What I Love

Toplumu ve sanatı eleştiren sergi

25.02.12 Istanbul

Borusan Art Center sanatçılarının üçüncü sergisi What I Love katılan sanatçıların işleri sayesinde “toplumsal ve sanatsal” eleştiriyi cesurca sergilemeyi amaçlıyor.

The other Recep

So bad he's good

18.01.12 Istanbul

No, this is not about Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Meet Recep Ivedik, endlessly popular in Turkish cinema today.

Woman of the night

A Sevgilim photo-novel

10.01.12 Istanbul

A rare photo-novel from the beginning of the 1970s, when dramatic photographed cartoons were popular in Turkey.

Cultural satanists

Interview with Hayvanlar Alemi

26.11.11 Ankara

Hayvanlar Alemi, known across Turkey for their psychedelic-experimental sound, talks about Lambada, the devil and why Ankara is so boring.

The cyber art of Burak Arıkan

Programming, mapping, networking

11.10.11 Istanbul

Burak Arıkan is a pioneer on Turkey’s contemporary art scene. His works, which span software programming, electronics, networks and maps, are at the crossroads of the digital and the real world.

The Grup Ses treasure quest

A journey through the Turkish underground

13.09.11 Istanbul

An Istanbul based DJ mixing old pop or rock music with contemporary electro and hip hop sounds

The birth of Ekşi Sözlük

29.08.11 Istanbul

The invention of Turkey’s “sour dictionary”, similar to Wikipedia but listing any topic, including slang or rude language.

The last carpet repairers

14.08.11 Istanbul

In a former madrasa near the grand bazar is a small craftsmen workshop. There are four men working, sitting on small stools. They are carpet repairers.

Towards “the safe internet”

Online censorship in Turkey #1

27.07.11 Istanbul

Step by step, Turkey is encroaching on people’s online freedom. But civil society actors are rising up against the increasing censorship.

Les mystères des Apaches turcs

13.07.11 Istanbul

Pour comprendre le mouvement Apaçi, questionnons le lien direct entre les Turcs et les peuples amérindiens. Non, ceci n’est pas une farce.