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  • Cultural Diplomacy Through Coffee

    Cultural Diplomacy Through Coffee

    gizem salcigil turk kahvesi

    Cultural Diplomacy Through Coffee, Culture & Art

    Keynote Speaker
    Gizem Şalcıgil White

    Guest Artists
    Hasan Kale & Atilla Can

    Sunday, May 29, 2022
    12:00pm-1:30pm ET | 11:00am-12:30pm CT
    9:00am-10:30am PT | 19:00-20:30 TR
    Zoom Registration:
    us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0R67RxL4S5-7feMEc_EksA

    About the Keynote Speaker

    Gizem Şalcıgil White has been a goodwill ambassador for Turkish coffee culture since 2009 and is the founder of the award-winning non-profit Turkish Coffee Truck initiative. She has been working voluntarily to promote Turkish coffee culture in the U.S. and abroad for the past 10 years. With the support from a dedicated volunteer team from American Turkish Association of DC (ATA-DC), the Turkish Coffee Truck initiative has been bridging cultures through coffee conversations since 2012. Through this cultural diplomacy initiative, more than 20,000 people in the U.S. and Europe was exposed to Turkish coffee for the first time. Gizem’s one-of-a-kind cultural diplomacy project made the headlines of major international publications including The Washington Post, Washingtonian, PRI/BBC and her fans started calling her the “Turkish Coffee Lady”. In 2015, she was honored as the one of the “Top Young Outstanding persons of Turkey” by JCI. Turk of America magazine also awarded her as one of “40 Under 40 – The Most Influential Turkish American” in March 2016. In 2017, she started the first and only authentic Turkish coffee chain in the U.S. with the support of her partners and her dedicated team.

    About the Documentary

    In December 2013, Turkish coffee was admitted to UNESCO’s World Heritage list as a “cultural inheritance that has to be protected.” Initiated by the Turkish Coffee Lady Foundation, the world’s first coffee diplomacy platform, the documentary is composed of special shootings featuring “dibek coffee” in Mardin, “mirra coffee” in Şanlıurfa, “menengiç coffee” in Gaziantep, “saffron coffee” in Karabük, “coffee brewed on ash” in Nevşehir, “coffee brewed on sand” in Ankara, “mastic coffee” in Izmir and “traditional coffee” in Istanbul.

    About the Guest Artists

    Hasan Kale is a world-renowned micro artist master who can turn tiny objects into minuscule paintings. Known as “Turkey’s Microangelo”, Kale’s exquisitely detailed paintings include pumpkin seeds, coffee beans, rice grains, chickpeas and tiny discarded items such as matchsticks to bottle caps. One of İstanbul’s most famous and talented artists, Hasan Kale’s showcasing some tiny masterpieces and unique designs will be shown from pre-recorded videos during the webinar.

    Atilla Can graduated from Atatürk University. He learned marbling art (Ebru) from Ali Çalışır at the Zal Mahmut Pasha Complex. He also learned marbling from Vedat Vaytaş. After five years, Can obtained his professional license in marbling. He organized and served as a president to establish the worldwide “Ebru Day.” He has participated in numerous group exhibitions and festivals in Turkey and abroad. He has received many awards for his work. Can continues his work in Istanbul.

  • Turkish coffee placed on UNESCO list (YUNANLILARIN TURK KAHVESINE YUNAN KAHVESI DEMELERI BOS OLDU ARTIK)

    Turkish coffee placed on UNESCO list (YUNANLILARIN TURK KAHVESINE YUNAN KAHVESI DEMELERI BOS OLDU ARTIK)

    ANKARA – Anadolu Agency

    The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added new heritage and cultural items in Turkey to its ‘Special Environment Preservation’ listin 2013, a total of 41 pieces of cultural heritage from Turkey are included in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Special Environment Preservation list, up from 38. According to the new list, the intangible list of UNESCO has Turkish coffee. On the other hand, Kula jeopark has entered to the Special Environment Preservation list.

    Sardes Ancient City and the Bintepeler Lidia tumult in Manisa, the Genovese Trade Road, and the Salt Lake in Central Anatolia, which had been on the temporary heritage list, have been entered into the Special Environment Preservation area.

    Meanwhile, this year the “intangible cultural heritage” list has also been reorganized, and Turkish coffee culture and tradition is set to be included into the list if the proposal gets approval.

    Turkish National Commission forUNESCO
    Chairman Öcal Oğuzsaid ministry continues
    its workson protecting heritage. AA photo

    Turkish coffee enters to intangible heritage

    A variety of traditional elements have been proposed to be included in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage, during the five day meeting of 780 delegates from 116 countries. Turkish National Commission for UNESCO Chairman Professor Öcal Oğuz said the Culture and Tourism Ministry was continuing its works on protecting and preserving cultural heritage in Turkey. “Turkish coffee was recommended for the list through the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism,” adding that Turkish coffee has accepted to the list yesterday.

    Oğuz added that many other assets of Turkey’s culture such as the wedding dinner keşkek, whirling dervishes, grease wrestling in Kırkpınar and shadow theatre had been included in the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list in previous years.

    “The representative list is important as it makes Turkish cultural assets more recognized by the international community,” he said.

    Oğuz stressed that Turkish coffee was more than just a drink, stating that “it is known as ‘Turkish coffee’ all around the world not only because of its commodity, but also because of its style, preparation method and traditional presentation.”

    In the Intangible list of UNESCO Ebru art, Hıdırellez/St George spring Day have entered to the list.
    Culture and Tourism Minister Ömer Çelik said yesterday that he is very content with the result and Turkey has total of 11 items in the list.

    The List of Intangible Cultural Heritage was established by UNESCO in order to better protect, safeguard and promote important intangible cultural heritages worldwide, to showcase cultural diversity and creative expression. Since 1994 many parts from Turkey have entered to the list, such as Ephesus (İzmir), the Karain Cave (Antalya), the Alahan Monastery (Mersin), Alanya (Antalya), the Diyarbakır Castle (Diyarbakır), the Harran and Şanlıurfa Settlements, and many more.

    On Nov. 30, UNESCO assembled to include Evliya Çelebi’s “Seyahâtnâme” (Book of Travels) as part of UNESCO’s “cultural memory.”