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Turkey’s Top Court Upholds Life Sentence for Arts Philanthropist Osman Kavala

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie September 29, 2023September 29, 2023

The international community has decried his sentencing as a violation of human rights.

Posted inBooks

Haunting Photographs Document the Erasure of Armenians in Turkey

by Jennifer Hattam September 19, 2023September 19, 2023

Andréas Lang’s pictures, now compiled in a new book, convey “what the Turkish state wants people to remember and what it wants them to forget.”

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Turkish Curator Resigns From Venice Biennale Pavilion

by Rhea Nayyar August 14, 2023August 17, 2023

Esra Sarıgedik Öktem stepped down after the Istanbul Biennial appointed a member of its own board as curator in place of Defne Ayas, the agreed-upon candidate.

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Pro-Erdoğan Protesters Target Istanbul Exhibition Deemed “LGBT Propaganda”

by Jennifer Hattam June 30, 2023June 30, 2023

The Artİstanbul Feshane venue was briefly forced to shut its doors after conservative groups decried artworks containing nudity and imagery seen as critical of the state.

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Making Art 10 Years After Turkey’s Gezi Protests

by Jennifer Hattam June 20, 2023June 20, 2023

In Berlin, where many artists settled after the protests that shook Turkey a decade ago, an exhibition grapples with the political repression and exile that followed.

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How Turkey’s President Is Weaponizing Culture

by Jennifer Hattam May 8, 2023May 10, 2023

Known for persecuting artists and cultural figures, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government is being accused of “artwashing” ahead of critical elections.

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Three Looted Antiquities at the Met Repatriated to Turkey

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie March 23, 2023March 24, 2023

Nine other repatriated works were seized from Met Trustee Shelby White, whose collection was subject to a criminal investigation.

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After Earthquakes, Art in Istanbul Takes on New Resonance

by Jennifer Hattam March 16, 2023March 17, 2023

Four exhibitions planned prior to the devastating earthquakes grapple with presciently timely themes of loss, healing and transformation.

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Turkey Waited Too Long to Repatriate Marble Idol, Court Rules

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie March 9, 2023March 9, 2023

The 6,000-year-old “Stargazer,” which Turkey alleges was looted, once belonged to disgraced antiquities collector Michael Steinhardt.

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Art Orgs Mobilize Support After Turkey-Syria Earthquakes

by Jennifer Hattam March 5, 2023March 6, 2023

Artists and cultural organizations have been contributing to the post-disaster relief efforts despite their own needs for support.

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Like a Bird on Barbed Wire 

Avatar photo by Lisa Morrow February 21, 2023February 22, 2023

Felekşan Onar reimagines refugees as birds in search of utopia.

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Deadly Earthquake Damages Cultural Sites in Turkey and Syria

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie February 6, 2023February 6, 2023

The 7.8-magnitude quake has killed at least 2,600 people and destroyed a 2nd-century castle, among other landmarks.

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