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2026-07-27 07:17 UTC → 2026-07-27 08:53 UTC ·
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Nilüfer municipal choir and arts festivals and national family nature events
The Nilüfer municipality continues to use choral and arts programmes as tools for community outreach and international goodwill. In July 2024 it the Nilüfer municipality sent its Nilüfer Child Choir, Child, Youth Choir and Kaizen Choir choirs to the "Korolar Buluşuyor‑3" festival in Gazimağusa, Northern Cyprus, where they performed alongside performing with local ensembles, highlighted highlighting the sister‑city partnership link and raised raising funds for families affected hit by the February 2024 earthquakes in Hatay and Adıyaman. Later that year a three‑week rural‑children arts programme was run ran in Nilüfer’s the villages of Gökçe, İrfaniye and Büyükbalıklı, culminating in ending with a village festival that featured showcased workshops, games and the newly formed children’s choir Nilüfer MÜÇO, with performances by local musicians and storytellers. MÜÇO. In July 2026 the municipality, together with the non‑profit Müzikist Association, repeated a three‑week art and music the initiative for the same neighbourhoods, reaching 113 children and offering workshops on children’s rights, visual arts, rhythm, group performance rhythm and body percussion. The project concluded with the "Nilüfer Anadolu Sanatdolu Köy Şenliği" at Gökçe Village School, where the Nilüfer MÜÇO choir performed alongside guest artists Onur Kahvecioğlu, M Collective and singer Murat Evgin. artists; Mayor Şadi Özdemir attended, thanked volunteers and confirmed the programme will be repeated continue. In August 2026 Turkey’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry launched a nationwide "Aile Kampı" family‑camp event across all 81 provinces, providing nature walks, bird‑watching, camp games and stargazing in future seasons. protected areas such as Çubuk Karagöl and Termessos. The Nilüfer effort is rollout was presented as part of a broader wave of municipal cultural outreach in Turkey. Around push to deliver creative, educational and outdoor experiences for children and families, citing the same time, Diyarbakır’s Büyükşehir Municipality ran a travelling music workshop in rural villages, Bilecik’s family services organized a nature‑education day‑out, Nilüfer arts project and Ankara’s Atatürk Children Natural Life Park attracted thousands other municipal programmes as exemplars. These actions illustrate an expanding pattern of visitors, illustrating a municipal and national focus on arts, music cultural‑ and nature programmes for children in nature‑based outreach aimed at rural and underserved areas. communities throughout Turkey.