Turkish Culture Portal

TURKISH CULTURAL EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD

USA

Chicago
Date: Nov. 7-9, 2008
Exposition: SOFA -Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair Chicago 2008
Turkish Artists: Beril Anilanmert, Lale Cavuldur, and Mehmet Kutlu
Place: Turkish Cultural Foundation Booth, Navy Pier’s Festival Hall
Information: www.sofaexpo.com

New York
Date: Sept. 18-21, 2008
Fair: International Carpet Show: September 2008
Information: www.nyics.com

New York
Date: May 29-June 1, 2008
Exposition: SOFA-Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair New York 2008
Turkish Artists: Yucel Kale, and Erkin Saygi&Ruhcan Topaloglu: Cam Atelyesi
Place: Turkish Cultural Foundation Booth, Park Avenue Armory
Information: www.sofaexpo.com

Chicago
Date: May 28-31, 2008
Festival: The 6th Chicago Turkish Festival
Information: www.chicagoturkishfestival.com/events.php
This event is made possible by a grant from the Turkish Cultural Foundation.

New York
Date: May 24, 2008
Festival: Turkish Culture Festival - American-Turks Parade
Place: 56th Street and Madison Avenue
Information: www.tadf.org
This event is made possible by a grant from the Turkish Cultural Foundation.

Boston
Date: May 18, 2008, 7:00 pm
Festival&Concert: Boston Turkish Film Festival-Concert by Kurtalan Ekspres
Place: Tower Auditorium, Massachusetts College Of Art, 621 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Information: www.bostonturkishfilmfestival.org/2008Festival/Events/Kurtalan%20Ekspres.htm

Boston
Date: May 18, 2008, 7:00 pm
Festival&Concert: Boston Turkish Film Festival-Concert by Kurtalan Ekspres
Place: Tower Auditorium, Massachusetts College Of Art, 621 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Information: www.bostonturkishfilmfestival.org/2008Festival/Events/Kurtalan%20Ekspres.htm

California
Date: May 18, 2008
Celebration: 19 Mayis Bayrami-Memorial Day Picnic by Orange County Young Turks
Place: Colonel Bill Barber Park
Information: octaa.org/news/posts/1209020575.html

New York
Date: May 17, 2008, 8:00 pm
Concert: Kurtalan Ekspres Concert
Place: Drom, 85 Avenue A, (Between 5th and 6th Streets),New York, NY 10009
Information: www.moonandstarsproject.org

St. Louis
Date: May 16, 2008
Opening&Lecture: The Ottoman Garden opening
Lectures by Prof.Nurhan Atasoy, Turkish Cultural Foundation and
Prof. Walter Denny, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Place: Missouri Botanical Gardens
Information: www.mobot.org
This event is co-sponsored by the Turkish Cultural Foundation.

Washington, DC
Date: May 14, 2008, 6:30
Conference: Archeology in Anatolia-Speaker: Dr. Brian Rose
Place: Embassy of the Republic of Turkey, 2525 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Information: events@turkishembassy.org

San Francisco
Date: May 13, 2008, 12:30-1:30 pm
Reading: Lit&Lunch: Turkish Writing Today with Sidney Wade and Erdag Göknar
Place: 111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna at 2nd St., 512-8812
Information: www.111minnagallery.com, www.catranslation.org

Florida
Date: May 11, 2008
Festival&Concert: Miami International Piano Festival-A Concerto Performance by Turkish Virtuoso Gulsin Onay
Information: www.miamipianofest.com/index3.html, www.miamipianofest.com/artists/Onay.html

New York
Date: May 10, 2008
Concert: "Nev-bahar" by Turkish Classical Music Association
Place: Saint Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street
Information: www.turkishmusicusa.org

New Jersey
Date: May 9, 2008
Celebration: April 23rd Children Festival - Overnight Camp-ins
Place: Library Science Center
Information: www.m-i-m.org, www.lsc.org

