Turkish culture month in Helsinki

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

ANKARA - Anatolia News Agency

A month of Turkish Culture will begin in Finland's capital this week. Turkish cinema, folklore, music and cuisine will be promoted during the event, which runs through Oct. 26 in Helsinki.

Organized in cooperation with the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry, Foreign Ministry and Turkish Embassy in Helsinki, the events will be held in the International Culture Center CAISA. The Month of Turkish Culture will start Thursday with a cocktail party to be attended by 500 guests from culture, art and diplomatic circles.

As part of the event, seven Turkish films that recently won awards at festivals will be screened throughout the month. There will be a painting and photograph exhibition on Istanbul. Producer Mustafa Aksay will open his photograph exhibition, titled Mimar Sinan the Architect. A documentary on Sinan will also be shown.

Turkey at all points

The Tuana Art, Youth and Sports Club Association Dance Group and three members of the Antalya State Opera and Ballet will perform on-stage with huge Istanbul visuals.

Famous Turkish cooks will prepare unique tastes from Turkish cuisine and serve them to Finnish people for one week as part of the event.

The status of Turkish women will also be the subject of discussion during seminars to be held in the CAISA concert hall and Helsinki University Women's Research Center. Professor Binanz Toprak from Bosporus University will deliver a speech on the position of Turkish women in modern Istanbul.

Some lucky participants in the events will have a chance to win Istanbul-Helsinki round-trip tickets from Turkish Airlines.

Istanbul in Helsinki

The Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry will increase Turkey's promotional activities this month in Finland to attract more participants to events.

Istanbul posters around the theme of Istanbul European Capital of Culture 2010 will be put in the CAISA Culture Center, where the events will take place. Also, photographs of Hagia Sophia, Maiden's Tower and the historic peninsula will be used in the event's schedule brochures.

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