Welcome to the website of the Turkish Graduate Student Assocation at UB!

Turkish Students Graduate Student Association is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to represent the Turkish Graduate Students at Suny Buffalo campus. Through social and cultural activities, the Turkish GSA attempts to develop an exchange between Turkish students, non-Turkish students and the general community. This website has been designed to announce upcoming events, provide help to new students, keep track of the Turkish students at UB and present some of the past activities.

We recommend the new students or students who are planning on applying to UB, to check out the survival page and the activities page for issues like housing, transportation and attractions in the area.

For any questions, you can either contact us or post a message to our facebook group.

Turkish GSA membership and activities are open to people of all ages and cultures.
Membership can be acquired by contacting any member of the Turkish GSA Executive Board..

TURKISH 101 Turkish Graduate Student Association has started Elementary Turkish 101 classes at the University at Buffalo  in Fall 2011. The course is designed for students who are interested in learning about other cultures and languages, and who have no previous knowledge of Turkish language. This course mainly introduces the student to Turkish language, thorough the development of the basic skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The ultimate goal of the course is that students will gain awareness and appreciation of and insight into the Turkish culture through learning Turkish. Flyer Syllabus

TURKEY EARTQUAKE RELIEF UB A devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Sunday, Oct 23, 2011, causing many casualties and several buildings to collapse. At least 471 people were killed and more than 1,650 were injured. The mayor in the region has put out an urgent request for aid to help with disaster relief and recovery efforts. As Turkish American community we are also helping people in urgent need. Our help will be directed to Kizilay(Turkish Red Crescent). This is a time for unity! Turkish Graduate Student Association has started a fundraising for this devastating incident. TGSA has raised $1,560.00  of my $1,500 goal so far! You can make donations through the link provided below: http://www.globalgiving.org/dy/fundraiser/prevfund/gg.html?regid=6461&uauserid=539408&from=myreg

TURKISH MOVIE NIGHT Turkish Graduate Student Association has organized a Turkish Movie Night on October 20, 7:15 pm at Natural Science Complex 210 University at Buffalo North Campus. TGSA showed one of the awarded Turkish movie called The Messenger (Turkish: Ulak). The Messenger (Turkish: Ulak) is a 2007 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Çagan Irmak, which follows a man who travels from village to village to tell children stories about a messenger named Ibrahim. The film, which was selected for film festivals in Istanbul, Adana and Antalya, went on general release across Turkey on January 25, 2008 and is one of the highest grossing Turkish films of 2008. TRAILER IMDB

TURKISH PICNIC 2011 Turkish Graduate Student Association has organized Annual Turkish picnic of Fall 2011 on September 10 Saturday. Picnicking is a popular pastime in Turkey. The country is full of specially designated 'picnic areas'. In and around Alanya there are several along the sea and further up into the Taurus Mountains. It's a wonderful sight, especially on Sundays. Entire families and groups of friends spend the day having barbecues and preparing vegetables for salads. Whilst picnic may well refer to ‘eating in the open air’, for many Turks eating is simply a means to a more important end: being together with friends and family.

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