Senator Velmanette Montgomery honors the Turkish Cultural Center Brooklyn upon the occasion of the 9th Annual Friendship Dinner and Award Ceremony. The Annual Friendship Dinners are organized to bring together community leaders, elected officials, NGO’s, members of the clergy and supporters to foster mutual understanding, respect and love.  

The Turkish Cultural Center is a 501(c)(3) charitable, cultural, educational non profit organization dedicated to promote harmony in diverse cultural setting in the United States. Building, increasing and/or fostering a strong and lasting friendship by promoting a better understanding that is based on mutual respect between the individuals of the United States of America and those of Turkish background and/or origin. Introducing, promoting and informing the people in the United States with the Turkish history and culture by bringing people together in an open dialog.

For more information about the Turkish Cultural Center, visit http://www.turkishculturalcenter.org/

To read the Proclamation commemorating the 9th Annual Friendship Dinner, download the PDF.