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Ventura County
American Turkish AssociatioN |
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May 11, 2008 :: 11:00 am
Traditional Mother's Day Picnic in the Marina Park, Ventura |
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June 22, 2008 :: 3-6 pm
Movie night, "Dondurmam Gaymak", Ventura |
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Ventura County American Turkish AssociatioN
VATAN* is the newly formed Ventura County American Turkish Association. It is founded for educational and cultural reasons. It is a chapter of American Turkish Association of Southern California (ATA SC) and thus recognized as a charitable organization by the IRS. The main purposes of VATAN are as follows:
(a) Present Turkish culture to the public at large, and promote a better understanding between the Turkish and American communities;
(b) Create and maintain communication, unity and solidarity within the Ventura County Turkish community and the larger ATASC and ATAA organizations;
(c) Operate a Turkish School (on a weekend day) to teach children (and adults) Turkish language, history and culture;
(d) Turkey is the only secular moslem democracy in the Middle East and a staunch ally of America and the west in that region. Turkish Republic and the Turkish Culture are not well known in America although Turkey is a big country, one of the oldest civilizations and has been an ally and a part of NATO for 50 plus years. This lack of knowledge is probably due to the small numbers of immigrants from Turkey and the small number of Americans visiting Turkey.
We at VATAN would like to address this issue for a better understanding and the relationship between the two nations and cultures. We want to be part of multicultural activities where we can educate our adopted country about the lands we came from. We believe that only mutual knowledge brings understanding and then tolerance between diverse people.
Turkey is also a major tourist destination with beautiful beaches, historical civilizations on top of other for the last 6000 years - from Hittites to Ottomans - friendly people and cheap accomodations. It is visited by 12 million people from Europe.
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VATAN-SC is a Non-Profit Chapter of ATASC,501(c)(3) Organization  |
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Copyright © 2008 VATAN-SC.ORG . All Rights Reserved |
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VATAN, Ventura, LA, California, Los Angeles, Turks, Ventura'da Yasam, Ventura Yardim, Ventura Dayanisma, Ventura Paylasim, Oxnard, Santa Clarita, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Port Hueneme, Turks in Ventura, Turkish Music, Turk sanat Muzigi, Help, Ventura Tavla, Ayse Sule Ulubay, ATASC, Vega Sankur, Vedat Akdag, Hikmet Michael Akseven, Dean Sumer, Bengi Hanyal, Cem Ersonmez, Leyla Cohen, Turk Okulu, Turkish School
