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Latin rock's prominent name Carlos Santana will be in İstanbul with his group, for a special concert to be held in Turkcell Kuruçeşme Arena on July 6, Monday at 21:00. Tickets are available at Biletix sales channels.
Famous Turkish pianist/composer Tuluyhan Uğurlu will present his new album “Akdeniz” (The Mediterranean) with a gala concert to be held at Aya Irini Museum on Thursday at 21:00. Uğurlu’s ensemble composed of Western and Eastern instruments will accompany the pianist. The concert will be colored with synchronized images. The tickets can be purchased through Biletix.
4th of edition of Transit Festival – Improvisation Days will take place in İstanbul between July 1 and 8 and in Cappadoccia between July 10 and 17. Transit Festival gathers artists and audiences from different backgrounds, in and around the practice of improvisation and performance art, through dance, music and visual arts, investing specific environments and locations. There will be eight-day Instant Composition Workshop in Istanbul with Julyen Hamilton and Barre Philips open to 35 dancers and musicians. Then a Residency Workshop will be led by Yanaël Plumet in and around Üçhisar - Cappadocia. A series of performances specially created for this place and event will be proposed to the local audience. Deadline for registration to the workshops is June 15. All activities in Istanbul will take place between the Galata Tower and Tophane.The performance venue is an old tobacco depot, Tütün Deposu, transformed into a Cultural Center. For more details please visit the web site.
The 6th International Tango Festival will be held various venues in Istanbul between July 1 and 5, 2009. Around 400 dancers from 41 countries will participate to the Festival. Dalyan Club - Fenerbahçe, Adile Sultan Palace-Kandilli, and Binbirdirek Cistern – Sultanahmet are the festival venues. Tango lovers who wish to accompany the festival can take part at dance nights with paying 15 Euro and can learn tango or develop their styles with worldwide masters. For more info please check.
IDO Ferries, which provide 85% of sea transportation in Istanbul announced the summer schedule. Please visit for the new timetable.
The May/June 2009 issue of The Guide Istanbul is now available at major newsstands, and selected bookstores throughout Turkey. To read the Publisher’s note please click.
Rock'N Coke 2009, the most famous Rock Festival in Istanbul, will be held at Istanbul Park on July 18 and 19, 2009. The daily and combined tickets are already on sale and can be purchased through Biletix. Nine Inch Nails, Linkin Park, Kaiser Chiefs, The Prodigy, Santigold, Howling Bells, Jane’s Addiction and Juliette Lewis are among the stars performing at Rock’N Coke 2009. Please click for ticket info.
Legendary Canadian musician Leonard Cohen will perform two concerts in Istanbul on August 5 and 6, 2009 as the part of his world tour which he started in Canada on April 26. The concerts will be realized with the cooperation of IKSV and BKM and will take place at Cemil Topuzlu Open-air Theater. The tickets can be purchased through Biletix and at the box office of IKSV headquarters on Istiklal Caddesi 64, Luvr Apartmanı.
Deep Purple, the greatest name of heavy metal and hard rock music, will perform at Kuruçeşme Arena, on July 20, 2009 during Deep Purple 40 Years Anniversary Tour. The tickets can be purchased through Biletix.
A Play of Fire: Sadberk Hanım Museum, Emirgan, is hosting an exhibition of 330 İznik tiles composed of pieces produced between the 15th and 17th centuries, selected from the collections of the museum and Ömer M. Koç. The exhibition runs until October 11.
From now until 30 June 2009, Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM), with the support of Yüksel İnşaat A.Ş., is hosting an exhibition entitled “Voyage to the West – The 70 Year Adventure of Turkish Painting (1860-1930)”.
Mask, sculpture and puppet workshop by Murat B. Yıldız: The workshops are organized both in weekdays and weekends and begin on April 18. The participants can work on their own designs, explore different materials and/or work from the visuals shown. For details please click .
