(CUL) TURKISH STREET FEST IN NEW YORK.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Oct 5, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkish cuisine, art and culture were showcased at a festival in New York on Sunday. "Turkish Days in New York", a festival organized by Turkish Cultural Center, featured Turkish streets on its last day with bazaar and spice markets as well as best Turkish cuisines from wide variety of food vendors, Turkish arts and crafts, cultural and educational exhibitions. Turkish mehter show --the show of janissary Janissary also spelled Janizary Turkish Yeniçeri (“New Troop”) Elite corps of the Ottoman Empire's army from the late 14th to the early 19th century. band-- and sema shows --dance of whirling dervishes-- reflected the Turkish spirit to streets of New York during the week-long festival. Turkish consul general in New York Mehmet Samsar said the festival was organized to promote Turkey, Turkish culture and also to make known the spirit of Turkey. (T-MS) (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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