Spring 2011 Events

Movie Night - 20
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Neseli Hayat "A Jolly Life"
8:00 - 10:00 pm
Lecture Center 6
Jolly Life is a Turkish comedy movie about a working class Turkish man who accepts a job as a Mall Santa.

Movie Night - 21

Saturday, March 26, 2011
Mommo (Kız Kardeşim) "The Bogeyman"
8:00 - 10:00 pm
Lecture Center 6
This simple tale of a village and the relationship between a brother and sister in the village portrays one of the grittier realities of Anatolia. (BTFF)

Turkish Day 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
76:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Campus Center 375
A reception to celebrate the 91st National Sovereignty and Children's Day.

Fall 2010 Events

Movie Night - 18
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
8:00 - 10:00 pm
Lecture Center 6
Pandora'nın Kutusu "Pandora's Box"
When an aging matriarch starts showing signs of dementia, her dysfunctional family in İstanbul must navigate a minefield of unresolved issues to care for her. (IMDb) (BTFF)

Turkish Republic Day
Friday, October 29, 2010
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Campus Center 375
A reception for the 87th annual Turkish Republic Day ("Cumhuriyet Bayramı") followed by a guest speaker.

Movie Night - 19
Saturday, November 20, 2010
8:00 - 10:00 pm
Lecture Center 6
Yahşi Batı "The Ottoman Cowboys"
A thrilling story of love and adventure meeting at the dusty crossroads of East and West. The year 1881, the Sultan wants to send the American President a gift.

Spring 2010 Events

Movie Night - 16
Saturday, February 27, 2010
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Campus Center Terrace Lounge
Tatil Kitabı "Summer Book"
The story of one family in a small Mediterranean town in summer. Told mostly from the perspective of the youngest son Ali, the narrative is structured on the tensions between the father, Mustafa, and other members of the family. Mustafa is an authoritarian lemon merchant but when he experiences a cerebral hemorrhage the whole family is forced to accept new responsibilities. (BTFF) (IMDb) Refreshments will be served.

Movie Night - 17
Saturday, April 10, 2010
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Lecture Center 4
Güneşi Gördüm "I Saw the Sun"
A mountain village perched on the border between two worlds... The home, for generations, of the Altun family... Spanning a period of 25 years, the film recounts the experiences of the three families as they struggle to find their feet in alien surroundings. It is a film that condemns all of discrimination or otherization and argues that war,fighting and contempt for anyone unlike oneself are the very problem itself... (IMDb) There will be an expert guest speaker and refreshments.

Turkish Day 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Campus Center Assembly Hall
A panel on Turkish higher education with esteemed guest speakers preceded by dinner.

Fall 2009 Events

Ramazan 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
8:00pm, Campus Center Ballroom
Celebration of Ramazan Bayramı with a guest speaker, Sufi music and sema performances along with coffee and Turkish desserts.

Republic Day Reception
Thursday, October 29, 2009
8:00pm, Lecture Center 22
Celebration of the 86th annual Turkish Republic Day (Cumhuriyet Bayramı) with a reception and a guest speaker followed by the screening of The Republic, epic cinematic story of the foundation of the Turkish Republic.

Movie Night - 15
Saturday, November, 21, 2009
8:00pm, Campus Center Terrace Lounge
Devrim Arabaları "Revolution Cars"
Docudrama recreation of the race by the engineers of the State Railroad Directorate at Eskişehir, following the 1961 coup d'état by Cemal Gursel, to build the first Turkish automobile. A simple yet successful procedural approach to great effect to follow the production of the "Devrim" car from its inception to it's bittersweet final test whilst never losing track of the fascinating characters behind its creation in a surprisingly moving story. (IMDb). Refreshments will be served at the event.

Spring 2009 Events

Turkish Movie Night - 13
Saturday, February 28, 2009
8:00pm in Campus Center Terrace Lounge
Vizontele
The story takes place in a small town (called Hakkari) in Turkey at the beginning of the 70's. The time has come to bring technology into that small town. The first Television (or called Visiontele by the citizens) arrives and the chaos begins (IMDb). Refreshments will be served.

Turkish Movie Night - 14
Saturday, March 28, 2009
8:00pm, Campus Center Terrace Lounge
Mustafa
The biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who not only grew himself up from a poor lonely child to a country's most loved person, but also rose a new country from the ashes of an empire. A story of a soldier, an eminent statesman and a great reformist (IMDb). Refreshments will be served.

