Welcome to the December 2021 edition of the H3A Monthly Newsletter!
Hope to see you at Gürece for the Festive Season Sale, the H3A Art Show, and other ongoing activities. And online for various Zoom treats! Or on the next Day Tour.
Have ideas for other new activities? Share them with Emel emelhal@gmail.com or Martha mkspatrick@gmail.com (or other members of the Boards). Coming soon: chances to cook with other H3A members!
Wishing everyone a happy and healthy New Year.
PRESENTATIONS, ART SHOW, TOUR, SERVICE PROJECT
H3A Art Group Show 17 December to 13 January
Opens this Weekend: December 17-19, 14:00-17:00
Location: Gürece
Contact: Camille camillesahin@gmail.com
Festive Season Sale 1-30 December, weekdays, 11:00-16:00
Location: Gürece
All sales benefit H3A. Come drop off items, browse, and shop.
New Years Gifts for Area Children (Project of H3A and Bodrum Humanity)
Please donate by 20 December (details on Google Group)
Contact Lale: lale122@hotmail.com
Day Trip to Priene, Miletus, and Didim
Date: Sunday, 19 December
Contact Mehmet: cuhadar.mehmet@gmail.com
Presentation: “Wasteless Kitchen: Cooking without Waste” (English)
Date: 20 December, MONDAY evening at 20:00.
Presenter: Sibel Cuniman Pinto, chef and founder of Action Kashkarikas Wasteless Kitchen Mission
Location: Zoom (Link sent on Google Group) (presentation then posted on H3A website)
Contact Samer: sameratasi@gmail.com
New Year’s Eve Zoom
Date: 31 December 23:45 – 1 January 00:15
Location: Zoom (Link sent on Google Group)
Plan to stop in to wish your H3A friends a happy new year.
Presentation: “Istanbul Film Festival – Onat Kutlar” (Turkish)
Date: January 16, Sunday evening at 20:00
Presenter: Hülya Uçansu
Location: Zoom (Link sent on Google Group) (presentation then posted on H3A website)
Contact Samer: sameratasi@gmail.com
ACTIVITIES
Walks: usually once a week (weather permitting)
Dates and Locations announced on Google Group
Contact: Bob rcpatrick5443@gmail.com and Fuat yetkinler44@gmail.com
Seaside Strolls: once a week (weather permitting)
Dates and Locations announced on Google Group and WhatsApp
Contact Lale: lale122@hotmail.com
H3A Breakfasts: will resume in the Spring
Contact Colin: colin@onetoonedesign.co.uk
New Member Welcome Meetings
Next Date: Saturday 12 February
Location: Gürece
Contact Emel: emelhal@gmail.com
INTEREST GROUPS
Art Groups
Hero Art: Tuesdays and Fridays, 13:30-16:30
Location: Gürece
Contact Gülçin: gkadikoy@gmail.com
Digi Art, Saturdays at 11:00
Location: Gürece
Contact Aslı aslisander@gmail.com
Aegean Dance:
Next session: Thursday Dec. 23 14:00-16:00
Location : Vira’s Restaurant (Yahşi) (weather permitting)
Contact İnci incicuhadar@gmail.com
Writing Circle (English):
Next session: Monday 3 January at 13:30
Location: Gürece
Contact Martha: mkspatrick@gmail.com
Writing Circle (Turkish):
Next session: Monday 10 January at 13:30
Location: Gürece
Contact Filiz: filizyzc3@gmail.com
Handicrafts:
Next sessions: Thursday, 16 and 30 December at 11:00
Location: Gürece
Contact Lale: lale122@hotmail.com
Cinema Dizi Group (Turkish)
Dates: 1st Wednesday of each month
Location: Zoom
Contact Didem : didemsk@gmail.com
Conversation Groups
English Conversation Group, Level 3, Fridays
Location: Zoom
Contact Edit: rakosliget@yahoo.com
English Conversation Group, Level 2, Mondays at 11:00
Location: Gürece
Contact Nur: nurkokuoz@gmail.com
Greek Conversation Group, Level 1: Tuesdays at 10:45
Greek Conversation Group, Level 2: Tuesdays at 12:00
Location: Gürece
Contact Camille: camillesahin@gmail.com
Turkish Conversation Group, Level I, Wednesdays at 11:00
Location: Gürece
Contact Nur: nurkokuoz@gmail.com
Reading Groups
Turkish Reading Group
Next session: Wednesday, 29 December
Contact Ludmila: ludmila.denisenko@gmail.com
English Reading Group 1
Next session: Wednesday, 5 January at 14:00
Location: TBA
Contact Christine: christinedavies502@gmail.com
English Reading Group 2
Next session: Wednesday, 15 December at 14:00
Location: TBA
Contact Annie: annieonursan@me.com
English Non-Fiction Reading Group
Next session: Wednesday, 12 January at 14:00
Location: Ambrosia (Bitez)
Contact Christine: christinedavies502@gmail.com
Herodotus Travelers Reading Group (Turkish)
Contact Canan: canankucukeren@hotmail.com
Poetry Reading Group (Turkish)
Next session: early January
Contact Sönmez sonmeztaner48@gmail.com or Emel emelhal@gmail.com
Other
Informal Bridge Group, Fridays at 11:00
Location: Gürece
Contact Kevin: krespik@gmail.com
Games Group, Thursdays at 14:00
Location: Gürece
Contact Selmin: oguzselmin@gmail.com
Chess Group, Mondays at 16:00
Location: Gürece
Contact Oktay: oktayorhon@gmail.com
Bodrum Botanic Group
Contact: Mete: topparemete@yahoo.com
Yoga for Beginners, Thursdays at 11:00
Location: Zoom
Contact: Nurhan: nergenekon03@gmail.com
Directions to H3A in Gürece:
Coming from Bodrum, several hundred metres after passing the leaving Yahşi sign, there is a light and left turn towards Bağla and Akyarlar. Take this left turn. If travelling from Bodrum by dolmuş, take a dolmuş going to Turgutreis, Bağla, Gümüşlük, or Dereköy etc.
Coming from Turgutreis, take the right turn at the light at the Bağla and Akyarlar sign.
A few metres after leaving the main road, you will see the tea house on the right. Turn left here and the building is on the right, next to a hardware store and opposite a ferforje. It is a small, white, single story house with yellow window frames. There is an H3A sign at the corner of the building. Above the door it says Gürece Yerel Derneği Odası.