Thursday, 7 March 2024

 Evan MULHOLLAND (Northern Metropolitan) (09:57): On Sunday I had the great pleasure of attending the 17th annual Turkish Pazar Festival held at Queen Victoria Market. I want to begin by acknowledging the great work of the Moreland Turkish Association for hosting this festival every year. I particularly want to thank Cemal Akdeniz OAM, who provided me with a briefing prior to the event. It has been great seeing the event become stronger and such a wonderful reality each year. I want to acknowledge Veysel Kurtoglu from the Turan Australia Association, who does great work educating his community on Turkish language, culture and history. It was a great event and great to speak to many community leaders and stallholders.