Welcome to the October 2022 edition of the H3A Newsletter!
Hope to see you at Gürece for ongoing activities and at various gatherings coming up!
Please find attached the weekly Gürece schedule.
We have several new interest groups this season like Yoga Zoom, German Conversation, Cook&Eat, and Happy Turkish fiction reading.
Please share any ideas you have in mind for other new activities or interest groups .
You can contact Didem didemsk@gmail.com or Emel emelhal@gmail.com .
If you are interested in an existing interest group, please contact the person listed below.
See also News/Announcements at the end of the newsletter.
PRESENTATIONS, ART SHOWS, TRIPS
H3A Photo Workshop
A new group will start in November.
The present group has been very busy taking pictures for the HERODOTUS Festivity Week Exhibition organized by the Bodrum Municipality (See attached poster). We are looking forward to seeing their works and the postcards containing their magnificient photos !
Contact Mehmet Uyargil : mehmetuyargil@gmail.com
Presentation (#36) : Roman Art
We will do our best to have the presentations in both languages this year.
Date: 27 October , Thursday at 16:00
Presenter: Alpay Pasinli, archeologist
Location: The Karia Hotel, Bodrum
Contact Samer: sameratasi@gmail.com
Please remember to fill out the short questionnaire after each presentation.
Thanks for your help in guiding us with your comments !
Daily and Overnight Tours this Fall
Tour 1:
12-16 October : Kütahya, Uşak, Manisa, İznik, Bursa, Eskişehir
Organized by : Mehmet Çuhadar
New Year‘s Tour
To : Pamukkale, Richmond Hotel
Organized by : Oktay Orhon
A short New Year’s Eve trip is being planned.
Please contact Oktay if interested: oktayorhon@gmail.com
ACTIVITIES
Walks: usually once a week on Sundays (weather permitting)
Dates and locations announced on Google Group.
Ethem and Fatoş and Fuat lead the group.
Contact Ethem : ethemsiral@gmail.com , Fatoş : msiral@hotmail.com or
Fuat : yetkinler44@gmail.com
Seaside Strolls:
This group has been suspended until somebody offers to lead it !
Bodrum Botanic Group:
Dates will be announced on GoogleGroup.
Location : Open air
Contact Mete : topparemete@yahoo.com
H3A Breakfast (Monthly)
Next date : towards the end of Oct.
To be announced soon.
Contact Colin: colin@onetoonedesign.co.uk
INTEREST GROUPS
Hero Art
Date : Tuesdays 13:30-16:30 or 14:00-17:00 (will be specified soon )
Location: Gürece
Contact Elvan: elvosss@ymail.com
Art Exhibitions will be held regularly in Gürece.
1st exhibition – October: works of Camille and Tamsin
Opening time of exhibition : 22 October 14:00 to 17:00
2nd exhibition – November : rug-hooked artworks by Lale Çağlar (theme : Bodrum)
Digi Art
Date: Saturdays at 11:00
The old and new group have merged.
Location: Gürece
Contact Aslı : aslisander@gmail.com
Handicrafts
Date : Thursdays , 11:00 – 13:00 (every other Thursday)
Next meeting : 20 October
Location: Gürece
Room 1 : a different workshop will be shared each time
Room 2 : rug-hooking (by Lale)
patchwork (by Esin)
goblen(canvas embroidery) , knitting, crocheting , etc.
New ! : Nurhan Ergenekon will start a Yoga workshop from 10:00 to 10:30 for the members of the handicraft group (only for early arrivers :))
Contact Lale: lale122@hotmail.com or Esin Atabeyli : esinatabeyli@hotmail.com
Cinema Dizi Group (Turkish)
Date: Will not meet this month due to the presentation on 27 October
Will usually meet once a month on the last Thursday of each month (morning session)
Location : Gürece
Contact Didem : didemsk@gmail.com
Aegean Dances
Will resume soon on Thursdays
Location : to be announced soon
Contact İnci: incicuhadar@gmail.com
Writing Groups
Writing Circle (English):
Date: alternate Mondays, starting on 31 October at 14:00.
