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PRESS CONFERENCE
28 05 ‘15
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GUEST COUNTRY TURKEY...............................................................................................
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SUBSIDIES & SPONSORING.............................................................................................
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ARTS.................................................................................................................................
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EXHIBITION......................................................................................................................
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MUSIC...............................................................................................................................
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PERFORMING ARTS.........................................................................................................
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CINEMA.............................................................................................................................
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LITERATURE......................................................................................................................
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YOUTH..............................................................................................................................
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TURKISH ROADS..............................................................................................................
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ORGANISATION................................................................................................................
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CV’S.................................................................................................................................
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EUROPALIA TURKEY
06 10 ‘15 - 31 01 ‘16
GUEST COUNTRY TURKEY
Europalia has always shown the most diverse cultures. Initially these were mainly European
countries, but in the recent past the horizon has been extended to cultures like Russia, India,
Brazil and China. As the fastest growing economy in Europe, Turkey is frequently mentioned in
the same breath as these growth countries.
Turkey is indeed becoming an increasingly important economic player on the world stage. Recent years have brought low inflation, a young and well-educated workforce and a favourable
climate for foreign investors. As one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, tourism makes a substantial contribution to the country’s GDP. The richness of its culture partly
accounts for Turkey’s popularity among tourists.
Turkey is often called a cradle of civilizations. Since the earliest prehistoric times Anatolia has
served as a bridge between Europe and Asia. Few other countries have known such a large
number of civilizations succeed one another or exist side by side. Down the centuries this has
fuelled intercultural cross-fertilization. So standing as it does at the crossroads of Asian and
European cultures and as a blossoming scene of powerful art expressions, Turkey is the ideal
candidate for this jubilee edition.
The choice of Turkey as the guest country is also an opportunity for us to strengthen our ties
with Belgium’s large Turkish community. Initiatives are under way to involve Turkish Belgians in
the programme and to have the European public discover the country’s unseen cultural richness.
Enough reasons for taking a close look at this fascinating country...
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SUBSIDIES & SPONSORING
IN TURKEY
Main Sponsor
IN BELGIUM
Officiel Carrier
* PUBLIC SECTOR
DEUTSCHSPRACHIGE
GEMEINSCHAFT
* SPONSORING
Main Sponsor
Exhibition
Sponsors
Patrons Club Gold
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SUBSIDIES & SPONSORING
IN BELGIUM
Patrons Club Silver
Sponsor MAS Exhibition:
Media supports
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INTRODUCTION
EUROPALIA TURKEY will be a laboratory. A laboratory for our new mission where, alongside the customary cultural
heritage projects and contemporary events, we will accelerate forward the notions of creation and exchange.
On 6 October, the festival will open in the Centre for Fine Arts with the central heritage exhibition, Anatolia. Home of
Eternity. Turkey is so rich in cultural heritage that we could have made it easy for ourselves by building an exhibition
around the treasures of this or that museum or archaeological site. But then we wouldn’t be EUROPALIA; we always
want to go one step further and find a theme that will introduce our guest country in all its diversity, a theme that
stimulates new inquiry. That’s how we arrived at the theme of rituals, viewed over a period of no less than 12,000
years, from the earliest Anatolian civilisations right up to and including the Ottoman Empire. An intensive research
that has resulted in a fascinating and unique picture of Turkey, with artworks from 30 Turkish collections.
For the opening exhibition, we made a conscious decision to look beyond Istanbul, but of course we haven’t ignored
Turkey’s most evocative city. Istanbul is the focus of different projects, starting with two other major exhibitions:
Imagine Istanbul in Bozar and Port City Talks / Istanbul-Antwerp in the MAS. The first looks at Istanbul through the
eyes of photographers and captures the fascination and inspiration they draw from this legendary metropolis. We
show how the burgeoning art of photography was immediately adopted by Constantinople and showcase the work
of Turkey’s greatest photographers, culminating with the greatest of them all, Ara Güler. We’re also sending our own
photographer Bieke Depoorter and sound artist Débruit to Istanbul to create new work in response to the exhibition.
But Henri Cartier-Bresson is not overlooked, nor is Sophie Calle, Orhan Pamuk and lots of other authors as well as
film makers and musicians.
In the MAS, we shine a spotlight on Istanbul as a port city. Drawing the comparison with Antwerp, this exhibition
explores what a port and the presence of water means for a city. How such a city is inhabited, traversed, and built…
For the first time in Belgium, archaeological remains from Yenikapı, Istanbul’s oldest port in use between the 4th and
11th centuries, will be on display. An exhibition in which objects are placed in a multimedia setting that will attract
both young and old visitors.
Also in Antwerp, the M HKA is dedicating an exhibition to Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin. This artist, who died in 2007, left
an oeuvre that has played and still plays a key role in contemporary Turkish art. We are delighted that his work will
be shown in Belgium. The exhibition at the M HKA is part of a small but powerful series within our festival that brings
internationally renowned Turkish artists to Belgium where they are rarely if ever exhibited; a great opportunity to
discover their work. As well as Alptekin, this series features two great women artists, Ayşe Erkmen and Gülsün
Karamustafa. Erkmen will enter into dialogue with Ann-Veronica Janssens at the SMAK, while at the Centrale for
Contemporary Art and Argos, Karamustafa will encounter Koen Theys and Kasper Bosmans. Our focus on creation
and exchange is clearly visible here, but also, and above all, in numerous residencies such as –and not least– that
of Gauthier Oushoorn who is not only visiting Istanbul but also the region around Mardin to develop new work for
the CID in Grand Hornu.
Creation and exchange also bring us to other disciplines. Let’s first have a look at literature and film.
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During her residency in Istanbul, Pascale Fonteneau will meet the crime writer Ahmet Ümit. They will confront
each other’s visions of Brussels and Istanbul. The duo will be joined by a small (not many writers are translated into
Dutch or French) but diverse number of authors who will present and debate their work with fellow writers. Turkish
filmmakers are also coming to show their work in Belgium, including a retrospective at Flagey in collaboration with
the Cinematek of one of Turkey’s greatest cineastes and winner of the Golden Bear, Semih Kaplanoğlu. And we will
not overlook Nuri Bilge Ceylan, winner of the Golden Palm in 2014 and honour him with a film retrospective and a
photography exhibition (C-Mine, Genk).
The creation and exchange of Jef Neve and NOHlab (a digital artists’ collective with amongst others CandaŞ SiŞman)
brings us to music. They are collaborating on a unique project for Flagey in which Neve’s music will be accompanied
by NOHlab’s cutting edgemotion design. Also the fusion jazz percussionist, Okay Temiz, has accepted the challenge
of working with La Fanfare du Belgistan in a project that will travel from Brussels to Utrecht, London and Paris. The
legendary Turkish composer Mustafa Özkent, who studied in Brussels during the 1970s, will for the first time in 40
years tour Belgium with an occasional band (including stops at the AB in collaboration with Les Ateliers Claus). The
fans of electronic music will be spoilt with a new album by Débruit and an exquisite selection of Turkish electronic
music artists.
Of course, traditional music also features strongly on the programme. We are proud to welcome Jordi Savall and the
Hesperion XXI Ensemble to EUROPALIA TURKEY with Istanbul 1710, but also delighted to bring lesser-known Turkish music ensembles such as the Borusan Quartet to our venues. We also find it important to support a number of
existing initiatives and to cater to the Turkish community in Belgium by bringing pop legends from their native land.
As such, we are collaborating with Istanbul Ekspres, a festival taking place since 2006 in De Centrale in Ghent, now
with the active participation of the Handelsbeurs (Ghent).
For the performing arts, we mainly give priority to dance. Young dancers will take tradition into their own hands,
such as Kadir Amigo Memis who combines traditional Anatolian Zeybek music with breakdance in Zeybreak. Or Ziya
Azazi who is bringing his interpretation of the whirling dervishes to Brussels, Liège and Valenciennes. The French
choreographer Christian Rizzo also takes inspiration from traditional Turkish music and dance for his D’après une
histoire vraie with the Turkish dancer Kerem Gelebek. For the theatre we are focusing on Karagöz, offering both traditional and contemporary versions of Turkish shadow play.
We will not deny that certain aspects of the Turkish arts are missing in this programme. To be complete is impossible
and is not our goal. With this programme, we do try and give a divers image of a strong artistic scene, with lots of
space for creation and dialogue between artists from different fields and disciplines.
THIS CURRENT PROGRAMME MIGHT BE SUBJECT TO MODIFICATIONS.
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EXPO
EXHIBITIONS
ANATOLIA. HOME OF ETERNITY
07 10 ‘15 - 17 01 ‘16
Centre for Fine Arts - Brussels
HERITAGE
Anatolia has long been a bridge between Europe and Asia, where numerous migrations have resulted in a fascinating cultural exchange. It is perhaps the greatest cradle of cultures in the world and has an extraordinarily rich
heritage, thanks to an uninterrupted and twelve millennia-long succession of civilisations. However different these
civilisations were, it is remarkable how cults and rituals were passed down, some even to this day.
This continuity of cults and rituals form the leitmotiv of the exhibition, which is divided into four themes: the cosmos; nature; the world of gods; and divine interventions. Each theme spans 12 millennia of rituals, from the earliest
Anatolian civilisations to the Ottoman Empire. More than 200 objects, many of which have never been shown before, from more than 30 museums from the remotest corners of Turkey will illustrate the diverse, opulent Anatolian
heritage and will introduce the art of the guest country.
The first chapter encompasses the religious interpretation of the cosmos and the veneration of celestial bodies in
multiple Anatolian cultures. We will show, for instance, remarkable ritual objects from the Alacahöyük site (Bronze
Age) from the Museum for Anatolian Civilisations (Ankara), carvings and sculptures from classical antiquity from the
Archeological Museums of Istanbul, but also miniatures and artworks from the Seljuk and Ottoman periods from the
Topkapı Palace, illustrating the worship of the heavens, constellations, sun and moon from the earliest civilisations
onwards.
The second chapter looks at the worship of natural phenomena (mountains, rock formations, springs, rivers, fountains) and the rituals performed to ensure the annual regeneration of nature. Reliefs or sculptures of river gods,
nymphs and the tree of life illustrate nature’s central place in the rich artistic expression of the different civilisations
and religions that succeeded each other on Anatolian soil, from the Bronze Age until the Ottoman period.
The third chapter addresses the divine. We show the evolution from the oldest schematic images of man (10th
millennium BC), via Neolithic mother goddesses in terracotta and aniconic stone idols (3rd millennium BC), to the
correct anthropomorphic representations of divine beings. Perfect body shapes and an accurate representation of
movement were only seen as of the 5th century BC in representations of Olympian gods.
This section also includes typical ‘oriental’ representations of deities: winged divine beings, animal gods, ‘Betyls’
(e.g., the famous Artemis of Ephesus) and the local Neo-Hittite goddess, Kubaba. She was later transformed into the
goddess Cybele, who from the 2nd century BC, was one of the most important protective goddesses of Rome and
whose cult spread throughout the Empire.
Within monotheistic religions, we show how the first Christians coped with pagan idols and imagery, and how the
image of Christ evolved over time. Given the prohibition in Islam to depict Allah and the Prophet, the Turkish Seljuks
and Ottomans replaced imagery with calligraphic representations of their names through so-called ‘word portraits’
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or images of the Prophet’s feet or sandals. But within Turkish Islam – especially under the Seljuks – we see greater
tolerance towards images of humans and animals in sophisticated secular architecture and crafts. We will exhibit
refined mosque furniture and cult objects, as well as exquisite miniatures and textiles from different periods.
The places of worship of diverse Anatolian civilisations are also illustrated, based on the architectural remains of
temples, Byzantine churches and mosques, elements from their interiors and exclusively, objects used in worship.
We pay equal attention to offerings and altars, religious festivals and games, and to the phenomenon of pilgrimage,
which has continued uninterrupted from classical antiquity to the present day Hadj.
The fourth and last section looks at divine interventions in the world of humans. This includes among others, gods,
saints and rituals ascribed with healing powers and how for centuries humans have tried to protect themselves
against misfortune, including the Evil Eye. We also look at the relationship between religion and politics, with the
personification and deification of ancient cities, and the cults of both living and deceased rulers, with masterpieces
that illustrate the cult of Roman Caesars. To conclude, exclusive objects show how the rulers of both Byzantine and
Ottoman courts demonstrated their superiority over their subjects via court ceremonies and ceremonial attire.
Silver rhyton
Achaemenid period
Sadberk Hanım Museum, Istanbul
Iznik tile with two peacocks
Ottoman period
Sadberk Hanım Museum, Istanbul
Ivory diptych panel depicting
empress Ariadne, Byzantin periode
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
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Practical information
Organisation:
EUROPALIA, Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Curators:
Famous Turkey expert, Knight Marc Waelkens is emeritus professor in archaeology at the
University of Leuven. Until recently, he directed the archaeological excavations at Sagalassos (SW-Turkey), one of the largest interdisciplinary archaeological research projects in the
Mediterranean, where he investigated all aspects of the city and its ancient territory with the
help of multidisciplinary scientific methods. He also contributed significantly to archaeological projects in Greece, Syria, Italy and Egypt and brought new insights in this research.
Zülküf Yilmaz started working in the Ministry of Culture as an archaeologist in 1990. He
worked at the following positions successively: museum researcher in Edirne Museum from
1990 to 1991, director of Kırklareli Museum from 1991 to 2006, head of museums department
at the directorate general for Cultural Heritage and Museums from 2007 to 2013. Acting
deputy director general for Cultural Heritage and Museums since 2013. Graduated from Protohistoria and Near Eastern Archaeology Department of Ankara University, Faculty of Letters
and History- Geography in 1988. Had M.A. degree in the Department of Archaeology and
Art History, Social Sciences Institute of Trakya University in 1996. Completed the courses
required for doctoral degree in the Department of Classical Archaeology, Social Sciences
Institute of İstanbul University in 2000.
Working
Gökhan Bozkurtlar (Head of Department, General Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Mu-
Committee:
seums), Nilüfer Ertan (Director of Cultural Activities, General Directorate for Cultural Heritage
and Museums) Olcay Kabar (Culture and Tourism Expert, General Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Museums) Zeynep Kızıltan (Director of İstanbul Archaeological Museums), Ayşe
Erdoğdu (Acting Director of Topkapı Palace Museum), Dr. Selin İpek, (Museum Researcher,
Topkapı Palace Museum), Mine Kiraz (Archaeologist, İstanbul Archaeological Museums),
Frédéric Hitzel (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris), Ine Jacobs (Oxford
University), René Lebrun (UCLouvain), Marcel Otte (Université de Liège), Bert Smith (Oxford
University), Peter Van Deun (KU Leuven), Paris), Ine Jacobs (Oxford University), René Lebrun
(UCLouvain), Marcel Otte (Université de Liège), Bert Smith (Oxford University), Peter Van
Deun (KU Leuven), Julian Richard (project coordinator exhibitions EUROPALIA), Dirk Vermaelen (Artistic Director EUROPALIA).
We would like to extend our sincere gratitude and appreciation for all the contributions provided by Prof. İlknur ÖZGEN who has shaped the general idea and the outline of this wonderful exhibition since the beginning.
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Subject:
Anatolia is perhaps the greatest cradle of cultures in the world and has an extraordinarily rich heritage, thanks to an uninterrupted and twelve millennia-long
succession of civilisations. However different these civilisations were, it is remarkable how cults and rituals were passed down, some even to this day. This
continuity of cults and their associated rituals form the leitmotiv of the exhibition.
