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700-year-old 'Karagöz' shadow play goes into the future
The 700-year-old traditional "Karagöz" shadow play, which UNESCO recorded on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009 and which constitutes the starting point of cinema with its feature of representing Turkish theater, is being carried to the future at Uludağ University.
Türkiye’s ambassador to Portugal dies after cardiac arrest
Türkiye's Ambassador to Portugal Murat Karagöz has lost his life at the age of 56 after suffering from a sudden cardiac in the southwestern province of Muğla's Fethiye district.
On June 30, around 4 p.m., Karagöz had a fainting spell while swimming in Fethiye, where he was spending his vacation.
Ice sculptors to welcome visitors in Turkey’s east
The countdown has begun for a snow-themed festival to be held for the second time this year in Turkey's eastern province of Ağrı.
Local officials and ice sculptors stepped up their efforts for the long-awaited event, which will be launched on Feb. 25 in the city center.
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Istanbul to host traditional shadow plays
Within the scope of the much-awaited fifth edition of the Istanbul Karagöz Festival that will kick off tomorrow, a famous traditional Turkish shadow theater will be staged for Istanbul residents in the upcoming week.
The festival, which will last until Nov. 21, aims to make the art of shadow play more visible and bring all the colors of this historical tradition to audiences.
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Istanbul Photo Awards exhibition kicks off in Ankara
An annual international photography exhibition, the Istanbul Photo Awards 2021, kicked off in Turkey's capital Ankara on Oct. 11.
Anadolu Agency Chairman of the Board and Director-General Serdar Karagöz began his speech with a sound of intensive care unit to mark the story of the winning photo from Bangladesh.
Traditional Turkish shadow theater to be introduced in Europe
In an effort to bring forward the Turkish cultural values, a Turkish foundation in the Netherlands is making an effort to introduce the traditional Anatolian shadow theater, especially for children in Europe.
Philanthropist becomes teacher in kindergarten she donated
A 50-year-old woman in the northwestern province of Tekirdağ has become a trainee teacher in a kindergarten she donated to the Education Ministry in 2017 after studying pediatric development in a university for four years.
Turkish puppeteer aims to preserve Karagöz and Hacivat
A Turkish master of the traditional shadow play Karagöz and Hacivat aims to preserve the art according to its origins.
Metin Özlen, 80, said he learned the shadow play at the age of four from stories his grandfather told him. He later became interested in production techniques and created his first figures from cardboard.
Shadow play eyes more African audience
A famous traditional Turkish shadow play, Karagöz Istanbul Explorer will be staged for different African audiences, following its successful show at Africa's Ubumuntu Arts Festival in Kigali, Rwanda, said Fatih Polat, the Karagöz master.
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Karagöz and Hacivat find warm reception in Germany
Germany is not the most obvious place for Ottoman shadow theater to take root given its diminishing presence even in Turkey, but a number of Germans have fallen in love with the art thanks to two decades of effort by a father-and-son team of Turkish artists in Cologne.
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