NEW YORK - The 25th Traditional Turkish Day Parade will be held in New York, the United States on May 20th, 2006, sources said on Wednesday.
Turkish State Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin will represent Turkey in ministerial level.
Egemen Bagis, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's foreign policy adviser and four MPs will join the parade.
Atilla Pak, Chairman of Federation of Turkish American Associations that pioneers the parade, stated that several Turkish singers, dancers of Anatolian Fire, and folk dance groups would attend the parade.
Pak said one day before the parade, Turkish Day Parade Ball would take place in Hilton Hotel in Manhattan
On May 20th, the parade will start from the intersection of 56th Avenue and Madison Avenue and end at the Dag Hammarksjold Park.
On May 21st, ''Peace March'' will take place on Brooklyn Bridge. The Turkish Culture Festival will end with a reception hat will be hosted by Turkey's Consul General in New York Omer Onhon.