Period:
10th millenium B.C. till early 20th C.
Objects:
More than 200 objects from all over Turkey: archeological treasures, stone
sculptures and carvings, miniatures, textile, silverware ...
Main lenders:
30 Turkish museums, amongst others: Topkapı
Palace Museum, Istanbul
Archeological Museums, Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, Museum of
Anatolian civilizations. European collections such as the Kunsthistorisches
Museum, Wien
Scenography:
Aslı Çiçek (1978, Istanbul) graduated from the Academy for Fine Arts Munich
and holds master’s degree in interior architecture. In Belgium she worked at Gigantes Zenghelis Architects (2005-2007) and Robbrecht en Daem architecten
(2007-2014) as a project architect. Since 2009 she has been a design studio
tutor at the Catholic University of Leuven’s Faculty of Architecture in Brussels
and Ghent. A regular contributor to European and Turkish architectural magazines, she was the co-editor of the 11th Flemish Architectural Review. As an independent designer she lives and works in both Brussels and Istanbul.
Catalog:
EN – FR – NL – publisher Lannoo
Sponsors:
National Lotery – National Bank of Belgium - Total
Audioguide:
EN - FR - NL
separate audioguide for adults and children
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IMAGINE ISTANBUL
15 10 ‘15 - 24 01 ‘16
HERITAGE CONTEMPORARY CREATION EXCHANGE
Istanbul is a catalyst of cultural processes that has constantly changed its meaning, significance and appearance. Istanbul perpetually evolves and continues to defy a single representation, a defining telling or any generalisation. Istanbul therefore is an indefatiguable muse.
‘Imagine Istanbul’ looks at some defining artists of 20th century Turkish photography – but
also music, cinema and literature- to illustrate how these art forms shaped the way we see this
city. It explores a series of photographic revelations, bodies of work that move alongside the
dividing waters of the city.
To start, a separate section with examples from 19th Century Istanbul photography illustrates
how, from the very early start of the medium, the photographer desires and needs Istanbul.
Unseen photos from the magnificent Koç collection reveal precurser imagery of what we consider
comtemporary photography.
The core of the exhibition is Ara Güler, «The Eye
of Istanbul», unquestionably Turkey’s most significant photographer of the 20th century. He is the
fundemental artist then and now, the benchmark
of a whole school of photography. All photography
that followed Ara Güler and his school were either
in agreement with it or made a conscious effort
to escape from it. He has produced an enormous
body of work over the past three quarters of a century, so exhaustive that there are several Istanbuls
that no longer exist that he has recorded. They
have become subjects in the astounding forensics
of photography. Ara Güler is a photographer, artist, journalist, historian. He accepts only the ‘journalist’ but prefers the ‘historian’ and denies the ‘artist’. His importance is hard to overestimate. Orhan
Pamuk, Turkey’s Nobel laureate for literature, has
© Ara Güler
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written:
‘’ ... Ara Güler’s greatest achievement is to have preserved for many millions a visual memoir
that captures the city in all its richness and poetry. Every time I look at the details in Güler’s
Istanbul photographs, I want to rush to my desk to write about the city.’’
Ara Güler’s work will be followed by a wider investigation of new and forward-looking or new
and past-embracing photography which characterises the Turkish photography of today.
One of these will be a substantial selection of the work of Ali Taptık, who can be described as
the antithesis to Ara Güler. We could say that Istanbul needed Ali Taptık. It needed the gaze he
brought to the ever-emerging cityscape which for him was a constantly emerging self-portrait
of contemporary Turkey. His work is not a critique of Istanbul, it is an intimate interaction with it.
Ahmet Polat will be another contemporary photographer whose work the exhibition will explore. He is an artist who has built a body of work on the polarity of family background. He has
Turkish-Dutch origins (he recently won the prestigious ‘Fotograaf des Vaderlands’ award in the
Netherlands) and he has a keen awareness of the dichotomy of his aesthetic and conceptual
approaches. His work is a combination of commentory and confession.
Last but not least, the photographic work of Nuri Bilge Ceylan will be presented. Ceylan is
better known in Europa as a film director (he won the 2014 Golden Palm in Cannes for his film
Winter Sleep), but his photography is as extraordinary as his cinematographic work, with an
almost painterly sense of both composition and the subtly dramatic play of light.
‘Imagine Istanbul’ is a journey of photographic encounters that are testimony to the immense
power of Istanbul to confront, challenge and seduce. Music, cinema, literature as well as installations by contemporary artists such as Ayşe Erkmen, Sophie Calle and Kasper Bosmans
dialogue with the different photographers. There is no attempt to be a comprehensive survey
but more, a demonstration of the universiality of Istanbul.
In the frame of the exhibition, two artists are given the opportunity to create new work: Débruit and Bieke Depoorter. Both
artists travel to Istanbul for a residency. The new album by
Débruit, with recorded material in Istanbul will be premiered
in the exhibition. Depoorter’s new photographic work, shot in
Istanbul, will be shown in Bozar’s Horta hall.
© Ali Taptık, from the series Kaza ve Kader 2004-2008
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Residencies in the frame of the exhibition
Bieke Depoorter
Bieke Depoorter received her Master’s degree in Photography from the
Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Ghent. She mainly works on autonomous projects. In 2009, she travelled through Russia, taking photos of
the people with whom she stayed. The resulting series, ‘Ou Menya’, won
many prizes, including a Magnum Expression Award. Lannoo published
her first book of photographs. A similar project in the United States resulted in her second book, ‘I am about to call it a day’, published in 2014.
© Jef Boes
Depoorter is currently working on ‘In Between’, an intimate series about Egyptian families. She became a Nominee
Member of Magnum in 2012 and an Associate Member in 2014.
Débruit - Istanbul Sessions
Over the years, traditional and non-traditional world music has become
an integral part of much modern Western music. African and oriental
influences from the 1960s and ‘70s are, for example, still very common in
rock and dance music. They contribute to fascinating, new music.
Xavier Thomas aka Débruit is an international composer, producer, and
instrumentalist known for his adventurous live performances. He crosses futuristic world music with exciting beats
and colourful synths. His unique style is heard across the world and his last album with the Sudanese singer Alsarah
climbed high in the Top 10 of best world music albums of 2013.
In the framework of the exhibition Imagine Istanbul, Débruit will be in residence to record a conceptual album
featuring the city sounds and music of Istanbul. His field recordings and collaboration with different artists from
the EUROPALIA programme will form an integral part of his next album. An exclusive preview can be heard at the
exhibition.
This project spans the musical heritage and exhilarating present day reality of Istanbul. Moments brought together
in an imaginative interpretation of the city on the Bosphorus, in which all influences unite through collaboration with
musicians from different generations. The sounds, rhythms, and tempo of the city at different moments in time, but
always in one place. Traditional, visionary, electric, psychedelic, futuristic, melodic or experimental, Débruit develops a new vision of the exciting and captivating Istanbul.
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Organisation:
EUROPALIA, Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Curator:
Paul McMillen was born in Northern Ireland, emigrated to New York, received
BFA degree in 1968. He started communications consultancy while pursuing
post graduate studies. Hoved to London, and started the communications
and design company Millions Ltd. In 1974 McMillen moved to Turkey and
taught design and photography at the Middle East Technical University in
Ankara. Founded Image Production, a film and photography company, in
1981. Founded RPM Advertising Agency (now UltraRPM) in 1984. Exhibited
photography in a series of individual exhibitions. Founded the first photography gallery in Turkey for Pamuk bank, directed and curated the gallery
exhibitions for six years. Is a Trustee and one of the founding sponsors of
Istanbul Modern.
Subject:
Imagine Istanbul shows the artistic fascination for Turkey’s most legendary
city. Its photographers form the core of the exhibition, giving the leading
role to Ara Güler, The Eye of Istanbul. Güler will be surrounded by other
contemporary photographers, as well as authors, film makers, musicians
and visual artists, bringing existing and newly commissioned work.
Period:
19th Century until today
Objects:
Unique 19th century ottoman photography, work of Ara Güler, Henri CartierBresson, Sophie Calle, AyŞe Erkmen, ...
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Main lenders:
Collection of the artists, private collections.
Scenography:
Aslı Çiçek (1978, Istanbul) graduated from the Academy for Fine
Arts Munich and holds master’s degree in interior architecture.
In Belgium she worked at Gigantes Zenghelis Architects (20052007) and Robbrecht en Daem architecten (2007-2014) as a
project architect. Since 2009 she has been a design studio tutor
at the Catholic University of Leuven’s Faculty of Architecture in
Brussels and Ghent. A regular contributor to european and turkish
architectural magazines, she was the co-editor of the 11th Flemish
Architectural Review. As an independent designer she lives and
works in both Brussels and Istanbul.
Catalog:
EN – publisher Lannoo
© Ara Güler
Smoking girl, Osmanbey – Istanbul 2014 © Ahmet Polat
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PORT CITY TALKS. ISTANBUL-ANTWERP
23 10 ‘15 - 24 01 ‘16
MAS | Museum Aan de Stroom - Antwerpen
HERITAGE - CONTEMPORARY
The MAS takes you on a journey through the Bosporus & Golden Horn to Istanbul; the legendary
city in Turkey and a place to stir the imagination. The exhibition Port City Talks / IstanbulAntwerp focuses on the decisive role played by the water in Istanbul’s development through
centuries to date, highlighting certain points it has in common with Antwerp.
Where water and land meet, civilizations meet up –places where people trade goods, gain
access to different worlds and exchange ideas while absorbing diversities. These human
interactions, combined with the port infrastructures and new materials such as steel and
concrete play an important role in the development of the city and its surrounding area. This
is the case in Antwerp and in Istanbul, basically a passage between continents and important
ports in history.
Istanbul is literally the crossing point between Asia and Europe. For centuries, the port has
been seen as the gateway to the East. On the other hand, Antwerp has emerged from being a
port city on a river to a leading world port: a gateway to the rest of the world. Both cities have
been known for centuries for their bustling commerce and political influence.
The exhibition Port City Talks / Istanbul-Antwerp will motivate the audience to walk through
the traces of Istanbul, discovering art works and artefacts from different centuries and
using multimedia installations, and to discover the Bosporus, its inlet Golden Horn and their
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hinterland. At the same time, the relation between Istanbul and Antwerp will be explored and
the viewer will be invited for individual experiences and inspirations.
The first part of the exhibition will show for the very first time in Belgium a selection of
archeological objects from Yenikapı, the oldest harbor of Istanbul, in use between the 4th and
11th Century. The following chapters will explore the way people live and travel in both cities
and will treat the bridges and tunnels, with Istanbul being famous for its bridges and Antwerp
more for its tunnels, the ships, the shipyards and the docks and decks. Objects will come from
Turkish and Belgian museums and private collections. A series of digital artists will also create
new work for the exhibition and its undoubtedly unusual, promising design.
In the frame of Port City Talks, a contemporary Turkish artist will come to AIR Antwerp for a
residency project. The artist will explore the thematic of the exhibition and the result will be
shown at the MAS.
© Stad Antwerpen
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Organisation:
MAS Museum aan de stroom, EUROPALIA, Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Curators:
Murat Tabanlıoğlu (°1960) studied architecture at Vienna Technical University.
He founded Tabanlioglu Architects in cooperation with Dr. Hayati Tabanlıoğlu
in Istanbul in 1990. After graduating in 1992, he returned to Istanbul. Besides
his atelier program at Bilgi University, he lectures at universities and various
international platforms and serves as a juror at academic programs and competitions. Murat Tabanlıoğlu is a Chartered Member at Royal Institute of British
Architects and has won many international awards. Throughout his career, he
has been involved in numerous international events and exhibitions. In 2014,
he was the curator of ‘Places of Memory’, the Turkish pavilion at the Venice
Architecture Biennale.
Coordinating
curator :
Chris De Lauwer was born and grew up in India, where her father worked as
an engineer. After a career with the Department of Languages and Cultures of
South Asia at Ghent University, she became head of the Educational Department
at the former Antwerp Ethnographic Museum. Since 2011 she is attached to the
MAS Museum aan de Stroom in Antwerp as keeper of the Asia Collection and
curator of the Life and Death exhibition. She also curates temporary exhibitions
such as Holy Places. Pilgrimage in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (2014). As
indologist she is specialized Indian culture and religion, with focus on Jainism.
In 2013 she curated the EUROPALIA INDIA project in the MAS.
Cocurators:
Dr. Jan Parmentier is specialized in maritime and overseas history, mainly of
the Early Modern period. Since seven years he is researcher and curator at the
Museum aan de Stroom (MAS) in Antwerp and responsible for the maritime
collection bofre 1830’s. Before he worked as lecturer at the University of Ghent.
In 2013 he was in the MAS curator of the temporary exhibition Bonaparte aan
de Schelde. Antwerpen in een Franse stroomversnelling and for the moment
curator of the exhibition The World in a Mirror. He participated also to the
EUROPALIA INDIA–exhibition Indomania. He published among others on
European East India- and Guinea-trade, cartography and navigation, Flemish
and Irish trade networks, travel history, fishery and whaling.
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EXHIBITIONS
Jef Vrelust (b. 1976) graduated in Art History and Cultural Management.
Since 2000 he has been working for the MAS, as a project manager for the
exhibition design, the curator of the permanent exhibition World Port and
curator of the maritime collections after 1830. At the moment he is preparing
the concept development of a new maritime museum on the Antwerp dry
dock site which is due in 2023. His experience includes coordinating the
project Cockerill Yards Hoboken –courage to the last (2007), the exhibition
and book World Port (2011), the book 750 years of harbour cranes in Antwerp
(2014) and the exibition All hands on deck (2014).
Subject:
The exhibition Istanbul - Antwerp. Port City Talks puts two port cities in
the spotlight : what does it mean for a city to have a port ? What impact
would have a port and its activities on the urban network ? On the people
who work and live there ? On the communication means inside and outside
the city ? How will port areas evolve over time? Archaeological artifacts,
artworks and multimedia installations outline the parallel story of Istanbul
and Antwerp and take visitors along the Bosphorus, the Golden Horn and
the Scheldt.
Period:
Byzantine period until today
Objects:
Archaeological finds from the Byzantine port of Yenikapı in Istanbul, photographs, engravings, maquettes and new multimedia creations.
Main Lenders:
Istanbul Archaeological Museums, Istanbul Maritime Museum, Rahmi Koç
Museum, MAS|Museum aan de Stroom, Museum Plantin-Moretus / Prentenkabinet, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Felixarchief / Stadsarchief Antwerpen, Letterenhuis, Koninklijke Museum voor Schone Kunsten
Antwerpen, Maritime Museum Rotterdam, private collections in Turkye and
Belgium.
Scenography:
Tabanlioglu Architects
Catalog:
EN - BAI Editing
Sponsors:
Total, Port of Antwerp, DEME, Ackermans & Van Haaren
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EXHIBITIONS
GÜLSÜN KARAMUSTAFA - KOEN THEYS
29 10 ‘15 - 28 02 ‘16
Centrale for Contemporary Art & Argos - Brussels
CONTEMPORARY - EXCHANGE
Curators : Carine Fol & Rolf Quaghebeur
Gülsün Karamustafa lives and works in Istanbul. She mainly works around the themes of
mobility, displacement, relocation and migration, and creates paintings, collages, installations
and video.
Koen Theys casts a highly critical eye on our society and its contradictions. He works primarily
– but not exclusively – with his favourite medium: video. He was one of the Belgian pioneers in
this field.
These two internationally renowned artists use common themes to question “high and low
culture” and the place of the individual in a society undergoing constant change and evolution.
