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Turkish Coffee Night (Mothers’ Day)

Raindrop Turkish House Women Association celebrated Mothers' Day with a beautiful party at the Turkish Coffee Night. One of the distinguished speakers was the Vice President of Oklahoma Christian University Dr. Allison Garrett made the welcoming speech. She expressed her appreciation for those who put the program together and wished a happy mothers' day for all mothers. Malaka Elyazgi, who is in Governor's advisory committee also gave her wonderful insight about motherhood in general. Ozlem Avcioglu, who is a doctorate student at OU, gave a presentation on the place of women in Turkish culture. (May, 2009, OKC, OK) Dr. Theresa Vaughan from UCO joined the program with her closing remarks. She shared her personal experience she had in Turkey related to motherhood and expressed her thought about motherhood as being universal. One of the joyful parts of the night was guessing game that participants were asked to match the pictures of the moms with the people from in the room. The guests enjoyed the Turkish food and warm conversations accompanied by beautiful music.   Please click for more pictures

 

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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.