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.

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.