TURKEY

Istanbul
Date: 2010
Showcase: Istanbul 2010 - European Capital of Culture
Place: Istanbul
Information: www.en.istanbul2010.org/index.htm
Contact: info@istanbul2010.org

Istanbul
Date: May 6, 2010, 2:30 pm
Lecture: "The Activities of Turkish Cultural Foundation" by Prof. Dr. Nurhan Atasoy
Place: Turkish Cultural Foundation Istanbul Office - Cumhuriyet Cad. Cumhuriyet Apt. No:17/1 Taksim
Information: www.turkishculturalfoundation.org/pages.php?ID=60
Lecture will be in English

Istanbul
Date: May 4, 2010, 4:30 pm
Lecture: "Topkapı Palace and China Porcelains" by Aysel Çötelioğlu
Place: Turkish Cultural Foundation Istanbul Office - Cumhuriyet Cad. Cumhuriyet Apt. No:17/1 Taksim
Information: www.turkishculturalfoundation.org/pages.php?ID=60
Lecture will be in Turkish

Istanbul
Date: Apr. 2, 2010, 2:30 pm
Lecture: "On Horseback Across Eurasia: Ottoman Architectural Environment through the Eyes of Japanese Architect Ito Chûta (1867-1954)" by Dr. Miyuki Aoki Girardelli
Place: Turkish Cultural Foundation Istanbul Office - Cumhuriyet Cad. Cumhuriyet Apt. No:17/1 Taksim
Information: www.turkishculturalfoundation.org/pages.php?ID=60
Lecture will be in English

Istanbul
Date: Apr. 1, 2010, 4:30 pm
Lecture: "Painting Collection at Topkapi Palace" by Aysel Çötelioğlu
Place: Turkish Cultural Foundation Istanbul Office - Cumhuriyet Cad. Cumhuriyet Apt. No:17/1 Taksim
Information: www.turkishculturalfoundation.org/pages.php?ID=60
Lecture will be in Turkish

Istanbul
Date: Mar. 4, 2010, 2:30 pm
Lecture: "Mediterranean Encounters: Italian Architecture in Istanbul" by Dr. Paolo Girardelli
Place: Turkish Cultural Foundation Istanbul Office - Cumhuriyet Cad. Cumhuriyet Apt. No:17/1 Taksim
Information: www.turkishculturalfoundation.org/pages.php?ID=60
Lecture will be in English

Istanbul
Date: Mar. 3, 2010, 4:30 pm
Lecture: "Drinking Culture in Antiquity" by Prof. Dr. Haluk Abbasoğlu
Place: Turkish Cultural Foundation Istanbul Office - Cumhuriyet Cad. Cumhuriyet Apt. No:17/1 Taksim
Information: www.turkishculturalfoundation.org/pages.php?ID=60
Lecture will be in Turkish

Istanbul
Date: Mar. 3, 2010, 11:00 am
Special Lecture: "Tulip" by Prof. Dr. Nurhan Atasoy, Resident Scholar
Place: Turkish Cultural Foundation Istanbul Office - Cumhuriyet Cad. Cumhuriyet Apt. No:17/1 Taksim
Information: www.turkishculturalfoundation.org/pages.php?ID=60
Lecture will be in English

Istanbul
Date: Feb. 16, 2010, 11:00 am
Special Lecture: "Life in Istanbul in 1582" by Prof. Dr. Nurhan Atasoy
Place: Turkish Cultural Foundation Istanbul Office - Cumhuriyet Cad. Cumhuriyet Apt. No:17/1 Taksim
Information: www.turkishculturalfoundation.org/pages.php?ID=60
Lecture will be in English

Istanbul
Date: February 11, 2010
Concert: Şirin Pancaroğlu, Turkish Harpist
Place: Borusan Music House
Information: www.borusanmuzikevi.com

Istanbul
Date: Feb. 4, 2010, 2:30 pm
Lecture: "Turkey and Germany in the Thirties" by Prof. Norman Stone
Place: Turkish Cultural Foundation Istanbul Office - Cumhuriyet Cad. Cumhuriyet Apt. No:17/1 Taksim
Information: www.turkishculturalfoundation.org/pages.php?ID=60
Lecture will be in English

