BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Serhan Tarkan - President
Pınar Erbenlioğlu - Treasurer
Pınar Erbenlioğlu - Treasurer
Big goals, big dreams.
Pınar Erbenlioğlu - Treasurer
Pınar Erbenlioğlu - Treasurer
Pınar Erbenlioğlu - Treasurer
Likable and relatable - our new banker
Ebru Tutkuner - Secretary
Pınar Erbenlioğlu - Treasurer
Ebru Tutkuner - Secretary
Our teacher and responsible secretary.
Can Apak - Vice President
Samet Uyar - Public Relations
Ebru Tutkuner - Secretary
Modern and fun team player!
Samet Uyar - Public Relations
Samet Uyar - Public Relations
Samet Uyar - Public Relations
Stylish and young. Knows how to get the word out!
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
Secular State Structures
The Turkish Canadian Cultural Association of Calgary was founded in 1981 by Turkish families who came to Calgary to work in the oil & gas sector. They created the Association in order promote and protect free, independent and secular state structures within the framework of the basic founding ideas of Turkiye and Canada, and to bring together the Turkish community in and around Calgary.
While many of the founding members are no longer with us, the TCCA of Calgary continues to support and foster the revolutionary and Turkiye's first President Mustafa Kemal Ataturk vision of "Peace at home, Peace in the World"
To this end, the Objectives of the Society are:
- To promote cultural interaction and friendship between the Turks and other Canadians.
- To promote solidarity among the Turks residing in Alberta.
- To provide for the recreation of the members and to promote and afford opportunity for friendly and social activities.
- To procure the delivery of lectures on social, educational, political, economic and other subjects both in Turkish and in English, and to give and arrange musical, dramatical and folklore entertainment.
- To provide for educational opportunities to the children of the members of the Society in the Turkish language on subjects relating to the Turkish culture, ethics, art, music, history, geography and folk dances.
- To provide a centre and suitable meeting place for the various activities of the Society.
- To represent the ethnic interests of the members of the Society to third parties.
- To apply and become a member of any federative organization which serves to realize the goals of this association.
- To provide direction and guidance for new Calgarian Turks adapting to the society and culture of Calgary, Alberta and Canada as a whole.
- To promote and protect the ideology of founding fathers and principles of free, independent, united and secular governing systems for both Turkey and Canada within its means and capabilities, to represent and defend the interests of the Turkish Community with respect to the interactions with the City, Province and the Federal officials as well as other non-governmental societies and federative organizations.
About Us
Began in 1981
Looking to the Future
Looking to the Future
The TCCA of Calgary began operating as a non-profit group in Calgary, Alberta in 1981. Back then, the group comprised of mostly engineers and geologists and their families who came to Calgary for the booming oil and gas sector. While some have moved back to Turkiye for retirement, a lot of the original members and their kids still call Calgary their home.
Looking to the Future
Looking to the Future
Looking to the Future
While everyone who comes to our events has their own circumstances, it is generally understood that most of the many hours volunteering for the TCCA is to provide a brighter future for our kids and a place where they feel like they can learn and take part in our own culture.
As of Today...
Looking to the Future
As of Today...
We are over 150 families who call Calgary their home. While we have come from all different parts of Turkey and different times to Canada, we all strive to pass on our culture to our kids as well as the general population of Calgary.