Fall 2007 Events

Turkish Movie Night - 6
Saturday, September 29, 2007
9:00pm, Campus Center Terrace Lounge
İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında “İstanbul Under My Wings”
The story takes us back to the 17th century İstanbul, and the powerful times of the Ottoman Empire under the rule of Sultan Murad IV. Interesting life and love story of Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi, one of the first aviators to have succeeded in flying with artificial wings. (IMDb)

Turkish Movie Night - 7
Saturday, October 20, 2007
9:00pm, Campus Center Terrace Lounge
Selvi Boylum, Al Yazmalım “The Girl with the Red Scarf”
A classic and endlessly watchable love story that never dates… Inspired by the novel of acclaimed Soviet writer Cengiz Aytmatov, Atıf Yılmaz adapts one of history's greatest love stories to the screen with the greatest finesse. It is said, in fact, that the French poet Aragon described The Girl With The Red Scarf as "the world's greatest love story." (IMDb)

Turkish Movie Night - 8
Saturday, November 17, 2007
9:00pm, Campus Center Terrace Lounge
Hokkabaz “The Trickster”
In his latest film, the enormously popular Turkish comedian Cem Yılmaz plays the struggling magician İskender. The only person who believes in him is his childhood friend Maradona and together they dream of a better life. They embark on a tour of Anatolia to escape the hustle and bustle of İstanbul's streets, and to make as much money as possible. (IMDb)

Culture through Food
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
5:00pm, Chapel House
The end-of-semester MCAA event with food from different parts of the globe! Prizes for the top three of a 'Show and Tell' (Dürüms “gyros” and lokums “Turkish delights” are served)

Turksa Service

Call for Turksa Service

Turkish Student Association always welcomes people who want to serve the organization. Interested persons can serve either as an officer or a volunteer.

Elections for officer positions are held as long as there are multiple candidates for a position at the designated nomination dates for each academic year. Anyone interested in running for a position should nominate themselves or another person by contacting us between June 1st and August 1st of every year. Elections are organized and monitored by the President, if s/he is not running for a position. In the other case, President appoints an independent person for the electoral process.

We value and appreciate contributions of our volunteers. Volunteers can contact us at any time of the year to serve in various capacities.

Welcome Letter

Turkish Student Association prepared a welcome letter for incoming Turkish UAlbany students as requested by the International Student and Scholars Services.

Letter, written both in English and Turkish, welcomes the newly accepted students, informs them about Turksa, and lists various channels of communication with other Turksa members in order to facilitate new students' transition to their program at UAlbany and life in Albany. Letter is intended to be included within the information package that is usually sent out to students before they arrive campus.

A PDF copy of the letter can be downloaded here.

GSO Award to Turksa - 2

Turkish Student Association (Turksa) secretary Bilge Avcı has been awarded by the Graduate Student Organization (GSO) of the University at Albany with the

2007 GSO Service Award

for her "selfless dedication and instrumental contributions to Turksa and graduate student community in the University at Albany."

Turksa congratulates Bilge for her award and appreciates her great service.

Spring 2007 Events

Turkish Movie Night - 3
Saturday, March 10, 2007
8:00pm, Campus Center Terrance Lounge
Dar Alanda Kısa Paslaşmalar “Offside”
A romantic football (soccer) movie by Yeni Sinemacılar. A nice dramatic story of an amateur football team in the early 80's in Turkey. Also it's like its first words says: "Life is like football." The life story of Esnafspor Football Club and people around it in one of the historic neighborhoods of Bursa. (IMDb)

Turkish Movie Night - 4
Thursday, April 12, 2007
8:00pm, Campus Center Terrance Lounge
Organize İşler “Organized Jobs”
Some say stealing, some pilfering, some snatching, whatever the heck it is, it is Organized Jobs, the story of the snatched and who snatch. In one of the world’s wonders, İstanbul, where who saves who, and who gets snatched by whom, is uncertain, jobs are all organized and organized always works. (IMDb)

Turkish Movie Night - 5
Thursday, May 3, 2007
8:00pm, Campus Center Terrance Lounge
Babam ve Oğlum “My Father and My Son”
Sadık is one of the rebellious youth who has been politically active as a university student and became a left-wing journalist in the 70's, despite his father's expectations of him becoming an agricultural engineer and taking control of their family farm in an Aegean village. … (IMDb)

Making and Tasting of Kısır
Monday, May 14, 2007
7:00pm, Chapel House
Kısır: “Bulgur Salad or Turkish Tabbouleh” Learn how to prepare the famous Turkish dish.