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Vanlılar’ Night in Bodrum celebrates Van culture and unity
The Bodrum Vanlılar Association held a night celebrating Van culture at a hotel in Bodrum, in western Turkey.
The event’s slogan was “Keeping Van alive and carrying it into the future.”
It brought together people from Van who live in Bodrum, along with local and national officials.
Musicians performed Van folk songs and traditional music during the evening.
Speakers Pervin Buldan and Kadem Mete called for people to live together in unity, and Buldan referred to Turkey’s current peace process.
The association said it wants to pass Van culture on to future generations while keeping it alive in Bodrum.
The event ended without any further plans announced.
The Bodrum Vanlılar Association for Assistance and Solidarity organized a night celebrating Van culture in Bodrum.
The event was held at a hotel in Gümbet Bardakçı Bay under the slogan “Keeping Van alive means carrying it into the future.”
Speakers called for unity and peaceful coexistence.
The Van Metropolitan Municipality Conservatory’s Van Oturma Gecesi group performed, and TRT artist Hüsamettin Subaşı sang folk songs.
People from Van living in Bodrum and local and national officials attended.
- Who
- The Bodrum Vanlılar Association for Assistance and Solidarity organized the event. Officials and people from Van living in Bodrum attended.
- What
- A night celebrating Van culture and unity.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- At a hotel in Gümbet Bardakçı Bay, Bodrum, Muğla, Türkiye.
- Why
- To keep Van culture alive in Bodrum and pass it on to future generations.
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- Organizer
- Bodrum Vanlılar Association for Assistance and Solidarity
- Venue
- A hotel in Gümbet Bardakçı Bay, Bodrum
- Slogan
- Keeping Van alive means carrying it into the future
- Music
- Van Metropolitan Municipality Conservatory’s Van Oturma Gecesi group performed
- Guest artist
- TRT artist Hüsamettin Subaşı sang folk songs
What people are saying
In this peace process, we hope for a country where people from every segment of society live together as brothers and sisters, hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder.
We are experiencing a night worthy of our fellow townspeople here. This is above politics. We are Türkiye together, we are beautiful together, we are strong together, and we will achieve this unity.