Where: Scioto Park Shelter 7377 Riverside Dr. Columbus , OH 43017
Who: All members and friends of the Turkish community.
Further Information:
TAACO
( http://www.taaco.org )
and Turkish Students' Association
of OSU (TSA) are hosting a 23 April Celebration Picnic
for all members and friends of the Turkish community.
Bring your own food and drinks. Grills and Charcoal will be
furnished.
Hope to see you there...
Past Events:
Table Tennis Tournament:
What: Table Tennis Tournament
When: 03/29/2008 Saturday @ 1:30pm-5:30pm
Where: RPAC (Sports Facility) located in OSU Campus.
Who: Current TSA members and whom wants to become member
Further Information:
We will be having a Table Tennis Tournament on 03/29/2008 (Saturday).
The tournament will start at 1:30pm and end around 5:30pm.
It will be held in RPAC (in the OSU campus), which is pretty close to
the OSU Football Stadium. We have already reserved the tables on the
second floor. Our student and non-student members should not have any
difficulties in entering RPAC. You need to claim that you are with
TSA in the entrance. Besides, if you have any difficulties,
you can contact any of the TSA Committee Members.
Refreshments will be served during the event as well.
This event is free to TSA members.
You can become a member during the event.
The ANNUAL TSA membership fee is $10.
Last year attendence was around 40 and we had a great time.
Hope to see you there...
Spring Dinner:
What: Dinner and Live Music
When: 03/15/2008 Saturday @ 7:00pm
Where: 3540 Thomas Ln. 43220.
This party room is located roughly close to the
intersection of Kenny Road and North Broadway.
Who: Current TSA members and whom wants to become member
Further Information:
TSA presents dinner/live music event on this Saturday (03/15/2008),
which will be held at 3540 Thomas Ln. 43220. Food will be supplied
by TSA. However, we ask you to bring your own drink. Haluk Ay
will perform Turkish music. We hope most of our members to show up
and enjoy food as well as music at that night.
TASTE OF OSU:
What: Watching Soccer Game
When: 01/25/2008 Friday @ 5:00pm-12:00am
Where: RPAC, Tom W. Davis Special Events Gym.
Who: Current TSA members and whom wants to become member
Further Information:
We would like to meet you in a nice event,
"TASTE OF OSU", which will be held in RPAC(which is
located in the heart of campus just southeast of Ohio
State Stadium)on Friday (Jan 25) starting at 5 pm and
ends at 12 am. You can taste all kinds of international
food and enjoy the cultural performances performed by
different national groups. Our folklore group will
perform "Kirklareli" in this event. Please visit
TSA booth(Turkish Students' Association). We will
be happy to see you there...
Further Information:
The 52nd Columbus International Festival will be held
the first weekend in November (Nov. 3-4, 2007).
We need volunteers to help our festival succeed.
Volunteers are offered as much fun as one could handle.
See below for Further information on volunteering...
COME and JOIN THE FUN!!!
Official Web Site of the Event:
http://columbusinternationalfestival.com/
As we mentioned in the Welcome Tea hosted by TSA,
TSA does not only arrange and designate events for
its members, but also joins and contributes to
international events such as INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
and Taste of OSU. INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL is the most
important international cultural and social event of
the year. Through this event, we present information
about our country to people from all over the world as
well as we earn some money to be used in our future events.
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL will be held on Saturday
(November 3rd, 10 am to 10 pm)and Sunday (November 4th,
11 am to 6 pm). Besides, we need to prepare TURKISH MEALS
to sell in this event. We will be preparing some food
together on November 1st and 2nd.
We NEED everyone's help in this important event. We
will be very happy if you can help us in either
preparation of the meals and desserts (such as borek,
baklava, kurabiye, pogaca, pilav, kisir, etc.) or,
selling them. Consequently, we call everyone's help
in this event. Let's show everyone how an integrated
team we are. We thank for efforts in helping us in advance...
Turkey-Greece Soccer Game:
What: Watching Soccer Game
When: 10/17/2007 Wednesday @ 1:30pm
Where: Jones Tower.
Who: Current TSA members and whom wants to become member
Further Information:
We are going to show Turkey-Greece Euro 2008
Qualifications soccer game live.
(Jones Tower - Ground Level - Big Screen)
Bayramlasma (Celebrate the end of Ramadan):
What: Party
When: 10/12/2007 Friday @ 7:00pm
Where: Goodale Park Shelter.
Who: Everyone
Further Information:
We will be celebrating the end of the Ramadan
month with a beatiful event,"BAYRAMLASMA", organized by TSA/TAACO.
Details of this event is given below as well as on
TAACO website (http://www.taaco.org/).
You might contribute to this event by bringing dessert,
drink, etc if you are willing to. We hope meeting you all on Friday.
Kayserispor-Galatasaray Soccer Game:
What: Watching Soccer Game
When: 10/07/2007 Sunday @ 1:00pm
Where: Scott Lab.
Who: Current TSA members and whom wants to become member
Further Information:
We are going to show Kayserispor-Galatasaray soccer game live.
Welcome Tea:
What: Informational Meeting
When: 10/05/2007 Friday @ 8:00pm
Where: RPAC Griner Room.
Who: Everyone
Further Information:
There will be a "WELCOME TEA" on 10/05/2007 Friday.
We will be starting at around 20:00 and will
stay till 22:30. This event will take place
in RPAC Griner Room(http://rpac.osu.edu). Note
that, you do not have to be a RPAC member to
join us on Friday. It will be a good opportunity
to meet newcomers as well as our current members.
Even though this event is primarily prepared for
TSA members, you do not have to be a TSA member
to join this meeting. However, it is our primary
concern to meet new people and help them in getting
used to the life in US as well as their new university.
In this respect, we will be presenting a few
powerpoint slides (about 10 minutes) to give some
knowledge about shopping, transportation, parking,
etc. in Columbus. Then an open ended question-answer
session will take place, where TSA Executive
Committee Members will try to answer your questions.
During this event, tea, coffee, and refreshments will be served.
Folk Dance Performance:
What: Folk Dance of Turkey
When: 09/29/2007 Saturday @ 7:30pm
Where: Hughes Hall, Room 100.
Who: Everyone
Further Information:
This event is FREE AND OPEN TO PUBLIC. There will be more performances from other dance groups.
Galatasaray-Besiktas Soccer Game:
What: Watching Soccer Game
When: 09/29/2007 Saturday @ 1:30pm
Where: Scott Lab.
Who: Current TSA members and whom wants to become member
Further Information:
We are going to show Galatasaray-Besiktas soccer game live.
Simultaneously, we will be showing some Turkish Series
for the ones whom are not interested in the soccer game.