Turkish Cultural Center, New York has
been organizing Turkish Olympiads since 2007 in order to promote
better understanding of Turkish culture, enrich multicultural diversity and
encourage learning of Turkish language in particular. There has been a growing
interest in the contest and this year we are expecting hundreds of Turkish and
Non-Turkish competitors to participate.
The successful competitors will receive their medals
and prizes during the prestigious award ceremony. The award ceremony will take
place at Michael Schimmel Center for The Art, NY on the May 4th , 2013
The theme for this competition is ‘’Turkish
Language Olympiads, Towards Universal Peace’’. In this regards, the
competition welcomes other categories from different languages and cultures.
Namely English, Spanish, Chinese and Cultural Folk Dances of different nations
6th Annual New York Turkish Olympiad is
organized and mainly sponsored by Turkish Cultural Center New York. The contest
consists of two stages; the Qualifying Rounds and Semi Finals.
And The Award Ceremony will be organized to perform
special cultural shows and award students in different categories
There will be 3 main categories and 6 other
competitions during the Qualifying round as follows;
Main categories:
1) Singing in Turkish
2) Poetry Recitation in
Turkish
3) Cultural Folk Dance
Other Competitions:
1) Poetry Recitation in
Native Language (Turkish Language)
2) Reading Contest in
Native Language (Turkish Language)
3) Turkish Language Speech
Contest
4) Singing in English
5) Singing in Spanish
6) Singing in Chinese
In the main category and other competitions, the best 5 performances will be eligible to proceed to the Finals from the
Qualifying Rounds and best 3 Performances will be awarded at the Award
Ceremony. The best 3 items/performances will be rewarded and the winner in each
competition will be privileged to entertain the audience during the Award
Ceremony and receive their awards.
The Qualifying Rounds
The Qualifying Rounds will start with breakfast at 9
A.M and will continue with the performances from 10 A.M. to 7 P.M. Students
competing Songs in English, Spanish and Chinese Language are exempted from the
test. Place for the qualifying rounds will be announced at the web page.
Finals
Finals will be held in New Jersey on March 24th,2013. Finals will start at 2 p.m. and
end at 5 p.m
Award Ceremony
The Award Ceremony will be held at Michael Schimmel Center for The Art, NY
on the May 4th , 2013.Award Ceremony
will start at 2 p.m. and end at 5 p.m. Top performance of each category will
have live performance. In addition top three performances in singing in Turkish
category and top two performances in Cultural Folk Dance will do live
performance at the Award Ceremony.
The top performances of the following categories may
represent New York Region in 10th International Turkish Olympiad in
Turkey between June 1st – June 16th, 2013 if the competitors meet participation
criteria of Turkish Olympiad in Turkey.
Singing in Turkish
Poetry Recitation in Turkish
Cultural Folk Dance
Turkish Language Speech Contest
CATEGORIES
There will be nine categories in the contest that the
competitors will compete. The Categories of the contest are: Singing and poetry
recitation in Turkish, cultural folk dance, poetry recitation in the native
language (Turkish Language), essay writing, Turkish Language Speech Contest,
singing in English, Spanish and Chinese. The Panel of Jury will evaluate the
performances according to the evaluation criteria determined by the Organizing
Committee. The decision made by the Panel of Jury is final and irrevocable.
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