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Arts and Culture news from Turkie
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27 Mar 2011 Sun 03:44 pm |
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Turkish novel receives book of year award in Serbia
A Serbian publishing house picked a Turkish novel as the book of the year, Turkey´s Culture & Tourism Ministry said on Friday.
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ANKARA- A ministry statement said "Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitusu" (The Time Regulation Institute), a book by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar, received the book of the year award from a Serbian publishing house--DERETA.
The book was earlier translated into Serbian within the scope of a project to publish Turkish novels and books in other languages. The award has been granted since 1991.
"The Time Regulation Institute" offers the reader a truly fascinating and engaging narrative set in post-Ottoman Turkey. It deals with the juxtaposition of opposites: wealthy aristocrats and family people working as hard as they can to scrape by, the old way of life against the influx of modern Western culture, and parallels between the days of the yore and the young Republic.
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27 Mar 2011 Sun 06:10 pm |
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Turkish novel receives book of year award in Serbia
A Serbian publishing house picked a Turkish novel as the book of the year, Turkey´s Culture & Tourism Ministry said on Friday.
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My translation:
Jubilar XX Dereta´s book of the year
The novel of Turkish writer Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinara (1901-1962) "The Time Regulation Institute" took the title of the best book, in the opinion of the editorial board, published in 2010 by Graphics studio DERETA.
Director and editor of this publishing house, Diana Dereta, on Friday night presented „Dereta“ award to translator of the novel, Vesna Gazdić, who by masterful translation from the Turkish language made the novel of one of the best Turkish writers of the 20th century shine in all its glory in the Serbian language too.
The award was presented at the Aero Club, and consists of a diploma and a sum of money, and since the translation of Turkish classics helped the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Attaché for Culture and Tourism of Turkey Embassy in Belgrade Derya Polat bestowed Ms Gazić trip to Kemer.
Congratulating the interpreter for the extraordinary translation, which successfully conveyed Turkish culture and history to readers in Serbia, she said that Tanpinar successfully merged the eastern and western culture through his works.
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30 Mar 2011 Wed 10:07 am |
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Turkish gendarmery seize Picasso´s stolen painting in northwestern province
Turkish gendarmery forces confiscated a stolen painting by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso in the northwestern province of Balikesir on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, gendarmery staged an operation and caught a person who came from Istanbul to sell the painting.
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BALIKESIR- Gendarmery forces seized the painting that was said to be Picasso´s.
"Picasso 1924" writes in the front of the painting, whereas there is a stamp of the Museum of Kuwait in the back of the painting named "The Naked Woman".
The painting was stolen from the Museum of Kuwait during the Gulf War I in 1991.
Balikesir Museum executives said the market value of the painting was around 10 million USD.
Picasso is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and worked in. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d´Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937), a portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
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30 Mar 2011 Wed 10:41 am |
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Turkish cinema´s Yeşilçam awards point to better future
The fourth Yeşilçam Awards were handed out Monday night after a week of cinema and art. The winner of the night was director Seren Yüze´s movie ´Çoğunluk,´ which left his imprint on the award show, winning the most prestigious categories and taking home four awards. The second grand winner was ´Av Mevsimi,´ which also triumphed in four categories
´Çoğunluk´ was the big winner of the night, along with ´Av Mevsimi.´
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The fourth Yeşilçam Week was organized from March 21 to 28, entertaining residents of Beyoğlu with cinema and art. The event closed with an award ceremony Monday night hosted by actress Cansu Dere and actor Halit Ergenç.
The ceremony started with interesting information about the Turkish cinema industry, which followed Beyoğlu Mayor Ahmet Misbah Demircan’s opening speech.
Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Ertuğrul Günay gave an informative speech about Turkish cinema, saying Turkish movies had won several international awards over the years and that Turkish cinema had increased its potential. He further informed the audience of the increase in the number of viewers of Turkish cinema, which stands at about 54 percent. More people currently watch Turkish movies at the movies than international productions.
