NEWSLETTER OF ASSOCIATION SUISSE TURQUIE.
No 21 FEBRUARY 2019
In this first edition of the New Year, we are pleased to announce that our Göbeklitepe trip will take place in May. While Göbeklitepe is particularly interesting due to its antiquity and its historical (and history changing) value, we would like to also shed light on other fascinating archaeological sites also under excavation in Turkey at the moment. Ziyaret Tepe is a particularly spectacular one. This site offers us a wealth of tantalizing insights into everyday life in the fortified city of Tushan situated in the northern border of the Assyrian Empire. Early excavations began in 2000 and further explorations slowly revealed the stunning remnants of palaces, mansions and barracks for soldiers built from 9th to 6th century BC. Many breath-taking artefacts have been discovered from wall paintings to luxury items and tablets that revealed the existence of a previously unknown language. Some 120 archaeologists and specialists have now worked at site over the past 18 years.
This special journey was documented and published in a book written by Prof. Tim Matney, Dr. John MacGinnis, Prof. Dirk Wicke and Prof. Kemalettin Köroğlu entitled ”Ziyaret Tepe: Exploring the Anatolian Frontier of Assyrian Empire” . This beautiful book was sponsored by Cornucopia Magazine and has recently won the Archaeological Institute of America’s 2019 Felicia A Holton Book Award for the best book of the year in presenting archaeology to the general public.
Our warmest congratulations to Cornucopia Magazine on such an honour and such worthy project! For further details (and to purchase a copy), you can visit the following link: www.cornucopia.net/store/books/ziyaret-tepe
Please visit our new website www.chtr.ch We wish you all a very Happy Valentine’s Day!
Bezen Erkmen-Hong, Editor
Please keep us posted on events and news that you would like to share at
editorsassosuisseturquie@gmail.com
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FEBRUARY AND MARCH EVENTS
Association Events
Annual General Meeting – March 19 at 19h00
Geneva
We look forward to seeing many of you at the event.
Kindly register at assosuisseturquie@gmail.com
Visit to Göbeklitepe – 28 April-4 May
Turkey
The visit will coincide with the official opening of the site to the public.
For more information please contact : assosuisseturquie@gmail.com
For future Association events : https://www.chtr.ch/fr/prochaines-activit%C3%A9s.html
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Concert: Ufuk and Bahar Dördüncü with HEM – February 17 at 5pm
Victoria Hall, Geneva
The great French pianist F.R. Duchable depicts Ufuk and Bahar Dördüncü as two committed pianists equipped with flawless technique, delivering vigorous and evocative performances. Having played together for their entire careers, Ufuk and Bahar Dördüncü complement each other perfectly, creating a distinguished synergy, coupled with exceptional technique, breathtaking virtuosity and great creativity, evidenced in every performance.
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I am Ashurbanipal: King of the world, King of Assyria – Until February 24
British Museum, London
This major exhibition on Assyrian Empire displays British Museum’s extensive collection and also includes artefacts from Ziyaret Tepe excavation. More details: http://www.cornucopia.net/events/i-am-ashurbanipal/ and https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/ashurbanipal.aspx
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“The Wild Pear Tree” is Turkey’s 2019 Oscar Nominee – February 27
For former Palme winner Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest movie The Wild Pear Tree, the Guardian says: ”this is a gentle, humane, beautifully made and magnificently acted movie. It is garrulous, humorous and lugubrious. It’s an unhurried, elegiac address to the idea of childhood and your home town – and how returning to both has a bittersweet savour.” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/18/the-wild-pear-tree-review-nuri-bilge-ceylans-delicious-humane-tableaux
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Law, Populism and Liberal Democracy – February 26 at 18:30pm
Maison de la Paix, Geneva
The populist upsurge in the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe and in established democracies like the United States, has exposed the political vulnerability of rule of law as a cornerstone of liberal democracy. It is not just in authoritarian populist states that the independence of judges and the authority of law have come under attack in the name of a majoritarian conception of democracy. This suggests that the rule of law has always stood in a relation of tension with other principles of democracy, including majority rule and an independent media. The lecture explores these renewed political pressures on rule of law, using contemporary examples drawn from the US, the UK and Hungary:http://graduateinstitute.ch/home/research/centresandprogrammes/hirschman-centre-on-democracy/events-1/past-events.html/_/events/hirschman-centre-on-democracy/2019/law-populism-and-liberal-democra
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lausanne Bizim Lozan on Sale
The much-praised book recently published by our Association is available for purchase at:
– Bookstore Letu in Geneva
– Shop Hotel Beau-Rivage Palace, Ouchy Lausanne
– Gallery Heritage in Geneva
– And also
on https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22298731039&searchurl=sortby%3D0%26vci%3D601833
We believe it will be a much-appreciated gift by your friends and family!
