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On Monday, April 12, 2010 Raindrop Turkish House was the home to an important event. Invited by the Gulen Institute, Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations between 1997 and 2006, visited Turquoise Center. Turquoise center also hosted Texas State Representative Dr. Alma Allen, Mississippi Senators Hilmann Frazier and Hank Zuber.
After the Turquoise tour, Raindrop Turkish House President, Mehmet Okumus, gave a brief presentation about next years’ building expansion project to the distinguished guests.
The program was continued with the Turkish Folk dance performance from Houston Folk Dance team. The visit was over with the ground breaking ceremony of New Turkic Culture Center building.
On Friday, April 16, AMC Studio 30 Theaters was the home of an unforgettable and meaningful night. As part of WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, Esrefpasalilar was watched by a privilaged audience at a packed theater. Esrefpasalilar is about the story of a bunch of gangsters, known as “Esrefpasalilar”, influenced and transformed by the teachings of a preacher who has just been appointed to a neighborhood. Esrefpasalilar gives important messages to everyone and once again reminds us about good character traits such kindness, benevolence, advice and tolerance in a world of conflict and problems.
After the movie, interviews conducted on some audience and the general feeling was pretty positive about the movie. One spectator said it was a special experience to watch a Turkish movie, while another one stated that he was impressed by the unique plot of the film and he would actually be willing to visit Turkey at the earliest convenience. The audience, after so much laughter and weeping, was in ecstatic mood at the end of the night.
As the movie goes, “those gangsters used to cut ears, but now they gave their ears to the preacher.”
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Raindrop Turkish House is an educational, charitable, social and cultural organization and now it operates in six states: Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The mission of Raindrop is to introduce Turkish culture into American society and cultivate friendship and promote the understanding of diverse cultures through its unique services to the community, through dialog and corporation.
Raindrop organizes annual Turkic Cultures and Children’s Festival, annual Turkish Language Olympiad and Intercultural Trips to Turkey. Raindrop contributes in colorful life of society by organizing, sponsoring, and hosting cultural and social events. Raindrop also offers educational services such as Turkish and English classes, Turkish Cuisine Cooking classes, music classes, seminars and international conferences. Raindrop also helps the needy through its charity organization Helping Hands. Raindrop organizes Breakfast & Morning conversations, which is a series of public conversations that draw together diverse minds to discuss critical issues and engage in cooperative social action.
Raindrop Turkish House branches:
Houston,
Dallas,
Austin,
San Antonio,
College Station,
Lubbock,
El Paso,
Little Rock,
Jackson,
Kansas City,
Oklahoma City,
Tulsa,
New Orleans, Baton Rouge.