TACC organizes asura day every year. Asure Day, the 10th day of the Islamic lunar month of Muharrem is recognized among Muslims all over the world.

It’s commemorated in Turkey as the date that: Adam repented his sin, the Prophet Abraham was born, Jonah emerged from the whale, and Noah’s ark rested on dry land. For Shi’a Muslims, it has extraordinary importance as the day that Imam Hüseyin, the grandson of the Prophet, was martyred on the battlefield of Kerbela (Karbala) in 680 CE/AD.

We commemorate it by serving a special sweet pudding called asure made with cereals, raisins and nuts.