Tasting Alaçatı Tour – April 26-28
Alaçatı, Turkey
For those who would like enjoy Aegean delicacies Claros Tour is organising a gourmet trip to Alaçatı. This small village near Izmir has been a growing tourist centre not only for its sea sights and attractive windsurf conditions but also for its food and herbs festivals. For more details contact:yildirim.ali@claros.com.tr
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RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
2019 Oscar Nominee “Eldorado” by Swiss director Markus Imhoof was screened in Istanbul
In this documentary, Markus Imhoof combines his personal history with Europe’s failure to cope with the refugee crisis. The director looks at the current situation through his memories of his childhood friendship with Giovanna, an Italian girl that his parents took in during WWII, and how their friendshipwas torn apart by global politics. Eldorado is a striking production that examines not only the displacement of people but also the moral bankruptcy of profit-making practices. The screening took place at Istanbul Museum of Modern Art on January 24 with the cooperation of Consulate General of Switzerland.
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Istanbul’s New World of Words “Kıraathane” Opened Last Autumn
Yemenici Abdüllatif Sok 1, Asmalımescit, Beyoğlu – www.kiraathane.com.tr
Many other cities have literary centres/places for book launches, talks or book clubs. Now Istanbul has its own. Most of the activities are in Turkish, but there is also a book club called “Reading Turkey in English”. Kıraathane in Ottoman times was a coffee shop where people would read or be read to. Consequently, the opening of a café in the premises is also underway!
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Pandeli Restaurant Reopened
There was a time when for a foreigner no trip to Istanbul was complete without a meal at Pandeli. It was also the lunch destination of many shop owners in the Spice Market and neighbouring Grand Bazaar. It never served dinner. The restaurant closed its doors in 2016 because of the changes in customer habits and dwindling tourist numbers in those years. With the reopening, its signature sea bass cooked in parchment is also back on the menu!
