From June 16 to 18 in Moscow, in the park “Krasnaya Presnya” Turkey's first festival will take place. The event was organized by: the Moscow Department of Culture, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey and the Turkish Embassy in Russia. .
During the festival, visitors will be able to learn about the history and traditions of the country, its arts and crafts, and try National dishes. The park will also recreate three-dimensional scenery symbolizing the most famous sights of Turkey: the Bosphorus Bridge, Topkapi Palace, Grand Bazaar, Cappadocia, Hadrian's Gate and others.
The festival starts on June 16 at noon. And at 18:00 the official opening of the festival will take place on the main stage; admission to the event is free.
/ Thursday, June 15, 2017 /
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This was reported by the press service of the Moscow Department of External Economic and International Relations."From June 16 to 18, 2017 in Moscow, in the park “Krasnaya Presnya”, the Turkish festival will be held on an unprecedented scale for the first time, organized with the support of the Moscow Department of Culture, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey and the Turkish Embassy in Russia. Entrance to the festival will be free.", - the message says.
. . . . . And at 18:00 on the main stage the official opening of the festival will take place, which will be attended by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Nabi Avci, Turkish Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Moscow Hüseyin Dirioz, governors and heads of participating regions, and honored guests from the Moscow government and other officials.
The festival will also host a gala concert where famous Russian and Turkish performers will perform. A mega-quest will also be organized for guests of the event, within the framework of which, in a playful way, participants will be able to get to know Turkey better and visit the maximum number of festival sites.
“The festival will give guests an amazing opportunity to be in Turkey for three days without leaving Moscow, and will allow them to learn a lot of new things about this so familiar and yet so unfamiliar country.”, the department concluded.
Tomorrow the First Turkey Festival will open in Moscow at noon. It will be held on a grand scale in the park “Krasnaya Presnya”. The festival was organized with the support of the Moscow Department of Culture, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey and the Turkish Embassy in the Russian Federation.
There will be something to see there. As they told “ RG” in the press center of the Department of External Economic and International Relations of Moscow, visitors will find themselves in the atmosphere of a real oriental fairy tale. . . . . . You will also be able to see the luxurious costumes of Sultan Suleiman and win one of 200 trips to Turkey in a mega-quest, try Turkish cuisine and watch performances by famous Turkish and Russian artists, visit the village of crafts and shadow puppet theater, take pictures in a basket of real hot air balloon and see oil wrestling competitions, learn how to paint on water, buy authentic goods at the Grand Bazaar and much more! A large animation program awaits the little guests of the festival.
The festival will introduce guests to great history this country and its national traditions, arts, crafts, and of course, with the rich cultural and tourist potential of both the whole of Turkey and its regions: Istanbul, Antalya, Alanya, Aydin, Adana Mersin, Bodrum, Kemer, Belek, Side, Nevsehir (Cappadocia), Manavgat and others .
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The second festival of Turkey will be held. For three days, the territory of the park will become Turkey in miniature: attractions will be recreated and the most attractive ones will be presented tourist places, traditional crafts and art, and most importantly, the atmosphere of an oriental fairy tale will reign everywhere.
Art objects and 100 trips to Turkey
Turkey will appear before visitors in the form of art objects: the theater of ancient Aspendos will rise from the sand, hot air balloons will allow you to appreciate the uniqueness of Cappadocia, in addition, guests will see Hadrian’s Gate, the Trojan Horse, the Temple of Apollo and the columns of Perge.
The mega-quest will help festival guests get to know Turkey better; its participants will visit almost all festival venues. Prizes await the winners: the organizers have prepared 100 trips to best hotels Turkey.
Drawing on water and Turkish language school
IN educational program The festival included numerous master classes. Everyone will be taught how to make bracelets with amulets and introduced to the art of drawing on water - ebru. Guests can paint plates, make olive soap, and try their hand at pottery. At the "Village of Crafts" site Visitors will be able to watch glass blowers, potters and leather workers at work. Here you will also be able to learn how to paint ceramics, traditional toys, make stained glass and embroidery.
