Turkish Food and Children's Fest

Dear Friends, you're all welcome to the festival it's gonna be held at Raindrop Turkish House.

Social Hours Started

After a series of cancellation e-mails, we could finally get together on a Friday night. After having a nice dinner, we all enjoyed with the Turkish movie "Bandit" (1996) which was mainly about
the epic adventures of the legendary Baran the Bandit following his release from prison. After serving 35 years, it is no surprise that the world has changed dramatically. Still, Baran can't help but be shocked to discover that his home village is now underwater thanks to the construction of a new dam. He then heads for Istanbul to get revenge upon his former best friend, the man who snitched on him and stole his lover Keje. Along the way, Baran teams up with Cumali, a tough young punk who finds the thief's old-fashioned ways rather quaint. When Cumali gets into deep trouble with a crime boss, Baran adds another vengeful task to his roster.

The ones who wanted to play computer game also enjoyed Pro Evolution Soccer on the screen. We're all hoping to come together also every Friday.

Cultures meet at Intercultural Potluck Night

IIF and Anthropology Club held the first intercultural potluck dinner in this semester. Dr. Juliana Flinn from UALR Anthropology Department gave a brief talk how important such gatherings and sharings were. Participants brought a variety of delicious food which were all homemade. On top of that Turkish Doner was the main representative of Turkish cuisine in the night. After the dinner our guest all enjoyed the baklava with a cup of Turkish tea. It was amazing!

Intercultural Potluck Night-Join Us!

UALR Social Hour with Turkish Doner(Gyro)

The Politics of Fiction

Alaturka is at UALR

Alaturka was formed in 2009 with the vision of creating an equal “auditory handshake” between two musical cultures, American jazz and Turkish classical music. Founder and director Beau Bledsoe joined with Istanbul darbuka virtuoso Sait Arat and two of Kansas City’s most acclaimed jazz musicians, Rich Wheeler andJeff Harshbarger, to form a quartet in which both cultures are treated with equal respect. The collaboration has resulted in an intriguing new sound that has garnered the ensemble multiple invitations to perform throughout the U.S. and abroad.