Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts

Turkish painter Aydın Ayan, a professor in the Faculty of Fine Arts of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, is celebrating his 45th year in art. 

Painter, writer and photographer Fikret Otyam, who died last year in August, is commemorated in an exhibition in honor of his 90th birthday. 

Otyam, who made great contributions to Turkey's social, cultural and artistic accumulation, has left a wide collection of photos, books and paintings behind him. 

Istanbul Modern is hosting a conversation series focusing on artist Mehmet Güleryüz's large-scale quest for expression as well as a film program as part of its continuing retrospective, "Painter and Painting."