Five Senses Comenius Project 2013-2015 Turkey Famaous People From Turkey

1. FAMOUS WRITERS AND
PAINTERS FROM TURKEY
Prepared by :
Mert MATER
FIVE SENSES COMENIUS PROJECT
2013-2015

3.  Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul in 1952 and grew up in a
large family similar to those which he describes in his novels
Cevdet Bey and His Sons and The Black Book, in the wealthy
westernised district of Nisantasi. As he writes in his
autobiographical book Istanbul, from his childhood until the
age of 22 he devoted himself largely to painting and
dreamed of becoming an artist. After graduating from the
secular American Robert College in Istanbul, he studied
architecture at Istanbul Technical University for three years,
but abandoned the course when he gave up his ambition to
become an architect and artist. He went on to graduate in
journalism from Istanbul University, but never worked as a
journalist. At the age of 23 Pamuk decided to become a
novelist, and giving up everything else retreated into his flat
and began to write.

4.  His first novel Cevdet Bey and His Sons was published seven
years later in 1982.The novel is the story of three
generations of a wealthy Istanbul family living in Nisantasi,
Pamuk's own home district.The novel was awarded both the
Orhan Kemal and Milliyet literary prizes.The following year
Pamuk published his novel The Silent House, which in
French translation won the 1991 Prix de la découverte
européene.The White Castle (1985) about the frictions and
friendship between a Venetian slave and an Ottoman scholar
was published in English and many other languages from
1990 onwards, bringing Pamuk his first international fame.
The same year Pamuk went to America, where he was a
visiting scholar at Columbia University in NewYork from
1985 to 1988. It was there that he wrote most of his novel The
Black Book, in which the streets, past, chemistry and texture
of Istanbul are described through the story of a lawyer
seeking his missing wife.

6.  Yasar Kemal was bornYasar Kemal Gökçeli in Adana, in autumn 1922, into a family of
well-to-do landlords. His parents came originally from the shores of Lake Van, on the
eastern frontiers of Turkey. After a long trek on foot, they settled on the South Anatolian
plain of Cilicia, a region populated by big landowners, poor peasants, and the Kurds.
This rocky and hot landscape of the Taurus Mountains served as the background for
several of Kemal's stories.
 At the time ofYasar's birth, his father Sadi Kemal was already 50, his mother Nigar was
only 17. Her family descended from the Kizikan tribe. Nigar's brother Mayro was a
famous outlaw, who led a short but adventurous life. He was killed when he was 25.
Mayro provided the model for Kemal's rebellious heroes.
 Kemal lost his right eye early in his childhood in a accident.When Kemal was five he saw
his father killed by his adoptive sonYusuf while praying at the mosque. Due to this
traumatic experience, he developed a stutter, but eventually managed to cure himself by
chanting folk songs. To her mother's disappointment, he refused to killYusuf as a
revenge.
Kemal grew up in the small village of Hemite. He started to attend a school at the age of
nine in a neighborhood village, and later went to stay with relatives who lived in Kadirli.
His first poems Kemal wrote at the age of eight. His parents spoke Kurdish, but they had
also learned to speak Turkish.The children spoke mainly in Turkish.

7.  Yasar Kemal was bornYasar Kemal Gökçeli in Adana, in autumn 1922, into a family of
well-to-do landlords. His parents came originally from the shores of Lake Van, on the
eastern frontiers of Turkey. After a long trek on foot, they settled on the South Anatolian
plain of Cilicia, a region populated by big landowners, poor peasants, and the Kurds.
This rocky and hot landscape of the Taurus Mountains served as the background for
several of Kemal's stories.
 At the time ofYasar's birth, his father Sadi Kemal was already 50, his mother Nigar was
only 17. Her family descended from the Kizikan tribe. Nigar's brother Mayro was a
famous outlaw, who led a short but adventurous life. He was killed when he was 25.
Mayro provided the model for Kemal's rebellious heroes.
 Kemal lost his right eye early in his childhood in a accident.When Kemal was five he saw
his father killed by his adoptive sonYusuf while praying at the mosque. Due to this
traumatic experience, he developed a stutter, but eventually managed to cure himself by
chanting folk songs. To her mother's disappointment, he refused to killYusuf as a
revenge.
Kemal grew up in the small village of Hemite. He started to attend a school at the age of
nine in a neighborhood village, and later went to stay with relatives who lived in Kadirli.
His first poems Kemal wrote at the age of eight. His parents spoke Kurdish, but they had
also learned to speak Turkish.The children spoke mainly in Turkish.

9.  He was born in Salonica (1902). He completed his primary
education in stanbul at Göztepe Ta mektep, primary section ofİ ş
Galatasaray High School (1914) and Ni anta ı Numune School,ş ş
and received his secondary education at Heybeliada Naval School
(1918) where he attended upon the recommendation of Naval
Forces Commander Cemal Pa a, who listened and very muchş
admired his poem "The Words of a Naval Officer" that he wrote
when he was only 12. After graduating from the Naval School,
Nâzım Hikmet was assigned to Hamidiye Cruiser as a trainee deck
officer, he caught cold and pleurisy during a night watch (1919),
and as he could not recover his health, he was discharged from
military as disabled (1920).