They confront the spectator with videos that are simultaneously culturally anchored (parades,
traditional painting) and offer a critical reading of social change as reflections of social and
cultural memory.
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EXHIBITIONS
HÜSEYİN BAHRİ ALPTEKİN. DEMOCRATIC LUXURY
15 10 ‘15 - 31 01 ‘16
M HKA - Antwerpen
CONTEMPORARY
Curator : Nav Haq
Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin was fascinated by the difference between the promise of something
and the banal reality:
for example how the name of a cheap hotel can simulate an exotic location. He was also a
traveller, studious of forms of feral capitalism in places considered the fringes of western
modernity.
Alptekin is considered one of the most significant figures of his generation in the established
contemporary art scene of Istanbul. This exhibition will be a thematic survey of his work,
bringing together a key selection of art produced during the two decades either side of the new
millennium, including photographs, sculptures, installation, neon text, videos and collages, ...
Media often reflecting “global junk”.
Though Alptekin exhibited a lot across Europe, his work has never been exhibited at all in
Belgium. His practice can also be contextualised through parallels between his work and other
key figures that M HKA has long-term engagements with, such as with Alan Sekula who also
considered the movement of people and objects under the conditions of globalisation, or
Jimmie Durham who broadly considers the politics of otherness.
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EXHIBITIONS
AYŞE ERKMEN & ANN VERONICA JANSSENS
07 11 ‘15 - 14 02 ‘16
S.M.A.K. - Ghent
CONTEMPORARY - EXCHANGE
Curator : Philippe Van Cauteren
Ayşe Erkmen and Ann Veronica Janssens, two leading international artists, are commissioned
by the city of Ghent to create a work of art for the public space in the historic center. By
the end of 2015, each of them will install a vertical sculpture from 17 to 21 meter high on the
Korenmarkt. Both artistic projects will be integrated into the redevelopment of the square by
the architects Robbrecht & Daem and Marie-Josée van Hee.
The artistic practice by the Turkish-German artist Ayşe Erkmen is characterized by a profound
interest in the historical and social context in which a work of art originates. Usually her
interventions respond to the existing social situations or architectural conditions and bring
facts and structures to the surface that normally remain hidden under the dense complex of
the environment.
Belgian artist Ann Veronica Janssens (1956, Folkestone) focuses on the sensory experience and
the particular moment in which the body meets the space. She experiments with the elusive
and brings in light, color and sound to investigate the perception of space and movement.
Visitors are invited to take part in her installations while their senses are activated to experience
the immaterial.
On the first floor of the S.M.A.K., Ann Veronica Janssens and Ayşe Erkmen each present a new,
room-filling installation and combine these with additional works.
Documentation and plans about their projects for the Korenmarkt will be on view in separate
cabinets. With this exhibition aims S.M.A.K. to situate the commissions for the Korenmarkt
within the broader, richer context of the oeuvre of both artists and to support the choice of the
city for high quality art in the public space.
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EXHIBITIONS
NURİ BİLGE CEYLAN
22 11 ‘15 - 31 01 ‘16
C-Mine - Genk
CONTEMPORARY - CREATION - EXCHANGE
Curator : Paul McMillen
In Europe, Nuri Bilge Ceylan (1956) is best known for his films. He has won numerous awards,
such as last year’s Golden Palm in Cannes for Winter Sleep. But Ceylan is also a photographer.
A photographer of an oeuvre which testifies to an incredible visual precision, poetry and
beauty. For the first time in Belgium, C-Mine will do homage to this amazing photographic
work, inviting young local photographers to create new work, in dialogue with Ceylan.
KARAGÖZ
30 10 ‘15 - 24 01 ‘16
Malmundarium - Malmédy
HERITAGE
Curator : Cengiz Özek
During the golden days of Istanbul, the traditional shadow
puppet theatre Karagöz - literally «the black eye» - could be
seen on street corners and in squares, where all-round artists
entertained the Ottoman audience with shadow puppet
comedies. This name comes from the protagonist, Karagöz,
a popular illiterate. Accompanied by his best friend Hacivat, highly educated and elitist, he holds
an ironic mirror up to Istanbul. This is illustrated through stereotypes of the Ottoman Empire (the
aristocrat, the Greek, the Frenchman, the lady and the gentleman) and we encounter many shamanic
characters (the witch, the demon, the spirit). The exhibition, curated by the puppet master Cengiz
Özek, gives an overview of all the aspects of the traditional shadow puppet theater.
We see historical shadow puppets from the 18th and 19th centuries and get an insight into the craft
of doll making and the métier of doll manipulation. A literal look behind the scenes of the traditional
Turkish shadow puppet theatre.
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EXHIBITIONS
ARCHETYPES. TURKISH ARCHITECTURE THROUGH THE AGES
14 10 ‘15 - 31 01 ‘16
CIVA- Brussels
CONTEMPORARY
Curator : Sinan Logie
From the very first human settlements until today, the
history of Anatolia has been marked by numerous waves of
transformation, revival, and re-appropriation. This dynamic
and continuous dialogue between past and present is also
reflected in the history of its architecture whose archetypical
elements (tent, minaret, column, caravanserai, etc.,) have
Sedat Hakki Eldem-SGK building Zeyrek Istanbul
endured through the ages and are still discernible today in
many contemporary creations.
This exhibition offers a unique and comparative reading of Turkish architectural history in relation to
contemporary projects via several case studies originating from different regions and eras, brought
to life in models, architectural drawings, photographs and films.
AGA KHAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE
00 ‘15 - 00 ‘16 (TBC)
CONTEMPORARY
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is given every three
years to projects that set new standards of excellence in
architecture, planning practices, historic preservation and
landscape architecture. Through its efforts, the Award seeks
to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully
address the needs and aspirations of societies across the
world, in which Muslims have a significant presence. In the
frame of EUROPALIA TURKEY, this prestigious award will present a focus on Turkish architects.
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EXHIBITIONS
DIGITAL TURKEY (working title)
08 10 ‘15 - 22 11 ‘15
Flagey - Brussels
CONTEMPORARY
Curators : Ceren & Irmak Arkman
Turkey has a very strong multimedia and digital art scene. Since
the early nineties universities, independent organisations and
numerous happenings created a broader awareness of digital
technologies in Turkey. The opening of Visual Communication
Design departments in public and private universities has led
to an increased interest in screen based digital media.
The following artists are going to exhibit single works at Flagey: Refik Anadol, Candaş Şişman, Ozan
Türkkan, Onur Şentürk, Memo Akten, Cevdet Erek, Murat Pak, Selçuk Artut, Can Pakdemir, Deniz
Kader.
THE ABSENCE OF PERMANENT I
08 11 ‘15 - 21 02 ‘16 (TBC)
CID - Hornu
CREATION - EXCHANGE
The young Brussels artist Gauthier Oushoorn bases his
project on Nader Ardalan’s book ‘The Sense of Unity’, a
study of the conceptual and symbolic importance of Islamic
architecture. Central to this is the Sufi esoteric principle of
unity in multiplicity – traditional Persian thought on form. The
first chapter of this project takes place in Istanbul and Mardin,
where in situ interventions are based on the theme of ‘surface’.
© Gauthier Oushoorn
The artist/architect expresses himself unconsciously; he is
merely a vehicle for the realization. This is followed by a second chapter in Belgium, at the Centre
d’Innovation et de Design (CID) on the Grand Hornu site. The museum and the description of the
book function as one macrocosm. The microcosm is the organisation within, created in the first
chapter.
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EXHIBITIONS
ELIF ERKAN
13 11 ‘15 - 19 12 ‘15
Maison des Arts - Schaarbeek
CREATION - EXCHANGE
The standard of living is often used to compare geographic
areas, such as the standard of living in the United States
versus Turkey, or the standard of living in Los Angeles
versus Brussels. The standard of living can also be used to
compare distinct points in time. For example, compared
with a century ago, the standard of living in the United
States has improved greatly. The same amount of work
© Elif Erkan
buys an increased quantity of goods, and items that were
once luxuries, such as carpets and paintings, are now widely available. As well, leisure time and
life expectancy have increased, and annual hours worked have decreased. All these endeavors
of quantifying a standard become in the end an aesthetic layering of location and is tinted
perhaps by the feeling of estrangement, of objects and practice taken out of their “natural”
environments and into new chosen locations, eras and desires.
VAAST COLSON & DENNIS TYFUS
28 11 ‘15 - 31 01 ‘16
Frans Masereel Centrum - Kasterlee
CREATION - EXCHANGE
Vaast Colson and Dennis Tyfus started in 2010 ‘Gunther’, an artist-run-space in the shopping
district of Antwerp. In Autumn, they will leave together to Istanbul for a residency. Both artists
will develop together a new project for the Frans Masereelcentrum in Kasterlee.
Vaast Colson (b. 1977) lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium. His work steers effortlessly around
profile, strategy and materialisation. It seeks out peripheral places and moments where images
arise, mainly by social interaction. These images depend on the circumstances, which are
unpredictable, complex and often momentary. Colson repeatedly puts himself in a situation or
an installation in which he entertains, surprises and instructs his audience. Collaboration with
other artists is of primary interest in his artistic practice.
Dennis Tyfus (Antwerp, 1979) draws, paints, takes photographs, makes films, plays noise music,
sings, parodies, produces gramophone records and CDs, creates books and magazines,
has a programme on Radio Centraal, makes collages, and lodges his oeuvre under the Ultra
Eczemalabel.
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EXHIBITIONS
TURQUITUDES
18 12 ‘15 - 17 01 ‘16
Point Culture - Brussels
CONTEMPORARY
A series of photographic portraits of first generation Turkish
immigrants in Belgium, who left their familiar lives behind
to come and work in our country and who sometimes
returned again to the motherland. Hakan Simsek (°1978) is
a Belgian photographer of Turkish origins who knows how
to capture in compelling black & white and colour digital
photography this first generation. The photographs were taken in 2013 and 2014, mostly in
Brussels, but also in Flanders and Wallonia.
TURQUOISE
20 10 ‘15 - 05 12 ‘15
Muntpunt - Brussel
CONTEMPORARY
Curator : Philippe Dupuich
Photographer Philippe Dupuich will be organising a Summer workshop with three photography
students, inviting them to create together a series of portraits of the Turkish community in
Belgium. The result will be shown at Muntpunt, a hub of EUROPALIA TURKEY with lots of
activities for families en children.
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MUSIC
EXPO
BURHAN ÖÇAL & TRAKYA ALL STARS
HERITAGE
DATES
VENUES
27 11 ‘15
Maison de la Culture, Namur
28 11 ‘15
Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
The career of the world famous virtuoso percussionist Burhan
Öçal spans all musical cultures. After his first contact with Western music, he swiftly began combining
his own tradition with other genres and cultures, such as jazz and Western classical music. Following
numerous concerts and world tours, the multi-instrumentalist and percussionist Burhan Öçal is now
focusing on ‘the most personal project of his life’. In Trakya All Stars, together with other masterful
musicians from Thrace, he pays a musical tribute to his birthplace, Kırklareli. DJ Murat Uncuoğlu provides
a touch of minimalist electronica.
KONYA TURKISH TASAVVUF MUSIC ENSEMBLE
HERITAGE
DATES
VENUES
06 01 ‘16
CC Jacques Franck, Brussels
07 01 ‘16
RASA, Utrecht (NL)
08 01 ‘16
CC Leopoldsburg
09 01 ‘16
Nieuwe Kerk, Den Haag (NL)
© Ufuk Sarisen
In this concert, the Konya Turkish Sufi Music Ensemble and the
Sama Ensemble perform traditional Mevlevi rituals. The Mevleviye or Mevlevî Order is a Sufi order founded
in Konya, the former capital of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultante. From 1273 the order spread across the entire
Ottoman Empire. Today, one can find the order in almost all Turkish communities throughout the world.
The Mevlevi Order is famous for its mesmerising whirling dance of Dervishes or Sufi monks. The Sama
ritual is a physical way to reach a higher degree of spirituality. The dizziness felt by the Dervishes during
their endless whirling at high speed, with one hand extended to the cosmos and the other to earth, is a
profoundly spiritual experience. The whirling symbolises the way electrons and planets revolve. Since
2005, the Sama ceremony is designated as UNESCO Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
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OKAY TEMIZ & LA FANFARE DU BELGISTAN
CREATION
DATES
VENUES
19 11 ‘15
AB, Brussels
20 11 ‘15
CBE, Köln (DE) (TBC)
21 11 ‘15
(TBC)
22 11 ‘15
Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht (NL)
Turkey’s legendary percussionist Okay Temiz joins forces with La Fanfare du Belgistan, the most
festive brass band in the country. Temiz has been a professional musician since 1955, building his own
instruments such as the Magic Pyramid and touring Europe and the United States with countless jazz
legends. Temiz exemplifiesTurkish music: in 1974 he founded Oriental Wind, an ensemble using only
Turkish instruments. Having spent most of his life in Sweden, he returned to Turkey in 1998. La Fanfare
du Belgistan, a seven-member group from diverse backgrounds, performs a rich repertoire of jazz,
Balkan and Middle Eastern countries compositions. For EUROPALIA TURKEY, they will create an exclusive
concert with the Turkish grand master.
Okay Temiz - diverse percussion, berimbau, cuica , ...
Tom Manoury - soprano sax, euphonium, percussive
La Fanfare du Belgistan:
Carlo Strazzante - frame-drums, derbouka, Qarqaba
Jérémie Mosseray - tapan, percussion
Quentin Manfroy - flute, percussion
Manu Loriaux - bass, percussion, sousafoon, synth
Grégoire Tirtiaux - bariton sax & tenor, percussion
Manuel Roland - alto sax, gitaar, percussion
İSTANBUL SOLİSTLERİ
HERITAGE
DATES
VENUES
20 11 ‘15
Muziekpublique, Brussels
21 11 ‘15
le phénix, Valenciennes (FR)
22 11 ‘15
Handelsbeurs, Gent (Istanbul Ekspress)
© Cavalierly
The leading chamber orchestra, Istanbul Solistleri, brings Ottoman classical music to life in a repertoire
of works by the influential 19th century composer and virtuoso Tanburi Cemil Bey (1873 – 1916). Be
enchanted by magical sounds from the ancient world of the ud, the tanbur, the kemeche and other
traditional Ottoman musical instruments.
Dr. Murat Salim Tokaç - tanbur
Hakan Güngör - kanun
Derya Türkan - kemençe
Fahrettin Yarkın - percussion
Yurdal Tokcan - ud
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İNSANLAR
CONTEMPORARY
DATE
VENUE
26 11 ‘15
Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Gent
The newest live band of Barış K with Turkish musicians Cem Yildiz,
Alican Tezer, Sinan Tansal, Özgür Yilmaz, Altan Sebüktekin.
A modernized version of Turkey’s so widely known Anadolu Pop, mixing Baglama improvisations with
slow-mo disco, acid basslines and dubby psychedelia. Insanlar adapts verses from the seventeenthcentury poet Kul Nesimi, wistfully invoking the Melami strain of Sufism as a touchstone of humility and
tolerance, in dark times. Insanlar’s first release has been remixed by Ricardo Villalobos and reissued on
Honest Jon’s in early 2015.
