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CONFERENCE


"CULTURE OF COEXISTENCE: 

The Art of Living Together"

 

DIPOLI Congress Centre, 

Otakaari 24, Otaniemi Espoo

13:00-17:00 on 24th of April, 2012


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Dr. Loye Ashton

 

 

I examined the activities of these educational entrepreneurs and educators abroad, and I was pleased with what I saw

"First of all, regardless of the host country, the educators were providing modern education. They were offering Turkish language classes to their students. And they were offering education in English, which is a prerequisite for scientific development today. Together with the local language, these schools were providing education in three languages. This is a great humanitarian service" mentions Loye Ashton in his article published at Georgetown University in 15th of November 2008


42nd U.S. President
Bill Clinton

 

You are contributing to lasting peace and security at home and abroad

"The promotion of the ideas of tolerance and interfaith dialogue inspired by Fethullah Gülen in his transnational social movement. You do it through your everyday lives and you are truly strengthening the fabric of our common humanity, as well as promoting the ongoing cultural and educational ties that bind our world together" 42nd U.S. President Bill Clinton's delivered his remarks at the 3rd Annual Friendship Dinner by Turkish Cultural Center, New York City, on September 25, 2008

Asure Meeting in Andreaskyrkan ( Andreas Church in Helsinki)

Saturday, 28 January 2012 12:33

A cold, white Sunday of Helsinki. We were confronted with kindness, warmness by the church authorities and people. After the Sunday' s service we gathered at the cafe of the church and  represented who we are and what is Asure. Delicious Aşure was shared and people started to socialize. As Aşure consisted of many different tastes, again it accomplished its duty to bring another tastes to make a good result. This good result was new friendships and collobration for the good of living in a harmony.

 

Article in Helsingin Uutiset 22.12.2011

Tuesday, 27 December 2011 21:05
Journalist Armi Suojanen from a local newspaper Helsingin Uutiset visited our Ashure-evening on 12th of December. She wrote an article about the happening in Finnish. Translation for the article can be found from our Facebook page. To see the original article, please see the link below.
 

 

 

Different Flavours in Asure Day

Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:01

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Friends got together at Anatolia Culture Association on a rainy Tuesday evening with the theme of Ashura also known as Noah's Pudding organized by Finland Dialog Association and Anatolia Culture Association.

We met friends from Finland, Turkey and Sweden who all were curious to share this evening and the pudding with us. Ashura is a dessert made of various different flavours. It includes among other things different nuts, grains, fruits... even beans to our friends amazement. Eating of the pudding was also an interesting experience itself for every bite was different and something new.

The pudding is shared every year on a certain day with neighbours and friends to keep up good relations. It is a home made dessert which is cooked carefully a day before the Ashura day starting from the very morning and then shared with people on the actual day. 

Our meeting resembled the Noah's Pudding itself with our group consisting different people from different backgrounds. Noah's Pudding continues to be nourishment to humanity by exemplifying how differences can coexist together.

 

 

Ashura - Nooan vanukas paiva

Sunday, 11 December 2011 09:09

 AşureTervetuloa viettämään perinteistä Ashure-iltaa!

Ashure tai Nooan vanukas on jälkiruoka, joka koostuu yli 20 eri ainesosasta kuten hedelmistä, pähkinöistä ja jyvistä. Eri ainesosat kuvaavat eri kulttuureja, jotka yhdessä muodostavat herkullisen ja harmonisen kokonaisuuden. Ashure on osa turkkilaista ja monien ympärillä olevien maiden kulinaarista perinnettä.

Tule herkuttelemaan yhdessä mukavassa ilmapiirissä ja tutustumaan uusiin makuihin!

Tapahtuma järjestetään maanantaina 12.12. klo 18 alkaen osoitteessa  Tuukkalankuja 4, Helsinki . Pyydämme ilmoittamaan osallistumisestasi sähköpostilla This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it tai tekstiviestillä p. 041 431 4516.

Tapahtuman järjestää Anatolian kulttuuriyhdistys sekä Dialog-yhdistys. Tapahtuma on maksuton!

