COMMUNITY NEWS

November 29, 2004 

·        Golden Corral on West Dublin Granville Road has been the meeting place of TAACO seniors every Saturday .Also in the past few years TAACO members  have always  celebrated  "Bayram" dinners at this location. On November 15, 2004 Golden Corral had another special event:” Military Appreciation Monday”.  More than 700 Veterans and Active Duty Military Personnel were treated to a free dinner.  With their families total attendance was well over 1300 and long lines continued during the whole night.  Governor Bob Taft recognized the importance of this community service and presented Cem Ozmeral, Operating Partner of Golden Corral on West Dublin Granville Road with a Proclamation commencerating the event.

·        Republic day

·        Bülent Bekçioğlu has opened a new store at Short North (771-B North High Street) Karavan : Treasures From Turkey.  Karavan currently brings hand-made decorative items from Turkey to Columbus. Karavan items include new and semi-antique carpets, kilim rugs, hand-beaten copper trays, earthenware pots, silk scarves, colorful lanterns, sterling silver jewelry, classical Kutahya tiles and plates, and a range of handbags and shoes made from fine leather and kilim fabric.Ph: 291-4438 (GIFT) Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Business Hours: Mon-Tue-Wed: 11:00 am to 5:30pm

                         Thu-Fri-Sat: 11:00 am to 8:00 pm

                         Sun:12:00-5:00 

Our intention with this section of the web site is to keep our members informed about some of the important things that may be happening in the lives of the Central Ohio Turkish-American Community and friends. Hopefully this page will allow us to join any one of in the Community who may have had a happy occasion to celebrate, or a sad news which may allow us to provide him/her some emotional support and comfort. Therefore, to keep the length of this section to a manageable level, we request that you send us only those "community news" items that are of interest to all in the Community. Please send your news items in writing (either by email or regular mail) to Firuzan Sharp, Secretary of TAACO. Verbal contributions to this section cannot be processed. Mailing address:  TAACOP.O Box 3566Dublin, OH 43016

The TAACO Executive Committee reserves the right to make editorial changes in the news items submitted. Although we hope that this will not be necessary at all, the TAACO Executive Committee also reserves the right not to include in this section some news items that may be personal in nature and/or may not be of interest to TAACO membership.  However, such news may be placed on the MESSAGE BOARD.