HIGHLIGHTS
As a former Turkey Trip participant, you are cordially invited to a reunion program. The program will start at 6:00 pm with dinner. Turkish food will be served. Former Senator Dennis Black will be the host of our event.
Niagara Foundation of Iowa, previously known as Iowa Dialog Center, is a non-profit organization established to serve societal peace, love, and friendship wisely and compassionately in support of human dignity and the common good by striving to bring forth the common values of humanity; values such as understanding, tolerance, respect, and compassion. Niagara Foundation’s mission is to foster fellowship and promote understanding of the diverse cultures in Iowa.
Please RSVP by Firday, January 30 so we may have an accurate count of participants
Venue
CK International Building
1201 Grand Avenue West Des Moines, IA 50265
Date
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Phone : (312) 363 7797
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TURKISH CUISINE
Twins in Kitchen.
Here you will find recipes of the Turkish dishes.
The Sultan’s Kitchen: A Turkish Cookbook by Ozcan Ozan. Turkish Tea Presentation by Katharine Branning
TURKISH COFFEE
YouTube video presentation by George and Ugur Clare on Turkish coffee and its importance in Turkish daily life
LECTURE VIDEOS
Women, Gender, and Society in Turkey by Dr. Marcia Hermansen
History & Art of Turkey by Dr. Mustafa Kaya
A Century of Turkish Democracy by Dr. Kadir Yildirim
DISCOVER TURKIYE
Turkey is a vast and varied country boasting incredible landscapes and natural wonders bordered by four different seas
TURKEY IN PICTURES
A collection of pictures taken in Turkey by various travelers.
TURKISH MEDIA
TURKISH CULTURE
This is useful for anyone researching Turkish culture, customs, manners, etiquette and values.
Touristic Map of Turkey
Turkish Community Activities in Midwest
TRAVEL TURKEY
Turkey’s Travel Guide of Wikitravel
Niagara Foundation Turkey Travel Guide
FURTHER SUGGESTED READINGS
Turkish Politics, Democracy, Secularism
Ahmet Kuru, “The Rise and Fall of Military Tutelage in Turkey,” Insight Turkey 14:2 (2012).
Fevzi Bilgin, “Constitutional Moment,” The Washington Review (June 2010).
Turkish Foreign Policy
Ziya Onis, “Multiple Faces of New Turkish Foreign Policy,” Insight Review 13:
Alper Dede,” The Arab Uprisings: Debating the “Turkish Model,” Insight Turkey
Turkish History
1. Lords of The Horizons, A History of The Ottoman Empire by Jason Goodwin
2. Crescent & Star, Turkey Between Two World by Stephen Kinzer
3. Osman’s Dream: The History of The Ottoman Empire by Caroline Finkel
4. New Turkish Republic: Turkey As a Pivotal State in the Muslim World by Graham Fuller
Hizmet (Gulen) Movement
1. The Gulen Movement: A Sociological Analysis of a Civic Movement Rooted in Moderate Islam by Helen Rose Ebaugh
Interfaith/Intercultural Dialogue
1. Dialogue in Islam, by Ahmet Kurucan, Mustafa Kasim Erol, , Dialogue Society
2. The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew—Three Women Search for Understanding by Ranya Idliby;
Some Novels
1. The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi by Elif Shafak
2. My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk, Nobel Prize for Literature 2006