Turkish Day
Monday, April 20, 2009
7:00pm, Campus Center Ballroom
A celebration of Turkey and Turkish culture with informational speeches, Turkish music and dance, and food.

Fall 2008 Events

Ramazan with Rumi
Thursday, October 2, 2008
8:00pm, Campus Center Assembly Hall
Celebration of Ramazan Bayramı with a guest speaker from Harvard University to talk on Rumi and Sufi performers to read Rumi poetry with nay music. Coffee and Turkish desserts will be served.

Turkish Movie Night - 11
Saturday, October 25, 2008
8:00pm, Campus Center Terrace Lounge
Son Osmanlı Yandım Ali “The Last Ottoman: Yandım Ali”
After the World War I, allies occupied Istanbul. Our main character (Yandım Ali) is discharged from the navy and he doesn't believe that the country can be saved until he meets Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk), who wants to start a resistance against the occupiers (IMDb). Refreshments will be served.

Turkish Movie Night - 12
Saturday, November 22, 2008
8:00pm, Campus Center Terrace Lounge
Karpuz Kabuğundan Gemiler Yapmak “Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds”
It is the story of two adolescents who live in a small village, work in temporary summer jobs in a small town near their village, and have a passion for cinema. One of the boys works in a barber shop, the other sells watermelons. Whenever they find time, they work on their old little machine to show motion pictures from disposed films they collect from the local movie-theater. (IMDb). Refreshments will be served.

Spring 2008 Events

Turkish Movie Night - 9
Saturday, February 23, 2008
8:00pm, Campus Center Terrace Lounge
Eşkıya “The Bandit”
The epic adventures of the legendary Baran the Bandit following his release from prison. After serving 35 years, it is no surprise that the world has changed dramatically. His home village is now underwater thanks to the construction of a new dam, Baran heads for İstanbul to get revenge upon his former best friend, the man who snitched on him and stole his lover Keje. (IMDb)

Turkish Movie Night - 10
Saturday, April 5, 2008
8:00pm, Campus Center Terrace Lounge
Hacivat Karagöz Neden Öldürüldü? “Who Killed the Shadows?”
Karagöz and Hacivat lived and died during the first clashes of the decaying Eastern Roman Empire and the early Ottomans of the 14th century Anatolia. Their stories and characters have been adapted for the traditional shadow theatre of the later Ottoman Empire, in modern Turkey and all over the Middle East, Greece and western Asia. (IMDb)

Turkish Day Reception
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
6:00–8:00pm, Campus Center Patroon Room
Celebration of the 88th National Sovereignty and Children's Day of Turkey featuring three prominent guest speakers and a Turkish folk musician preceded by dinner.

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)

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.

Fall 2006 Events

Turkish Dream
September 13 – 21, 2006
Campus Center Patroon Lounge
The painting exhibition of artist Arzu Ayşin Tekindor.

Turkish Republic Day
October 29, 2006
RPI Student Union
Observation and commemoration of the Turkish Republic Day.

Spring 2006 Events

Turkish Movie Night - 1
Thursday, March 16, 2006
7:30pm, Education 335
Gönül Yarası “Lovelorn”
Idealist Nazım (Şener Şen) returns home to his family in Istanbul after a 15-year gap away teaching in a remote Kurdish village in eastern Turkey. Becoming a taxi driver he meets a single mother who works in a sleazy club and becomes embroiled in her plight - a troublesome ex-husband who won't leave her alone - and starts to fall in love with her. (IMDb)

Turkish Movie Night - 2
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
7:30pm, Education 335
Mustafa Hakkında Herşey “All About Mustafa”
Mustafa is a successful business man living a seemingly great life with his family when an accident takes it all away from him and leaves him with many questions and a cab driver, Fikret, who can answer it all. Mustafa is due to get a lot more than what he bargained for, however, as his interrogations take him to long-forgotten childhood memories. (IMDb)

Multicultural Night
Thursday, May 4, 2006
7:00pm, Campus Center Assembly Hall
Food and performances by various groups and cultures including Tae-Kwon Do, Argentine, Turkish, Indian, African, Greek, Spanish, Brazilian and Chinese.

Graduation Party
Friday, May 19, 2006
7:30, Education 335
Appreciation of and celebration for graduating Turkish students.