Next dates: 14 and 28 November
Location: to be announced
Contact Martha: mkspatrick@gmail.com
Writing Circle (Turkish):
Date : alternate Mondays, starting on 24 October at 14:00
Next dates: 7 and 21 November
Location: to be announced
Contact Filiz: filizyzc3@gmail.com
Conversation Groups
Turkish Conversation (intermediate level)
Date :every Wednesday at 11:00
Started on Oct.12th
Location: Gürece
Contact Nur : nurkokuoz@gmail.com
English Conversation Group, Level 3
Date :Fridays
Location: Zoom
Contact Edit:rakosliget@yahoo.com
English Conversation Group, Level 2
This group has stopped meeting.
English Conversation Group, Advanced (NEW !)
Date : Wednesdays from 11:00 to 12:30.
Location: Gürece
Contact Camille : camillesahin@gmail.com or Lila : lilamisen@gmail.com
Greek Conversation Group, Levels 1 &2
Date : every Tuesday (starts on 8 November)
Time : Level 1 at 11:00 (old students may join too)
Level 2 at 12:00 (beginners may join too)
Location: Gürece
Contact Camille: camillesahin@gmail.com
German Conversation Group (all levels) : NEW !
Spontaneous conversation or homework discussions
Date : Fridays at 11:00
Location : Gürece
Contact Sena : senaguralp@gmail.com
Reading Groups
Turkish Reading Group
Restarted in September
Oct reading : Kör Baykuş by Sadık Hidayet
Nov reading : Havva’nın Saklı Yüzü by Nevval es Sadavi
Contact Ludmila: ludmila.denisenko@gmail.com
Happy Reading Group (Turkish) : NEW !
Date : 20 October, Thursday at 14:00– once a month
Oct reading : İçimdeki Şeytan by Sabahattin Ali
Location : Gürece
Contact Lale: lale122@hotmail.com
English Reading Group 1
Will resume soon. Suspended due to health issues
Contact Terry : glaysherteegee2@gmail.com
English Reading Group 2
Next session: Wednesday afternoon, 19 October
Contact Annie: annieonursan@me.com
English Non-Fiction Reading Group
Not meeting for the time being.
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
Various Other Interest Groups
Informal Bridge Group, Wednesdays and Fridays 13:30 – 17:00
Location: Gürece
Contact Oktay : oktayorhon@gmail.com
Chess Group, Mondays, 14:00 – 16:30
Location: Gürece
Contact Oktay: oktayorhon@gmail.com
Games Group, Thursdays at 14:00
Mexican Train, Scrabble, Americano, or any other games are welcome.
Location: Gürece
Contact Selmin: oguzselmin@gmail.com
Cook and Eat – NEW !
All recipes, pictures and videos are shared in the WhatsApp group and will be appear in the H3A archives ! Very popular : Already has 54 members
Meets in groups of 10 (first come, first served)
Date : Sundays– once or twice a month (has been meeting since Aug.22)
Location : in a volunteer member’s kitchen
Contact Esin Aytaçoğlu : eaytacoglu@hotmail.com
Yoga – NEW !
Date : Thursdays at 11:00
Location: Zoom
Contact Yasemin Ünal : 0532 386 6648
NEWS/ANNOUNCEMENTS :
The “Welcome to Winter” Party of 9 October at Caravan, Yahşi
Organized by Eftal Köklü and Füsün Bumin, the evening was a big success !
The place was beautiful; the snacks were tasty; and Eftal’s jazz presentation was highly interesting and amusing. The particiaption was as high as 100 people. Everybody is looking forward to more to come soon !
The upcoming Herodotus Week (31 Oct – 6 Nov)
Presentations, exhibitions,documentaries and trips are awaiting Bodrum.
H3A is the biggest supporter of the Municipality concerning the organization and has undertaken most of the outstanding activities. See attached poster.
For more info : Fatoş msiral@hotmail.com , Oktay oktayorhon@gmail.com, or
Didem didemk@gmail.com
New Members
You can find the forms at Gürece. They have to be filled out, signed , and handed in personally to Şadan or Adil, including a recent photo.
WhatsApp Groups
These groups will be set up independently from H3A. H3A will bear no responsability regarding these groups. Nevertheless, we suggest not to discuss topics relating to politics, religion, or commercial announcements in your WhatsApp groups.
Invitation to Exhibition
Our member LALE ÇAĞLAR is taking part in an exhibition this month.
Location : HGS Art Gallery, Dereköy-Bodrum
Opening : 29 Oct
Exhibited works: Rug-hooking : “Scenes from Bodrum”
More details to be announced soon.
Everyone is invited !
We wish you a healthy and “event-ful” winter !
Martha and Emel
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 Derne