(Minghui.org) Practitioners participated in the Ankara City Book Fair, which was held from October 5 to 12, 2025, and the Mersin City Book Fair, from November 22 to 30, 2025.

Book fairs are very popular in Turkey, attracting thousands of people of all ages and professions who love to read. It's a great opportunity to introduce Zhuan Falun, the main book of Falun Dafa, to the public, and the exercises.

Ankara City Book Fair

Many people visited the Falun Dafa stand at the 22nd Ankara Book Fair, which was held on two consecutive Sundays, October 5 and 12. Some wanted to learn the exercises, while others were interested in Falun Dafa’s main book, Zhuan Falun. Visitors received information about the local practice site in Ankara and were also invited to learn the exercises online.

Elif learns the Falun Dafa exercises.

After Elif did the exercises, she said, “I felt very relaxed. I felt very nice and calm.”

Ms. Ece did the exercises with practitioners.

Ms. Ece said, “I felt like I was in the middle of the sea under a warm breeze; I felt relaxed.”

Mersin City Book Fair

Practitioners also participated in the Mersin Book Fair, which was held from November 22-30. They set up a booth where they displayed Falun Dafa materials. While some practitioners demonstrated the exercises, others distributed brochures and origami lotus flowers to the visitors. Many people were interested in Falun Dafa. They talked with practitioners and asked about the practice and Zhuan Falun.

Some did the exercises with practitioners, who invited them to come to the practice site in Mersin or attend the free online classes.

Practitioners demonstrated the exercises and handed out brochures.

Many visitors were interested in doing the exercises with practitioners.

A young woman bought copies of Zhuan Falun and Falun Gong.

Mrs. Hale talks with a practitioner.

Mrs. Hale said, “I saw [the booth] from afar, and it caught my attention. I was drawn to it. I want to learn the exercises right away,” she said.

After she did the exercises with a practitioner, she said, “It was so beautiful, it was like a magic wand touched me. I felt like I was flying.”

She was very surprised and saddened to learn about the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Ms. Ruhena enjoyed meeting practitioners.

Ms. Ruhena learned about Falun Dafa about a year ago and started doing the exercises. She read Zhuan Falun and practiced for three months, but then stopped. The night before she went to the book fair, she felt she wanted to do the exercises again, so she was pleased to see the Falun Dafa booth the very next day.

When she learned about the persecution, she said, “It’s very sad that people are being harmed like this. I’m very upset about it.” She registered for online classes and came to the exercise area in Mersin the following week.

Mr. Lütfü

Mr. Lütfü said that he'd seen Falun Dafa practitioners’ activities in the past but did not have an opportunity to learn the exercises. He described the Falun Dafa activity he saw when he was in Germany and showed a photo he took with practitioners in Germany. He asked if he could purchase a copy of Zhuan Falun and was very happy when he learned that he could also read it online for free. After speaking at length with practitioners, he said that the CCP’s persecution in China that targets practitioners is unacceptable.

A group of middle school students and their teachers were interested in learning the exercises. They stayed at the Falun Dafa booth for a long time. Three students learned the exercises, and afterwards they said they felt a very beautiful and relaxing energy.