Events

NLTR 400: 400 years of diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and Turkey

January 6-28, 2012

Labogrigneur and Satellite Works (Willem Harbers)
Dutch artist Willem Harbers creates sculptures that juxtapose metal and marble into works that bring together nature and machinery in cold, polished, and futuristic forms. Willem Harbers is a very successful artist with sculptures which reflect the universal search of modern society for depth and meaning, representing the international and creative character of Dutch visual arts by doing so. This exhibition will celebrate the cultural bonds between Turkey and the Netherlands both in conceptual and traditional sense and awareness.

location: GALERIZILBERMAN
Istiklal Cad. Misir Apt. No: 163
K.3 D10 34433 Beyoğlu-Istanbul
tel: +90 (212) 251 12 14

January 10-15, 2012
The 5th Book Fair of Çukurova
TÜYAP has launched a new series of events with the first book fair of the year. Authors will meet their readers to discuss their newly published books in conversation sessions under the title “ Reader & Writer Meetings”.
location: TUYAP ADANA ULUSLARARASI FUAR VE KONGRE MERKEZI
Kartaltepe Mahallesi,
Turgut Ozal Bulvari No: 242 Çukurova-Adana
tel: +90 (322) 256 90 90

January 17–February 5, 2012
World Press Photo 2011 Exhibition in Ankara and Diyarbakir
World Press Photo is a foundation based in the Netherlands and its main aim is to support professional press photography.

Location ANKARA: Forum Ankara Outlet Shopping Center
Yozgat Bulvari 99, Ovacik,
Keçioren, Ankara
Tel: +90 312 567 1000

location DIYARBAKIR: Diyarbakir Metropolitan
Municipality Sumerpark
Art Gallery
tel: +90 (412) 226 2180

January 19 – 22, 2012
EUROCLIO: Seminar “A National Training Conference”
The main aims of this seminar are to disseminate and to work with the project material that will be presented during the seminar, to broaden the group of people involved, to outreach to the key multiplier group of the in-service teacher trainers from all regions, to involve editors and contributors involved into the development of project material as trainers, to promote Peer-Learning among the History educators in Turkey.

location: Soğuksu Milli Parkı İçi
06890 Kızılcahamam – Ankara
tel: +90 (312) 736 02 00

January 21–April 1, 2012
The Early Years of Turkish – Dutch Relations
Pera Museum in collaboration with the Amsterdam Museum is organizing an exhibition exploring the commencement of four hundred years of fruitful cooperation between Turkey and the Netherlands. The exhibition will focus on trade and image forming between the Ottoman Empire and the Dutch Republic in the 17th and 18th centuries.

location: PERA MUSEUM
Mesrutiyet Caddesi No: 65
34443 Tepebasi – Beyoğlu
tel: +90 (212) 334 99 00

January 26, 2012
“'Language is the mirror of our lives': The Dutch translation of Oğuz Atay's novel Tutunamayanlar"
Who was Oğuz Atay, and why is Tutunamayanlar so important? In her lecture, Hanneke van der Heijden will talk about some of the characteristics of Atay’s dazzling novel, and describe in short how the Dutch translation came about.

location: Netherlands Institute in Turkey
İstiklal Caddesi 181, Merkez Han
Beyoğlu, İstanbul
tel: 0212 293 9283

January 27, 2012
‘To Discuss II’ Discussion with Tanil Bora
Tanıl Bora, one of the co-authors of Boşuna mı Okuduk? [So we studied for nothing?] (İletişim, 2011), will open to discussion his observations and analysis of the “states” of the white collar unemployed in Turkey. He will focus on the recent new dimensions of unemployment, concerning white collar workers in particular, and their forms of self-perception of unemployment.
The discussion will be held in Turkish.

location: DEPO Istanbul
Tütün Deposu Lüleci Hendek Caddesi No.12
Tophane 34425 İstanbul

January 27–December 31, 2012
SALT-VAN ABBEMUSEUM INSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATION
Istanbul Eindhoven – SALTVanAbbe
SALT and Van Abbemuseum will implement an exhibition exchange project within the framework of NLTR400 celebrations in 2012. Exhibitions will include works from the Van Abbemuseum collection together with the newly purchased art works of Turkish artists.

location: SALT Beyoğlu
İstiklal Caddesi 136
Beyoğlu 34430 İstanbul
tel: +90 (212) 377 42 00

SALT Galata
Bankalar Caddesi 11
Karaköy 34420 İstanbul Türkiye

February 12–June 20, 2012
Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art
The exhibition marks the first official display of Dutch art in Turkey and will showcase 59 artists, 73 paintings, 18 patterns and 18 objects selected from the Rijksmuseum and from private collections featuring the world’s most leading visual artists. The exhibition will focus on the themes of Villagers, Village Life, City Life, Overseas Power and Trade.

location: SAKIP SABANCI MUSEUM
Sakip Sabanci Cad. No:42 Emirgan
34467 Istanbul
tel: +90 (212) 277 22 00

February 16–May 6, 2012
LA LA LA HUMAN STEPS Exhibition in Istanbul Modern
La La La Human Steps is an exhibition of works from the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. The exhibition reflects on human relations and genuine human conditions such as, desire failure, despair, curiosity, betrayal and confrontations.

location: Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
Meclis-I Mebusan Cad. Liman Isletmeleri Sahasi Antrepo No: 4 Karakoy