He further announced that about 65 Turkish movies were produced in 2010, though there were more productions that hit screens with the help of foreign cooperation. However, of the 65 films, only 17 were nominated, with offerings such as “Av Mevsimi,” (Hunting Season) “Kosmos,” (Cosmos) “Çoğunluk” (Majority) and “Kavşak” (Crossroad) appearing frequently on the festival circuit.
13 awards in 13 categories
The Yeşilçam Awards handed out 13 awards from 13 different categories, including best movie, best actor, best actress and best director.
There is no doubt that the winners of each award, especially in the Best Movie (“Çoğunluk&rdquo , Best First Movie (“Çoğunluk&rdquo and Best Director (Reha Erdem – “Cosmos&rdquo categories, were deserved. The winner of the night was “Çoğunluk,” which left its imprint on the show by winning the most prestigious categories and taking home four awards, for Best Movie, Best Screenplay (Seren Yüce), Best First Movie (Yüce) and Best Young Talent (Esme Madra).
The second grand winner at the awards was the movie “Av Mevsimi,” with four awards in the categories Best Actor (Cem Yılmaz), Best Director of Cinematography (Uğur İçbak), Best Supporting Actor (Okan Yalabık) and Best Supporting Actress (Melisa Sözen).
The award for Best Actress went to the renowned Demet Akbağ for her role in the movie “Eyvah Eyvah,” making Best Actor and Best Actress perhaps the most renowned names of the nominees in the award show.
Yılmaz himself was not at the award show. He gave his speech on camera. This was probably the longest and greatest winning speeches at the awards. Yılmaz said with a touch of irony that he did not understand the segregation between Best Actress and Best Actor and that this segregation took away his chance to win the award for Best Actress, causing great laughter in a rather serious hall. He was further surprised to receive an award for his role in “Av Mevsimi” as Best Actor since, as he said, he played a supporting role rather than a main role.
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01 Apr 2011 Fri 11:13 am |
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Turkish billiard player wins third title in world championship
Turkish billiard player Tayfun Tasdemir claimed the top title at the Three-Cushion World Championship at Viersen, Germany, becoming the first Turkish player to clinch a hat-trick at the international event.
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ANKARA- "This is my third title as the world champion. I am proud to become the first Turkish player ever to achieve that," Tasdemir told the Anadolu Agency on Wednesday.
Tasdemir won his two previous titles with team mates with internationally acclaimed Turkish player Semih Sayginer in 2003 and 2004, and the latest title at this year´s championship with Lutfi Cenet.
Tasdemir said he currently placed 11th at the world three-cushion ranking, adding that his target was to move up to the fourth place.
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04 Apr 2011 Mon 10:29 am |
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Ceremony takes place in Ankara on return of archaeological artifacts to Turkey
A ceremony took place in Ankara on the return of archaeological artifacts to Turkey which were earlier smuggled to Serbia from Anatolia.
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ANKARA- Turkish Culture and Tourism Ertugrul Gunay attended the ceremony at his ministry´s opera building on occasion of return of 1,865 artifacts which had been brought to Serbia and 17 others which had been brought to Britain illegally.
Gunay said that they attached a great importance to culture and arts and especially archaeology. Gunay said that Turkey had brought back 3,609 historical artifacts between 2007 and 2011.
1,865 archaeological artifacts dating to Roman and Byzantine eras were confiscated at the Batrovci border crossing between Serbia and Croatia in 2004. These artifacts were handed over to Turkey on February 25, 2011 as a result of initiatives of Turkish culture and tourism ministry.
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08 Apr 2011 Fri 11:23 am |
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Turkish TV series "Magnificent Century" attracts huge attention in Cannes
Turkish TV series "Muhtesem Yuzyil (Magnificent Century)" was screened at the "MIP TV" fair in Cannes city of France.
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CANNES- The marketing company of the "Magnificent Century", Global Agency, held a special party in Cannes on Wednesday, attended by the full crew of the TV series and foreign TV directors to promote the series globally.
