Tuesday 15 September 2009

Turkish Tourism to organise film & food festival in October 2009

Turkish Tourism will organise Turkish film and food festival in Delhi next month as a prelude to Turkish national day celebrations. The three-day film festival will be organised in partnership with the Information and Broadcasting Ministry of Government of India at Siri Fort Auditorium from October 11 to 13.

According to Sevgi Boz, Culture & Tourism Counsellor of Turkey in India, all together seven Turkish films will be screened as part of the festival. “Three Monkeys, a film directed by famous Turkish director, Nuri Bilge Ceylan will be screened on the inaugural day,” she informed.

She also said that a week-long Turkish food festival will also be organised in the capital city as part of the celebrations. “The food festival will be held at ITC Maurya from 22 to 29th of October,” the Tourism Counsellor informed.

Turkey commemorates the proclamation of Turkish Republic by their great leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk on October 29 every year. The country became a Republic in 1923.link

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