Five tickets to the largest Anatolian and Turkish Festival in the world! 

April 2-5, 2009, 10am - 10pm at the Orange County Fairgrounds (88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626).

• The Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival will encompass a total of 15 acres, including a 7.5 acre activity area.


• The festival will dazzle an anticipated thousands of visitors for four days (April 2-5, 2009).


• The word “Anatolia” derived from Greek means ‘country of the east’. Anatolia or “Anadolu” as it is called in Turkish is a peninsula located in the southwest corner of Asia, what is known today as Turkey.


• Due to its strategic position at the connection of Asia and Europe, Anatolia has been the center for many civilizations since prehistoric times.


• Most of the oldest civilizations have been established in Anatolia. Sumerians, Urartus (Armenians), Hittites, Lydians, Assyrians, Persians, Seljuks, Ottomans, Romans(Byzantine), Greeks, Celtics and many other civilizations made Anatolia their home. There are hundreds of language and dialects spoken in Anatolia. Turks settled in Anatolia in the 11th century.


• The people and the history of Anatolia are inseparable. Turkish culture today is a mosaic reflecting the amalgamation of cultures and traditions that thrived in Anatolia Across the centuries.


• The history of Anatolia is the history of Turkey.


• One cannot be explored without exploring the other.


• One cannot be understood without understanding the other.