Turkfest will take place on Oct. 12: 11 a.m.–6pm and Oct. 13: 11 a.m.–5 p.m. at the Armory Food & Event Hall. The festival is part of the Seattle Center Festál series. It is free and open to the public.
Featured festival activities include:
- Traditional and modern music and dance performances including folk theater play ‘Deli Dumrul’
- Turkish 101 Presentation
- Yogurt, baklava and bourek eating contests
- Children’s activities and performances
- Fun, informative seminars and workshops
- Famous Turkish coffee and tea from the Coffee Corner
- Authentic Turkish cuisine
- Bazaar with unique foods, souvenirs and gift items
Seattle Center Festál presents Turkfest in partnership with the Turkish American Cultural Association of Washington (TACAWA). The festival boasts a lively marketplace, food, music, dance and more.
Turkfest is an annual cultural festival in Seattle, whose mission is to foster friendship, to highlight the diversity and richness of Turkish culture and Turkish speaking countries, and cooperate throughout the greater community by organizing educational, entertaining, and engaging cultural programs that celebrate Turkish and Turkic cultures and heritage.
