Turkey: People Learn to Practise Falun Gong at Information Day Activity in Istanbul

Falun Gong practitioners in Turkey held an Information Day Activity in Ortakoy Park in Istanbul on the afternoon of June 3, 2012. They introduced local people to Falun Gong and its cultivation principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, and informed them about the ongoing persecution in China.

People learning to practise Falun Gong in Ortakoy Park in Istanbul

Ortakoy Park is one of Istanbul's famous natural parks. Its elegant environment and picturesque greenery make it a favourite place for a lot of locals and their families to walk and play. Visitors come one after another, in an endless stream on weekends.

At a place where visitors must pass through, practitioners demonstrated the five sets of the exercises accompanied by peaceful exercise music. Many visitors were attracted and stopped to watch. Many walked up to the practitioners and wanted to learn to practice Falun Gong at the spot.

During the nearly four hour event, people came in a steady stream to learn to practice the exercises and learn the facts about Falun Gong and the persecution. Some people who had learned about the brutality of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in persecuting Falun Gong, condemned the CCP's atrocities. They also expressed their great sympathy and support for Falun Gong practitioners.

Since April 2012, Falun Gong practitioners in Turkey have held Information Day activities on Sundays in different places in Istanbul. Through demonstrating the exercises, handing out flyers and displaying photos that introduce Falun Gong and raise people's awareness about the brutal persecution, the practitioners have helped many local people learn the facts about Falun Gong.