Folk Dance Community

Hello, my name is Dicle Pınar Koçoğlu. I am a student of the department of Electronic Engineering, this is my third year. At the same time I am the president of Folk Dance community. Our community was established in 1997. The purposes of our community are- learning folklore, learning about folk dance and experience all of these. We meet up for some decision making or for plenum in a meeting room given us by Cultural Directorate on campus. Apart from these events we generally conduct our works in dancing rooms in sports center on campus. Even though our member numbers tend to change year by year we generally appeal to 200 – 300 people each year. Apart from member numbers, our active member numbers also change year by year. There are usually 50 to 70 active members each year. Generally, people who has already interested in folk dance in primary or high school show their interest to our community. At the same time there are many of those who studies different departments but interested in our community when they hear about it. We put up a show during the Culture Week in December. Each year we try to show different Anatolian Culture. There is also a big show we usually put up in the end of the May. Apart from these we organize plenty of activites in and outside of university. "End of the year" event outside the school is usually the biggest. We perform in front of 400-450 people. Our community is always open to students, academic staff and administrative personel. There is no precondition to join us. This community improved my personal growth, self confidence, communication ability, sense of leadership, team work and working competible with teammates.