October 6, 2011

The Anatolians are coming

Mustafa Akyol

Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival
If you want to get an idea of how much Turkish civil society has flourished recently, just visit this address on your browser: http://www.anatolianfestival.org/. It is the website of the “Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival” that will be held this upcoming weekend in Costa Mesa, California. Probably the largest nongovernmental “Turkish event” so far in the United States, it is quite impressive. In a huge area expected to be visited by tens of thousands, icons of Turkish culture will be displayed via impressive installations, concerts, conferences and eateries.