Exhibition at the Museum der Weltkulturen Frankfurt August 9, 2008 to November 16, 2008 Organizer: DiYALOG in cooperation with the Museum der Weltkulturen and Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation Museum of World Cultures, Schaumainkai 37, Frankfurt am Main, Germany On August 8, on the occasion of the Book Fair, the Museum of World Cultures in Frankfurt will open the exhibition "The Sultan's Nose - Caricatures from Turkey." This exhibition has been initiated and organized by the Turkish Cultural Initiative DIYALOG in cooperation with the Museum of World Cultures, the Turkish branch of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, and with support from the Organizing Committee of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2008. Since the debate on the Muhammad caricatures that were published in Denmark, Europeans have been engaged with the question of caricature and humour in the Muslim world. Presenting a selection of old and new examples of Turkish caricatures, the exhibition aims to show the central role satire has played as a form of socio-political argument since the time of the Ottoman sultans in Turkey. The exhibition includes work by caricaturists who are regarded as classics in Turkey, first during the late Ottoman period and moving forward to the 1950s with work by graphic artists like Turhan Selçuk and Tan Oral. Simultaneously, the exhibition shows for the first time in Germany a selection of works by today's generation of Turkish caricaturists. Works come from saucy and/or satirical political daily newspapers and magazines such as "LeMan," "Penguen" and "Uykusuz." The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication on the history of Turkish caricatures. The book is published by Istanbul University Press and the Berlin publisher Dagyeli in a bilingual German-Turkish edition. Full publication information: "Die Nase des Sultans - Karikaturen aus der Türkei" Istanbul Bilgi University Press and Dagyeli Publishers, Berlin ISBN 978-3-935597-68-5 Price: 28 Euros
The Sultan’s Nose – Caricatures from Turkey
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