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CULTURE AND ARTS
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Yaşar Kemal: First Duty of Art is Uprising
Yaşar Kemal: First Duty of Art is Uprising
Author Yaşar Kemal has been awarded with Bjørnson Prize by Norway’s Literature and Freedom of Expression Academy. “Nobody should forget that every war is a death order,” he said at a panel after the award ceremony.
14 November 2013 Deniz Alan Held
Ahmet Kaya Posthumously Receives Presidency Prize
Ahmet Kaya Posthumously Receives Presidency Prize
Ahmet Kaya, a protest Kurdish singer who died in 2000, was selected to receive the 2013 Grand Presidency Prize in Culture and Arts.
28 October 2013
“Gezi” Graphic Novel in London
“Gezi” Graphic Novel in London
"ReFrame" exhibition in London brought together various caricaturists from the UK, Algeria and Turkey with illustrations on Gezi Resistance from Turkish artists
21 October 2013 Murat Mıhçıoğlu
Emek Movie Theater Protest Case Opens
Emek Movie Theater Protest Case Opens
A court held the first hearing of Emek Movie Theater protest case with defendants SİYAD member Berke Göl, Özgür İpek, Mehmet Ferit Aka and Hazar Berk Büyüktunca.
12 September 2013 Ece Koçak
Readers Stand Behind Robinson Crusoe Bookstore
Readers Stand Behind Robinson Crusoe Bookstore
On the verge of closing its shutters, Robinson Crusoe Bookstore in downtown Istanbul has launched a campaign to create revenue with a “pay now, buy after” card offer. While 750 cards have already been ordered, Turkey’s authors are also supporting the bookstore with book-signing days.
30 August 2013 Nilay Vardar
Municipality Paints Rainbow Stairs Grey
Municipality Paints Rainbow Stairs Grey
The rainbow stairs linking Fındıklı and Cihangir neighborhoods in Istanbul has been painted grey by municipality workers this morning. Initially painted colorfully by Hüseyin Çetinel, the stairs were turned grey by paint used for covering wall writings.
30 August 2013 Merve Ateş
NTV Tarih, Popular History Magazine, Closed
NTV Tarih, Popular History Magazine, Closed
The administration of NTV Tarih, a popular history magazine in Turkey, closed down the publication as it was preparing a special issue on Gezi Park protests.
1 July 2013
A Compilation of Gezi Illustrations, Caricatures
A Compilation of Gezi Illustrations, Caricatures
While images from Gezi Park Resistance expose power, violence and maleness; they also sets memory of those who took the streets and resisted.
20 June 2013 Berkant Çağlar
Joan Baez Sings "Imagine" For Gezi
Joan Baez Sings "Imagine" For Gezi
Greeting Gezi Parkers in Turkish, Joan Baez sang John Lennon’s "Imagine".
18 June 2013
Çapulcu Music Archive
Çapulcu Music Archive
Taksim Gezi Resistance is creating its own tunes. There is a rising trend in the number of songs on the 10th day of the resistance.
6 June 2013
Under the Pavement Lies the Books
Under the Pavement Lies the Books
Gezi Park Library is expanding incessantly. Everyday hundreds of new items are admitted and distributed to activists free of charge. The lending and borrowing items of the library almost functions 24/7.
6 June 2013 Elif Akgül
Artists Condemn Censor on Gezi Park Resistance
Artists Condemn Censor on Gezi Park Resistance
Turkey’s prominent artists released a joint statement yesterday that condemned mainstream media censor on Gezi resistance and demanded objective coverage.
4 June 2013 Yüce Yöney
Artist Condemn Censor on Gezi Park Resistance
Artist Condemn Censor on Gezi Park Resistance
Turkey’s prominent artists released a joint statement yesterday that condemned mainstream media censor on Gezi resistance and demanded objective coverage.
4 June 2013 Yüce Yöney
3rd Protest Kiss in Eurovision
3rd Protest Kiss in Eurovision
Turkey's state television TRT refused to broadcast the 58th Eurovision Song Contest, saying that it protested the winner selection system.
20 May 2013
Emek Movie Theatre Protestors Face Prosecution
Emek Movie Theatre Protestors Face Prosecution
Advocate Efkan Bolaç told bianet that an Istanbul prosecutor has issued a file against 4 protestors who rallied against the demolition of historical Emek Movie Theatre early this month, charging them with violation of demonstration law and assault to law enforcement officials.
20 April 2013 Yüce Yöney
Eco, Pamuk Meet Up For Literature
Eco, Pamuk Meet Up For Literature
Authors Umberto Eco and Orhan Pamuk came together around "A Dialogue on Facts, Fiction and History" yesterday, a convivial chat organized by Boğaziçi University.
