The purpose of the Festival is to promote Turkey, its rich and diverse culture. It is the FTAA’s goal that festival goers will get the opportunity to celebrate, learn about and savor Turkish hospitality, culture and cuisine.
The festival’s highlights will include performances by Turkish Folk Dance Group performing Turkey’s famous traditional and distinctive dances, Band, Music and Belly Dancing. The festival will offer delicious Turkish fare available for purchase, such as doner kebap (spinning roast), grilled kofte (ground meat with spices), borek (cheese and spinach filled pastry), baklava and Turkish coffee, to name a few of the delicacies. There will even be traditional fortune tellers reading fortunes from coffee grinds in the special coffee tent. We will host demonstrations of Turkish arts such as paper marbling (Ebru), with festival goers having the opportunity to purchase these art forms. Free children’s activities include face painting and balloon sculpting, making the festival a family affair.
Thank you all attendees, volunteers, vendors, and FTAA directors. Detailed list of sponsors, volunteers will be announced in our website soon.
You may visit Turkish Center for scheduled events, Dinners etc. Please visit www.ftaa.com for the event dates and times.
Florida Turkish Center
3020 NE 32 Street, Suite 123
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
FTAA Tel: (954) 588-7957
Turkish Center Tel: (954) 766-4810
Sincerely,
FTAA Festival Team

TurkishFest_2010Video

Video from Oguzhan, Chief dancer of ATA Dance Group IN 2010

More video and photos will be posted. Pls. email yours to contact@ftaa.com

Sun-Sentinel article about Turkish Festival

Photography exhibition of Lutfi Ozgunaydin in Turkish Center

View Larger Map Demonstrations • The Art of Ebru (Paper Marbling) by Meral Ornarli
Visit us at: www.ftaa.com for association
www.FloridaTurkishCenter.org for our center in Fort Lauderdale

INCREDIBLE BIG PRIZES AT RAFFLE!!

FTAA 10th Annual FLORIDA TURKISH FESTIVAL

(2) ROUND-TRIP AIR TICKETS TO ISTANBUL by Lufthansa
Nurhan Kagit - Winning Ticket # 0378

Bora Celenk - Winning Ticket # 1643

(1) ROUND-TRIP AIR TICKETS TO ISTANBUL by THY

Tulin Tosyali - Winning Ticket # 0379

FLORIDA TURKISH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Presents…

9TH ANNUAL TURKISH FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2010
Florida Turkish American Association
Proudly Presents…

Two-Days of Fun-Filled Activities to bring Turkish Culture to South East Florida

When:
Saturday, November 20, 2010
10 am to 9 pm

Where:
Hollywood Beach Broad-walk & Beach Theater
100 Johnson Street
Hollywood, Florida
Tel: (954) 588-7957

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• ATA Turkish Folk Dance Group
• Tamzara Music Group
• Authentic Turkish Cuisine & “Gozleme”
• The Art of Ebru (Paper Marbling) and Calligraphy
• Turkish Coffee & Fortune Telling
• FREE Kids Activities
• Belly Dancing
• Buy a Raffle and win a round-trip airline ticket to Turkey
PROGRAM

10:00 Tamzara Music Group
11:30 ATA Turkish Folk Dance Group—Show I
12:00 Opening remarks — Serap Odabas-Yigit, President
12:15 Anthem, Government officials’ Speeches and readings of letters sent by Members of Congress.
12:30 Presentation of Turkish Classical Music Chorus

8th TURKISH FESTIVAL
Mon, 11/16/2009 - 08:50 — FTAA
Festival Opening Ceremony, anthems of US and Turkey by FTAA choir

8th Annual Florida Turkish Festival was performed with warm, joyful spirit here in Hollywood Beach of Florida.on November 15th, 2009

Florida Turkish American Association(FTAA) was one of the oldest Turkish association, serving Turkish descent Americans, throughout South East Florida.

Two lucky friends won the drawing of round trip air ticket to Turkey.

Click HERE for photos of the festival

Click here for Video clip from Sun-Sentinel

Thank you all who attended and participated in the Festival.
Click HERE for the message of FTAA president

FTAA Festival Committee

8th Annual Turkish Festival To Take Place On November 15, 2009 At Hollywood Beach
11am-6pm

The Florida Turkish American Association (FTAA) is pleased to present a day of Turkish music, dance, art and culture at the 8th Annual Turkish Festival on Sunday, November 15th from 10:00AM to 6:00PM at the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk. The Festival is free of charge and open to the general public. The festival's highlights will include a variety of authentic Turkish cultural activities, including the Kardelen Dance Ensemble performing Turkey's famous traditional and distinctive dances. Turkish recording artists,

Erdal Celik will be flown in from Turkey especially for the festival, and

live belly dancers will grace the Broadwalk.

The festival also will offer delicious Turkish fare available for purchase, such as doner kebap (rotating roast), grilled kofte (ground meat with spices), borek (cheese and spinach filled pastry), baklava and Turkish coffee, to name a few of the delicacies. There will even be traditional fortune tellers reading fortunes from coffee grinds in the special coffee tent. Other free activities include a children's area with face painting, balloon sculpting and arts and crafts, making this a family affair. The sights, sounds, activities and gourmet delicacies will leave festival goers feeling as if they've been transported to Istanbul or Ankara. Attending the festival is the next best thing to actually traveling to Turkey and experiencing it firsthand. To that end, representatives from the Turkish Tourism and Culture Office will be on hand with information on how festival goers can experience Turkey in person.

Previous Festivals:

7th Turkish Festival / Festival videos by FIU



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6th Turkish Festival

5th Turkish Festival

4th Turkish Festival

Broward County International Festival

3rd Turkish Festival

2nd Turkish Festival

1st Turkish Festival