Florida
Date: May 9, 2008
Festival&Concert: Miami International Piano Festival-A Recital by Turkish Virtuoso Gulsin Onay
Information: www.miamipianofest.com/index3.html, www.miamipianofest.com/artists/Onay.html

Memphis
Date: May 8, 2008, 07:00 pm
Concert: "Splendors of Turkey" by Traditional Folk Musicians The Anatolian Sun Quartet and
the performers of BaBa Zula.
Place: The Orpheum theater
Information: www.memphisinmay.org/salute_performances.htm

Memphis
Date: May 6-11, 2008
Festival: Concert by Anatolian Sun Quartet at "Memphis in May" International Festival
Information: www.memphisinmay.org anadolugunesi.ibu.edu.tr

New York
Date: May 4, 2008
Concert: Guitar in Turkey - Treasures of Anatolia, Guitar Recital by Cem Duruoz
Place: Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall
Information: www.carnegiehall.org/article/box_office/events/evt_10997.html?selecteddate=05042008

Memphis
Date: May 3, 4, 2008
Concert: Concert by Duman at the Beale Street Music Festival
Information: www.thebealestreetmusicfestival.com

Memphis
Date: May 1-31, 2008
Festival: Memphis in May International Festival: "Turkey" 2008 Honored Country
Information: mim@memphisinmay.org, http://memphisinmay.org/home.html

Los Angeles
Date: Apr. 30-May 5, 2008
Festival: South East European Film Festival
Information: www.seefilmla.org

New York
Date: Apr. 17-Jun. 6, 2008
Festival: MayFest 2008
Information: www.moonandstarsproject.org and www.marmara-manhattan.com
This event has been made possible by a grant from the Turkish Cultural Foundation.

Boston
Date: Mar. 27-May 11, 2008
Festival: 7th Annual Boston Turkish Film Festival
Information: www.bostonturkishfilmfestival.org
The event is co-sponsored by the Turkish Cultural Foundation.

RUSSIA

Moscow
Date: May 31, 2008
Concert: Friendship Concert by the Red Army Chorus and Turkey’s Mehter Band
Place: Kremlin Palace Concert Hall
Information: www.thy.com/en-INT/corporate/skylife/article.aspx?mkl=807

Moscow
Date: Mar. 15-May 15, 2008
Exhibition: 7th International Photography, “Photobiennale-2008”:"Un Regard sur les Barricades - Mai 68" (Look at Barricades) Exhibition by Goksin Sipahioglu
Place: "WinZavod" Contemporary Art Gallery
Information: www.expat.ru/artscalendar.php?date=29-4-2008

AUSTRALIA

Melbourne
Date: 2007-2008
Festival: The 40th Anniversary of Migration from Turkey to Australia
Information: http://www.40yil.com/program/index.htm

UNITED KINGDOM

London
Date: May 2-31, 2008
Exhibition: "40 Stations" by Muammer Yanmas and Selen Akcali
Place: London Space Gallery
Information: www.spacestudios.org.uk/All_Content_Items/Exhibitions/40_Stations/

GERMANY

Berlin
Date: May 16-Jun.29, 2008
Exhibition: Turkish Delight- Design from Turkey
80 works by artists of different generations: Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye, Faruk Malhan, Gönül Paksoy,
Oya Akman, Ela Cindoruk, Defne Koz, Koray Özgen, Can Yalman, Erdem Akan, Gülname Turan and Joelle Hançerli.
Place: Berlin’s Museum of Islamic Arts
Information: www.smb.museum/smb/kalender/details.php?objID=18424&lang=en&typeId=10

SPAIN

Sevilla
Date: Apr. 4-Ju. 15, 2008
Exhibiton: Selected works from the Ottoman Calligraphy Collection of the Sabanci University’s Sakip Sabanci Museum Place: Real Alcázar Palace
Information: www.sabanci.com/En/basinbulteni_detay.asp?ID=314