Barış K - electronics
Cem Yıldız - saz
Alican Tezer - percussion
Hogır - percussion
TAKSİM TRİO
CONTEMPORARY
DATES
VENUES
20 01 ‘16
CC De Spil, Roeselare
21 01 ‘16
CC Belgica, Dendermonde
22 01 ‘16
Flagey, Brussels (Brussels Jazz Festival)
23 01 ‘16
C-Mine, Genk
24 01 ‘16
RASA, Utrecht (NL)
© Osman Özel
Istanbul, one of the most fascinating cities in the world, is the cultural centre of Turkey. The city’s rich
history is inspiration forth Taksim Trio, one of the most virtuoso jazz collectives in the country. Playing
traditional instruments, these young musicians improvise on Turkish and oriental motifs. Jazz, blues and
gipsy musical influences also seep into their repertoire. Taksim is not only the name of Istanbul’s bustling
central square, it is also the Turkish word for ‘improvisation’. With flawless technique, the gentlemen of
the Taksim Trio move effortlessly between tradition and innovation. They create a unique musical mosaic
that in many ways resembles the dazzling city.
Hüsnü Senlendirici - clarinet
Ismael Tunçbilek - saz
Aytaç Doğan - kanun
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ARTO TUNÇBOYACIYAN & ARA DINKJIAN
HERITAGE
DATES
VENUES
13 01 ‘16
De Roma, Antwerp
14 01 ‘16
De Centrale, Gent
15 01 ‘16
16 01 ‘16
Centre Multifonctionnel Triangel, St-Vith
Percussionist Arto Tunçboyacıyan was busy with music from an early age. Born in Turkey, the Grammy
Award winner of Armenian descent moved to the United States where he worked with jazz legends such
as Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Paul Winter, Gerardo Nunez and Al di Meola. Since 1998, he has performed
jazz interpretations based on traditional Anatolian and Armenian music. Ara Dinkjian leads the influential
‘Night Ark’, an instrumental jazz quartet that has released four albums. Their compositions are performed
by top musicians throughout the world and are translated into thirteen languages. Their biggest hit,
‘Homecoming’, was played during the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics. Dinkjian is one of the
finest oud players in the world, and he represents Armenia at international oud festivals in Jerusalem and
Thessaloniki.
DÉBRUIT. ISTANBUL SESSIONS
CREATION
DATE
10 11 ‘15
(Bozar Night)
After his residency in Istanbul and the pre-listening of the new
album in the Imagine Istanbul exhibition, Débruit takes his
© Dan Wilson
collaborative work around Turkey to the international stages. An electronic solo live show which will
feature parts of his new Turkey flavored album. (see: p18)
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ATHENA
CONTEMPORARY
DATES
VENUES
21 11 ‘15
C-Mine, Genk
22 11 ‘15
Handelsbeurs, Gent (Istanbul Ekspres)
Athena is a ska punk band from Istanbul, Turkey that is famous in
Turkey and is also well known in Germany. The group was formed by twin brothers Gökhan Özoğuz and
Hakan Özoğuz in 1987. They started their musical life as a metal band, but switched to the ska genre
sometime later. In June 2004 Athena’s new album US was released in Turkey. On September 2012, they
opened for Red Hot Chili Peppers in Istanbul.
Hakan Özoğuz - guitar, voice
Umut Arabacı - bass
Gökhan Özoğuz - guitar, voice
Emre Ataker - keyboard
JORDI SAVALL & HESPÈRION ENSEMBLE XXI
HERITAGE
DATE
VENUE
12 ‘15
Centre For Fine Arts, Brussels
At the time of Dimitrie Cantemir (1673-1723), Constantinople was
at the very height of its glory. It was a religious and cultural center
of the Muslim world, where many travelers and artists halted.
Cantemir was an outstanding tâmbur player and an accomplished
© David Ignaszewski
composer. His book, Kitâb-ül ilm-il mûsikî (On the science of music), dedicated to Sultan Ahmed III, was
the starting point of this tribute concert by Jordi Savall and the Hesperion Ensemble XXI. They confront
court music with the traditional folk music of Sephardic Jews and Armenians who settled in the city, as
well as 17th century classical music with folk songs. Savall made a wonderful selection of ten songs from
Cantemir’s overall 355 compositions, beautifully complemented by Armenian songs.
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BARİŞ K - DJ SET
CONTEMPORARY
DATE
VENUE
26 11 ‘15
This committed record-collector got his grounding in hip hop
breaks from over a decade of producing his own weekly radio shows in various radiostations of Istanbul.
Inspired by revolutionary Turkish rock icon Barış Manco, Barış K then turned his crate-digging powers
closer to home, and uncovered a treasure trove of Turkish Pop and Rock fused with Electronic music. With
supersized bass lines and popping guitars, held together with spacey echoes and Turkish woodwinds,
Barış has cornered a dancefloor sound that’s all his own and conquered worldwide clubs with it.
STATE CHOIR TURKEY
HERITAGE
DATE
VENUE
18 12 ‘15
The State Polyphonic Choir was founded in 1988 on the initiative of
Dr. Hikmek Simsek. Under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture
and Tourism, the choir has become one of the most prominent cultural institutions in Turkey. The choir
has given more than 800 concerts in countries such as Italy, Israel, the Russian Federation and Germany,
and has more than 1000 pieces in its repertoire. Respected throughout the classical music world, the
choir was awarded an Andante Music Award in 2010, proof that it is rightly considered as ‘one of the
best choirs in the world’. The State Polyphonic Choir proposes an exclusive programme for EUROPALIA
that mirrors the diversity and richness of Turkey. We hear Turkish folk music, but also get a taste of other
cultures in Turkey: Armenian, Greek and Arab. Lastly, the choir also provides a sample of contemporary
Turkish choral music.
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BABA ZULA
CONTEMPORARY
DATES
VENUES
19 11 ‘15
De Roma, Antwerpen (joint venture see p.45)
21 11 ‘15
Handelsbeurs, Gent (Istanbul Ekspres see p.51)
22 11 ‘15
EPIC, London (UK) (TBC)
24 11 ‘15
De Werf, Brugge (joint venture see p.45)
© Dilan Bozyel
BaBa ZuLa is an alternative music group from Istanbul with a unique psychedelic sound: Oriental Dub.
BaBa ZuLa places oriental influences and instruments such as the darboeka, the electric saz and kaŞik
(spoons) alongside modern beats and electronica. Their Istanbul Psychedelica draws as much from
psychedelic rock’n’roll, reggae and dub as the musical traditions of former generations in Istanbul.
Their live performances are a unique experience for fans. Ritual performances that combine a mixture
of disciplines (belly dancing, costumes, poetry, theatre and drawing) make each concert a thrilling
audiovisual feast.
Osman Murat Ertel - electro saz, electronic sounds, vox
Özgür Çakirlar - percussion, darbuka
Mehmet Levent Akman - electronic sounds, wooden
Melike Şahin - voice (tbc)
spoons
Can Aydemir - bass
SEZEN AKSU
HERITAGE
DATE
VENUE
01 11 ‘15
Sezen ‘li Yillar
Sezen Aksu can rightly be called a star of Turkish music. She has
written and composed hundreds of songs, including dozens of hits and has more than 20 albums to her
name. Generations have grown up with her music. Her phenomenal voice and masterful compositions
have made her famous far beyond her native country. Since her debut in 1975, she has sold more than 40
million albums worldwide. The Turkish pop diva is known for her heavily orchestrated numbers as well
as for her delicate ballads and disco hits. As a mentor and lyricist she is the mastermind behind Turkish
voices such as Sertab Erener and Tarkan. She works with numerous artists in Turkey and further afield.
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BORUSAN QUARTET
CONTEMPORARY
DATES
VENUES
22 10 ‘15
CAPe, Ettelbruck (LU)
The Borusan Quartet was founded in 2005 by the maestro Gürer
Aykal and developed rapidly. Today, the string quartet gives
regular concerts in the Süreyya Opera in Kadıköy, Istanbul and
© Mehmet Erzincan
has a busy international tour schedule playing in famous concert halls such as the Konzerthaus (Berlin),
Carnegie Hall (New York), Le Corum (Montpellier) and the G. Verdi Hall (Milan). The chamber music
ensemble has won numerous music awards at home and abroad. The quartet performs a large repertoire,
from classic to modern, but has a particular weakness for the work of Turkish composers. Over the years,
they have specialised in contemporary Turkish music by Oğuzhan Balcı, Mahir Çetiz, Turgay Erdener,
Özkan Manav, Alper Maral and Turgut Pöğün ve Hasan Uçarsu.
Esen Kıvrak - violin
Efdal Altun - alto
Olgu Kızılay - violin
Çağ Erçağ - cello
MEHMET ARSLAN
CONTEMPORARY
DATES
VENUES
(TBC)
(TBC)
Turkish Dj and electronic music producer with a taste for traditional
folk hymns that effortlessly blend together with modern electronic
rhythms. Picking up on the sounds from his childhood memories, this Swiss-born Turk unintentionally
found his way into producing his own blend of hamam house during his formative years in the Basel club
scene. Fast forward to today and Mehmet has seen original releases and edits on labels such as Ata’s For
Disco Only, Huntleys + Palmers and HIGHLIFE. With his newfound success, Mehmet has finally come to
realize his dream of crafting live Saykodelik, Turkish Hymns for club goers around the world by mining
various areas of classic folk music and contemporary electronic beats. Mehmet Arslan is resident at
Berlin’s Cult Club “Die Wilde Renate”.
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KEMENÇE GECESI
HERITAGE
DATES
VENUES
08 10 ‘15
RASA, Utrecht (NL)
09 10 ‘15
Espace Senghor, Brussels
10 10 ‘15
De Centrale, Gent
Night of the Turkish Violin
Derya Türkan is a young kemençe master who both improvises and performs a classical Ottoman repertoire. For
this series of concerts, he brings together several string virtuosos. Kayhan Kalhor is an internationally acclaimed
kamancheh virtuoso. This Iranian began his music studies at the age of seven, and by 13, he was invited to play in
the national Radio and Television Concert of Iran. As a soloist, he plays with top orchestras such as the New York
Philharmonic. Turkan and Kalhor will be joined by Sokratis Sinopoulos, a Greek classical guitarist and exceptionally
gifted kemençe player, who during the last ten years, has also dedicated himself to reintroducing the kemençe into
Greek music. Ali Bahrami Fard studied santur under the legendary master Ostad Faramarz Payvarand thanks to his
flawless technique is recognised as one of the best santur players of his generation.
Sokratis Sinopoulos - kemençe, lavta
Kayhan Kalhor - kamança
Ali Bahrami Fard - santur
MUSTAFA ÖZKENT & BELÇİKA ORKESTRASI
EXCHANGE
DATES
VENUES
18 11 ‘15
AB, Brussels (in collaboration with Les Ateliers Claus)
20 11 ‘15
Weekend festival, Köln (DE) (TBC)
22 11 ‘15
Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht (NL)
Although relatively unknown, the Turkish composer, arranger and musician, Mustafa Özkent, is nonetheless an
important figure in the Turkish music scene. Western audiences discovered his music late, more than 40 years after
the beginning of his career.
Özkent started his musical career in 1960 with the Turkish pop group Teenagers in Ankara. The name of the band
was very appropriate because none of its members was older than 19. He later formed his own group, the Mustafa
Özkent Orkestrasi and as well as several singles he released the album Gençlik Ile Elele. He is a talented guitarist who
was and still is known for altering the design of his instruments in order to create unusual sounds.
Özkent quickly earned a reputation as a gifted maverick and in the early 1970s he was not only in demand as a
session player, arranger and producer, but he also studied in Brussels with Baris Manco. He made dozens of Turkish
albums that merged psychedelic and pop/rock melodies with R&B grooves and jazz-inspired improvisations. From
that moment, Mustafa’s work continued to evolve, and he influenced Turkish pop music more than he could ever
have imagined. At that time, an instrumental album like Gençlik Ile Elele was relatively hard to find here. But in 2006,
thanks to the record collectors Finders Keepers Records, Özkent’s masterwork was re-released. And especially for
EUROPALIA TURKEY, the album is brought to life on stage in partnership with a dynamic Belgian group, specifically
formed for this occasion.
Mustafa Özkent - composer, guitar
Axel Gilain - guitar
Sofiane Remadna - bass
David Picard - keyboard, organ
Yannick Dupont - drum
Guillaume Codutti - conga, percussion
Jean-Philippe de Gheest - drum
Tadzio Baudoux - percussion
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IMAGO MUNDI
EXCHANGE
DATES
VENUES
19 11 ‘15
CC Maasmechelen
20 11 ‘15
CC Belgica, Dendermonde
21 11 ‘15
CC de Bogaard, Sint-Truiden
22 11 ‘15
Muze, Heusden-Zolder
Passage is a concert about time. About Sufis who see earthly life as waiting for the afterlife, about not
reaching each other because the water is too deep... Literally about the transition from East to West, about
the flight of intellectuals, about trade relations between Istanbul and Europe, about Turkish and Western
European traditions that reveal that the answer to life’s big questions is universal. Passage is a musical
browse through a repertoire that includes Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and even contemporary
pieces. The orbo player and flutist Sofie Vanden Eynde has compiled the programme. Her Imago Mundi
Ensemble accompanies the golden voice of Mustafa Doğan Dikmen.
Mustafa Doğan Dikmen - ney, voice, percussion
Liam Fennelly - viola da gamba
Gökâlp Yüzlüer - tanbur
Griet de Geyter - sopraan
Uğur Işık - cello
Sofie vanden Eynde - luit, teorbe
THE OTTOMAN DRUMS
HERITAGE
DATES
VENUES
22 01 ‘16
24 01 ‘16
A concert project by the maestro Kudsi Ergüner, a world authority on Ottoman music. Ergüner – teacher, performer
and one of the most virtuoso ney players in Turkey – has studied the ancient roots of Ottoman music and the influence
of Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Greek, Jewish and Armenian cultures. His ensemble specialises in improvisation based
on authentic performance practices. The Ottoman Drums offer us a taste of traditional music styles: there is classical
Ottoman music dating back to the 13th century, religious music, and Mehter. Ergüner expands his core ensemble
with a large number of guest musicians. The focus lies on traditional percussion instruments such as thetanbur,
zurna and davul, but there is also room for cumhuricra, spellbinding a cappella choral passages for male voices.
MUSICIANS
PERCUSSION
Kudsi Ergüner - ney
Bruno Caillat; Pierre Rigopoulos; Hamdi
Serkan Halili - kanun
Akatay; Simon Leleux; Oray Yay
Hakan Güngör - kanun
CHOIR
Enver Mete Aslan - oud
Bora Uymaz ;Yunus Balcıoğlu; Murat Irkila-
Murat Aydemir - tanbur
ta; Mehmet Emin Ayaz; Bekir Büyükbaş; Alp
Arslan; IlhanYazıcı; Gursoy Dinçer; Hamdi
Hasan Çakan - zurna
Demircioğlu; Ali Riza Şahin
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JEF NEVE & NOHLAB
CREATION
DATE
VENUE
22 01 ‘16
Flagey, Brussels
Jef Neve needs little introduction. Famous in Belgium and abroad
for his virtuoso piano playing, in recent years our national jazz
© Stephan Vanfleteren
pride also demonstrated his talents as a composer. In this
performance, the Belgian pianist encounters NOHlab, one of the most impressive motion design
teams of 3 D animation and of the Turkish multimedia scene. NOHlab is the digital studio of two young
partners, Deniz Kader and Candaş Şişman, who can be described as art directors, project mappers and
audiovisual performers in the Turkish communication and cultural sector. Jef Neve and NOHlab will
create for EUROPALIA TURKEY an overwhelming interdisciplinary experience in which sound and image,
music and 3D animation are brought together. NOHlab will develop a completely new installation to
visually represent the music of Jef Neve. A stunning multimedia adventure on the border between jazz
and digital art.
