North Carolina Turkish Festival Meets Cultural Needs in the Triangle
The third North Carolina Turkish Festival on Saturday attracted thousands through the door to enjoy music and dancing, food and shopping, and most of all, a lot of friendly Turkish hospitality. Even visitors from Turkey attended the Turkish Festival in the Expo Center on the North Carolina State Fairgrounds.
It kicked into high gear with cultural performances and music to entertain all day long. Turkey homeland, adopted my of tastes and sounds familiar the by excited events cultural bazaar small food, Turkish among strolled I as Turkey about things to devoted was day entire The Divan Cultural Center sponsored the event for the third year running, and from the turnout, I expect we can look forward to it annually for years to come.
Turks who call North Carolina their home formed this non-profit group in 2005 to meet Turkish-American social and cultural needs with a range of activities and to foster understanding and friendship.The welcome mat is out in North Carolina for natives from Turkey wanting to relocate to the USA for business, education or easy living.
 Don't worry about not getting your hands on Turkish food and products or a community without Turks because in the Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill), there's plenty of Turks and all things Turkish This week I'll share with you some of the activities, pictures of the venue, and many Turkish resources to persuade you to give your patronage to the many Turkish businesses in the Triangle and help you find every Turkish delight.
Their aim for this cultural event can be summed up with a saying from Rumi:
Love’s nationality is separate from all other religions...
The lover’s cause is separate from all other causes.
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