Mehmet Aksoy

Istanbul to host new int’l art fair ‘Artcontact’

Istanbul will host a new international contemporary art fair called '"Artcontact" between May 31 and June 6 at the Avrasya Arts Center.

Atis, the company that has been organizing the ArtAnkara Contemporary Art Fair in the capital for seven years, will organize the Artcontact Contemporary Art Fair this year.

Turkish fishermen hear the call of the seas in Mauritania

The number of Turkish fishing boats off the northwest African coast of Mauritania has risen to 33, up from just two last year, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Aug. 23. 

The fisherman have been giving their catch to factories established by Turkish entrepreneurs in Mauritania to be turned into fish flour, which is then sent to Turkey.

President Erdo?an to pay sculptor compensation over 'freak' comment

A court has ordered President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an to pay 10,000 Turkish Liras to the artist responsible for a sculpture in the northeastern province of Kars, which he had demanded the removal of and described as a ?freak.? 

During a Jan. 8, 2011 visit to Kars, then Prime Minister Erdo?an slammed the city?s new 35-meter-tall ?Monument to Humanity,? created by sculptor Mehmet Aksoy.

Poet Can Yücel’s vandalized grave to receive new tombstone emphasizing life

Renowned Turkish poet Can Yücel will soon be getting a new tombstone, more than three years after his grave, which is located in the garden of his house in the beautiful Aegean town of Old Datça, was vandalized.

Sculptor Mehmet Aksoy, who has been working on Yücel’s new tombstone for more than two months, said it would be ready “within a week or 10 days.”

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