Jef Neve - piano
Candaş Şişman - motion design
Deniz Kader - motion design
ISTANBUL SONGS
HERITAGE
DATES
VENUES
04 12 ‘15
05 12 ‘15
Salle Bruegel d’Hurlencourt,
Vieux Genappe
06 12 ‘15
Casino Houthalen-Helchteren
Inspiring songs about the Bosphorus microcosm: in Istanbul Songs we get a glimpse of the beauty, the
culture, the people and their experiences in old Istanbul. For example, ‘Katibim’, one of the most famous
folksongs in Turkey, which tells the story of the secret relationship between a lady and her servant.
Dilek Türkan - soloist
Serkan Halili - kanun
Fahrettin Yarkın - percussion
Sokratis Sinopoulos - lavta, kemençe
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MURAT ERTEL (BaBa Zula) meets
RODRIGO FUENTEALBA (MannGold de Cobre)
CREATION
DATES
VENUES
19 11 ‘15
De Roma, Antwerpen (double bill BaBa Zula)
See p. 40
20 11 ‘15
Handelsbeurs, Gent (triple bill Burcu
Karadag & Ilhan Ersahin)
24 11 ‘15
De Werf, Brugge (double bill BaBa Zula)
Rodrigo Fuentealba (guitar), Fred Lyenn (bass), Bert Vervaeck (guitar), Karen Willems (drums) meet Murat
Ertel (saz) and Özgur Özgur Çakırlar (percussion). Musicians from MannGold de Cobre, DansDans, Zita
Swoon meet the frontman and percussionist of BaBa ZuLa. Rodrigo Fuentealba has a long fascination
for the Turkish psychedelic scene, and his record collection boasts plenty of Turkish vinyl. Murat Ertel
of BaBa ZuLa is one of the heirs to that scene. On the Belgian side, a group of musicians to be proud of.
Murat Ertel
Bart Vervaeck - guitar
Özgür Çakırlar
Fred Lyenn - bass
Rodrigo Fuentealba - guitar
Karel Willems - drums
ARPANATOLIA
HERITAGE
DATE
VENUE
20 12 ‘15
Handelsbeurs, Gent
The harp, lyre and wind instruments have always been and still are
widely used in Turkish music, especially folk music. Arpanatolia
brings together singers and musicians playing the contemporary harp and traditional instruments
such as the kaval, ney, sipsi and cura to create a new synthesis of traditional Turkish folk music. Unique
melodies of ancient times and modern interpretations: Arpanatolia is an unprecedented and beautiful
hybrid.
Çağatay Akyol - harp
Ferhat Erdem - flute, cura
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GÖRKEM ŞEN
CONTEMPORARY
DATE
VENUE
26 11 ‘15
Görkem Şen is working as a sound designer and music composer.
He’s studying music at Bilgi University. He has designed sound for
several art and commercial projects, including Yekpare projection mapping with nerdworking collective.
Görkem Sen focusses on experimental music instruments for electronic and acoustic environments.
Yaybahar is an acoustic instrument with no electricity or anything. Natural source coded materials such
as a membrane, a coiled spring and a string are working together. Maybe we can say that this is a new
bridge system between string and resonant body. But generally it is a new design and emits obviously
natural vibrations which give new playing abilities. A totally unique live listening experience! With over
3.000.000 views on the worldwide internet video platforms in 2014, the Yaybahar has become and
international phenomenon amongst experimental music amateurs and instrument builders.
BARIŞ DEMIREL
CONTEMPORARY
DATE
VENUE
27 11 ‘15
(TBC)
The new revelation of Turkey’s Jazz and improvisation scene.
Trumpet & effect pedals resulting in a totally unique and hypnotic solo show. For fans of Jon Hassell, Rob
Mazurek or Colin Stetson.
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İSMAİL ALTUNSARAY
HERITAGE
DATES
VENUES
16 01 ‘16
Stadsschouwburg, Genk
17 01 ‘16
De Centrale, Gent
İsmail Altunsaray completed his undergraduate studies at the
Istanbul Technical University, State Conservatory of Turkish Music and graduated in Turkish Music at
the Institute of Social Sciences of Haliç University. He worked as an instructor at the Istanbul Technical
University, State Conservatory of Turkish Music between the years 2009-2011. He took a very active role
in many concerts and events organized by university both on the national and the international level. He
worked as a Saz player at Turkish Radio Television Istanbul Radio for Turkish Folk Music and the Turkish
Folk Music Choir of the Turkish Ministry of Culture. He also played in many television and radio shows.
He has shared the same stage in many concerts with well known Turkish artists such as Erkan Ogur, Erdal
Erzincan, Cengiz Özkan. Ismail has brought together the Flamenco and Bozlak musical traditions and
played many concerts that attracted international attention with Paco Pena, Miguel Ortega and Ye Ye De
Cadiz.
İPEK GÖRGÜN
CONTEMPORARY
DATES
VENUES
(TBC)
(TBC)
Ipek Gorgun walks a refreshing path within the world of electronic
experiments and contemporary music of Turkey. Being a Ph.D.
candidate of Sonic Arts at ITU-MIAM (Istanbul Technical University Center for Advanced Studies in
Music) inspired her to a research based method of compounding new sound scales. As a bass-player,
vocalist, writer and photographer, Gorgun is keeping herself quite busy within the underground-scene
of Istanbul. Her electro acoustic solo works are a mix of experimental fragments and massive, deep
soundwalls. The combination of field recordings, noise and modern improv led to her participation in
last year’s Red Bull Music Academy in Tokyo, and more currently to several international gigs. In 2015
Ipek was selected for an artist residency funded by ON – Neue Musik Köln over at Cologne’s OPEKTA
Ateliers – a highly anticipated artist collective when it comes to audio-visual art.
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REŞAT ÖDEN GADJO ENSEMBLE
HERITAGE
DATE
VENUE
23 01 ‘16
Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Brussels
The Manush Project
Roma gipsies absorbed countless melodies during a diaspora
that began in northern India and spread through Anatolia ending in Europe. With The Manush Project,
the young musician Reşat Öden demonstrates how traditional gipsy music has always crossed national
and cultural borders. We receive a musical introduction to the Roma culture and learn how this has
determined a large proportion of our own. The gipsy songs come from all over the continent: Turkey,
Hungary, Bosnia, Macedonia, Romania, Russia, France, Greece and Albania… In 2013, Reşat Öden
released his debut album Manush featuring similar material.
OTHER PROJECTS IN PREPARATION
CREATION OF THE TURKISH COMPOSER ATAÇ SEZER
FOR THE SCHAOROUN ENSEMBLE
ENSEMBLE LES ESPRITS ANIMAUX- “TURCARIA”
NON-MUSLIM COMPOSERS
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ISTANBUL EKSPRES
A musical journey through a sultry metropolis. A collaboration between two Ghent music houses, De
Centrale and the Handelsbeurs Concert Hall.
50 years ago, hundreds of Turks came to Belgium on the invitation of the Belgian government. For many
of them, Ghent became their new home. This coloured the city in several ways: local gourmets could
savour delicious mezze or baklava, vibrant fabrics and carpets appeared for sale in the Sleepstraat and
traditional Anatolian music resounded at exuberant wedding parties. People also flew in from Morocco
and to a lesser extent Central Africa. In this way, Ghent became a melting pot comparable to Istanbul.
Ghent’s multicultural society has a long history, with deep roots in the social and cultural life of the city.
The mixture of, among others, Turks, Greeks, Armenians, Kurds and Jews has a strong influence on the
music culture.
During 10 days, Istanbul Ekspres will paint a picture of what’s happening in this musical hothouse.
Turkish pop and rock, oriental jazz, festive Balkan, Ottoman and Anatolian music… The festival puts a
major focus on collaboration between Belgian and Turkish musicians. You will be served up a wealth of
experiences. Enjoy!
Concerts at De Centrale
OPENING - FASIL NIGHT WITH NEV
HERITAGE
DATE
VENUE
13 11 ‘15
De Centrale, Gent
On 26 December 2011, Nev stood on stage at De Centrale following the release of ‘Bir Nev-i Alaturka’. On this
innovative album, Nev’s rock arrangement of light Turkish classical succeeded in creating a totally new and original
sound that is highly popular among both Turkish and non-Turkish audiences. In 2011, he was awarded the prize for
‘Best Classical Singer’ at the prestigious ‘Altın Kelebek Ödülleri’ awards – the Turkish equivalent to the Grammys.
Nev is not only the first and best. He also puts on a spectacular live show. Istanbul Ekspres will open with a new style
Fasıl concert, where classical Turkish music goes hand in hand with rock ‘n’ roll, and of which the traditional rakı
table (mezze & rakı) is part and parcel.
Nev - guitar & voice
Hakan Kaya - darbuka & percussion
Burak Yavaş - drums
Volkan Kaya - clarinet
Uğur Işgüder - bass
Hasan Tosun - oud
Kutal Gürkan - keyboard
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MEHMET AKATAY PROJECT
HERITAGE
DATE
VENUE
14 11 ‘15
De Centrale, Gent
Mehmet Akatay was introduced to classical music at a young age by his father, a classical singer. He studied under
the percussion master Burhanettin Tonğuç and has played at international festivals such as Montreux, New York and
Vienna. Akatay has also worked with many Turkish stars, including Sezen Aksu, Orhan Gencebay, Tarkan and the
Brooklyn Funk Essentials. Considered to be one of the most innovative percussionists in Turkey, his pioneering riq
and darbuka techniques make him a much sought-after studio musician. His first solo album, From Hand to Hand,
was released by Sony BMG in 2003.
Mehmet Akatay - percussion
EGE HİCAZ ORKESTRA
HERITAGE
DATE
VENUE
14 11 ‘15
De Centrale, Gent
The name derives from their home on the Aegean coast – plays
classical pieces from the rich repertoire of Turkish folk music. The
eight-piece ensemble has signed up for a dazzling concert of classical and traditional Turkish folk songs
from different parts of the country.
ZÜLEYHA
HERITAGE
DATE
VENUE
15 11 ‘15
De Centrale, Gent
The sweetheart of Anatolian folk music, comes from Bitlis where
she learned Turkish, Zaza and Kurdish – the languages in which
© Züleyha
she also sings today. During her management studies she was
the assistant of the famous Turkish author and composer, Zülfü Livaneli. With his help, she recorded her
first album Songs of Livaneli in 10 Ethnic Languages in 2011, singing compositions by Ömer Livaneli –
author, poet, composer and one of the leading intellectuals in Turkey – in several languages. A second
album Benden (Mine) came about in collaboration with Hasan Saltik, the founder of Kalan Muzik. She
found inspiration for her third album Gelin Kınası (Bride Hannah) in Anatolian wedding music. Alongside
her flourishing solo career, Züleyha is also a soloist in the ethnic music group 7 Cihan Kadınları (Women
from 7 Lands).
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Concerts at Handelsbeurs
BURCU KARADAĞ & ENSEMBLE
HERITAGE
DATE
VENUE
20 11 ‘15
Handelsbeurs, Gent
Flautist Burcu Karadağ (1979, Istanbul) has a gift for staying true
to the essence of the ney while using it in a radically new way.
She has successfully introduced the Sufi instrument to a wider public interested in the Rumi culture
associated with it. She describes this revival as “the most beautiful applause I can receive”. Karadağ
gives concerts throughout Europe and participates in numerous international projects. She has worked
with classical composer/musicians Fazil Say and Sabri Tuluğ Tırpan, the pop singer Sertab Erener and
the Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu. Above all, she dreams of giving a concert in Konya where religious
ceremonies are held in honour of Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi each year. “I’ve wanted to give a solo concert
there since I was 11 years old. This is the pinnacle for a ney player. Despite all my international success,
playing at Konya remains one of my greatest ambitions.”
Burcu Karadağ - ney
MURAT ERTEL (BaBa Zula) meets
RODRIGO FUENTEALBA (MannGold de Cobre)
CREATION
20 11 ‘15 - see p. 40
ILHAN ERŞAHİN WONDERLAND FEAT HÜSNÜ SENLEDERİCİ
CONTEMPORARY
DATE
VENUE
20 11 ‘15
Handelsbeurs, Gent
İlhan Erşahin is a purebred, cosmopolitan jazz musician who brings
Stockholm, New York and Istanbul together in his work. In recent
years, he mainly commutes between Istanbul and New York. As a
saxophonist, he has worked with numerous names from the New
York scene. For the Istanbul Ekspres festival he plays with Wonderland featuring the fantastic clarinettist,
Hüsnü Selendirici.
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AYUKKA
CONTEMPORARY
DATE
VENUE
21 11 ‘15
Handelsbeurs, Gent (Istanbul Ekspres)
A young quartet that have just unleashed their third album Sömestr on the world. They describe
themselves a mix between their heroes of the 1960s and ‘70s Turkish psychedelic scene, Bombino’s
Tuareg music, Brazilian melodies, Los Cubanos Postizos from Marc Ribot, Tom Waits and the Beastie
Boys! Powerful musicians and the perfect soundtrack for a road trip through Anatolia.
BABA ZULA
CONTEMPORARY
21 11 ‘15 - see p. 40
İSTANBUL SOLİSTLERİ
HERITAGE
22 11 ‘15 - see p. 35
SLOTCONCERT WITH ATHENA
CONTEMPORARY
22 11 ‘15 - see p. 38
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
TRADITIONAL TURKISH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Turkish folk music consists of complex melodic structures (makam), embellishment and
improvisation (taksim). These techniques are applied to all traditional forms of music: secular
music, military music, music in mosques and Islamic music. Traditional percussion, wind and
string instruments have been used for centuries in Turkish folk music. A short introduction.
String instruments
Kanun
The kanun descends from the ancient Egyptian harp and belongs to the
zither family. The instrument consists of a flat trapezoidal soundboard with
a right angle and is often beautifully decorated. 78 or 81 strings are strung
across the soundboard in groups of three. The strings are played with the
fingers or with a plectrum. The pitch can be changed, even while playing,
via tuning pegs. The kanun is played in Turkey, Central Asian Turkic Republics as well as the whole Middle
Eastern Countries.
Bağlama
The saz or bağlama is a long-necked lute that is played in the folk music of
Central Asia to the Balkans. Turkish nomads originally brought the bağlama
to Anatolia, where it is still played today. In the villages of Central and Eastern
Anatolia, one or more bağlamas can be found in almost every household,
but also on the yaylaks, the highland pastures of the Mediterranean and
Black Sea. In Turkish music, the bağlama is the instrument of the ancient Asik tradition of troubadours,
the Sufi music of the Alevis and many other forms of folk music. The instrument is also used in modern
music. In the Turkish vernacular, the bağlama is called saz, meaning ‘instrument’.
Oud
The oud (also: ud, ut, outi, oed) is a fretless string instrument of the
same family as the lute, which is why it is sometimes called the ‘Arabic
or Oriental lute’. It usually has five double strings and one single
string (the lowest), and a short neck with a slightly bent pegboard.
The sound box is pear-shaped and typically has one to three sound
holes in the form of rosettes. The instrument is played in North Africa, the Middle East, Turkey,
Greece and Armenia. There are minor regional differences in size and pitch.
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Tanbur
The tanbur is a plucked instrument, a lute with a long neck and 48
frets. The tanbur is characteristic of Turkish folk music: it was once
the most important instrument of the Ottoman court. Because of its
extremely long neck and the great distance the left hand must span, it
does not easily lend itself to solo playing. Because of this, the tanbur
was gradually displaced by lutes with shorter necks and multiple melody strings, such as the
baglama and the kopuz.
