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Brisbane's Turks celebrated May 19 and May 29 in style
- The anniversaries of the day Ataturk landed at Samsun to start the Turkish resistance campaign in 1919 and the Turkish conquest of Istanbul from Romans in 1453, respectively.
 Food and dessert stalls, traditional artwork, rides for kids were there for the visitors likings. The soccer tournament and the backgammon tournament was perhaps the highlights of the event. Teenager Coskun Gencerler made his way to the Finals of the backgammon tournament before eventually losing whereas his father Hasan Gencerler failed to qualify from the first round.
The event also attracted attention from Bosnian, South African, Indian, Greek and the Jewish communities of Brisbane and also guests from interstate Mr. Yasar Savran said the event was merely a trial of a larger festival Turkish community have been planning to start and the high attendance proved a larger festival could do very well. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites |
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Most Australians experience Turkish food at Kebab joints after a night out with their mates or at lunch breaks when they forget to bring their lunch packs from home. "Like the Italian pizza and the Chinese takeaway, the kebab has become quite a fixture in Australian fast food landscape, almost as Australian as a meatpie pizza.
An interesting analysis on Turkey's foreign affairs policy by Patrick Seale from New York Times:
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