Raindrop Turkish House celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting Saturday, April 28 afternoon.The Consulate General of Turkey Mr.Cemalettin Aydin, Broken Arrow Mayor Mike Lester, Tulsa County Commissioner John Simaligo and Raindrop's Tulsa Representative Hidayet Gozeten cut the ceremonial red ribbon Saturday afternoon.The new building is located at 4444 W Houston St., B. Arrow which has large event hall, gathering rooms, meeting rooms, classrooms and large parking.Raindrop Turkish House is serving to community more than seven years in Tulsa area with Turkish cuisine classes, Turkish language classes, Ebru(water marbling) classes and organizes events such as Turkish coffee nights, henna nights during the year and Turkish festival annually.

Fox23 was at Raindrop Turkish House, On Thursday, April 26. Kristin Tallent, Fox23 reporter, interviewed with Raindrop volunteer Omer Akdeniz, learned about Turkish art Ebru (Water Marbling) ,Annual Turkish Festival also Turkish cuisine.

You can watch videos on following link,

http://www.fox23.com/search/videosearch.aspx?search=turkish

(April 26,2012,Tulsa,OK)

The award reception and ceremony of the essay contest organized by Raindrop Turkish House was a big success. On Saturday, April 14, 2011, Raindrop Turkish House organized the award reception and ceremony to honor the students and teachers who won awards. The ceremony was held at the Raindrop Turkish House's facility in Broken Arrow.

The event started with a reception. At the end of the reception the audience had a chance to watch a video clip about Turkey called ''Discover Turkey".

The program was started with the opening remarks of Dr. Doug Price, Dean of Global Education at Tulsa Community College, one of the judges of the essay contest.(April 14,2012,Tulsa,OK)

Raindrop Turkish House offered Ladies Coffee Night on April 14, 2012 with a great success.
Ladies Coffee Night was started with warm greetings and welcome to the guest by Mrs. Handan Delen, the host of program.
After some introduction we watched informative presentation about Raindrop Turkish House, events organized by the Center, classes and services offered by the Center, trips to Turkey and so many more.
Later it was time for the most important part of the night: Keynote speaker's speech.
Dr. Aliye Shimi introduced Mrs. Becky Frank - Chairman & CEO ,Schnake Turnbo Frank/PR.
Mrs. Becky Frank shared some of her life and career experiences with us and gave speech about 'Women in the Business World'.
At the end of the speech representatives of Raindrop Turkish House handed out an unforgettable gift from Turkey to Mrs. Becky Frank, handmade and hand-painted Ceramic Plate.
Later there was a quick raffle for gifts from Raindrop Turkish House, which was very exciting for everyone.(April 13,2012,Tulsa,OK)