Turkish American Association of Alabama has celebrated 95th anniversary of Turkish Republic.Thank you for celebrating with us. For people who could not join, we would love to see you on our next community event.

 

 

Chelsea Community Center

 

               

Aynur Ates-Vloon, President of TAAA                        Dr. Levent Onat, Vice President of TAAA 

 

         

  

   

Dr. Thomas Jennings - Guest Speaker, The Department of History, University of Alabama

Turkish American Association of Alabama Board of Directors and some of the volunteers (2018) 

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 Turkish American Association of Alabama has celebrated 94th anniversary of Turkish Republic (2017)

 

   

 

Dr. Murat Tanik - Guest Speaker, Professor & Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

Wallace R. Bunn Chair of Telecommunications -  University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

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We have visited the Consul General Mr. Akil Oktem at Turkish Consulate General in Houston, Texas

Turkish American Heritage Day and The people of Turkey on Turkish Republic Day on October 29 Resolution have been presented to Turkish Community by Mr. Michael Ciamarra. Mr. Michael Ciamarra, Mrs. Melody Ciamarra, Mrs. Iris Gross and Mr. Bill Gross at 29th October , 88th year of Turkish Republic Day celebration at Birmingham International Center.

 

 More pictures from previous years... 

 

We celebrated another birthday of the Turkish Republic!

We ask our future generation to put off the candles on the cake.

 

With volunteers, we prepared examples from Turkish Cuisine to enjoy all together.

Great Team (2011)

From left to right; Ergin Esirgemez (BOD), Rebecca Kinney (Volunteer), Deniz Cakir (BOD), Sukru Icimsoy (BOD) , Paul Vloon (Volunteer), Aynur Ates Vloon (BOD), Abidin Yildirim (BOD), Hulya Aybek (BOD) and Eva Reichel (Volunteer)

Although, they are not in the picture, but also; Orrin Ford (BOD), Gunes Demirbas (BOD) , Ozge Cavusoglu (Volunteer), Peggy Bonfield (Volunteer), Fevzi Caglarsu (Former BOD) , Demet Gurler (Former BOD), Sinem Kilic (Former volunteer).

And last but not least, I would like to thank Turkish Community and Friends of Turkey for their continuous  support.