Tar
The tar is a Turkish folk music instrument played with a plectrum. It
is widely used in the Kars region, but also found in Azerbaijan, Iran,
Uzbekistan and Georgia. The tar consists of two ‘bowls’ of different
sizes made from mulberry wood. There are two main groups of
strings on the tar: the first is used for playing a tune consisting of
three groups of two chords. The second group is called kök and is used to enhance the tone.
Kemençe
The kemençe or keman is a bowed instrument, or three-stringed
violin. The kemençe does not have an illustrious past, but it is still
considered the most important bowed instrument in Persian music,
where it is known as ‘kamancheh’. The kemençe traditionally had three
silk strings, but today it commonly has four metal strings. Although
played like a cello, the kemençe is considered to be the violin of the Middle East.
Wind instruments
Ney
The Turkish and Arabic ney has no mouthpiece. It is played by placing
the mouth at an angle of 45 degrees at the end of the flute. An Iranian
ney player will place the end of the instrument between his teeth
and control the air with his tongue, which produces a very different
sound. The ney is the most important solo instrument in Sufi ritual
music, and one of the oldest instruments in the world. A distant ancestor of the flute, it plays a
prominent role in Turkish and Arabic music.
Kaval
The kaval is a pastoral wind instrument originating from the Balkans
and Turkey. This shepherd’s flute consists of a long, straight wooden
cylinder with eight playing holes, without a mouthpiece. The kaval is
open at both ends and is played by blowing at an angle of 45 degrees
on the sharpened edge of one end. The timbre is similar to that of a
transverse flute, but slightly more hoarse.
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Zurna
The zurna (Turkey, Armenia) or zurla (Balkans) is a double reed oboe
that is mostly accompanied by drums. The instrument has a sharp
sound and is traditionally played outdoors. It is related to the Moroccan
raita, the Chinese suona and the Breton bombard. The zurna is one
of the oldest double reed instruments in the world, together with the
duduk, which has a slightly softer timbre.
Duduk
The Armenian duduk is a double reed woodwind instrument with
a cylindrical body made from Armenian apricot wood and a large
double reed called the ghamish.
Percussion instruments
Darbuka
The darboeka is an Egyptian percussion instrument found in almost
all Arab countries and Turkey. It has the form of a vase and is made
from various materials (metal, wood, terracotta, plastic…)
Davul
The davul is a membranophone, a two-headed drum from Turkey.
The drum is hung over the shoulder and played on both sides with
different sticks.
Nakkare
Nakkare are membranophones. Two clay drums are attached to each
other. Each drum has a membrane that is played with the fingers or
hands.
Kudüm
Kudüm is one of the most fundamental rhythm instruments in
classical Turkish music one of the four main instruments in Mevlevi
music. Traditionally this percussion instrument was played in religious
ceremonies; in a secular context, like in mehter music, its slightly
bigger cousin nakkare is played..
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PERFORMING ARTS
EXPO
PERFORMING ARTS
BEDİRHAN DEHMEN
CONTEMPORARY
DATES
VENUE
23 & 24 01 ‘16
We
Bedirhan Dehmen received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree
© Murat Durum
from Boğaziçi University, Department of Sociology, and
completed his PhD at İstanbul University, Department of Theater Criticism and Dramaturgy. He currently
teaches at Koç and Yeditepe Universities on dance history/theory, performing arts, and cultural theory.
In ‘We’, three male dancers, surrounded by the public, go in search for what is connecting us, for what
is making us move, for whom we are.
MİHRAN TOMASYAN
CONTEMPORARY
DATES
VENUE
23 & 24 01 ‘16
After finishing Getronagan High School in 1997, Mihran Tomasyan
graduated from the Department of Modern Dance at Mimar Sinan
Ondertitel
Fine Arts University in 2001. He went to France and completed his
dance education at Centre National de Dance Contemporain in 2002. He danced with Rebecca Lazier
both in America and Canada in 1999; with the Yard Dance Group in the Marthas Vineyard Island in 2000.
In the same year, Tomasyan also performed at the New York Downtown Festival.
He also danced with the “As Palavras” Dance Company in Belgium and the “Sasha Waltz” Dance Company
in Germany. He continues to work with the Companie Cre-Ange in Paris, and the «Da Motus» Company
in Switzerland as well. In Istanbul, Tomasyan works on movement and dance with video and installation
at the Çıplak Ayaklar Kumpanyası.
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ZİYA AZAZİ
CONTEMPORARY
DATES
VENUES
23 01 ‘16
Huis van Culturen-Molenbeek, Brussels
27 01 ‘16
31 01 ‘16
Théâtre de Liège
© Wilczyński Photography
Ember
Since the 90’s, the dance practice of Ziya Azazi is based on experimental whirling and repetition –
a reflection of his personal, artistic and conceptual interpretation of the traditional sufi dance. Azazi
looks for a simultaneous rendering of contradictory observations: physical awareness versus ecstasy.
He experiments with the speed and the intensity of the whirling in order to turn the traditions of the
whirling derwishes into spectacular, new forms. Ember is about despair. Being aware of mortality, man
is in search of ways to give sense to life. The whirling makes the artist survive and gives sense to his
existence.
Ziya Azazi - concept, choreography, dance
Okishi - costume design
Mike Ottis - music
Robert Nagel - fire effects
Ziya Azazi & Peter Leitner - stage design
Isin Onol - dramaturgy
Lutz Deppe - lighting design
Dervish in Progress
In the second performance, Ziya Azazi’s clothes play an important role and keep changing. It is not just
an outfit he’s wearing; his clothes form an essential part of his body. The cape becomes his partner,
a desguise to hide behind. The repetitive whirling emphasizes his physical presence and meditative
condition.
Ziya Azazi - concept, choreography, dance
Okishi - costume design
Mercan Dede - music
Lutz Deppe - lighting design
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KADIR “AMİGO” MEMIŞ
CONTEMPORARY
DATES
VENUES
28 & 29 10 ‘15
26 01 ‘16 (TBC)
Zeybreak
Kadir “Amigo” Memis was born in Turkey and moved to Germany when he was eleven. Whilst growing up
between two cultures, he became influenced by the Hip Hop Movement, its music, dance, attitude and
philosophy. After training on the streets for years, in 1993 he and his friend Vartan founded the b-boy
crew “flying steps”, which has won several international Breakdance-titles.
Kadir also joined the theatre group “E-Motion” and realized his own dancetheatre projects like “Zeybreak”,
combining urban B-boying with the traditional Turkish folklore dance Zeybek.
SİİRT PERFORMING ARTS ENSEMBLE
HERITAGE
DATE
VENUE
16 01 ‘16
Wolubilis, Brussels
Legend of Botan
The Legend of Botan centralizes a journey from the past to the
future. It takes off with the premise that all rivers, The Yellow River in China, The Ganges and Indus rivers
in India, Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Turkey, carry not only water but an amalgam of cultural elements as
they flow. So does the Botan Creek, as it embodies various stories around agony, love, history and much
more. Melodies sung by the dengbej (storyteller, poet, singer) and other songs in a local dialect of Arabic
accompany the dances, stories, legends and videos giving life to the remnants of many civilizations and
settlements that have left their traces along the course of Botan.
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CENGIZ ÖZEK SHADOW THEATRE
HERITAGE
DATES
VENUES
30 10 ‘15 - 31 10 ’15
Malmundarium, Malmédy
(TBC)
Maison des Cultures-Molenbeek, Brussels
26 - 27 - 28 01 ’16
Centre de la Marionnette de la Fédération
Wallonie, Tournai
Cengiz Özek founded his shadow puppet company in 1986. Initially he brought traditional plays, but at
the end of the 1990’s, he started bringing contemporary interpretations of the ‘Karagöz’ tradition. The
Karagöz puppetry is one of the oldest art forms in Turkey, named after one of the two main characters,
an illiterate, popular man. Opposites attract, as his friend, Hacivat, is a very cultivated man, expressing
himself in Ottoman Turkish.
Magic Tree is a new, dynamic play based on classics from the 18th and 19th centuries. Every detail goes
back to the traditional Karagöz. The traditional instruments ‘narake’ en ‘def’ emphasize the drama of the
story, with very little dialogue. An ideal introduction to the Karagöz.
In Magic Lamp Hacivat finds a lamp and brings it to Karagöz. While cleaning it, a ghost appears, offering to fulfil three wishes. For this play, Cengiz Özek finds inspiration in other cultures as it is based on
Thumbelina, the famous fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen.
MELIH KIRAÇ
CREATION & EXCHANGE
DATES
VENUE
19 12 ‘15 > 30 01 ‘16 (TBC)
Workspacebrussels, Brussels
Workspacebrussels is a workspace for live arts in their most
hybrid forms. It supports young and emerging artists through an
intensive residency programme, co-productions and coaching of creations and research projects. In
the frame of EUROPALIA TURKEY, workspacebrussels will welcome Melih Kıraç (°1990), a contemporary
dancer and performer based in Istanbul. Kıraç started dancing with folk dances around Anatolia
and continued with contemporary dance. He received his BA degree from the Contemporary Dance
Department of Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts. While he continues studying his M.A degree, he is
teaching in the same department.
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CHRISTIAN RIZZO
CONTEMPORARY
DATA
LOCATIE
08 10 ‘15
30CC, Leuven (in coll. with STUK)
14 11 ‘15
05 & 06 01 ‘16
D’après une histoire vraie
About ten years ago, choreographer Christian Rizzo saw in Istanbul a group of men performing a traditional dance.
The deep, archaic emotion he experienced, became the impuls for a new dance performance, D’après une histoire
vraie. Rizzo uses his memories to create from the traditions of Mediterranean cultures. “I am not so much interested
in recreating an existing dance,” he says, “but I want to understand why this folk dance has such an important
influence.” Rizzo developed a dance vocabulary mixing his own contemporary dance style with age-old dance
patterns. Eight dancers perform a long, uninterrupted groupe dance. They are accompanied by musicians Didier
Ambact and King Q4, playing new creations based on tribal rythms and psychedelic rock. D’après une histoire vraie
is a dance performance bursting with beauty and energy, a homage to the pleasure of gathering.
Christian Rizzo - concept, choreography, scenography, costumes
Fabien Almakiewicz, Yaïr Barelli, Massimo Fusco,
Didier Ambact and King Q4 - music
Miguel Garcia llorens, Pep Garrigues, Kerem Ge-
Caty Olive - licht
lebek, Filipe Lourenço, Roberto Martínez - dance
Ad Noctum
Ad Noctum is a choreographic investigation into the duo dance, created by French Julie Guibert and Turkish Kerem
Gelebek. It is a dialogue with the darkness and the shadow. “This dance investigation is a homage to the oscure, the
invisible,” Rizzo says. “The music is a combination between Chopin’s Nocturnes and Satie, in an electronic version.”
Guibert en Gelebek, for years now the lead dancers in Rizzo’s projects, interact with digital imagery by Taiwanese
artist Iuan-Hau Chiang. The choreography is based on whirling movements, with nervous outbursts. A totem of
images, light and sound becomes a third protagonist in the complex relation between the two dancers. Ad Noctum
is the second part of the trilogy which started with D’après une histoire vraie.
Christian Rizzo - choreography, scenography, csotumes
Caty Olive - lights
Kerem Gelebek en Julie Guibert - dance
Iuan-Hau Chiang - digital images
Sakınan göze çöp batar
A solo created for Turkish dancer/performer Kerem Gelebek, with whom Christian Rizzo has been working for several
years. The dance sequences are like a sketch book on the theme of melancholy. They are studies on movements:
a study for a man in a corner, for a man sitting at a table, for a man with a green plant... Rizzo tries and express
Gelebek’s emigration story. The title is a Turkish proverb warning that being too careful and closed provokes the
worst to happen. Just take life as it comes.
Christian Rizzo - concept, choreography, scenography
Kerem Gelebek - dance
Caty Olive - lights
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CINEMA
EXPO
Besides the visit of these important guests such as Semih Kaplanoğlu, Derviş Zaim and Saadet Aksoy a
broad program of contemporary and classic Turkish cinema is being elaborated.
You can expect movies by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Faruk Hacihafizoglu, Nezih Unen, Serif Goren, Orhan Eskiköy,
Özgür Doğan, Yesim Ustaoglu and many more.
In collaboration with: Cinematek, Bozar Cinema, Cinema Zuid, Kask Cinema, Les Grignoux, Cinema Zed,
MOOOV, La Quadrature Du Cercle, Film Festival Gent, Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival, FIFB, RITS,
Filmer A Tout Prix.
SEMİH KAPLANOĞLU. RETROSPECTIVE
DATE
VENUES
10‘15
Flagey, Brussels
Cinematek, Brussels
One of Turkey most acclaimed directors presents a full retrospective. Born in Izmir in 1963, Semih
Kaplanoğlu studied film at Dokuz Eylül University. He was noticed for his first feature Away from Home
(2001). Angel’s Fall won awards in several countries after being premiered at Forum, Berlinale 2005.
He went on to direct The Yusuf Trilogy: in 2007, Egg (Yumurta) was screened at the Directors’ Fortnight
in Cannes and subsequently garnered over thirty prizes internationally; Milk (Süt) – Atelier of the
Cinéfondation 2007 – was selected in competition at the 2008 Venice festival; and in 2010 Honey (Bal)
took the Golden Bear in Berlin. More recently, Kaplanoğlu coproduced Aida Begic’s film, Children of
Sarajevo (Djeca), which was awarded a Special Mention at Un Certain Regard in 2012. He has also written
numerous articles on art and film for almost two decades.
DERVİŞ ZAİM
DATE
VENUE
01 ‘16
Derviş Zaim is a Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist, who has
twice won the Golden Orange for Best Director for Elephants and Grass (2000) and Dot (2008); Golden
Oranges for Best Film and Best Screenplay for Somersault in a Coffin (1996); and the Yunus Nadi literary
prize for his debut novel Ares in Wonderland (1995). His consequent films Waiting for Heaven (2005) and
Dot (2008) which were themed around traditional Turkish arts, received awards in numerous festivals.
SAADET AKSOY
DATES
VENUE
04 12 ‘15 > 11 12 ‘15
Festival Cinemamed, Brussels
Saadet Aksoy is a Turkish-born actress who received critical
acclaim with her portrayal of Aska, a red-haired punk trumpet player in Italian actor-director Sergio
Castellitto’s film Twice Born, in which she co-starred with Penélope Cruz and Emile Hirsch. Aksoy was
born in Istanbul to İnci Aksoy, a retired chief police inspector, and Anıl Aksoy, a retired police chief. She
talks about the strong female figures in her family in an interview saying: «My mom and grandma have
been my two role models. Both have stood out in life not only with their physical beauty but they have also
been successful in their careers and been respected in life thanks to their identities and personalities.»
Her grandmother Münire Şahinbaş was one of the first female business magnates in Turkey.
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LITERATURE
EXPO
LITERATUUR
GUEST AUTHORS
AHMET ÜMIT & PASCALE FONTENEAU
Crime writing and the city: looking at Istanbul and Brussels
EXCHANGE - CREATION
DATE
VENUE
29 10 ‘15
Town Hall, Brussels
For one week, Ahmet Ümit & Pascale Fonteneau will take up residence in each other’s city and document
their stay in words and images. During a lecture at the Brussels’ city hall, both authors will comment on
this inspirational time.
