Turkey: Introducing Falun Gong at the State Father Commemoration in Mersin

On September 18th, 2006, Mersin city council held the State Father Commemoration with 500 local people in attendance. Falun Gong practitioners were invited to introduce Falun Dafa before the opening of the Commemoration. The city council officials said, "Falun Dafa is based on Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance, this is just what we should spread and follow, so today we are inviting Falun Gong cultivators to introduce this beneficial practice.

Falun Dafa practitioners representative Ms Cansin told the audience that Falun Dafa is a kind of ancient cultivation method which originates from traditional Chinese culture, to cultivate one's heart and mind according to the principles of ‘‘truthfulness, compassion and tolerance’’. Falun Dafa can help people obtain a healthy body and bring back humanity's moral standard. She also mentioned that how she survived and recovered from being a very ill person to a very healthy person and she would like to introduce Falun Dafa to everyone.

Afterwards, practitioners demonstrated the five sets of exercises while a big screen on the side broadcasted practitioners' exercise demonstrations from last year’s September Mersin Commemoration. Everyone who attended the Commemoration received Falun Gong information leaflets.