 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Best view with Microsoft IE |
|
Last update:
May 10, 2012
|
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
2012 Skokie Festival of Cultures |
|
Turkey will be represented by Turkish
American Association for Cultural Exchange this year
again. Please come and visit us at the Turkish booth!
 |
Since
its inception in 1991, the Skokie Festival of Cultures has
become one of the premier ethnic festivals in Illinois,
attracting more than 380,000 visitors and dozens of
cultures, all representing Skokie's tremendous diversity.
Please
join us for this 'Tour of the World' where you and your
friends and family will enjoy
two days of ethnic folk music
and dance, a wide range of food, unique arts
and crafts, international children's games, a merchandise
bazaar, and dozens of cultural booths and displays.
The
Skokie Festival of Cultures is a winner of state and
national art event programming awards and is supported by
the Illinois Arts Council — as well as by local public
agencies, service groups and corporate sponsors.
|
|
May 19 & 20, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Oakton Park, 4701 West Oakton St., Skokie, IL
 |

Chicago Turkish Festival will be celebrating its
10th year in
September 2012. This
increasingly popular festival will again be held at one of
downtown Chicago's busiest squares, right across from City
Hall on the block of Washington Street between Clark and
Dearborn.
The Festival will be open to general public
free of charge from 10 AM to 6 PM CST. Free
live performances will take place between noon and 2 PM at the
Daley Plaza stage every day. For more info, please visit at
www.chicagoturkishfestival.com.

Did you know that?
- The only city in the world
located on two continents is Istanbul which has been the
capital of three great empires - Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman
- for more than 2000 years.
- The number of
archaeological excavations going on in Turkey every year is at
least 150.
- The oldest known human
settlements is in Catalhoyuk, Turkey (7500 BC).
- Temple of Artemis and the
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus - are two of the seven wonders of
the ancient world - are in Turkey.
- Abraham was born in
Sanliurfa in southeast Turkey.
- Anatolia is the birthplace
of historic legends, such as Homer (the poet), King Midas,
Heredotus (the father of history), and St. Paul the Apostle.
- Julius Caesar proclaimed
his celebrated words, "Veni, Vidi, Vici" (I came, I saw, I
conquered) in Turkey when he defeated the Pontus, a formidable
kingdom in the Bleak Sea region of Turkey.
- Turks introduced coffee to
Europe.
- Turks gave the Dutch their
famous tulips.
- St Nicholas, who became
popular as Father Christmas, was born in Demre on Turkey's
Mediterranean coast.
- According to legend, Noah's
Ark landed on Agri Dagi (Mount Ararat) in Eastern Turkey.
- The last meal on Noah's
Ark, a pudding with nearly 20 ingredients, is still served
throughout Turkey.
- The last home of Virgin
Mary is in Selcuk.
|
|