AHMET ÜMIT
Ahmet Ümit was born in 1960 in the city of Gaziantep in southern
Turkey. He moved to Istanbul in 1978 to attend university. Since
1989 Ümit has published one volume of poetry three volumes of
short stories a book of fairytales one novella and six novels. One of
Turkey’s most renowned contemporary authors Ümit is especially
well-known for his mastery of the mystery genre as reflected in
many of his bestselling novels and short story volumes. Ahmet
© Ahmet ümit
Ümit is a very popular writer in Turkey. His novels have been translated into many languages, including
French but not yet in Dutch. He knows the city of Istanbul and its history extremely well.
PASCALE FONTENEAU
The daughter of a French father and a German mother, she was
born in Brittany, was educated at the Université Libre de Bruxelles
and lives in Brussels. Fonteneau was one of the first female authors
to be included in the Série noire crime fiction series.
© Nabiscan
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ENIS BATUR
CONTEMPORARY
DATES
VENUES
22 11 ‘15
art)&(marges musée, Brussels
23 11 ‘15
Librairie Point Virgule, Namur
24 11 ‘15
Livre aux Trésors, Liège
Enis Batur is a Turkish poet, essayist, novelist, and editor. Born in Eskişehir, Enis Batur studied at St.
Joseph High School (Istanbul), METU-Sociology (Ankara), and Sorbonne University (Paris). Enis Batur is
one of the leading figures in contemporary Turkish literature with a large body of work, extending to over
a hundred volumes. Some of his works have been translated into European languages including French,
English, German, Romanian and Italian.
HAKAN GÜNDAY
CONTEMPORARY
DATE
VENUE
30 10 ‘15
La Vénerie, Brussels
Hakan Günday was born in Rhodes in 1976. He finished his primary
education in Brussels. After attending Ankara Tevfik Fikret High School, he studied at the Department of
French Translator in the Faculty of Literature of Hacettepe University. He then transferred to Université
Libre de Bruxelles. Günday continued his study in the Faculty of Political Sciences at Ankara University.
He published his first novel Kinyas ve Kayra in 2000.
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DIFFERENT IDENTITIES IN TURKEY
BEING JEWISH AND A WRITER IN TURKEY
Speaker: Mario Levi
BEING ARMENIAN AND A WRITER IN TURKEY
Speakers: Markar Esayan, Etyen Mahcupyan
BEING KURD AND A WRITER IN TURKEY
Speaker: Muhsin Kızılkaya
DATES (TBC)
VENUE
Maison du Livre, Brussels (TBC)
BEING ALEVI AND A WRITER IN TURKEY
Speakers: Haydar Ergülen
DATE (TBC)
VENUE
Bibliothèque Sésame, Brussels
TURKISH AUTHORS IN EUROPE
Speakers: Sema Kılıçkaya, Kerim Göçmen, Camille de Toledo (TBC)
DATE (TBC)
VENUE (TBC)
Bibliothèque Sésame, Brussels
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FOCUS ON CLASSIC AUTHORS
at the Yunus Emre Institute:
NASREDDIN HODJA
(ca. 1208–1284, scholar and philosopher)
Speakers: Fatma Karabıyık Barbarosoğlu & Yalvaç Ural
YAHYA KEMAL
(1884-1958, poet and writer)
Speakers: İsa Kocakaplan & Abdullah Uçman
ORHAN VELI
(1914-1950, poet)
Speakers: Haluk Oral & Adnan Özer
OĞUZ ATAY
(1934-1977, novelist)
Speakers: Metin Celal & Yakup Çelik
PIR SULTAN ABDAL
(ca. 1480-1550, poet)
Speakers: Haydar Ergülen & Hasan Aktaş
EVLIYA ÇELEBI
(1611-1682, writer of travelogues)
Speakers: Erhan Afyoncu & Coşkun Yılmaz & Mustafa Küçükaşçı
AŞIK VEYSEL
(1894-1973, minstrel, folk poet and author)
Speakers: Nurettin Albayrak & Mehmet Kalpaklı
FUZULİ
(1483-1556, poet, writer and thinker)
Speakers: Mustafa İsen & İskender Pala
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FOCUS ON CLASSIC AUTHORS
OTTOMAN POETS: AHMED-I HANI & FAKI TEYRAN
Speakers: Sadık Yalsızuçanlar & Namık Açıkgöz
THE HARMONY BETWEEN LITERATURE AND MUSIC
Speaker: Mustafa Çıpan
IN THE FOOTPRINT OF TALES
Speakers: Melike Günyüz & Evren Yiğit
in other venues:
LITERATURE AND ARCHITECTURE
Speakers: Esra Fidanoğlu & Doğan Hızla
DATE (TBC)
VENUE (TBC)
YUNUS EMRE
(ca. 1240-1320, poet and Sufi mystic)
Speakers: Mustafa Tatçı & Leyla Ipekçi
DATE (TBC)
VENUE (TBC)
MEVLANA
(1207-1273, poet, philosopher, Sufi mystic and theologian)
Speakers: Mahmut Erol Kılıç & Derya Örs
DATE (TBC)
VENUE (TBC)
CAHIT SITKI
(1910-1956, poet and writer)
Speakers: Enver Ercan &Sibel Eraslan
DATE (TBC)
VENUE
19 12 ‘15
Quartiers Latins, Brussels
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SPECTACULAR TRANSLATION MACHINE
CREATION
DATA
VENUES
(TBC)
Muntpunt, Brussels
(TBC)
Point Culture, Brussels
(TBC)
Librairie Le Wolf, Brussels
(TBC)
Vooruit, Gent (TBC)
14 11 ‘15
Institut Libre Marie Haps / Université Saint-Louis, Brussels
EUROPALIA invites the general public to attempt translating an entire children’s book from Turkish to
French and/or Dutch. We will present a previously unpublished book in Dutch and French, which we will
translate via a brand new collaborative approach.
Knowledge of Turkish is not necessary to participate since the whole purpose will be for the public to
see the work, interact with the volunteers present to help translate the work and in the end, it is all about
learning and sharing more than the outcome itself. We would work on a family friendly story fit for all
audiences. Such a project would also be key to break barriers between different communities and allow
people to learn about different processes to communicate, including translation.
The Spectacular Translation Machine is a creation of the SouthBank Centre London.
CONFERENCES & SEMINARS
PLACE OF STORY IN TURKISH LITERATURE
Speakers: Rasim Özdenören & Adalet Ağaoğlu
DATE (TBC)
VENUE (TBC)
FILMS AND SOAPS IN TURKEY
Speaker: Alin Taşçıyan, (EUROPALIA TURKEY film curator)
DATE (TBC)
VENUE (TBC)
THE WORLD OF EDITING
Speakers: Ali Ural & Münir Üstün&İsmail Akıncı
DATE (TBC)
VENUE (TBC)
TRANSLATION FROM TURKISH
Speakers: Hanneke Van Der Heidjan & Canan Marasligil
DATE (TBC)
VENUE (TBC)
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ARCHITECTURE: “ISTANBUL: VIEWPOINTS AND SHARED
EXPERIENCES”
DATE
VENUE
(TBC)
Catholic University of Leuven/Faculty of Architecture, Architectural Engineering
and Urban Planning (LOCI) Brussel
LECTURES AROUND TURKISH ARCHITECTURE
DATE
VENUE
11 ‘15
CID, Grand-Hornu
‘AGAINST THE IMAGE: ANICONISM AND REPRESENTATION IN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART’
DATE
VENUE
(TBC)
MAPPING THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
DATE
VENUE
12 12 ‘15
Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels
EUROPE REFRESH PROJECT
Turkey will be the guest of honour in 2015.
DATE (TBC)
VENUE
09 10 > 11 10 ‘15
CONFERENCES RELATED TO THE MAIN EXHIBITIONS ORGANISED BY DAVIDSFONDS / AMARANT
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COLLABORATION WITH BELGIAN LIBRARIES
It has become a tradition on the occasion of the EUROPALIA festivals: libraries participate in
the project and organise events themed around the hosted country. This year again, several
library networks will take part in the celebration by offering workshops, conferences, themed
weeks, screenings of films related to Turkey. Some will also seize this opportunity to enlarge
their collections of Turkish books and films. EUROPALIA TURKEY will be celebrated all over
Belgium through the network of participating libraries.
Apart from the mentioned events, more projects will be added. We are preparing,
for instance, a literature exhibition and a collaboration with the Antwerp Book Fair.
KAROO will dedicate its October issue to Turkey.
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YOUTH
YOUTH
SCHOOLS
Teaching packs
EUROPALIA is working closely with universities and colleges to develop teaching packs for
primary and secondary schools. Students on both sides of the linguistic border studying
history, art history, languages and tourism have been invited to contribute to writing these
teaching packs about Turkey.
An overview of current projects:
* The Tourism course at the ULB-IGEAT is compiling a teaching pack about Turkish culture
for primary schools.
* Three students from the aggregated Art History course at the UCL are compiling a teaching
pack about the main exhibition Anatolia. Land of rituals, and alongside this, they are also
working on the teaching pack about Turkish culture.
* Three students from the Art Sciences teacher training course at the VUB are working on a
teaching pack for lower secondary schools.
* Marie-Haps College is working on a teaching pack around the Turkish language in relation
to French, for both primary and secondary school education.
* The Language & Literature course at Ghent University is writing a teaching pack about the
Turkish language in relation to Dutch.
1 euro action
The number of school visits to museums and exhibitions has dropped dramatically in the last
30 years. EUROPALIA wants to reverse this downward trend. For the EUROPALIA INDIA festival
in 2013, we launched a special offer for schools: school groups could visit the main exhibition
for just 1 euro per pupil. This initiative proved highly successful, and the number of school
visits is once again on the rise.
This school action will be repeated for EUROPALIA TURKEY: from the tiniest pupils to young
adults, all can visit the two main exhibitions in BOZAR for just 1 euro.
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YOUTH
Competitions for primary schools
Primary schools can take part in a special EUROPALIA competition to win a performance in the
classroom. Dutch-speaking schools can win a shadow theatre performance by Luc De Bruyker,
and French-speaking schools can win a classroom visit by a traditional Turkish storyteller.
School package
EUROPALIA is developing a special school package for the different levels in education. The
package includes:
* A teaching pack for primary schools or lower and higher secondary schools
* Competition rules for primary schools
* More information about the 1 euro action
* Different walks along the Turkish Route with a particular focus on activities for young
people
* The offer by Arkadia to give a classroom workshop on the 50 years of Turkish immigration
in Brussels aimed at 5th and 6th year primary school pupils or 1st and 2nd year secondary
school pupils
Turkish immigration in Brussels
Workshop aimed at 5th and 6th year primary school pupils or 1st and 2nd year secondary school
pupils
During this classroom activity, Arkadia takes pupils on a journey through more than 50 years
of Turkish immigration in Brussels to discover its causes and consequences. We also look
at religious life, most notably translated into the conversion of buildings into mosques, and
Turkish culture in all its different forms.
Duration: 2 workshops of 50 minutes
Price: 100 euro
In collaboration with Arkadia
Reservation obligatory on 02/563.61.53 or [email protected]
www.arkadia.be
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YOUTH
MEDIA CENTRE
EUROPALIA offers young people and students the opportunity to become actively involved
in the organisation of the festival. In collaboration with art schools and journalism training
courses, a virtual ‘Media Centre’ is being set up where young people can post their
contributions: interviews, articles, video reportages, photos, images, and audio reports about
the exhibitions… The ‘Media Centre’ will show EUROPALIA TURKEY through the eyes of today’s
youth. They will be given visual, journalistic and artistic carte blanche. The best contributions
will also be included in official EUROPALIA communications.
Four colleges are taking part in this initiative: the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, La Cambre
(visual communication studies), IHECS (journalism studies) and the RITS (radio studies).
SKATEPARK
EUROPALIA TURKEY proposed the Turkish artists Esk Reyn and NUKA to repaint the Skatepark
des Ursulines (Brussels) .
These 2 artists work for the first time in collaboration with the Sk8teboarders team.
The new fresco will be inaugurated in het framework of the car-free day on 20 September
2015 and will be te bewonderen during the festival.
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TURKISH ROUTES
TURKISH ROUTES
In Brussels, Ghent and Antwerp, EUROPALIA TURKEY is organising exhibitions and lots of other artistic
events. Each of these cities is home to a relatively big Turkish community, influencing the local life.
Local organisations have developed in collaboration with Europalia city tours reflecting the Turkish anchoring and the Turkish history of these Belgian cities. Neighbourhoods will be visited, as well as Turkish
food shops and, of course, EUROPALIA TURKEY events.
The Turkish presence in Brussels: A walk around the chaussée de Haecht
The Arkadia association invites you to discover Turkish culture in Brussels during a walk between the
chaussée de Haecht and church of Saint-Josse. 220,000 Turks live in Belgium, of whom more than a
quarter in Brussels, especially in Schaerbeek and Saint-Josse. This presence has left its mark on public
space: on the chaussée de Haecht, the Fatih Camii mosque and numerous shops and restaurants with
their multi-coloured signs inspire curiosity and evoke faraway places.
Duration: 90 minutes. - in Dutch and French
160 euros
Reservation obligatory on 02/563.61.53 or [email protected]
www.arkadia.be
Turkije aan de Leie
There are 160 different nationalities living in Ghent, but none of these communities is larger than the
Turkish: around one-tenth of all ‘Gentenaars’ have Turkish roots. On this walk we will explore the area
around the Sleepstraat and Dampoort, where the story of Turkish migration began fifty years ago and is
still highly visible today. How did the first ‘guest workers’ come to this ‘Turkey on the Leie’? What conditions did they live in and how did local residents react to their arrival? And what about integration today
in this multicultural neighbourhood?
The Turkish drum will lead us from the Sluizeken to the Grand Mosque. In stocking feet we will enter the
most important Muslim temple of Ghent to encounter the pillars of the faith and learn about daily life in
and around the mosque. A visit to the mosque is included in this walk.
Starting point: Parking Sluizeken / endpoint: To be agreed with the guide
Duration: 2h30 - in Dutch
100 euro for a group of maximum 25 people.
Booking : Gandante - Waterlelielaan 1, 9032 Gent-Wondelgem
TEL +32 9 375 31 61 - GSM +32 479 51 52 42 - [email protected].
www.artoria.be
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TURKISH ROUTES
The Turkish in A (working title)
AntwerpenAverechts has developed an urban tour on the theme of the Turks and Turkey in
Antwerp along two tracks.
Firstly, we go in search of Turkey in Antwerp… Where has this rich, centuries-old culture left its
mark on the Scheldt City? Where can we still find historical traces and how does it continue to
thrive?
Secondly – and this fits seamlessly with the former – how do contemporary Turks in Antwerp
make their mark on the city? Who are they, what do they do and how do they view their country/
city/village of (sometimes very distant) origin and the city (and country) where they (or their
parents, grandparents) have now settled?
This exploration of historical traces and contemporary dynamics lasts between two to three
hours. Encountering Turks and Turkish culture in Antwerp is central.
Duration: 2 to 3 hours - in Dutch
Booking: Antwerpen Averechts-Permeke-De Coninckplein 25-2060 Antwerpen
+3233383939
www.antwerpenaverechts.be
Walking directions available on our website in various formats.
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ORGANISATION
MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
The first separate tourism organization inside the public administration is the Turkish Ministry of Tourism and
Promotion set up in 1963.The Turkish Ministry of Culture was separately founded in 1971.
Having served individually and/or together for a long time, the two Ministries started to serve under one name- that
is the “Ministry of Culture and Tourism”- in 16 April 2003.
