(Clearwisdom.net) On May 13, 2006, Mersin city government held a seminar
entitled "Local Agenda 21 - National Solidarity Group," with main
focus on ways to strengthen the solidarity and communication amongst various
nationalities. Representatives from nearly all local organizations around the
Mersin area, including the Turkey Falun Dafa Association, attended the seminar.

Practitioner introduces the wonders of Falun Dafa |

Attendees listen to facts about the persecution of Falun Gong in China |
During the meeting, Mrs. Ilhan Akan, a columnist and a TV producer who became
a practitioner only a few months ago, talked about the magnificence of Falun
Gong using her own experience of benefiting from learning the exercises. Mrs.
Ilhan's speech won warm applause. Many inquired about the schedule and location
of the exercise site. Some even wanted to learn the five exercises right after
the seminar.
Another Falun Gong representative spoke in detail about how Falun Dafa is
widely spread in Turkey and in nearly eighty countries around the world.
Emphasis was put on exposing the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) brutal
persecution of Falun Gong during the past seven years. When the practitioner
revealed the CCP's atrocities of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong
practitioners, a wave of condemnation swept across the conference hall.
"The evil CCP is simply too cruel!" "Bestial acts!" "We
should find a way to stop the killing as soon as possible."...
Finally the meeting participants unanimously reached an oral agreement to
hold a large scale signature collection event in due course to support Falun
Gong, protest the CCP's brutality and bring the killing of Falun Gong
practitioners to an end.