Month: November 2009
Join Our Outreach Initiative
TACAM would like to take this opportunity to explain an exciting new chapter in our activities. We have recently been awarded a grant through the ATAA and the Turkish Coalition of America in order to help organize Michigan Turks and...
Pop Group MFO Performs in Chicago
Legendary Turkish pop group MFO, Mazhar Fuat Özkan, is visiting Chicago on Tuesday, December 8, 2009. The concert will take place at the Copernicus Center and is scheduled to start at 8pm. The proceeds from the concert will benefit TACA...
November Turkish Language Classes Cancelled
Unfortunately, we have to cancel our class on November 29, 2009, due to our Kurban Bayramı preparations and celebration on the day of November 29, 2009, at the TACAM building. We apologize for the inconvenience and late notice. We hope...
MSU TSA Presents Second Annual Greek & Turkish Night
We would like to share with you an event our friends in the MSU TSA are putting on this coming Friday, November 20th from 8.30pm to 11.30pm at Glichrist Hall on MSU’s campus. They will be having their 2nd Annual...
In Remembrance — Ata’mızı anıyoruz
10 November. The death of Mustafa Kemâl “Atatürk,” the leader of the Turkish War of Independence and founder of modern-day TurkeyAtatürk died at five past nine in the morning on November 10, 1938, in Dolmabahçe Palace. Mourning Turkish citizens came...
Open Letter from Congressman Gary C. Peters
United States Congressman Gary C. Peters would like to send his most sincere and deep appreciation for the friendship extended to him by the leaders of the Turkish American community here in southeast Michigan. Most recently, at the annual Turkish...
Kurban Bayramı Celebration (The Feast of The Sacrifice)
Sunday, November 29, 2009 — 1pmTACAM Center, Wixom TACAM invites you to celebrate our Kurban Bayramı together to keep our traditions alive. Please join us on this occasion to wish each other “İyi Bayramlar!” TACAM will provide lamb, rice, salad,...
Turkish Traditional Dance Classes
It is with great pleasure that we announce the TACAM Turkish Traditional Dance classes (Türk halk oyunları) will be starting very soon! If you and/or your child(ren) older than 15 are interested in learning Turkish traditional dancing, please register by...
Anatolian Voice Issue 31
The issues of urbanization and modernization plague Turkey. Is there a better solution? Plus, we discover rare etchings of a bygone İstanbul from the works of a nineteenth-century savant. Contents Anatolian Ecojustice—Jason Windes A Long Affair—Erol Zafer Ahmed