490. In our Art Meeting, we will visit the culture house opened by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in memory of cartoonist Turhan Selcuk.

Turhan Selçuk, who is the pioneer of modern Turkish cartoon and gave his own style to contemporary cartoon, was born in Milas district of Muğla. While studying at Adana Boys High School, his first cartoons appeared in the Turkish Sözgü newspaper. He worked as a cartoonist for the magazines Red and White, Smash, Vulture, Depiction, Today and Aydede. He opened his first solo exhibition at the Istanbul City Gallery. Together with his brother Ilhan Selçuk, he published the humor magazine 41 Buçuk in 1952. He traveled around Europe and published his impressions in Milliyet newspaper. since the 1950s, he has appeared in the world press, international anthologies and magazines together with the great masters of the period. He approached the person in current events and phenomena with his knowledge of history, culture, art and knowledge. With Ilhan Selçuk, he published the humor magazine Dolmuş in 1956 and the Cartoon in 1958. His first book Turhan Selçuk Cartoon Album was published in 1954. in 1956, he won the Palme d'Or, the first prize at the International Bordighera Cartoon Competition (Italy). in 1957, he started drawing Abdulcanbaz in Milliyet newspaper. in 1958, he joined the staff of the Italian humor magazine Il Travaso. 140 Caricature (1959), Turhan 62 (1962), Hieroglyph (1964), Hal and Going Zero (1969), Söz Lineinin (1979), Human Rights (1995), First There was a cartoon album (2002) were published. He worked for Milliyet, Yeni Istanbul, Akşam and Cumhuriyet newspapers. in 1969, he founded the Cartoonists Association together with Semih Balcıoğlu and Ferit Öngören. He was detained during the military coup of March 12, 1971. Abdulcanbaz has been staged in many art institutions such as Dostlar Theater and Istanbul State Theater. Selçuk received the People's Artist award of the Union of Artists of Turkey in 1971 and refused the title of "State Artist" in 1998. in 1989, he was selected as the honored artist of the Tüyap Book Fair. in 1992, the Human Rights Cartoon Exhibition organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Council of Europe was exhibited in various cities around the world. in 2002, "60 on the Line. Annual Art Night: Turhan Selçuk" event was held. He has opened numerous exhibitions at home and abroad. He has received many national and international awards. His cartoons have been published in many international newspapers and magazines such as Atlas, Can Can, Caricature et Caricaturistes, DDT, Die Weltwoche, Il Travaso, Inostrannaya Literatura, Nebelspalter, La Codorniz and Pardon. According to Turhan Selçuk, who constantly thinks about history, society and the world, caricature is the art of enlightenment, reason and intelligence. The artist, who has stood against the oppressive power in every period, has never compromised his thoughts and beliefs.

after his first cartoon published in 1941, the House of Culture, named after Turhan Selçuk, a cultural person who continued his productions in this field in various newspapers for many years and had an important place in the history of Turkish cartooning, came to life in the historical house of cartoonist Cemil Cem located on Cem Sokak. Curated by his daughter Aslı Selçuk, the exhibition includes 65 original cartoons from the family collection, personal belongings, awards and works gifted to Turhan Selçuk, as well as a total of 254 pieces. Turhan Selçuk's line, which developed starting from the first years of his career, is analyzed by dividing it into ten-year periods. The exhibition also testifies to the formation of cartoons that have gained a place in society, such as Abdulcanbaz and Hababam Class. Cartoons, magazine and book covers published in the international press give the opportunity to see that Selçuk is an international value and the diversity of its productivity. The exhibition, which also commemorates Cemil Cem, one of the cornerstones of Turkish cartooning, also includes 26 original Cemil Cem cartoons from the Osmantan Erkir collection. In the special room reserved for Cem, magazines taken from the archive of the Ataturk Library and visuals from various cartoons and a reproduction of the famous “Veli Efendi Meadow” painting in the collection of the Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture are also on display. Mrs. Zahide, the venue manager, will accompany us at the exhibition. 

*Our art meetings are free for our members, 500 TL for guests and 250 TL for children over the age of 12. For your guests, we ask that they be deposited to our association account as a donation before the trip. 

Tuesday January 21st

12:00-13:00

Address: Caferaga Neighborhood, Cem Street No:6 Kadikoy

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