(Clearwisdom.net) On May 1, 2005, the largest Turkish TV station, SHOW TV, interviewed practitioners who were practicing in an Ankara park and videotaped the group practice. On the same night, the station broadcasted the interview during its regular news program which was received nationwide.

Morning group practice at a park in Ankara, May 1, 2005

Through practitioners' persistent efforts in spreading Dafa in the past several years, the Turkish people are gradually learning about Falun Dafa and taking up the practice. While they all know about the persecution, they are not scared by it. On the contrary, they cherish Dafa even more after they realized that the persecution is so evil. Having experienced the greatness of Falun Dafa, the Turkish practitioners are now taking the initiative to spread Dafa to their relatives, friends and coworkers.

Below are a few stories of these new practitioners:

1. 8-year-old Lila introduced Dafa to her teacher and whole class

Little Lila's father is a prosperous car dealer. When practitioners went to a shopping mall to spread Dafa last year, the manager of the mall introduced her father to the practitioners' booth. He said: "I cannot buy health, though I have a lot of money." He knew that China has some ancient cultivation methods. After hearing a brief introduction of Dafa, he took some materials and said: "Let me give this a try first, then I will introduce this practice to the school which I funded so that all the children in the school will be healthy."

He and his daughter Lila both watched and learned the exercises from a Falun Gong Exercise Instruction VCD at home. Last month, Lila played the VCD for her class, and her teacher and all her classmates watched the VCD and learned the exercises together. Several days ago, Lila came to me to learn the practice again. She is the first child I have seen learn the exercises so seriously. She was looking at every movement of mine with great attention. At that very moment, she told me that her knee suddenly hurt. I knew that it was the Master cleansing her body. I said: "It will be O.K. in just a little while. Don't worry." She listened to me and indeed followed my suggestion.

2. An annual Turkish Health Expo was held in Ankara from April 24 to 26. Practitioners participated in this event to spread Falun Dafa. A western practitioner got permission to give a 5-minute introduction of Falun Dafa on stage. More than 300 visitors and expo vendors thus heard about Falun Dafa. The introduction met with warm applause, and many people came to ask about the local practice sites. Practitioners distributed fliers and answered questions such as how to start to practice Falun Gong. One after another, people accepted the fliers and asked questions about the practice.

3. Alicia started to practice Falun Gong about 6 months ago, and she is now a new person: healthy and young again. She cherishes Dafa and talked about Falun Dafa with her friends who work at a TV station. She said: "I hope all Turkish people will learn the practice. Please spread the news of Falun Dafa to the whole nation through TV broadcasting." Alicia also told them, "I was 55 when I just started to practice, but now I look like 45 and I feel so energetic."

Alicia has started a new life since her practice of Falun Dafa

4. On the morning of April 30, a practitioner who has been practicing for about 6 months told us that a miracle happened to her: She was cooking that morning, and she accidentally spilled boiling water on herself. However, her hand just turned a little reddish for a while and was not seriously burned. She also told us that she had just finished Zhuan Falun for the first time. She asked me why her hands were not scalded and if it was related to Falun Gong. I said: You just need to read Zhuan Falun more. Falun Dafa is supernormal.

This practitioner accidentally spilled boiling water on herself; however, her hands were not scalded at all.

We are now translating a minghui.ca collection of articles into Turkish, and some articles are already available This collection archived stories of practitioners who experienced health miracles from practicing Falun Dafa. We think it is also a good way to spread Dafa.

On May 2, I went to a few places on business and talked with people about Falun Dafa. Some recognized me as I was in the TV interview the night before. They said that the practice shown on TV was really good and the music and the practice brought people inner peace. They said that they would come to learn once they found the time. Now, most Turkish people know that there is a Falun Gong practice site at Ankara center offering free teaching.