Ministry of Culture and Tourism aims to work on:
* Promoting and keeping the cultural values alive
* Maintenance and conservation of historical and cultural assets
* Making use of all opportunities eligible for touristic activities in a way to positively contribute to the Turkish
economy
* Guidance for the relevant public institutions and organizations
* Improving communication and cooperation with local administrations, NGOs and private sector bodies
Our Vision includes:
* Becoming a governmental body that promotes and keeps cultural values alive and making Turkey the leader
of tourism in the world
* Providing support for the building of a new civilization on track to achieving 2023 targets by taking strength
from our values
* Approaching all cultural identities with a democratic perspective
The Ministry is composed of:
* Directorate General of Research and Education
* Directorate General of Fine Arts
* Directorate General of Museums and Cultural Assets
* Directorate General of Promotion
* Directorate General of Libraries and Publications
* Directorate General of Cinema
* Directorate General of Investments and Establishments
* Directorate General of Copyrights
* Department of National Library of Turkey
Dependent Bodies:
* Directorate General of State Theatres
* Directorate General of State Opera and Ballet
* Department of Manuscript Institution of Turkey
* Directorate of Historical Sites of the Battle of Gallipoli
The Ministry also has 44 Culture and Tourism Offices in 39 countries and employs 15.248 personnel and 3956 artists.
Special thanks to Pinar Bilgen and Sadettin Taşçı for their contributions to the EUROPALIA TURKEY festival.
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ORGANISATION
EUROPALIA TURKEY IN BELGIUM
General Commissioner EUROPALIA TURKEY
General Management
Baron Luc Bertrand
Barones Kristine De Mulder
Arts
Assistant to General Manager
Dirk Vermaelen
Eva Bialek
Bozena Coignet
Marleen De Baets
Christoph Hammes
Julian Richard
Finance, Human Resources & General Administration
Stefana Ciubotariu
Julie Erler
Anne Doumbadze
Van Ly Nguyen
Marie-Eve Tesch
International affairs
Pablo Fernandez Alonso
Communication
Colette Delmotte
Aurore Detournay-Kaas
Marie Depré
Valentine Swanet
Sponsoring & Press
Inge De Keyser
Astrid Laming
EXECUTIVE BOARD OF EUROPALIA FESTIVAL
Count Georges Jacobs de Hagen, chairman
Baron Jean Stephenne
BNP Paribas Fortis Bank
Rudi Thomaes
The Brussels-Capital Region
Baron Bernard Snoy
Council of Europe
Count Paul Buysse
Belfius Bank
Regnier Haegelsteen
National Lottery
Véronique Paulus de Châtelet
FPS Foreign Affairs
Dirk Renard
Fédération - Wallonie-Bruxelles
Herman Daems
Belgian Science Policy
Freddy Neyts
Vlaamse Gemeenschap
Pierre-Olivier Beckers
Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft
Baron Luc Bertrand
National Bank of Belgium
Pierre Alain De Smedt
European Parliament
Jan Grauls
Alexis Brouhns
Baron Paul De Keersmaeker
Baron Philippe Vlerick
Viscount Etienne Davignon
Herman Van Rompuy
Philippe Delaunois
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GENERAL COMMISSIONERS
Dr Erman Ilıcak
Turkish businessman Dr. Erman Ilicak has been appointed commissioner general for the Turkish
Party. A graduate of METU, Ilicak holds a doctorate from International School of Management. He
acquired most of his net worth from his investments in the construction, real estate investment
and energy industries. Ilıcak’s flagship company Renaissance Construction is on the 53rd place
in ENR’s 2014 Top 250 International Contractors List. Mr Ilicak’s businesses cover Turkey, CIS
and MENA regions. He is the founder of Renaissance Education Foundation and chairman of
Ted Ankara Kolejliler Sports Club.
Baron Luc Bertrand
In Belgium, the Europalia Board of Directors has appointed Baron Luc Bertrand. Luc Bertrand is
chairman of the executive committee of Ackermans & van Haaren. He holds various mandates
as director within and outside the Ackermans & van Haaren group. Luc Bertrand is also active at
a social level and is, amongst others, chairman of Guberna (the Belgian Governance Institute)
and Middelheim Promotors, and sits on the boards of several non-profit organizations and
public institutions such as KU Leuven, de Duve Institute, Institute of Tropical Medicine and
Museum Mayer van den Bergh.
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GENERAL DIRECTORS
İrfan Önal
After having completed his training in the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Ankara
(1994), İrfan Önal started his career as a deputy inspector in Republic of Turkey at the Ministry
of Culture and Tourism. After several graduations at prestigious universities in the UK, Önal
became Chief Inspector of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Between
2007 and 2010, he was appointed Culture and Tourism Counselor in London. Upon his return
to Turkey he became Deputy Director General for Copyrights, than subsequently Chair of
Inspection Board and finally (2013) Director General of Promotion, all at the Ministry of Culture
and Tourism. His fields of interests are Tourism and culture industries, social responsibility
projects and environmental issues.
Kristine De Mulder
Kristine De Mulder is Director-General of Europalia International since March 2003. In this role,
she has taken the business and artistic leadership of a series of major arts festivals dedicated
to Italy, Russia, Europe, China, Brazil and India. As an art historian, archaeologist and interior
designer, De Mulder has built a career rich in cultural as well as communications experience
in the academic, media and financial worlds. Kristine De Mulder is member of the Board of
Directors of some of the major cultural events in Belgium, such as the Festival van Vlaanderen,
the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition… In 2012, she was made baroness for her
cultural engagement within EUROPALIA ARTS FESTIVAL.
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CURATORS
Prof. Dr. Hasan Bülent Kahraman
Hasan Bulent Kahraman is a professor of political and art philosophy and the vice rector
of Kadir Has University, Istanbul. He also holds academic degrees in civil engineering and
economics. He has previously taught at Bilkent and Sabanci Universities where he was
involved in the founding processes. In America he taught at Columbia, Michigan Universities
and was the Ertegun Professor at Princeton University. He has been contributing to dailies
as a public intellectual and he is now the columnist at the daily newspaper, Sabah where he
comments on the political and cultural matters.
As a free-lance curator he has organized shows by artists Magdelena Abakanowicz, Johan
Tahon, Marcel Broodthaers, Maureen Connor, Ergin İnan, Eser Selen, Zeren Goktan, Nuri
Bilge Ceylan and many other group shows in which he introduced the young generation of
contemporary artists to the larger audience and created a new reading and understanding of
the different periods in modern Turkish visual arts.
Also working as a cultural and literary critic Kahraman has over 15 books. Recently, his book
Contemporary Art in Turkey was published.
Kahraman was the Chief Advisor of cultural affairs to Presidence of the Republic of Turkey.
He was the Advisory Board member of İstanbul Bienalle, 1993-2005, and the general
coordinator of Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, 2010-14. He is now the Executive Board
Member of Sabanci Museum, Chief Curator of Akbank Cultural Center, Executive Board
Member of Contemporary Istanbul, member of the Board of Trustees at WWF, the Scientific
Committee Member of Abdullah Gul University, member of College Art Association, Middle
Eastern Studies Association, American Political Science Association.
Dirk Vermaelen
Dirk Vermaelen is a linguist and art historian. He has been working in the visual arts department
of Europalia International since 2003. Next to developing the exhibition programme for the
festivals, he has also curated a few exhibitions himself, such as the main exhibition Indomania
for the europalia.india festival in 2013. Since 2014 he has been appointed artistic director of
EUROPALIA. He now not only supervises the exhibitions, but also the music, performing arts,
literature and film, in collaboration with a team of project coordinators.
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MUSIC
Curators
DR. ADNAN ÇOBAN psychiatrist, classical Turkish music singer and music-brain relationship researcher. Graduated from Cerrahpaşa University, Faculty of Medecine and completed his MS at the same university. He
studied music at İstanbul University, Classical Turkish Music Chorus. He lectured on music, prepared radio
and TV programs, wrote essays while continuing to work as a psychiatrist. His TV program “Bizden Nağmeler”
awarded as “The Best Music Program of the Year” two times. He founded the Turkish Therapy Music Research
and Practice Group. His book “Müzikoterapy” was published in 2005. He has two albums named “Câna Şifâ
Nağmeler” and “Turkish Musictherapy.” He works as Deputy Dean and Academic Director at Haliç University,
Faculty of Medicine. He is the founder general art director of Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music Research and Practice Group and rector consultant of Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatoire.
PROF. YEKTA KARA was born in Istanbul. When she was five, she started playing piano. She went to Germany
and entered the Opera Department at the Munich State Music Academy. Kara also graduated from the Theater
Department at the Istanbul Municipality Conservatory. Between 1978 and 1980, Kara worked as a soloist and
dramaturgy in the Ankara State Opera and Ballet. In the same period, she directed stages first time. She gave
numerous solo recitals and concerts with many orchestras. Kara performed on various radio and television
programs and has written more than 100 articles and writings, which have been published in many newspapers and magazines.
DR. MARTIN GREVE is specialist in musicology and ethnomusicology with a focus on Turkish music. Dr. Greve
has taught various courses on ethnomusicology and Turkish music as well as offered cross-cultural training
at several universities and music academies in Germany and Switzerland. He has written several booklets on
Turkish and Korean life in Berlin on behalf of the Berlin municipal Integration Office. Dr. Greve continues to
serve as coordinator to the study program of Turkish music at the Rotterdam World Music Academy (part of
the Codarts - Hogeschool voor de Kunsten), a position he has held since 2005. From 2007 to 2011 he served
as advisor to the Berliner Philharmonie concert hall for the concert program “Alla Turca.” He was the artistic
director for the interreligious concert program, «Night Prayer», for the European Cultural Capital Essen in
2010. Beginning in May, 2011, Martin Greve is a research fellow at the Orient-Institut Istanbul. He is currently
writing a monograph on “post-traditional” music in Turkey.
Art Director
MUSTAFA ERDOĞAN studied in the field of philosophy in the University of Hacettepe and in the area of public
management in the Gazi University. He was very interested in local dances both during and before his education in college and established the Folk Dances Company of the Gazi University in 1985, he set up and
instructed groups, particularly specialized in local and folkloric dances of regions. His studies at Bilkent University in 1997 in the field of folk dances have been the first steps of the “Sultans of the Dance”. His Company
toured the world and gave more than 4,000 performances to an audience of over 40 million people. Mustafa
Erdoğan has put on stage the first children Dance Group of Turkey, “Spark” in January 2010. He received as a
producer and performer numerous awards at home and abroad.
He opened up dance schools in Istanbul, Antalya and Ankara.
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PERFORMING ARTS
Curator
Born in Istanbul, Beyhan Murphy is a graduate of TED College (Ankara) and London School
of Contemporary Dance (The Place). She lived and worked in the United Kingdom between
1975-1992 as a freelance dancer-choreographer & teacher. Since 1992, BM has worked in Turkey and has become one of the leading dance artists and performing arts authorities in the
country. BM has been the artistic director of Istanbul State Ballet and founder and director of
Modern Dance companies of Ankara and Istanbul. She has written, choreographed and directed several dance-drama and dance productions based Turkish cultural themes which have
also toured abroad. BM is also the prime leader in bringing to Turkey many well known international choreographers, dance artists, companies and teachers. She directs the modern dance
project group based within the Istanbul State Opera & Ballet , where she holds a tennure as a
resident choreographer.
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CINEMA
Curators
Alin Taşçiyan was born in 1969 in Istanbul. She was graduated from the University of Istanbul,
Faculty of Communications with a BA in journalism and public relations in 1991. She worked
for the Milliyet Art Review and Milliyet daily newspaper for 16 years as a correspondent, film
critic and editor starting from 1992. Meanwhile she made various film programs for the state
owned TRT 2 Channel including the Magic of Cinema which screened almost 500 classic films
for 10 years and The White Curtain, a weekly program on film criticsm. She programmed and
presented the Thematic Films Ribbon for the news channel 24, between 2007 – 2012. She
has been a critic and a columnist for the Star daily newspaper since 2008. Tasciyan has been
an advisor and programmer for all the major film festivals in Turkey. She is a member of the
European Film Academy. After serving as the Vice President for four years, she has been elected
the President of FIPRESCI, International Federation of Film Critics, in 2014.
More than twenty years ago Marc Boonen started in Turnhout with some friends the Film
Festival Focus on the South, later changed the festival his name and became Open Doek. In
2013 this festival merged with Cinema Novo in Bruges and Marc Boonen is the director of the
new film festival named MOOOV. Its aim is to select the best world cinema, to provide a highquality audiovisual experience to the widest audiences throughout Flanders. Last edition the
festival presents a special program The Best of Istanbul Film Festival with a selection of 5 new
Turkish movies in collaboration with Aziza Tan, director of the Istanbul Film Festival. He is also
president of VERTIGO, a free film magazine and member of two reading committees of the
Flemish Audiovisual Fund (fiction and documentary).
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LITERATURE
Curators
İskender Pala was born in Uşak in 1958 and received his undergraduate degree from the
faculty of literature of Istanbul University in 1979. He received his Doctorate in Ottoman Divan
Literature from the same university in 1998. His short stories, essays, academic papers and
newspaper columns have inspired his readers to see Divan literature in a new light;. Iskender
Pala is revered for his love of Divan poetry. He is the recipient of the Turkish Writer’s Association
Prize (1990) The Turkish Language Foundation AKDTYK prize (1990) and the Turkish Writer’s
Association Essay Prize (1996). He was given the title, The People’s Poet, by popular vote in
Uşak. His books Death in Babylon, Love in Istanbul, Katre-i Matem, Barbarossa and The King
and the Sultan have won numerous literary awards and enjoy a wide readership. Honoring his
success, The Turkish Patent Institute has registered Iskender Pala as a brand name. İskender
Pala is married with three children and teaches at Kültür University.
Canan Marasligil is a freelance writer, literary translator, editor, curator based in Amsterdam.
She is specialized in contemporary Turkish literature as well as comics. She writes narrative nonfiction and cultural journalism for various online and print media. She has worked with cultural
organisations including the Free Word Centre where she was translator in residence, English
PEN, British Council and South Bank Centre in London, the Prince Claus Fund in Amsterdam,
BOZAR in Brussels. She most recently co-curated a comics exhibition with comics from Algeria,
Turkey and the UK that travelled to London, Algeria, Istanbul, Thessaloniki and Brussels. She
is also advisor and co-curator to the Istanbul International Comics Festival. Actually and offers
consultancy to various organisations and individuals on literature, translation and comics.
Special thanks
The EUROPALIA TURKEY festival could not be programmed without the formal and informal
support and inspired advice from EUROPALIA’s cultural partners. Each of them add to the value
of the programme through their specific knowledge, on a specific art discipline, on specific
artists or their public. EUROPALIA gives a special thanks to Tony Van der Eecken (BOZAR Music,
Brussel) and Jos Lootens & Attila Bakiroglu (De Centrale, Gent), for sharing their knowledge of
Turkish music.
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EFFE-label
EUROPALIA is very happy to announce that EFFE – Europe for Festivals Festivals for Europe –
has awarded us with the EFFE-label 2015-2016.
EFFE, an initiative of the European Festival Association (EFA) is a new platform, supported by
the European Commission, that connects festivals that are deeply committed to the arts, their
communities and to European values.
Vincent Baudriller, chairman of the EFFE-jury, director of the Théâtre Vidy in Lausanne and
former director of the Avignon Festival stated: “ We are glad to publish this very first generation
of EFFE-label recipients, all of them festivals with a significant impact on the local, national and
international level”.
All the festivals that have been awarded the EFFE-label will be assembled in a printed and online guide before summer. This will enable the festival audiences to access the programs of all
laureates in 31 countries easily.
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