Madrid
Date: Mar. 12-May 8, 2008
Exhibiton: European Naïve Art Exhibition-Works of art by two Turkish painters, Sema Çulam and Hikmet Karabucak
Place: Eboli Art Gallery
Information: www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=137756 www.galeriaeboli.com/En_VNaif3.htm

NETHERLANDS

Amsterdam
Date: Jul. 20, 2008
Concert: 10th World Harp Congress-Focus on Youth Concerts by Elif Gungor, Harpist
Information: www.worldharpcongress.org/tenthWHC/index.html

Rotterdam
Date: Feb. 2-Jul. 1, 2008
Movie: The Splendour of Anatolia
Place: Rotterdam Kunsthal Museum
Information: www.kunsthal.nl/english/agenda.html

CYPRUS

Girne
Date: May 7-8, 2008
Symposium: Cognitive Approaches to the Concept of Food in the Mediterranean Cultures
Place: Girne American University
Information: http://www.antropoloji.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=199&Itemid=1

TURKEY

Ankara
Date: Dec. 25, 2008
Lecture: "Thracians in History, Thrace and Anatolian Relations" Zulkuf Yilmaz
Place: Lectures at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
Information: www.anadolumedeniyetlerimuzesi.gov.tr

Ankara
Date: Nov. 27, 2008
Lecture: "Neolithisation of Southeastern Anatolia in the Light of Excavations of Hakemi Use"
by Yrd. Doc. Dr. Halil Tekin
Place: Lectures at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
Information: www.anadolumedeniyetlerimuzesi.gov.tr

Ankara
Date: Oct. 30, 2008
Lecture: "New Discoveries at Catalhoyuk" by Prof. Dr. Ian Hodder
Place: Lectures at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
Information: www.anadolumedeniyetlerimuzesi.gov.tr

Istanbul
Date: Sep.19, 2008-Jan.19, 2009
Exhibition: Salvador Dali: A Surrealist in Istanbul
Place: Sakip Sabanci Museum
Information: www.muze.sabanciuniv.edu

Istanbul
Date: Autumn, 2009
Festival: The 11th International Istanbul Biennial
Information: www.iksv.org/bienal10/english/giris.asp

Istanbul
Date: Jun. 8-Oct.5, 2008
Exhibiton: "Black Eyes"-exhibition on shadows, shadow theatre and silhouettes
Place: Istanbul Modern Museum
Information: www.istanbulmodern.org

Istanbul
Date: May.31, 2008
Exhibition: 75th Anniversary of Ahmet Hasim
Place: Tarik Zafer Tunaya Cultural Center
Information: www.kultursanat.org/yayinlar/05.2008.html

Istanbul
Date: May.22-24, 2008
Symposium: International Ibn-i Sina Symposium
Place: Uskudar Baglarbasi Cultural Center
Information: www.kultursanat.org/yayinlar/05.2008.html

Istanbul
Date: May 17-Aug.17, 2008
Exhibition: Seeking Beauty in Different Cultures-700 artworks
Place: Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Information: 0212 518 18 05

Istanbul
Date: May 15-June 4, 2008
Festival: The 16th International Istanbul Theater Festival
Information: www.iksv.org/tiyatro/english/program.asp

Istanbul
Date: May.15, 2008
Exhibition&Lecture: 45th Art Year Activity by Islam Seçen (Classical Binding Artisan)
Place: Suleymaniye Library
Information: www.kultursanat.org/yayinlar/05.2008.html

Istanbul
Date: May 13-17, 2008
Festival: Istanbul Poetry Festival
Information: www.istanbulpoetryfestival.com/eng/

Istanbul
Date: May 8-15, 2008
Festival: The 11th Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival
Information: en.ucansupurge.org/festival/

Istanbul
Date: May 7-10, 2008
Conference: "The Second Constitutional Period/Mesrutiyet on its Centenary"
Place: Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA)
Information: www3.ircica.org/haber_detay.php?id=260