Istanbul
Date: Feb. 3, 2010, 4:30 pm
Lecture: "Establishment of Konya Museum" by Dr. Naci Bakırcı
Place: Turkish Cultural Foundation Istanbul Office - Cumhuriyet Cad. Cumhuriyet Apt. No:17/1 Taksim
Information: www.turkishculturalfoundation.org/pages.php?ID=60
Lecture will be in Turkish

Istanbul
Date: Feb. 2, 2010, 2:00pm
Seminar: The 3rd Seminar of Yildiz Palace - "Palace Gardens" by Prof.Dr. Nurhan Atasoy
Place: Conrad Hotel, Besiktas
Information: www.turkishculturalfoundation.org

Izmir
Date: Feb. 1 - 17, 2010
Exhibition: "Bayterek" by sculptor Varol Topac
Place: Prof. Dr. Yusuf Vardar - MOTBE Cultural Center Art Gallery, Ege University, Bornova
Information: www.vtopac.blogspot.com

Ankara
Date: Jan. 26 - Feb. 6, 2010
Exhibition: Marble and Calligraphy Exhibition by Nurten Cakin and Dursun Ali Pehlivan
Place: MP Talih Kusu Art Gallery
Information: www.turkishpaintings.com/index.php?p=16&l=2&t=true

Istanbul
Date: Jan. 23 – Feb 9, 2010
Exhibition: “Lights and Shadows in the Balkans” by eight photographers from Balkan countries.
Place: The Beyoğlu Municipal Art Gallery (İstiklal Cad. No.217)
Information: http://en.beyoglu.bel.tr
www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=shades-of-the-ottoman-empire---intercultural-dialogue-2010-01-22

Istanbul
Date: Jan. 21 - Mar. 6, 2010
Sculpture Exhibition: "Human Situation" by Mehmet Aksoy
Place: Gallery Isik
Information: www.galeriisik.com, www.mehmetaksoy.com

Ankara
Date: Jan. 20 - Feb. 12, 2010
Exhibition: Malik Bulut Sculptures
Place: Armoni Art Gallery
Information: www.armoniartgallery.com/html/sergiler.htm

Istanbul
Date: Jan. 19, 2010
Exhibition: "Maps of Istanbul 1422-1922" by Ayse Yetiskin Kubilay
Place: Rahmi Koc Museum
Information: www.rmk-museum.org.tr, www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-198861-istanbul-maps-from-1422-to-1922-to-be-exhibited.html

Istanbul
Date: Jan. 19 - Feb. 2, 2010
Exhibition: "Kaftans Awoken in Water" by Banu Ayse Ozdemir
Place: Taksim Art Gallery
Information: www.turkishpaintings.com/index.php?p=16&l=2&t=true

Istanbul
Date: Jan. 18, 2010, 11:00 am
Lecture: "Ottoman Jewelry" by Prof. Dr. Gül İrepoğlu
Place: Turkish Cultural Foundation Istanbul Office - Cumhuriyet Cad. Cumhuriyet Apt. No:17/1 Taksim
Information: www.turkishculturalfoundation.org/pages.php?ID=60
Lecture will be in English

Istanbul
Date: Jan. 18, 2010
Concert: "Reflections" by Senol Filiz and Birol Yayla
Place: Nardis Jazz Club
Information: www.nardisjazz.com

Istanbul
Date: Jan. 16, 2010
Concert: Sibel Kose Quartet
Place: Nardis Jazz Club
Information: www.nardisjazz.com

Istanbul
Date: Jan. 16, 2010
Concert: Concert by Sabahat Akkiraz and Arif Sag
Place: Is Sanat Cultural Center
Information: www.issanat.com.tr

Ankara
Date: Jan. 13 - 29, 2010
Exhibition: Sculpture Exhibition by Munire Kaplan
Place: Anadolu Ajansi Art Gallery (AA Art GAllery)
Information: www.turkishpaintings.com/index.php?p=16&l=2&t=true

Adana
Date: Jan. 11 - 16, 2010
Cultural Project: European Literature Goes to Turkey - Turkish Literature Goes to Europe
Information: www.goethe.de