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ARTS UPDATE sponsored by Cornucopia Magazine
ISTANBUL
Istanbul Recitals: Andrew Tyson, piano
The Seed, Emirgan
Friday, February 15 at 8pm
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/istanbul-recitals-andrew-tyson/
Nardis Jazz Club: February 2019
Kuledibi Sok, Galata
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/nardis-jazz-club-february-2019/
Effects of the Post on Everyday Life in Ottoman Times from 1840 onwards
ARIT Lecture by Turhan Turgut
ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Beyoğlu
Monday, February 18 at 6pm
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/effects-of-the-post-on-everyday-life-in-ottoman-times/
Exhibitions opening this month:
Cosmic Latte
Murat Morova, solo exhibition
Galeri Nev, Nişantaşı
February 1–March 16
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/cosmic-latte/
Beach Upcycling
Tarik Bayazit ECNP Galeri, Nişantaşı
February 9–16
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/beach-upcycling/
Paper
Works on paper by contemporary Turkish artists
Pı̇levnelı̇ Mecidiyeköy, Şişli
February 12–March 24
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/paper/
Last chance to see this month:
Poltergeist
Group exhibition
Orjin Sanat, Maslak
Until February 9
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/poltergeist/
Immersive Integral
Jorinde Voigt
Dirimart Dolapdere, Beyoglu
Until February 10
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/immersive-integral/
Useless Objects
Alan Duben
Ayşe Takı Gallery, Nişantaşı
Until February 14
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/useless-objects/
5 Dried Flowers, 7 Confusing Incidents, and 9 Intimate Strangers
Photographs by Ali Taptik
Leica Gallery, Bomonti
Until February 16
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/5-dried-flowers-7-confusing-incidents-and-9-intimate-strangers/
Idealist School, Productive Studio
Gazi Arts-Crafts Department 1932–1973
SALT Galata, Karakoy
Until February 17
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/idealist-school-productive-studio/
Interrupted Cycle
Aylin Zaptçioğlu, solo exhibition
x-ist, Karakoy
Until February 23
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/interrupted-cycle/
Green Mold
Group exhibition
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/green-mold/
Spotless
Three artists focus on built environments
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/spotless/
Both at Mixer, Karakoy
Until February 23
Speculative Spaces
Group show curated by İpek Yeğinsü
Kare Art Gallery, Nişantaşı
Until February 25
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/speculative-spaces/
Yuka
Yuşa Yalçintaş
Pi Artworks, Karakoy
Until March 2
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/yuka/
We Are Not Innocent
Gizem Karakaş,photo, video, text
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/we-are-not-innocent/
My Dear Friends
Bryony Dunne and Roger Anis
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/my-dear-friends/
Both at DEPO, Tophane
Until March 3
Exhibitions continuing:
This Goes On and On
Ardan Özmenoğlu
Anna Laudel Contemporary, Karakoy
Until March 7
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/this-goes-on-and-on/
The Time Needs Changing
Group exhibition
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/the-time-needs-changing/
Parajanov with Sarkis
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/parajanov-with-sarkis/
Both at The Pera Museum, Beyoglu
Until March 17
Duty of Memory: Shipwrecks
Photographs by Stefano Benazzo
Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Hasköy
Until March 31
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/duty-of-memory-shipwrecks/
The Russian Avant-garde
Sakip Sabanci Museum, Emirgan
Until April 1
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/the-russian-avant-garde/
Retrospective: Can Göknil
Bozlu Art Space, Sisli
Until April 23
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/retrospective1/
Tombak Ottoman gilt-copper metalwork
Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat, Beyoglu
Until April 28
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/tombak/
Ottoman Arcadia
Early Ottoman photography
ANAMED, Beyoglu
Until May 5
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/ottoman-arcadia/
Yıldız Moran:
A Mountain Tale Exhibition of photographs
Istanbul Modern Temporary Space, Beyoglu
Until May 12
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/yldz-moran-a-mountain-tale/
AROUND TURKEY
The Reconstruction of the Being
Mexican sculptor Jorge Marín
CerModern, Ankara
Until February 12
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/the-reconstruction-of-the-being/
Life And Works: Eren Eyüboğlu CerModern, Ankara
Until March 10
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/life-and-works/
Photography’s Diverse States
Murat Germen retrospective
Sakip Sabanci Mardin Kent Museum, Mardin
Until March 13, 2019
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/photographys-diverse-states/
AROUND THE WORLD
Power of Pattern
Central Asian Ikats from the Reisbord Collection
LACMA, Los Angeles
February 3–July 28
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/power-of-pattern/
Weave Knot: Belkıs Balpınar
Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, NYC
Until February 16
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/weave-not-belks-balpnar/
I Am Ashurbanipal: King of the world, King of Assyria
Major exhibition of Assyrian treasures
British Museum, London
Until February 24
http://www.cornucopia.net/events/i-am-ashurbanipal/
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ANCIENT & MODERN Research Prize 2019
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http://www.cornucopia.net/events/ancient-modern-research-prize-2019/
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