Welcome to the January 2022 edition of the H3A Monthly Newsletter!
Hope to see you at Gürece for the Photography Show and other ongoing activities. And online for various Zoom treats! Or on the next Day Trip (to Priene, Miletus, and Didim).
Watch for news and details of February Second Hand Sale at Gürece to benefit H3A
Have ideas for other new activities or interest groups? Share them with Didem didemsk@gmail.com or Emel emelhal@gmail.com
Want to join an existing interest group ? Please contact the person listed below.
PRESENTATIONS, ART SHOW, DAY TRIP
“H3A Photo Workshop” Exhibition 15 January – 12 February
Opens this Weekend: Saturday 15 January at 14:00
Location: Gürece
Contact: Mehmet mehmetuyargil@gmail.com
Presentation: “Istanbul Film Festival – Letters to 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
Day Trip to Priene, Miletus, and Didim
Date: Wednesday, 19 January
Contact Mehmet: cuhadar.mehmet@gmail.com
Presentation: “Literature and Life”
Date: January 30, Sunday evening at 20:00
Presenter: Mine Söğut
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 or Ethem ethemsiral@gmail.com or 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
Bodrum Botanic Group: walks usually once a month (weather permitting)
Date and Location announced on Google Group
Contact: Mete: topparemete@yahoo.com
New Member Welcome Meetings
Next Date: Saturday 12 February 14:00-16:00
Location: Gürece
Contact Emel: emelhal@gmail.com or Lale: lale122@hotmail.com
H3A Breakfasts: will resume in the Spring
Contact Colin: colin@onetoonedesign.co.uk
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: will resume in the Spring
Location : Vira’s Restaurant (Yahşi) (weather permitting)
Contact İnci incicuhadar@gmail.com
Writing Circle (English):
Next sessions: Mondays 13:30 on 17 and 31 January
Location: Gürece
Contact Martha: mkspatrick@gmail.com
Writing Circle (Turkish):
Next sessions: Mondays 13:30 on 24 January and 7 February
Location: Gürece
Contact Filiz: filizyzc3@gmail.com
Handicrafts:
Next sessions: Thursdays at 11:00 on 27 January and 10 February
Location: Gürece
Contact Lale: lale122@hotmail.com
Cinema Dizi Group (Turkish)
Dates: 2nd 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 2, Wednesdays at 11:00
Location: Gürece
Contact Nur: nurkokuoz@gmail.com
Reading Groups
Turkish Reading Group
Next session: Wednesday, 26 January
Contact Ludmila: ludmila.denisenko@gmail.com
English Reading Group 1
Next session: Wednesday, 2 February at 14:00
Contact Christine: christinedavies502@gmail.com
English Reading Group 2
Next session: Wednesday, 19 January at 14:00
Contact Annie: annieonursan@me.com
English Non-Fiction Reading Group
Next session: Wednesday 9 February 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)
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
Chess Group, Mondays at 16:00
Location: Gürece
Contact Oktay: oktayorhon@gmail.com
Games Group, will resume on Thursday 3 February
Location: Gürece
Contact Selmin: oguzselmin@gmail.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.