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Festival Committee
The all-volunteer Festival Committee is comprised of ATA-DC Board Members and
members of the Turkish-American Community.
The 2006 Committee Members are:
Festival Chairperson - Pelin Aylangan, President, ATA-DC
Festival Co-Chairs – Demet Cabbar, Burak Sahin
ATA-DC Promotion – Hulya Polat
DC Government Liaison – Allen Lawrence
Exhibitor & Vendor Coordinator – Burcu Gundogan
Food Vendor Coordinators – Tufan Obuz
Graphics Design & Web Site – Sitki Kazanci
Media Relations & Promotion– Didem Muslu, Esen Akter, Hurriyet Ok
Performances Coordinator – Demet Cabbar
Sponsor Coordinators – Pelin Aylangan, Erdem Tekinel
Tea & Coffee House Coordinators – Senem Bakar, Hande Obuz
Treasurer – Patsy Jones
Turkey Promotion Coordinators – Feriha Istar, Naz Kulhanci
TurKIDS Coordinators – Meral Guzel, Burcu Gundogan
Volunteer Coordinator – Burak Sahin
Dance & Music Performances
Turkish culture has a rich history of folkloric dance and music. You can see various
performances from the diverse regions of Turkey during the Festival
Exhibitors & Vendors
The goal of the Turkish Festival is to present a wide variety of Turkish arts and
handcrafts, goods, and information about Turkey to non-Turkish audiences.
Secondly, we hope to encourage support of Turkish-owned businesses and
encourage further education and travel to Turkey. As such, priority is given to
vendors in the categories below.
Turkish Goods and Arts & Crafts
Arts & Crafts vendors must sell items that are of Turkish origin. Examples include:
culinary goods, ebru art, rugs & kilims, pottery, jewelry, and textiles.
The early registration deadline for Arts & Crafts vendors is July 15th. A late fee will
be charged after that date. All applications are due by August 1st
All vendors in this category must pay DC Sales Tax on the items sold during the
Turkish Festival. As such, ATA-DC will report Tax ID numbers to the DC Tax/Special
Events Department prior to the Festival.
Food
You can taste mouth-watering Turkish cuisine from DC’s finest Turkish restaurants
at the Festival. Previous participants have included: Atilla’s, Bistro Med, Café Divan,
MEZE, and Tabaq Bistro. Come enjoy sweet and savory pastries, baklava, sesame
rings, doner kabob, stuffed grape leaves and much more.
Fortune Telling
The Festival will feature a Tea & Coffee house with traditional Turkish tea and
coffee.
Fortune tellers will be on hand to read your fortune from the shapes the coffee
grinds have formed in your coffee demitasse cup.
TurKIDS
The TurKIDS activity tent includes fun-filled, hands-on activities for kids ages 4 to
10.
Volunteer
The Festival Committee needs your help. If you would like to volunteer the day of
the Festival, please fill out the form in our website. All Volunteers receive a free
Festival t-shirt.
Photos provided by
www.turkishfestival.org
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DC Turkish Festival
The Turkish Festival is presented by the American-Turkish Association of
Washington DC. (ATA-DC). Festival has became a tradition on DC streets. You
are going to find,
- Tasty kabobs, vegetable dishes, and sweet and savory cuisine from the area’s
most popular Turkish restaurants!
- Wonderful music and spectacular folk dancing performances!
- Fortune tellers read coffee grinds!
- Unique arts & crafts vendors!
- Information about the best places to travel and stay in Turkey!
- Arts & crafts activities for the kids!
Location
The 2006 Turkish The Festival is held
on Pennsylvania Avenue between 12th
and 14th Streets NW, in front of Freedom
Plaza and two blocks from the White
House. Parking is available on side
streets in the area. We encourage the
use of Metro. See the map.
