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According to the news by Lisa McDonald from examiner.com website, Nile Foundation opens Orlando's first Turkish cultural center on August 16th:

The Orlando Turkish Cultural Foundation will open at 576 N. Semoran Blvd, in Orlando with festivities starting at 3pm and going until 6pm. There will be a live concert of authentic Turkish music, folklore music, traditional Turkish foods, entertainment for the children and much, much more. Admission in to the event is free and they want to invite residents out to see what the Turkish culture has to offer Orlando and what the foundation is all about.

NBC's" Today Show" about Turkish traditional food. If you are interested in Turkish language as well, try to get what he says at 3:03 :)

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Carpets are very important in Turkish culture. You can see carpets in all houses of Turkish families. They generally don't enter to the house with shoes. They wear off the shoes, and leave them outdoor or in a little shoe cupboard.

Are you interested in Turkish carpets? There is a nice website about old Turkish carpets. You can give basic informations about them. This website is: http://www.oldturkishcarpets.com

There are lots of nice designs of carpets. Just take a look at this website.

Old Turkish Carpets.com

I have a friend from Brazil. His name is Ivan. He said that he had an English class about Turkish culture, and he sent me the pages of his English book.

I want to show them to you. Here are the pages, click on them to see bigger.