10 April 2013 Elif Cansu Akoğuz
Movie Theater Protestors Intervened By Gas Bombs
Movie Theater Protestors Intervened By Gas Bombs
On Sunday, while protesting against the demolition of historical Emek Movie Theater in downtown Istanbul, a massive group of demonstrators has been intervened by police with gas bombs and cannoned water.
8 April 2013 Beyza Kural
Film Festival With Movie Theater Invasion
Film Festival With Movie Theater Invasion
A group of activists, musicians and cinephiles invaded Istanbul's historical Emek Movie Theater on Sunday afternoon, launching an alternative opening ceremony for the ongoing Istanbul Film Festival.
1 April 2013 Haluk Kalafat
Musicians Stand Behind Niyazi Koyuncu's Newroz Performance
Musicians Stand Behind Niyazi Koyuncu's Newroz Performance
Local musicians from Northern Turkey released a statement today, protesting the criticism against Niyazi Koyuncu who had a concert performance at Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır province on March 21.
25 March 2013
Urban Renewal Activists Protest at Istanbul Biennial
Urban Renewal Activists Protest at Istanbul Biennial
A group of college students, artists, local residents and activists protested a session in Istanbul's 13th Biennial yesterday, saying that certain organization funders supported Istanbul's controversial urban renewal projects.
25 March 2013
bianet Celebrates Mother Tongue Day With Songs
bianet Celebrates Mother Tongue Day With Songs
bianet's International Mother Tongue Day 2013: Languages remain on earth as long as people expressed them through folk chants and songs.
21 February 2013 Haluk Kalafat
Turkish Government to Restore Santa Claus' Relics
Turkish Government to Restore Santa Claus' Relics
Culture and Tourism Minister Ertuğrul Günay said the Turkish government might launch an official process to demand Italy to bring the relic of St. Nicolas, who is known as Santa Claus.
28 December 2012
Christmas Carols Alleviate Istanbul Greeks' Fears
Christmas Carols Alleviate Istanbul Greeks' Fears
Istanbul's Greeks celebrated Christmas with their traditional "kalanda" activity where Zoğrafyon Greek High School student chanted Christmas carols on Istiklal Avenue.
25 December 2012 Beyza Kural
Locals Rally Against Construction in Cappadocia
Locals Rally Against Construction in Cappadocia
The construction of two hotels in Turkey's historical Cappadocia have been suspended after massive protests from local residents who said the city's culture preservation council allowed many other controversial projects.
12 December 2012 Nilay Vardar
Kurdish Language Panel Emphasizes on Assimilation Politics
Kurdish Language Panel Emphasizes on Assimilation Politics
In Yüksekova district, a panel organized by a Kurdish language association on Monday undermined the liaison between Kurdish language and history, saying that Kurdish people kept their language despite assimilation politics.
11 December 2012
Agri Province Welcomes Its First Movie Theater
Agri Province Welcomes Its First Movie Theater
A new movie theater has been established in Agri, one of the seven remaining provinces without a public film screening venue.
28 November 2012
Court Unjustly Bans Cegerxwîn Name
Court Unjustly Bans Cegerxwîn Name
Kayapınar City Mayor assistant Servet Yılmaz and Tüm-Bel Sen Diyarbakır Branch President Medeni Apkaya spoke to bianet on the court decision to ban the names of Cegerxwîn Youth and Cultural Centre and 19 parks in the district.
25 July 2012 Samet Akten
"We Do Not Watch This Movie"
"We Do Not Watch This Movie"
Movie lovers came together for Emek Movie Theater on April 15, 2012. They protested against the Emek Movie Theater project of Kamer Construction Company. They shouted "We do not watch this movie" and tore their tickets.
17 April 2012 Işıl Cinmen
Maybe You'd Understand Someday
Maybe You'd Understand Someday
I would like Turkish language to understand how genuinely beautiful, colorful and really meaningful is Bianet's opening page on February 21, 2012.
21 February 2012 Işıl Cinmen
Short Film World in Istanbul
Short Film World in Istanbul
The Istanbul International Short Film Festival started on 23 November. 156 productions from various countries are being shown at the 23rd festival.
24 November 2011 Yüce Yöney
FareeQ el Atrash: Lebanese Hip-Hop Without Stonewalling
FareeQ el Atrash: Lebanese Hip-Hop Without Stonewalling
A hardly appropriate tribute to the great singer Farid el Atrash alias FareeQ el Atrash. The collective started rapping polished and realistic texts in Arabic three years ago.
8 June 2011 Diala Gemayel
The Artist, The Teacher and The Curator
When I was a kid, I'd tell my mother that I wanted to become an artist. I don't think she took me seriously back then, because this didn't seem like a realistic career (it still doesn't). I loved drawing a lot as a kid, then as a teenager I realised that I could express my inner 'self' in words too.
8 June 2011 Gilbert Calleja
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