Professional teachers and native speakers will be waiting at the Turkish language school. They will help you master pronunciation and learn expressions that may be useful on your trip. And with the help lectures and interactive classes with cultural experts and travelers it will be possible to better understand the history and traditions of the country.
Oil wrestling, golf and yachting area
Fans active rest will be able to play golf and take part in the tournament. Competitions in various sports will be held in a specially equipped area, and yachting area With beautiful beach You will be able to admire mini-yachts sailing along the canals.
The wrestling matches at the Kemer region promise to be truly spectacular. Güresh, or oil wrestling, is one of the oldest sports. It is already more than 630 years old, but it still attracts both athletes and fans, second only to football in popularity. Before the competition, the bodies of the wrestlers are generously lubricated with olive oil, so defeating a slippery opponent is not easy - both strength and dexterity are required. By the way, such fights can last for hours.
Orange Grove and Turkish cuisine
For those who prefer to soak up the sun, the festival will feature beach and orange grove
. Here you can take a break from the bustle of the city, relax on sun loungers in the shade of palm trees, drink cool drinks, take part in the animation program - in general, feel like you’re at a resort. Guests are welcome every day guitar music concerts.
Guests will also be able to taste Turkish cuisine, traditional sweets, taste tea and coffee on the sand, tell fortunes on coffee grounds and play backgammon. IN "Culinary school" the best Turkish and Russian chefs will share recipes for some national dishes.
The Grand Bazaar and the costumes of the “Magnificent Century”
Will work at the festival grand bazaar. Here you can find Turkish sweets, handmade ceramics, textiles, spices and souvenirs. A guide will also be waiting for participants in the park. tourist cities and regions of Turkey. In particular, Bodrum, Kemer, Marmaris, Istanbul, Antalya and Alanya will be represented.
On the main stage Famous artists and groups from Turkey will perform non-stop: Janissary military band, Turkish State Folk Dance Ensemble and popular music performers. You will be able to see a costume show in outfits from the series “The Magnificent Century”, and also visit concert of Russian-Turkish opera music, hear unusual sets of Russian and Turkish DJs .
The organizers of the festival are the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey and the Turkish Embassy in Russia.
Free admission.
From June 16 to 18, the Turkey Festival will be held for the first time in Krasnaya Presnya Park on an unprecedented scale. Visitors will enjoy a large-scale cultural and entertainment program.
The festival will introduce guests to the great history and national traditions of the country, arts, crafts, and of course, with the rich cultural and tourist potential of both the whole of Turkey and its regions: Istanbul, Antalya, Alanya, Aydin, Adana Mersin, Bodrum, Kemer, Belek, Side, Marmaris, Nevsehir (Cappadocia), Manavgat and others.
Guests of the festival will find themselves in the atmosphere of a real oriental fairy tale - three-dimensional scenery will be recreated in the park, symbolizing the most famous sights of Turkey: the Bosphorus Bridge, Topkapi Palace, Grand Bazaar, Cappadocia, Hadrian's Gate and others.
The festival program is so intense that even three days will not seem enough. Here you can see the luxurious costumes of Sultan Suleiman and win one of 200 trips to Turkey in Mega-Quest, try Turkish cuisine and watch performances by famous Turkish and Russian artists, visit the village of crafts and shadow puppet theater, take a photo in the basket of a real hot air balloon and watch competitions oil wrestling, learn how to paint on water, buy authentic goods at the Grand Bazaar and much more. A large animation program awaits the little guests of the festival.
The festival starts on June 16 at noon. And at 18:00 on the Main stage the Official opening of the Festival will take place, which will be attended by: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey Nabi Avcı, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkey in Moscow Hüseyin Dirioz, governors and heads of participating regions, honored guests from the Moscow Government and other officials.
Next, guests will enjoy a grandiose Gala Concert, at which Turkish and Russian stars. The concert will be hosted by Anna Grachevskaya, VJ of the Russian MusicBox TV channel. Among the Russian guest performers are singer MakSim, Mitya Fomin, Dominic Joker, Kravets and Katya Gordon.
