Events to help celebrate Turkey year

— Exhibition of the Art Collection of Turkey Central Bank, through March 16, Shoto Museum, Tokyo, (03) 3465-9421

— Turkey: Ethnicity and the World of Kilim, Furie Tamai’s Exhibition of Painted Plates, March 13-17, at Tenjingura Gallery in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. Exhibition and sale of works of Turkish kilim and works by graphic designer Tamai, (053) 461-6145

— Turkish Rug Exhibition, March 15, 16 and 23, at the Turkish Embassy in Shibuya, Tokyo, (03) 3470-5131

— Japan-Turkey soccer match, June 14. Time and place to be announced.

— Huseyin Sermet piano recital, June 23 at Paruru Hall in Chiba, June 25 at Toppan Hall in Tokyo, (03) 5721-4621. Sermet and Turkish harpist Shilin Banjarol will join the Tokyo Philharmonic on June 28 at Tokyo Opera City in Tokyo, (03) 3369-1661

— Three Great Turkish Empires Exhibition, Aug. 2-Sept. 28, at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, (03) 3823-6921. The exhibition travels to *censored*uoka Asian Art Musuem in October, and Osaka Museum of History in December.

— Photo exhibition of Turkish landscapes, Sept. 2-15, at NHK Studio Park Gallery in Shibuya, Tokyo, (03) 3485-8034

— The Ritz-Carlton Turkish Food Festival, Sept. 1-10, at The Ritz-Carlton, Osaka in Osaka. (06) 6343-7020

— Turkish Afternoon Tea, Sept. 16-28, at Four Seasons Hotel at Chinzanso, Tokyo (03) 3943-2222