[Daughters_of_Ataturk] YUNUS EMRE: CONTEMPORARY OF RUMI - April 11 @Columbia University

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Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:20:02 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: YUNUS EMRE: CONTEMPORARY OF RUMI - April 11 @Columbia University
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Light Millennium Proudly Presents for its 8th Anniversary Celebration...


You are cordially invited to an extraordinary occasion on:
YUNUS EMRE: CONTEMPORARY OF RUMI
A GREAT TURKISH FOLK POET OF LOVE

A Poetry Presentation by Prof. Talat HALMAN,Bilkent University, Ankara &
First Minister of Culture of the Republic of Turkey.

Introduction by Prof. Etem EROL, Columbia University


DATE: Friday, April 11, 2008
TIME: 7:00pm
VENUE: Columbia University, Schermerhorn Building, Room# 614
116th Street & Broadway Avenue (or Amsterdam Avenue)
(after the gate, walk about thirty yards, go up the stairs, go around Low
Memorial Library, after Avery Building.)


"For those who truly love God and his ways
All the people of the world are brothers.

We regard no one's religion as contrary to ours,
True love is born when all faiths are united as a whole.
True faith is in the head, not in the headgear."


Prof. Talat Halman will present sufi Yunus Emre's (1241-1321) poetry.
Professor is famous for his excellent translations of the Turkish sufi
poet. Previously, he taught at NYU. Now, he teaches at Bilkent University,
Ankara. He is a former Minister of Culture of Turkey.

Yunus Emre, unlike Mevlana - Rumi who wrote in Persian, the literary
language of the era, Yunus expressed himself in his native tongue,
Turkish. His language is direct and easy-to-understand, while his style is
rich in Sufi metaphors.


"When love arrives, all needs and flaws are gone.
I love you beyond the depths of my soul.
I was born with divine love.
Death is for beasts, it is not the Lover's destiny.
I love you, so the hand of death can never touch me."
-- Yunus EMRE (1241-1321)


Organized by Bircan Unver, Light Millennium - http://www.lightmillennium.org
In collaboration with MEI – Middle East Institute and MEALAC – Department
of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures

Please RSVP via e-mail to> contact@lightmillennium.org /or
ee2105@columbia.edu


- Open to the public. Maximum sitting capacity: 155


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Sema Karaoglu, Founder               Meltem Birkegren, Director
www.DofA.org
www.wearetheturks.org

Daughters of Atatürk is proud to promote Turkish Heritage across the globe. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk shaped the legacy we proudly inherited.
His integrity and dynamism and vision constantly inspires us. We are thankful to him for walking the untrodden path, achieving the unimaginable dream, living the eternal vision. We are the Turks, we are the future of Turkey.

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