Istanbul
Date: May 6-Jun. 7, 2008
Exhibition: "Reflection of Passion" by Sculptor Nadia Arditti
Place: Terakki Art Gallery
Information: nadiaarditti.net

Istanbul
Date: May 2-9, 2008
Festival: 11th International Istanbul Puppet Festival
Information: karagozek@hotmail.com, www.mymerhaba.com/Puppet-Festival-in-Istanbul-in-Turkey-3547.html

Istanbul
Date: May 2, 2008, 2:00-3:30 pm
Lecture: Seljuk Arts by Prof. Dr. Semra Ogel
Place: Turkish Cultural Foundation Center, Taksim
Information: www.turkishculturalfoundation.org/pages.php?ID=26

Istanbul
Date: Apr. 29-Jul.17, 2008
Lecture: “Glazed Ships-Sirli Gemiler” by Sitki Usta (Sitki Olcar)
Place: Ciragan Palace Kempinski Art Gallery
Information: www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=140211
www.kempinski-istanbul.com/en/press/index.htm?id=&item_id=56597&details=1

Istanbul
Date: Apr. 16-Jul.1, 2008
Exhibition: Tulip Sculpture and Design Exhibition
Place: Taksim to Beşiktas, Nişantaşı, Bebek, Emirgan Park, Sultanahmet, Ayasofya, Topkapı Palace,
the Egyptian (Spice) Bazaar, Göztepe Park and Bağdat Caddesi and in the city’s major shopping malls.
Information: www.thy.com/en-INT/corporate/skylife/article.aspx?mkl=805

Istanbul
Date: Apr. 16-May 25, 2008
Exhibition: Surre-i Humayun Exhibition
Place: Topkapi Palace Museum Has Ahirlar
Information: www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=139328

Istanbul
Date: Apr. 16-May 6, 2008
Exhibition: Nuran Unsal and Sırma Olcay Kefeli Group Exhibition
Place: IMOGA-Istanbul Museum of Graphic Arts
Information: www.imoga.org/v1/home.aspx?lang=ENG

Istanbul
Date: Apr. 13-May 13, 2008
Exhibition: "Lale-Tulip" Painting Exhibition by Ismail Acar
Place: Yildiz Palace, Buyuk Mabeyn
Information: www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=107588

Ankara
Date: Apr. 11-30, 2008
Exhibition: Exhibition by Fatih Mika
Place: Gallery Soyut
Information: www.galerisoyut.com.tr

Istanbul
Date: Apr. 9-May 11, 2008
Exhibition: A collection of paintings by 19th century Turkish artist Seker Ahmet Pasha
Place: Istanbul's Dolmabahçe Palace gallery in Besiktas
Information: www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=101896

Istanbul
Date: Apr.1-Jun. 15, 2008
Exhibiton: "Modern and Beyond" - Turkish Painting 1950-2000
Information: www.santralistanbul.com

Istanbul
Date: Feb.19, 2008-Jun.01, 2009
Film Screenings: Isfahan Mescid-i Shah Mosque
Place: Sakip Sabanci Museum
Information: www.muze.sabanciuniv.edu

Istanbul
Date: Feb.19, 2008-Jun.01, 2009
Film Screenings: ''Until Eternity'' - The Life and Works of Mimar Sinan
Place: Sakip Sabanci Museum
Information: www.muze.sabanciuniv.edu

Istanbul
Date: Feb. 2-May 25, 2008
Exhibition: Three capitals of Islam: Istanbul, Isfahan and Delhi -
Masterpieces from the Louvre Museum, Department of Islamic Arts
Information: muze.sabanciuniv.edu/exhibition/exhibitionPreview.php?lngExhibitionID=65

Istanbul
Date: Oct 2007- Dec 2008
Exhibition: From Ottoman Empire to Turkish Republic
Place: Istanbul Modern
Information: www.istanbulcityguide.com/sanat/Sergi.aspx?Id=13