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Turkish painter Osman Hamdi Bey's second "The Tortoise Trainer" has been included in the permanent exhibition titled "Viewing Turkish Painting" at Türkiye İş Bankası Painting and Sculpture Museum in Istanbul's Beyoğlu.

This second work of the artist with the same theme, dated 1907, is now neighbor to the first version, dated 1906, exhibited at the Pera Museum.

As part of the 100th-anniversary celebrations of the Turkish Republic, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will organize the 100th Anniversary Gala event on Oct. 25, with an exhibition featuring Turkish painter Osman Hamdi Bey's painting "Girl Reading the Qur'an" and artwork from Burhan Doğançay's "Ribbons" series.

The house of Ottoman archaeologist and painter Osman Hamdi Bey, which serves as a museum on the coast of Eskihisar in the Gebze district in the northwestern province of Kocaeli, will be taken under restoration.

A special section for the works of Osman Hamdi Bey, a prominent cultural figure of the early Turkish Westernization who is also considered the founder of Turkish painting and archaeology, has been opened in the Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum.

A historic building that once served as a bank branch for many years and eventually was registered as a "cultural property" by authorities in Istanbul's iconic İstiklal Avenue will now serve as a painting museum after the completion of restoration works.

Veteran journalist Doğan Hızlan has been awarded the title of honorary doctorate by Istanbul's prominent Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (MSGSÜ) at a ceremony.

The ceremony, where the 139th anniversary of the founding of the university was celebrated, was held yesterday.

Scientific research and conservation studies of six paintings by Osman Hamdi Bey, kept in the Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum Painting Collection, have been moved to the Google Arts & Culture platform, one of the most important digital platforms of the culture and arts world.

A painting by 19th century Ottoman painter Osman Hamdi Bey has been sold in a London auction for almost $6 million.

Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum revives Osman Hamdi Bey's "The Tortoise Trainer," one of the best-known works of Turkish painting, with a virtual reality project.

The British authorities have told Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency that Hamdi Akın İpek, a fugitive Turkish businessman wanted for suspected links to the Gülen network, was detained in London on May 23 but was later released on bail.