Guest Article by Efe Sevin
Turkayfe.org, Turkey’s International and Digital Coffeehouse, is a social diplomacy website dedicated to promote Turkey and to contribute to the Turkish branding events. Turkayfe is hosting two events on coffee culture in Washington DC, and New York in association with the Washington D.C. Culture and Tourism Office, andAmerican Turkish Association (ATA-DC).
Both events are open to public but RSVP is required.
The event will feature expert lectures on Turkish Coffee traditions, its history, social culture and its influence on the American society. There will also be free coffee tasting, followed by a networking reception. The schedules and RSVP links for the events can be found below:
New York
June 11, 2011 – Saturday
Address: Turkish House, 821 United Nations 8th floor New York City, NY 10017
RSVP: http://turkishcoffeeculturenewyork.eventbrite.com
7:00 PM Event start time
7:15 PM Opening remarks
7:30 PM Ercüment Ackman, Capstone Advisor, Georgetown University Real Estate Graduate
School – ‘Once Upon a time Turkish Coffee’
7:45 PM Göknur Akçadağ, History Expert Assistant Professor, Yıldız Techical University,
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences – ‘The American Perspective: Turks in the 19th-
20th centuries’
8:00 PM Gizem Salcigil White and Efe Sevin, Founders of Turkayfe.org – ‘Digitalizing Coffee
Houses – Social Diplomacy Web 2.0 and Turkey’s International Digital Coffee House’
8:30 – 9:30 PM Reception
Washington, DC
June 15, 2011
Address: 2525 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington D.C., 20008-2826
RSVP: http://turkishcoffeeculturewashingtondc.eventbrite.com
7:00 PM Event start time
7:15 PM Opening remarks
7:30 PM Ercüment Ackman, Capstone Advisor, Georgetown University Real Estate Graduate
School – ‘Once Upon a time Turkish Coffee’
7:45 PM Göknur Akçadağ, History Expert Assistant Professor, Yıldız Techical University,
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences – ‘The American Perspective: Turks in the 19th-
20th centuries’
8:00 PM Gizem Salcigil White and Efe Sevin, Founders of Turkayfe.org – ‘Digitalizing Coffee
Houses – Social Diplomacy Web 2.0 and Turkey’s International Digital Coffee House’
8:30 – 9:30 PM Reception
