Raindrop Turkevi Austin held its third annual picnic Saturday at Northwest District Park . "This truly has turned out to be a large, community and fun event for all and BBQ was delicious" Omer ,student at TIP,said. With help from TAWA, Raindrop prepared meat ball, hamburgers,kebap, several types of patty, baklava, pasta salad, drinks and fruit, including sliced watermelon. Fatih,civil engineer,  and BBQ team started serving at 1 p.m. and the event continued until 5:15 p.m. "The kids love it. When we go through the year pictures and I ask my children what was your favorite moment last year, they says ‘Annual Picnic Day,' " Celil said.

May 10,2008 Austin,TX

 Gulen Institute,  Institute of Interfaith Dialog and University of Texas at Austin sponsored the conference called "Essentials of Rumi's Thoughts" at Thompson Conference Center on April 26th, 2008. The goal of the conference is to investigate patterns and dynamics of the essentials of Rumi's thoughts and to investigate how, even seven hundred years after his time, Rumi still attracts many people from various backgrounds. Proceedings of this conference will be published by the Institute of Interfaith Dialog.

(April 26,2008, Austin TX) 

ISA, IDSA and Raindrop Turkevi organized fascinating music festival for Austinies at UT Austin. The festival typically attracts about 200 people, and the majority of those from UT. "Music has definitely been the string that held the people together, especially mystic music" said Abdulkadir Nagac, president of IDSA. Audience also had a chance to taste delicious Turksih Food. The program ended with emphasizing on the importance of living together with peace and mutual understanding, speech by Dr. Yetkin Yildirim.

(April 21,2008)

The 1st City wide Turkish Olympiad hosted by The Raindrop Turkevi  and TCSA will be held at UT The Texas Union Building on March 22nd, 2008. Students from all over the city of Austin will compete in total 4 categories ranging from singing contests, poetry contests, presentation contests and talent contests . The winners of each category will be awarded based on placement and first place winners will be sent to State wide in representing Austin

(March 15,2008,Austin,TX)

(February 4, 2008, Austin, TEXAS)

Texas State representative Mark Strama visited Raindrop Foundation on Sunday, October 28th. Members of the Raindrop Turkevi Foundation, Institute of Interfaith Diaolog(IID) and Turkish American Women's Association(TAWA) hosted  Representative Strama and talked to him about their organization's mission and activities. After enjoying the traditional Turkish dinner, which TAWA members prepared, several short videos screened about Turkey and IID. Representative Strama said he liked the Turkish food very much and will be looking forward another Raindrop Turkevi event to come again. He also stated that he was impressed by the activities IID does for global peace. Before He left Raindrop Turkevi Foundation, a Raindrop Turkevi volunteer, gave a gift to Representative Strama and pictures taken with other attendees.  (October 28 2007, Austin,TX)

Ottoman Military Band, “mehter (mahtar)”, visits and performs not only in Houston during the Turkic Cultures and Children’s Festival but also in some other Texas cities such as Dallas, San Antonio, College Station and Austin.

Raindrop Turkevi , Turkish Cultural Center, is proud to bring this important historic band to Texas and would like to share with you the following performance program of the Ottoman Military Band:

Dallas, September 1, 2007 |6-8:00 pm White Rock Lake Stone Tables,
San Antonio, September 2, 2007 | 4:00pm – 8:00pm The Alamo Plaza Gazebo
San Antonio, September 3, 2007 | 1:00 - 3:30 pm The Alamo Plaza Gazebo 4.00 - 6.00 pm Arneson River Theatre
Austin September 4, 2007 | 12:30 pm South Steps of Capital Building, 6:00 pm University of Texas at Austin
College Station September 6, 2007 | 11:00am – 1:0 pm TAMU - Rudder Tower