Chicago - USA
Date: November 22, 2013 - January 24, 2014
Exhibition: “Istanbul Breeze” Turkish modern art exhibition.
Place: Hilton Asmus Contemporary Gallery
Information: http://www.armaggangallery.com/en/events.html
This event is a joint project between the Turkish Cultural Foundation and ARMAGGAN Art & Design Gallery.

Chicago - USA
Date: January 12, 2014
Presentation: "When the Daughters of the Republic became terrorists: Kemalist women in Turkish popular media" by Rustem Ertug Altinay at the Modern Language Association Annual Conference.
Information: http://www.mla.org/convention
The speaker is a recipient of the 2013 TCF Fellowship in Turkish Culture and Art.

Las Vegas, Nevada - USA
Date: Saturday, January 25, 2014
Event: "Spotlight on Turkey Teachers' Workshop" features lectures on Turkish history and culture as well as more specific topics like gender roles in Turkey.
Place: Canarelli Middle School
Information: http://www.waclv.org/uploads/2/1/4/9/21494980/spotlight_on_turkey_pde_flyer.pdf
This program is sponsored by TCF and organized as part of the "Spotlight on Turkey" national educational program in partnership with the World Affairs Councils of America.

Aix-en Provence - FRANCE
Date: January 24-25, 2014
Presentation: "Migrant Families from Cappadocia in Istanbul (1840-1920) and the notion of Family Reunification as a way of integration" by Aylin de Tapia at the IREMAM symposium.
Place: Institute for Research and Studies on the Arab and Muslim world (Institut de recherches et d'études sur le monde arabe et musulman)
Information: http://iremam.cnrs.fr/
The speaker is a recipient of the 2013 TCF Fellowship in Turkish Culture and Art.

Istanbul - TURKEY
Date: January 14, 2014 2:30 pm
TCF Istanbul Lecture Series: “Surname-i Hümayun” by Prof. Dr. Nurhan Atasoy, Istanbul University.
Place: TCF Istanbul Office
Information: http://www.turkishculturalfoundation.org/pages.php?ID=60
Lecture is presented in English.

Istanbul - TURKEY
Date: January 16, 2014 3:00 pm
TCF-YESAM Lecture: “Sherbets in Ottoman Culinary Culture” by Asst. Prof. Ozge Samanci, Yeditepe University.
Place: TCF Culinary Arts Center - YESAM
Information: http://www.culinaryartcenter.org/en/upcoming-events.htm
Lecture is presented in Turkish.

Istanbul - TURKEY
Date: January 18, 2014 8:00 pm
Concert: “Songs of Neveser Kokdes and Muhlis Sabahattin Ezgi” - Eyup Musiki Vakfi (Eyup Music Foundation) concert.
Place: Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall
This event is supported by a grant from the Turkish Cultural Foundation.

 

The events listed on this newsletter require registration or invitation. For more information on how to attend, please visit the provided links. 

For a listing of Turkish cultural events around the world, visit the TCF Calendar.