Articles of interest:
"Bold, Peristent Experimentation" - article by Robert C. Terry, Jr., from Worldview Magazine, Fall 2008 on the roots of the Peace Corps.
"How the Peace Corps Got Its Name" by Peter Grothe, a former Humphry staffer,  from Worldview Magazine, Fall 2008
  Anatolian Artisans--one of the projects Arkadaşlar supports has two events that might be of interest: 

	Annual Turkish Arts and Crafts Sale on Dec. 5th at the Washington International School, Washington, DC
	A Cultural Tour of Western Turkey, June 2– 12, 2010 (11 days, 10 nights)  Details

CUMHURIYET BAYRAM DINNERS - 2009 We celebrated the Bayram in nine sites this year including: Maine and Illinois!  Reports are now coming in. Maine/New Hampsire Massachusetts/New England New York City Washington, DC  North Carolina/South Carolina Florida   Illinois Wisconsin Oregon:  Saturday, November 21,  potluck at the home of Janice &Steve Katz. Also hosted by Melissa Stewart.  If you are interested in attending this year’s Bayram dinner, contact Melissa Stewart or Sandy Anderson.  Washington

Ataturk and Washington Turkish Republic Postal Stamp, 1926   Gifted by the Late Armagan Sanver, Veteran of the Korean War and Member of the Americana and Turkish Veterans Association.  Evinch Family Collection.  ÿ  We have learned that Joyce Gurian Zarkin (T-15) passed away on Oct.12, 2008. Several of our members joined Anatolian Artisans for a cultural trip to Eastern Turkey in May 2008.  For a sampling of some of the places they visited, check out Sandy Pfunder's 2008 photos of eastern Turkey.  You'll also find links to his photo albums online.  You can also check out Joanne Omang's (T-4) wonderful description of the trip and see her photos Finn, Robert (T-15)  Finn's translation of Orpheus by Nazli Eray.  "Robert Finn's translation of Turkish author Nazli Eray's Orphée makes available to the English-language reader a rewriting of the myth from the perspective of Eurydice, the wife of Orpheus. Eray's surrealistic version takes place in a hot resort town in contemporary Turkey. The setting of an archaeological dig gives a connection to the past and literally to the underworld. Found in the dig is a statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian, who proceeds to offer an unusual perspective on modern life and values through mysterious letters carried by a messenger pigeon. Eray also comments on modernity, as the city of Ankara emerges as a character in the novel's fantasy. Set in junta-ruled Turkey of the 1980s, the novel takes its place as a crucial slice of Turkish literary history."  More on the book and details for purchasing it. Dora Glidewell Nadolski (T-1) has published a new book:   The Etatist Turkish Republic and Its Political and Socio-Economic Performance from 1980-1999:  A Developing State Impacted by International Organizations and Interdependence.  More information and order information. Robinson Sawmill History, a memoir from Harlan Green (T-5) of his Peace Corps training in Vermont including some photos. Sandy Anderson's memoir of that fateful day during Peace Corps training in Austin, Texas, when gunman Charles Whitman began shooting randomly. Peace Corps Library now available online.  It boasts the largest collection of Peace Corps related reference material in the world.   New Buralarda Editors Stepping up to take over in Marcia Gnuse's place are our new editors:  Steve Poppick (T-10) and Peggy Hanson (T-1).   Both Steve and Peggy are accepting material for Buralarda so if you have anything new to report, reports of Bayram dinners, or other news of interest to our membership, please be sure to send it to them.  Photos are also gratefully accepted to accompany your stories or news items.  Memories of Turkey: Memories of lunch at summer camp in Istanbul (1966)                                                  (More memories)

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Board Meetings:  6:00 socialize, 6:30 dinner and meeting. Next Meeting:   Venue:     Atilla's Restaurant Columbia Pike  Arlington

 

Request from Webmaster: Please send us information of note on yourself or other Turkey RPCVs that we can post on the website and put into Buralarda.  Also, we'd like to pay tribute to those who also served in Turkey but who have passed away.  If you have an obituary of one of our group that has passed away and/or would be willing to write a memoir--not matter how brief--please do so and send it to Ellie.  It would be nice to honor our deceased with more than a simple listing on our Obituaries page.