Saturday, August 29, 2009
6pm
TACAM Building
TACAM invites you to celebrate the Victory Day together with fun filled activities and entertainments. Live music, bonfire and more surprises. Let watch together a presentation prepared by Jason Windes about the importance of this day while enjoying the Iskender Kebab served by TACAM Board.
Please invite your friends, family, neighbors and co-workers to have a wonderful evening full of food and fun! The evening includes Turkish food (starring our famous Iskender Doner Kebap), live Turkish music by Mine around the bonfire and much more. There will also be a Victory Day presentation prepared for the kids in mind.
Our menu includes Iskender Doner Kebap, rice, salad, Turkish desert selection, cake, snacks, dates (Hurma), and beverages.
Admission is $5 for kids (up to 12 years old)
$15 for members
$20 for non-members
Since this celebration also falls in the holy month of Ramadan, the food will start to be served around iftar time (8:27pm) to respect those who are fasting
Zafer Bayram (Victory Day) is traditionally celebrated on August 30th every year to commemorate Turkish victories over Greek occupation forces in 1922, during Turkey’s War of Independence. Victory Day celebrations are held to commemorate the full independence of Anatolia from enemy invasions. It symbolizes the determination and victory of the Turkish people under the command of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, at the Battle of Supreme Military Command on August 30, 1922. The Independence War started in 1919 at the end of the World War I against the invading forces that had reached its final phase on August 22 and August 30 in 1922 where the enemy was defeated.