Over the course of three days, the most colorful artists from Turkey will perform on the Main Stage: the Janissary Military Orchestra, the Turkish Philharmonic Orchestra “Tepecik”, the Turkish State Folk Dance Ensemble, Hamdi Akatay - a famous percussionist and master of playing the darbuka, performing with Tarkan and other world stars. Guests will also be treated to an unusual musical performance by DJ Tsvetkoff feat. Hamdi Akatay and a concert of Russian-Turkish opera music with the participation of the mezzo-soprano of the Antalya State Opera and Ballet Theater, the famous Serap Çiftçi and much more.
Special guests of the festival will also be: Sergey Zverev, the group “Time and Glass”, Anastasia Karpova (group “Serebro”), singer Loya, IVAN, Lena Knyazeva and others.
One of the key events of the Festival is the Mega-Quest, which will allow participants to get to know Turkey better in a playful way and visit the maximum number of festival sites. The prize fund is impressive: 200 trips to Turkey and other valuable prizes. It is better to register for Mega-Quest in advance on the festival website.
Predictably, one of the most visited venues of the Festival will be “Topkapi Palace” (the main residence of the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul), where luxurious costumes from the times of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, Hurrem Sultan (Roxalan), Mahidevran Sultan and Shehzada Mustafa will be presented in authentic scenery.
No guest will be left indifferent by the Grand Bazaar, which is located on Istanbul Street - a real Turkish shopping Mecca, where you can buy oriental sweets, handmade ceramics, original dishes, high-quality textiles, aromatic spices and other Turkish products and souvenirs.
And in the Village of Crafts, visitors will see with their own eyes the work of authentic masters of the most ancient Turkish crafts: glassblowing, pottery and leatherwork, ceramic painting, embroidery, making stained glass, traditional children's toys, etc.
Guests will enjoy fascinating master classes in pottery, the art of Ebru water painting, henna hand painting, as well as Turkish language and calligraphy. At the site of the Cappadocia region, a historical area with an unusual landscape that tourists prefer to enjoy from balloons, it will be possible to take a souvenir photo in the basket of a real hot air balloon.
In Turkish restaurants, festival visitors can expect traditional national dishes: various kebabs, dolma, spicy hummus, lahmacun, gozleme, kofte and, of course, Turkish sweets - lokum, baklava, etc. It will not be possible without the famous Turkish bagels - simits and delicious Turkish ice cream with an unusual serving. Here guests can drink real Turkish tea or coffee on the sand, tell fortunes on coffee grounds and play backgammon.
And at the Culinary School, festival visitors will learn the secrets of preparing the most popular dishes in Turkey from the best Turkish and Russian chefs.
Those who like things “hot” will be able to watch fights based on the ancient Turkish martial culture - oil wrestling. Athletes generously lubricate themselves with olive oil before a fight. The winner is the one who presses the sliding opponent to the ground or lifts him onto his shoulders. The task is not easy.
Football will continue the sports theme. On Saturday and Sunday at the festival, with the support of the Moscow Amateur Football League, football matches will be held. The women's football team of the Russian MusicBox TV channel will take part in the opening match.
It is impossible to imagine Turkey without beaches and hotels. After all, this is precisely why the majority of tourists come to this hospitable country. On Hotel Street, in the Travel Market zone and at sites in Turkish regions, visitors will be able to receive detailed information about all the holiday opportunities in Turkey, decide on your plans for the summer and book tours at special prices that will only be valid during the festival days.
And then to the Beach. A special area with sun loungers, umbrellas and a bar, located on the water, will allow you to imagine yourself on the beach of one of the Turkish resorts and take a break from the bustle of the city, watching mini-yachts sailing past.
Also, visitors to the Festival will be able to see performances by the Karagöz shadow puppet theater, watch displays of traditional Ottoman clothing on the Istanbul stage, learn about the rich cultural traditions and history of the country by visiting the Lecture Hall, play mini golf and much more. Young visitors can enjoy two children's areas with a large animation program, pony and donkey rides and other entertainment.
The festival will give guests an amazing opportunity to be in Turkey for three days without leaving Moscow, and will allow them to learn a lot of new things about this so familiar and yet so unfamiliar country.