The party took place at the garden of the Grand Hotel in Cannes.
More than 500 guests attended the party and they included executives from Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., Fox TV and NBC.
"Magnificent Century" is a Turkish prime time history-drama television series broadcast on Turkey´s Show TV network. It is based on the life of Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and Hurrem (also known as Roxelana), the slave girl who became his queen.
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20 Apr 2011 Wed 09:40 am |
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Two Iranians spice it up in style at cosmopolitan Istanbul restaurant
Located in the chic quarter of Bebek in Istanbul, the newly opened bistro lounge bar and restaurant Chilai offers guests a wide selection of fine wines and tantalizing world cuisines. Two Iranians, both graduates of Ankara’s Middle East Technical University with degrees in sociology and psychology, are behind the ultimate foodies´ paradise, providing a sensuous dining experience from morning til the small hours of the night
Born of a Turkish mother and Iranian father, and spending most of his life in Turkey, Hazer Amani (L) considers himself Turkish. Photos by Saeed NASIRI
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Iranian-Turkish, Cordon Bleu-trained executive chef Hazer Amani and Iranian general coordinator Shiva Aslani hold respective degrees in sociology and psychology from the Middle East Technical University. They gave Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review the lowdown on how to avoid “confusion” cuisine and how they came to the catering sector from their social science backgrounds.
Chef Amani described how he had always had a passion for wining and dining, explaining that as a youth he often accompanied his uncle who worked as a food critic for the local newspaper in Antalya to various restaurants. After completing his sociology degree, Amani decided to pursue his passion for cuisine and enrolled at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu. Stopping at nothing, Amani chose to spend his last year of training in South Africa and for the next eight years continued his culinary trajectory there. Describing the rich multicultural ambience in Cape Town, Amani spoke of the different influences from Holland, Britain, Malaysia, Portugal and India that had entered into South African cuisine.
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20 Apr 2011 Wed 01:20 pm |
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11 May 2011 Wed 11:00 am |
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Türkiye’de 10’uncu yılını kutlayan National Geographic, arşivindeki özel kareleri kamuoyuna sunuyor
123 yıl önce kurulan belgesel devi National Geographic Türkiye’de 10 yaşına girdi... Bu nedenle Karaköy Antrepo-3’te özel bir sergi açılıyor: “Görmediğimiz Türkiye”
Sergide yer alan fotoğraflar 123 yıllık National Geographic arşivinde bulunan 8 milyon kart baskı arasından seçildi.
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National Geographic has opened an exhibition at "Karaköy Antrepo-3’" to mark its 10 years of publishing in Turkie. It´s called "The Turkiye you haven´t seen". The pictures have been selected among 8 million ones and depicts İstanbul of 80 years ago.
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15 May 2011 Sun 08:38 pm |
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Restored Turkish film shown at Cannes
Yılmaz Güney is starring in ´Hudutların Kanunu.´
The “ugly king” of Turkish cinema, Yılmaz Güney, who won the Golden Palm in Cannes in 1982 for the film “Yol” (The Road), was once again at the festival after 29 years.
The celebration of the director Ömer Lütfi Akad’s film “Hudutların Kanunu” (Border Law), which was made in 1966 and restored with the contributions of the world-renowned Turkish director Fatih Akın, was shown on Saturday at the 64th Cannes Film Festival. Starring Güney, it is one of the most important films in Turkish cinema.
Speaking to daily Hürriyet, Akın said Güney was the greatest name of Turkish cinema and he followed in his footsteps. “Güney’s life is too complicated, just like Shakespeare. He draws my attention,” he said.
Akın said he restored the film with financial support from Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Fund. “Martin Scorsese has offered me the opportunity to restore a film from Turkey and I chose ‘Hudutların Kanunu.’”
Akın said he would dedicate himself to restoring films. “We have lots of valuable old films. They call me a young director in Cannes but I love classical cinema and want to continue with this style.”
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