Esrefpasalilar is a movie about two friends who has originally lived in Izmir-Esrefpasa and now has settled in Istanbul. While Tayyar has become a mafia leader based on his passion for power and ruling, Davut has been managing a café in his small neighborhood. Both have loved the same woman, Madam Eleni, but she had to get married to Tayyar despite her love for Davut. 

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"Revolution Cars" (Devrim Arabalari) tells of Turkey's first attempt to manufacture its own indigenous cars, the inner and outer resistance to the idea.  The work reflects the atmosphere of early 1960's when these 4-door passenger cars which were manufactured by 23 Turkish engineers within 130 days.

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"Revolution Cars" (Devrim Arabalari) tells of Turkey's first attempt to manufacture its own indigenous cars, the inner and outer resistance to the idea.  The work reflects the atmosphere of early 1960's when these 4-door passenger cars which were manufactured by 23 Turkish engineers within 130 days.

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Celebrating Diversity & Neighborliness in our community.

Ashura, a holiday celebrated annually in Turkey, was also celebrated in Turkish Cultural Center Queens.

This holiday signifies many events for Muslims and Christians in the Middle East, amongst the most significant being the day of Noah's Ark set on dry land.

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Atalay Tasdiken's debut Mommo-The Bogeyman tells the story of two siblings, Ahmet, a boy of nine years old and his little sister Ayse. Ahmet and Ayse are looked after by their crippled grandfather because their father Kazim has gone off to marry another woman after her wife's death and apparently his new wife doesn't want the children. For Ayse, Ahmet is a friend, an older brother, a teacher, a father whatever you might just call it. For Ahmet, Ayse is the only one, alongside with his granddaddy, which he could hold on to. 

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Turkich Cultural Center Queens collobarated with FBI and organized an event on Identity Theft, Internet Safety, and Counterterrorism. Many various threats are baing applied which affect us as individuals, as well as our families which in sum affects our society. Methods to reduce or protect ourselves from these threats were explained by FBI members. Question and answer discussion was very beneficial to our understanding of "protection."

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