Our mission is to preserve the rich culture, values, heritage and the world renown cuisine of Turkiye for future generations and share them with the community at large at the Turkish American Community Center.

Key initiatives to accomplish our mission AND vision are to:

• organize celebrations of holidays, milestones, traditions, festivals, etc., for a variety of ages,
• provide services such as referrals, resources, consular services in collaboration with the Turkish Consulate in Los Angeles,
• sponsor children's programs to establish and preserve Turkish cultural identity, teaching the Turkish culture and language,
• support youth educational programs, competitions, meetups,
• build a library of Turkish books for all ages,
• create a Turkish Gastronomy Center to offer culinary experiences, cooking classes for all ages, culinary training workshop, exhibition displays, culinary- gourmet tours to Turkey.