Rezan Has Museum, Cibali brings together "The Silent Witnesses" of past civilizations and the present day. The process of civilization of mankind that began approximately ten thousand years ago, with their daily life, beliefs, social and commercial relations, struggles against nature and even the wherewithal they developed to resist death, are all on display.
Istanbul hosted 5th World Water Forum in March 2009. Under the auspices of this forum the "Water Exhibition", organized by the American Museum of Natural History takes place at ITU Maslak Campus, Museum of Natural History and Science between March 4 and June 14, 2009.
Java Studio Café hosts “Reflections of Turkey” exhibition, featuring eight members from the Art Lover’s of Istanbul (ALI) group. The exhibition runs until June 30.
Java Studio Café
Dalbastı Sokak 13, Sultanahmet-Istanbul (The street behind Four Seasons Hotel)
Istanbul’s first public stationary planetarium “Discovery Sphere” has been opened at the Rahmi M. Koç Museum on the grounds of Lengerhane.
The 11th International Istanbul Biennial, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts is set for 12 September – 8 November 2009.
IKSV – Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (Istanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfı) announced the program of the festivals/events that will take place in Istanbul in 2009. For detailed information please click.
Rahmi M. Koç Museum hosts the Miniature Rooms of US Artist Henry Kupjack who creates tiny, fascinating, perfect worlds, complete in every detail. The exhibition is composed of rooms themed around 21 different concepts and is open until September 1, 2009. Visiting hours: Tuesday - Friday: 10:00 - 17:00 Saturday - Sunday: 10:00 - 19:00
Akbank Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Cem Mansur performs at Cemal Reşit Rey Cultural Center and Caddebostan Cultural Center and accompanies a different soloist each month.
Do you enjoy singing? Do you like classical music? Then you can join Istanbul European Choir it is open to everyone and the season begins in September. Singers in the choir are from different nationalities and professions.
Readings for Expats
Birdsong and Flame: a book of poetry about Istanbul and Turkey. This has been written by James Andrew who has taught at Darussafaka Lisesi and Uskudar American Academy in Istanbul. It deals with a period of about four years when he was living and working in Istanbul. The poems he wrote at that time have been grouped loosely into a sort of diary in poetry. The themes are the city of Istanbul and his reaction to it; teaching in Istanbul; visits to Antalya, Cappadocia, and Ephesus; the last big earthquake in Istanbul; partings and meetings; various cats he has known in Turkey; and his reactions on his return to his home in Scotland: Balnakeil in the far north west of the country. Various bookshops in Istanbul have information on how to acquire the book if you wish to order it from them: Robinson Crusoe, Homer Kitabevi, and Pandora’s Box on the Istiklal Caddesi in Taksim; the Greenhouse Cafe in Kadikoy; Remzi Kitabevi in Akmerkez.
Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey, a nonfiction anthology edited by Anastasia M. Ashman and Jennifer Eaton Gökmen, debuted at the opening meeting of the IWI this week in a special pre-sales event. Excited expatriates kept the book's editors and a number of fellow contributors busy dedicating and autographing throughout the morning. Published by Dogan Kitap, the English version of Expat Harem is now available in Turkey's bookstores together with the Turkish edition. Already garnering interest locally, Expat Harem's Turkish edition (entitled Türkçe Sevmek: Türkiye'de Yaşayan Yabancı Kadınların Gözüyle Türkler) is framed by a powerfully sentimental foreword penned by Turkey's foremost female author Elif Şafak.
“Osman's Dream. The Story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1923” is the latest book of Caroline Finkel. It is a narrative history of the Ottoman Empire from its earliest beginnings to its final destruction on the battlefields of the First World War. “Osman's Dream” is aimed at the general reader, and is now available from reputable bookstores in Turkey.
Hughette Eyüboğlu who is among the first foreign brides in Turkey, published her memories in Turkish last year and attracted attention. The English and French versions of the said book “Living Under the Shadow of Two Cultures” and “Du Clocher au Minaret” respectively are at the bookstores as of June.
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