Istanbul
Date: Jan. 7 - 9, 2010, 8:30 pm
Musical: “Footloose” by Istanbul University State Conservatory & University of Minnesota Duluth School of Fine Arts
Place: Caddebostan Culture Center, Kadikoy
Information: www.ckm.gen.tr/etkinlikler_detay.aspx?id=534
This event has been sponsored by the Turkish Cultural Foundation

Istanbul
Date: Jan. 5 - 30, 2010
Exhibition: "kahVesaire telVesile - Coffee to Canvas" Turkish Coffee Art Exhibition by Ozden Odman
Place: Odakule Art Gallery
Information: www.asanat.com.tr

Antakya
Date: Jan. 5 - 8, 2010
Cultural Project: European Literature Goes to Turkey - Turkish Literature Goes to Europe
Information: www.goethe.de

Istanbul
Date: Jan. 5, 2010, 2:30 pm
Lecture: "Turkish Coffeehouse Culture" by Prof. Dr. Cemal Kafadar
Place: Turkish Cultural Foundation Istanbul Office - Cumhuriyet Cad. Cumhuriyet Apt. No:17/1 Taksim
Information: www.turkishculturalfoundation.org/pages.php?ID=60
Lecture will be in English

Ankara
Date: Jan. 4 - 24, 2010
Exhibition: "Haremce/Reflections of Harem" by Ilknur Urgancioglu
Place: Moda Deniz Kulubu Art Gallery
Information: www.modadenizkulubu.org.tr

Istanbul
Date: Dec. 18, 2009 - Feb. 27, 2010
Exhibition: “Air-Water-Earth-Fire and Istanbulî” Retrospective by Balkan Naci Islimyeli
Place: Kibele Art Gallery
Information: www.issanat.com.tr/en/event/exhibition/20091218/balkan-naci-islimyeli/

Istanbul
Date: Dec. 16, 2009 - Jan. 9, 2010
Exhibition: "The Color of Water" by Günseli Kato
Place: Art Galerim
Information: www.artgalerim.com

Istanbul
Date: Dec. 9, 2009 - Jan. 10, 2010
Exhibition: "Fragile Awareness" Ceramic Exhibition
Place: Galeri G-Art
Information: www.istanbulcityguide.com/sanat/Sergiler.aspx?

Istanbul
Date: Dec. 2, 2009 - Feb. 5, 2010
Exhibition: “Ten Thousand Years of Iranian Civilization, Two Thousand Years of Common Heritage"
Place: Topkapi Palace Museum
Information: www.topkapisarayi.gov.tr

Istanbul
Date: Nov. 29, 2009 - Mar. 28, 2010
Exhibition: "Ankara: City of the Black Calpac 1923-1938"
Place: Suna and Inan Kirac Foundation Istanbul Research Institute Exhibitions
Information: www.iae.org.tr/sergi.asp?lng=2

Istanbul
Date: Nov. 19, 2009 - Feb. 28, 2010
Exhibition: "Venice and Istanbul During the Ottoman Period; Love, by Any Other Name”
Place: Sakıp Sabancı Museum
Information: muze.sabanciuniv.edu

Istanbul
Date: Nov. 19, 2009 - Apr. 30, 2010
Exhibition: "The Centennial Tale of Turkish Painting" a Ahu-Can Has Collection
Place: Rezan Has Museum
Information: www.rhm.org.tr/tr/index.php
www.istanbulcityguide.com/sanat/Sergi.aspx?Id=1202

Bursa
Date: Nov. 6, 2009 - Mar. 7, 2010
Exhibition: "The Same Old Turkish Bath"
Place: Tofas Art Gallery, Umur Bey Hammam
Information: http://english.tofas.com.tr/Haber.aspx?id=424

Istanbul
Date: Oct. 25, 2009 - Jan. 23, 2010
Exhibition: "Partly Sculpture" Sculpture Exhibition by 23 Well-known Artists
Place: Arte Istanbul Arts Centre
Information: www.arteistanbul.com

Istanbul
Date: Oct. 1, 2009 - 2010
Exhibition: "Selections - Nature, Humanity and the Sea" by 75 Works of Art from 47 Artists
Place: "Sakip Sabanci Mardin City Museum" and the “Dilek Sabanci Art Gallery”
Information: www.sabancivakfi.org