
On November 30, the Turkish American Community Center, located at 1306 E. Fifth St., will hold its official grand opening for local and national government officials and Turkish leaders from around the world. “Official greetings will be followed by dinner and entertainment,” said the center’s president, Islom Shakhbandarov. The Ahiska Turkish community in Dayton has grown over the years. In 2006, only six families from the community lived in Dayton. The Ahiska Turkish Community Center was organized in 2009, and, within three years, 400 families from other states resettled here, Shakhbandarov said.