Neighborhood in Turkish Culture

  Dr. Yetkin Yildirim (Vice president of IID) presented Neighborhood in Turkish Perspective and its importance.

He briefly talked about:

*       General framework of neighborhood in Turkish culture
*  Contributions of Islamic teachings to neighborhood in Turkish culture
*       Importance of Neighbors
*       Helping and Sharing with Neighbors

Some of the highlights from his presentation:

We need to understand Turkish culture and Islam through its own sources not through the actions of a tiny minority that misrepresent it.

A group of volunteers from Little Rock, Raindrop foundation visited Briarwood Rehabilitation Center where they were warmly welcomed by its residents and Michelle, who guided them with great passion and hospitality through their visit.
It was a heart-touching experience for Raindrop people as they met more than 20 elderly people among whom there were some sharing their life experience with their young visitors.
The visiting ladies said that remembrance of elderly people is something important in Turkish culture and they are very willing to repeat this kind of visits, activities in near future.

The Weddıng Ceremony ın Anatolıa

Wedding ceremonies play an important role in our culture and are one of our most colourful traditions.

Wedding ceremonies are composed of a series of ceremonies connecting the houses of the bride and the bridegroom and celebrated between these two houses. On those occasions, relatives and friends join the ceremonies and celebrate the happy event together.

In most regions of Anatolia, the wedding ceremonies last for a week. The entertainment organized for the night before the wedding in the house of the bride among the women is called “henna night”.

Raindrop Turkish House Little Rock branch organized a Spring Picnic at Maumelle Park. After a long gloomy entrance to Spring season, over 50 attendants from Turkish and American community enjoyed a sunny and refreshing day together with friends and families. Barbecued chicked and shish kabab was served throughout the event. Kids had the opportunity to spend some cheerful time with friends while all participants had a chance to relax and chat on different issues away from stress.

Assistant Chief Higgins Visits Raindrop
Eric Higgins, Assistant Chief of Little Rock Police Department, visited  Raindrop Turkish Cultural Center  and gave an one-hour informative seminar regarding the security issues. Mainly from Turkish community, over twenty-five people attended presentation. Topics mostly focused on personal security providing proper guidelines for prevention and actions should be taken in case of  home and car threating cases as well as business ones. Chief Higgins also shed a light on internal structural of police department, city services, and community services by Little rock Police Department. The program ended with questions from audiences.