H3A ACTIVITIES NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2022

Welcome to the February 2022 edition of the H3A Monthly Newsletter!

Hope to see you at Gürece for ongoing activities, the Photography Show, and then the Digi Art Show in March. And online for various Zoom treats!

Watch for news and details for the Second Hand Sale at Gürece to benefit H3A .

Coming soon new activities: Cooking. Drama Games.

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, FUTURE TRIPS

“H3A Photo Workshop” Exhibition continues through February.

Location: Gürece

Contact: Mehmet mehmetuyargil@gmail.com   

Presentation: “Brain Health in Our Third Age: Risks and Protections” (Turkish)  

Date: February 13, Sunday evening at 20:00 

Presenter: Prof. Dr. Kürşad Kutluk, Neurologist

Location: Zoom  (Link sent on Google Group) (presentation then posted on H3A website)

Contact Samer:  sameratasi@gmail.com  

Presentation: “Theater and Stand-up Comedy”

Date: February 27, Sunday evening at 20:00 

Presenter: Ayşe Erbulak

Location: Zoom  (Link sent on Google Group) (presentation then posted on H3A website)

Contact Samer:  sameratasi@gmail.com  

Daily and Overnight Tours this Spring

Watch for details from Mehmet Çuhadar on Google Groups as plans become more definite

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 (on Sundays 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 Meeting

Next Date: Saturday 12 February 14:00-16:00

Location: Gürece

Contact Emel: emelhal@gmail.com   or  Lale: lale122@hotmail.com

New members will receive an invitation on GoogleGroup.  

H3A Breakfasts: will resume in the spring

Contact Colin: colin@onetoonedesign.co.uk   

INTEREST GROUPS

Art Groups

Hero Art: Tuesdays and Fridays 13:30

Location: Gürece

Contact Gülçin: gkadikoy@gmail.com   

Digi Art, Saturdays at 11:00 (usually)

Next sessions: 9 February and 5 March

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 14 and 28 February

Location: Gürece

Contact Martha: mkspatrick@gmail.com  

Writing Circle (Turkish):

Next sessions: Mondays 13:30 on 21 February and 7 March

Location: Gürece

Contact Filiz: filizyzc3@gmail.com    

Handicrafts:

Next sessions: Thursdays at 11:00 on 10 February and 24 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, 23 February 

Contact Ludmila: ludmila.denisenko@gmail.com   

English Reading Group 1 

Next session: Wednesday, 2 March at 14:00

Contact Christine: christinedavies502@gmail.com    

English Reading Group 2 

Next sessionWednesday, 16 February at 14:00

Contact Annie: annieonursan@me.com    

English Non-Fiction Reading Group

Next session: May

Contact Christine: christinedavies502@gmail.com   

Herodotus Travelers Reading Group (Turkish)

Contact Canan: canankucukeren@hotmail.com   

Poetry Reading Group (Turkish)

Meeting once a month

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, Thursdays at 14:00 

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.