The mission of the Berkeley Turkish School is to sponsor a nonpartisan forum through which individuals and institutions of Turkish, Anatolian, and Levantine heritage, can collectively support their shared pursuits in the arts, sciences and humanities. The mission of BTS by the Bay Area Turkish Society is to provide educational, cultural, social, and recreational programs for exploring, performing, presenting, and sharing Turkish, Anatolian, and Levantine heritage and traditions with the Bay Area community through arts, dance, music, and food and to facilitate the empowerment of cultural and educational organizations for the promotion of cross-cultural studies.