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May 17, 2009, Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day Photos

We had a wonderful presentation on the history of the Turkish nation given by Jason Windes as well as fun activities for all the children and a chance to meet the new board.

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2009 Father’s Day Picnic

Sunday, June 21, 2009 — 12pm
Kensington Park Shelter V, view map

TACAM invites you to celebrate Father’s Day together at Kensington Park, Picnic Area V. Please join us for delicious food, backgammon tournament, volleyball and soccer games, father and kids games with awards and fun time!

TACAM will provide shish kofte in pita bread, salad, rice, dolma and boreks, soft drinks to purchase.

Kensington Metro Park is located on 2240 W. Buno Rd. Milford, MI, 48340-4410. Please ask for a map at the park entrance or follow the ”TACAM“ signs to Shelter V.

2009 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day

Sunday, May 17, 2009 — Noon
TACAM Building, Wixom

In an effort to honor our beloved country’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, and to celebrate the day he declared as the “Youth Day”, TACAM invites all members of our community to a get together on Sunday at TACAM. This will also be a great way to meet and greet the new board members and a chance for you to discuss your ideas.

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April 26, 2009, Sovereignty and Children’s Day Photos

The children enjoyed the fun activities and humorous clown in our celebration of April 23. Shortly afterwards, we had out General Assembly.

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Travels through Turkey with Mark Farlow

May 3rd, 2009, 1:30pm - 2:30pm  
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
1516 S. Cranbrook Road, Birmingham, MI 48009
Tel: 1.248.644.0866
Free of Charge

Travel to Turkey to explore some of its treasures. This course will acquaint you with some of this wonderful country’s most beautiful cities: İstanbul, Bursa, Ayvalık, Salihli, Deñizli, and Bodrum. Rich in historic architecture, history, art, and culture, Turkey is a travel destination you must see to believe but you can experience some of its cultural wealth through the images and observations with your host. This class is held at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center.

This program is a unique opportunity to learn about art, architecture and culture with your host, Mark Farlow, a principal with Victor Saroki & Associates Architects in Birmingham. Mark was educated at Lawrence Technological University (BScArch, BArch, March) and did his post-graduate work at the University of Cincinnati (MScArch Program). He has taught at the University of Cincinnati, Mississippi State University, Plymouth Polytechnic University (U.K.), the University of Detroit-Mercy, and LTU. Mark has been with Victor Saroki & Associates for over 17 years and has worked on many of the firm’s award-winning projects. He is also the next president of the Birmingham Rotary Club and traveled to Turkey in 2008 on a cultural/vocational exchange program through the Rotary Foundation.

April 23 Turkish National Sovereignty and Children’s Day Celebration

Sunday, April 26, 2009
11:30am
TACAM Building, Wixom

We would like to invite you to celebrate Turkish National Sovereignty and Children’s Day (23 Nisan Ulusal Egemenlik ve Çocuk Bayramı) with TACAM children. Our event will take place at TACAM Building before the General Assembly Meeting. Please note that this event is free of charge and we’ll appreciate your donations to make this another memorable, as well as educational, social and fun day for our children.

Some of the festivities of the day are as follows:

  • Sing the Turkish National Sovereignty and Children’s Day march together with our kids
  • Inflatable Playground
  • Traditional Turkish children games, dances and contests
  • Clown entertainment
  • Pizza and pastries

If you’d like to make a donation or need any further information before this event, please contact Jason Windes (734.635.5396) or Hurol Ulupinar (734.846.1839).

TACAM promotes, plans and executes programs that improve the humanitarian and cultural welfare of the Turkish community in Michigan and abroad.