 

Cheerful Turkey Trip with teachers from Hameenlinna City

Friday, 06 May 2011 22:47

Matka Turkkiin huhtikuussa 2011

Helsinki-Vantaan lentokenttä pääsiäislauantaina. Matkatavarat ovat Turkish Airlinesin hellässä hoivassa, lennon TK1764 lähtöön on vielä tovi. Olen lähdössä 7-henkisen hämeenlinnalaisen opettajaseurueen kanssa ensimmäistä kertaa Turkkiin, enkä oikein tiedä, mitä odottaa. Kuten moni muukin suomalainen, en oikeastaan tiedä Turkista juuri mitään. Maidemme maantieteellinen etäisyys ja sijoittuminen eri maanosiin aiheuttaa sen, ettei Turkin historiasta, maantieteestä tai nykypäivästä kerrota koulun oppikirjoissa kuin suppeasti, eikä Turkki ole keskeinen seurattava suomalaisessa mediassa. Joku enemmän matkaillut on ehkä kiinnostunut lämpötilasta ja sademäärässä Antalyassa tai euron ja Turkin liiran vaihtosuhteesta.

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Hizmet Movement and Nordic Non- Formal Education Academic Panel

Thursday, 04 November 2010 15:54
"Hizmet Movement and Nordic non- formal education" academic panel was at Helsinki University (Yliopistonkatu 3- room porthania PIII 119) in 16th of May, 2011 between 17:00- 20:00. Thank you for the ones who attended.

 

 

Dialogue Coach Heidi Rautionmaa visited our office

Thursday, 04 November 2010 16:17

Heidi Rautionmaa visited our office couple of weeks ago. She was the URI Global Council of Europe member in 2002-2008 and she is member of URI vision and wisdom (Vision and Wisdom Council) now. She works as a mentor to URI International Program for young leaders of religious dialogue. URI (United Religions Initiative) is an internationally recognized interfaith network active in 78 countries.

 

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Dialog Association attend to Harmony Among Religions Debate in Caisa

Saturday, 07 July 2007 09:54

Finland Dialog Association participated to debate about " Harmony Among Religions" which  organized in Caisa City of Helsinki Cultural Office in 5th of February, 2011 by Living Together in Cities/ The Forum of Religions in Helsinki / Religions for Peace Women of Faith Network in Finland within World Interfaith Harmony Week. The week  is a UN resolution for a worldwide week of interfaith harmony. It will fall on the first week of February of every year and aims to promote harmony between all people regardless of their faith.

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Finland Dialog Association attend to dinner in Free Church in Helsinki in Annankatu

Monday, 11 August 2008 04:22

Finland Dialog Association attend to dinner in Free Church in Helsinki at Annankatu. Discussions and talks were mainly about dialogue, tolerance and understanding. Hasan Babuna the chairman of Dialogue förening said:

 

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Intercultural dialogue match in Helsinki

Thursday, 04 November 2010 15:53

University students from Finland, Turkey, France and Ghana met in soccer match which has played in Helsinki in 28.01.2011. Please click to see more photos.

 
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Ashure or Noah's Pudding is a dessert that is made of a mixture consisting of grains, fruits and nuts. Ashure is a part of the culinary tradition of Turkey as well as many of the surrounding countries, and Christian and Jewish cultures as well as Muslim share similar versions under a variety of names. In anecdotal history, it is claimed that when Noah's Ark came to rest on Mount Ararat in northeastern Turkey, Noah' s family celebrated with a special dish. Since their supplies were nearly exhausted, what was left (primarily grains, dried fruits and the like) was cooked together to form a pudding, what is now call Ashure.  Traditionally, Ashure is made in large quantities to commemorate the ark's landing and is distributed to friends, relatives, neighbors, colleagues, classmates, etc. without regard to the recipient's religion or belief system as an offering of peace and love. Ashure was traditionally made and eaten during the colder months of the year as it is calorie rich fare, but now it is enjoyed year-round.

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ACCEPT PLURALISM is about tolerance and acceptance of ethnic, cultural and religious diversity in contemporary Europe. This new European FP7 project [Socio-Economic Sciences & Humanities], investigates the meanings of tolerance in a variety of contexts with a special focus on 'what needs to be done' actually in Europe in order to proceed to more coherent societies, while respecting ethnic, religious and cultural plurality. 
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Accept Pluralism reviews critically past empirical research and the scholarly literature on the topic. It conducts original empirical research in 14 EU member states and one accession country (Turkey) focusing on key events of national and European relevance that thematise different understandings and practices of (in)tolerance and/or acceptance of cultural diversity. Click here to get to webpage