Hasan Yükselir

Istanbul's interdisciplinary art festival, Pera Fest, which has chosen "Art against Discrimination" as the theme of its 14th edition, opened on March 21 with a poetry & music event at Tiyatro Pera. Despite the general atmosphere of fear and anxiety due to the recent terror attack's proximity to the event, many of the invited artists attended the festival's opening event.     

World renowned Turkish poet Naz?m Hikmet's 114th birthday will be commemorated with a special postage stamp printed especially for the occasion, while a documentary will be screened about his years as a prisoner in Bursa.