The Atlas Foundation proudly announces winners of Art & Essay Contest named Alliance of Civilizations have been named. High-School students of Greater New Orleans area competed for top three in essay and artwork categories.  A prize ceremony for winners will be held at Atlas Turkevi with a reception. Winners will be informed by organizing committee soon. For further inquiries, please contact via This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 hit eastern Turkey on Monday, killing at least 51 people and knocking down houses in six villages. The government's crisis center said an additional 74 people were injured in the quake, which occurred at 4:32 a.m. in Elazig province, about 550 kilometers east of Ankara, while most people were still sleeping.

Dear Friends,

This is the time that we need to show our friendship and brotherhood. Raindrop Helping Hands launched a campaign for Elazig earthquake victims.

Please send us your generous donation so that we can deliver it to those who are in need.  Funds collected through the Helping Hands' account will be delivered to the authorized people to deliver it to Elazig Earthquake victims.

You can make your donations by:

  * Check (Please make your checks payable to: "Raindrop Helping Hands" and place the memo as Elazig Earthquake. The check should be sent to 9301 West Belfort Houston, Texas 77031)

  * Google Checkout (Please log on to websitehttp://raindropturkevi.org/helpinghands . You can see the Donate Thru Google Checkout button on the left side of the website and choose Elazig Earthquake to make donation.) 

  A massive, 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti near the capital of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, January 12th. The damage to buildings is extensive and the number of injured or dead is estimated to be in the hundreds, even thousands.

Your gift now will help distribute life-saving relief supplies – including food, clean water, blankets, and tents -- to children and families devastated by the earthquake and aftershocks in Haiti.

Atlas Foundation and Raindrop Helping Hands launched a campaign for Haiti earthquake victims. 

The Turkish community  in New Orleans, Louisiana, congregated at the Lafreniere park for Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid ul-Adha) celebrations hosted by Atlas Turkish House . The guests of Atlas Turkish house  included but were not limited to natives of Turkey , Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan,  Bosnia and Herzegovina. More than 50 people in their best clothes gathered in the picnic for the holiday celebration. Our Atlas Turkish House  Volunteers  gave some gifts to all children .  All the Turkish food  offered included Barbeque  and desserts  such as baklava and different Turkish desserts  . 
Atlas Turkish House  contributed to festivities by making it more fun for the kids , the real joys of holiday. The kids cherished the gift  toys wrapped by the organization committee.Turkish Friends set up some play ground onyl for kids .  At the playground of the Lafrenier park a number of activities and events played out throughout the day. The elation of the kids  and the gratitude of their parents  were at their peak.

Reflections from Turkey Trip;

  "To paraphrase (badly I’m afraid) President John Kennedy “Ich bin ein Turkish”  Kennedy  spoke these words to indicate his feeling of community with the people of Berlin over 40 years ago and yet these words are timely enough to express my feeling of community with the Turkish people after this once in a lifetime trip I was fortunate enough to experience through the generosity of your kind sponsors.

Dear Friends,
Atlas Foundation is beginning its fall series of Turkish Culinary Arts classes. We invite you to join us on Wednesday, November 18 at 6:30 p.m. for the first of 6 classes.

Address: 3435 W. Esplanade Ave. Metairie, LA, 70002 

As part of our ongoing efforts in education and dialogue , volunteers at Atlas Foundation have started to offer  some course for local children . The group of 15 students are meeting every Sundays for several hours to
study basic school courses, Also, they are having different activities such as trips, success celebrations,birthday parties, playing soccer etc..

  Atlas Foundation is delighted to announce that we have a new home at  3435  West Esplanade Ave S Metairie, LA 70002. Doors to our new cultural center (Turkevi - Turkish house ) opened last month and we will soon be presenting classes in Turkish cuisine, as well as, Turkish and English language classes. 

Atlas Foundation, along with Loyola's University Ministry, presented the 7th annual Iftar on Tuesday, Sept. 8 in the Danna Center at Loyola University. Mr. George Gallien, Director of Ecumenical/Interfaith Ministry welcomed our guests who included over 150 students, faculty, and friends of the Loyola community.

Our youngest volunteers did a beautiful job in distributing the flowers, not only to those gathered in the entertainment room, but also to their care-givers as well. 

We would like to invite you to join us for a Turkish Culinary Art Course.

We will have delicious dishes to share, along with recipe handouts, and informative presentations about eight class series of hands-on Turkish cooking.

As one of the grass root activities of Atlas Interfaith Foundation, the "Noah's Pudding" celebrates the common heritage of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In the Muslim prophetic tradition, the day Moses (peace be upon him) and his community were saved.

Atlas Interfaith Foundation and Loyola University Campus Ministry commemorated Prophet Noah's safe landing after the great flood,by distributing over 150 containers of Noah's Pudding to Loyola facultyand students.

February 19, 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana