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On Thursday, March 31th, the Turkish Cultural Center hosted the 5th Annual Turkish Cultural Day at the State House, in Concord. More than 200 guests enjoyed Turkish culture throughout the day. They had a chance to taste the best examples of Turkish cuisine, Turkish coffee and of course Baklava! The keynote speaker of the event was the Speaker of the ...

On February 11 Thursday, Turkish Cultural Center presented a documentary “Love is a Verb” at Hookset IMAX Cinemas. Love Is A Verb is an examination of a social movement called Hizmet aka Gulen Movement after its inspiration source Fethullah Gulen, a man that Time Magazine named as one of the most influential leaders in the world in 2013. Following the ...

The 4th cooking class was held Sunday March 13th.  We greeted each other with eager excitement.  What will we cook and eat today?  The main entrée “Hunkar Begendi”, meaning The King’s Choice.  We sautéed onions with chopped beef.  We added diced tomatoes, green peppers, and an array of herbs and spices.  A fairly thick Béchamel Sauce with roasted smashed eggplants was prepared.   We took the ...

On our 3rd cooking class held March 6th, we went vegan and vegetarian.  Chef Nur made “Kisir”, a bulgur salad with parsley, green onions, vidalia onions, and tomato puree.  Seasoned with Turkish herbs and spices. She also wanted to show us an Izmirian Potato Salad.  This healthy salad was mixed with dill pickles, chopped fresh dill and parsley. Garnished with green onions.  Both of ...

On our 2nd cooking class we had a very special friend and chef Humeyra Ozcan who taught us how to prepare “Badem Corbasi”.  This soup was made with ground almonds and milk.  The ground almonds were browned in unsalted butter.  She added  some flour to make a roux.  This thickened the soup.  The soup was then garnished with toasted almonds ...

On Sunday Feb. 21st the Turkish Cultural Center of NH organized “Turkish Cooking Classes” with Nur Gunes.  We started out with a meet and greet to welcome all the people who came to learn our Turkish Cuisine.  Our first course was “Ezogelin Gorbasi”, a soup made with red lentils, bulgar and rice.   The entrée was “Patlican Kebabi”, a kebab made with eggplant and ground beef.  The dish was ...

ON Nov 22 Turkish Cultural Center New Hampshire Weekend School’s Students visited nursing home. Each of the students has one rose and they they directed as “there is people and you should see each of them as a friend of your, pick your own friends and give them their rose and be friend”. Students shared their rose with the old ...

The 4th Annual Friendship Dinner & Award Ceremony – November 16, 2015 On Monday, November 16th, the Turkish Cultural Center-New Hampshire hosted their 4th Annual Friendship Dinner & Awards Banquet. This year’s event was held at the Puritan Backroom Conference Center. There were more than 130 guests in attendance, including several State Legislators, academicians and community leaders. The evening started ...

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