In the week of May 19, we organized our second Turkish Hand-made arts and crafts bazaar at MARTI. The event gave us the opportunity to meet new friends who are interested in Turkish culture and even visiting Turkey. We also provided Turkish food to our guests. The event not only served as a milestone to introduce Turkish culture but also help to receive some donations for MARTI.

Turkish Iftar Dinner was held on October 29th, 2005 at Taif (Turkish American Islamic Foundatio) Mosque in Baltimore.

Soup, meat, rice, salad, and dessert were served in the iftar dinner after the azan.

Almost 100 people attended to iftar dinner, which will become traditional and be held annually.

The second annual "Traditional Turkish Iftar" was held on Sunday, October 23rd, 2005 in Baltimore. Soup, manti, beans, rice, chicken, salad, and yogurt were served after the azan.

After the dinner, Adem Baskaya, who is a Semazen (whirling dervish) instructor in MARTI, gave a speech about the Month of Ramadan. After the speech, Turkish baklava and tea were served. Almost 130 people attended to Second Annual Traditional Turkish Iftar.

Traditional Neighboor Iftaar was held by our organization. Turkish dishes which were prepared by our members were served after the azan to our American and other friends from other cultures .

After the dinner, short information about Month of Ramadan was fiven to our quests. At the end of the night introductory movie about Turkey was watched and our quests gave speeches about Turkey. Program which was almost 3 hours long was ended after Quran recital.