10. 
After leaving military, being very sorry about the occupation of
stanbul, Nâzım Hikmet went to Anatolia to participate in theİ
National Struggle and served as a teacher at Bolu High School for
a short time (1921).The poet, interested in the Russian revolution,
went to Moscow from Batum after some time and studied economy
and social science at the Easter University (1922-1924). He joined
Aydınlık magazine after his return home, passed to Russia again
when he was informed that a verdict of sentence "in default" was
given against him because of his poems published there, returned
to Turkey upon the enforcement of amnesty and kept under
detention at Hopa prison for sometime (1928).

12.  In 1928, Beyo lu, was born in Istanbul. As a child in the cinemağ
was very impressed. In 1951 he graduated from Getronagan
Armenian High School. Film studio filmmaking in high school, he
worked in every branch. Muhsin began to receive training in
theater and acting Ertugrul. His aim was to be a director or
playwright. In 1950 began the new Istanbul newspaper
journalism. Stories in Armenian newspapers and literary
magazines published in this year. At the same time he continued
to Istanbul University Faculty of Economics. However, he decided
to become a photographer and journalist.
 Journalists Association of Turkey in 1979, received the first prize in
photojournalism branch. Khan was booked by some of the
photographs Publishing in 1980. Hürriyet Foundation published in
1986, the Professor Abdullah Quran photographed book written
by Mimar Sinan.This book was published in English in 1987 by
the Institute of Turkish Studies.

14.  He was born in 1938 in Istanbul. In 1958
he entered the Istanbul State Academy of
Fine Arts, Painting Department in 1966
graduated first. Acting learning process
in parallel with the different academies
"actors studio" s and has developed
important amateur in theather in 1963,
directed by Asaf Çi iltepe Arena Theaterğ
began her professional acting career.

15.  Pattern weighted first solo exhibition
was opened in 1963. Between the years
1970-75 as a state scholarship has made
a specialization in painting and
lithography in Paris. Made his first
sculpture in Paris in 1971, and made the
Pont des Arts in suspension.

17.  Fikret Mualla Respect born in Istanbul. He died in France in July
1967 at the Nice region. After the death of an accidental remain
lame and his mother spent was little events like father's
remarriage played a role in the nervous and awkward child olms.
Saint Joseph High School and studied at a time Galatsaray after the
French school, but was sent to Germany to study engineering
even before graduating. I traveled around Germany, went to
Switzerland and Italy, toured the museum. Ability to realize the
image was acquired in a short time a solid pattern information.
Successful paintings, fashion drawings and engravings were
made, were accepted by the most popular German magazine
patterns. His father's financial situation deteriorates it becomes an
Egyptian prince can not send money, gave him until the age of
twenty-five, in Germany.

18.  Fikret Mualla was treated in hospital for a while in 1928 because of
excessive alcohol passion. He then moved to France from
Germany, living in artistic circles as Montparnasse and Saint
Germain in Paris.There, he met Hale Asaf at the Andre Lhote
studio. After a while painting in Paris, Mualla returned to Turkey
due to lack of money. Ayvalık Secondary School in 1934, he
applied to the Ministry of Education to ensure the livelihood was
appointed as an art teacher, but he resigned shortly after this task.
Istanbul in Luxury Life, Crazy Hail, has designed costumes for
operettas such as Reed Jazz. Nazim Hikmet pictures Varan the third
poem book. smayil Rights Baltacıo lu prepared designs for theİ ğ
new man magazine. At one point, misinterpreted some of the
lyrics were taken into custody by order of the prosecutor's office
because of a 1936 close to the Bakırköy Mental Hospital. He was
discharged towards the end of 1937. Until police began growing
fear and death in Fikret Mualla time after this event.

19.  Upon his father's death, thinking that they can live their
lives in the hands of Paris with the inheritance share in
1939 was separated from Turkey.With the exit from the
hospital two years between leaving Turkey at the 1939
International Exhibition in NewYork did Abidin Dino
thirty ISTANBUL table on the request for the Turkish
Pavilion. For audio magazine published in 1938 on the
grounds that the design is one of the draw obscene,
lawsuit was filed against him after leaving Turkey, was
acquitted in 1939.This was written at the time and the
sound is published "Tales" and "no substantial HQ" has
a history of doing both.

21.  Dino was born in 1913 in stanbul. After living in Switzerland andİ
France, the artist returned to Turkey at the age of 15. Dino was
among the five other painters to found the “D” Group in 1933.
During 1937-1939, he lived in Paris and was acquinted with the
famous artists of the time. Later in 1940, he returned to stanbulİ
and joined the “New” group, founded in the same year and
participated in the famous Harbor Exhibition. In 1951, he went to
Rome and Paris and after settling there, he had his first solo
exhibition in 1955 at Galerie Kleber and later on at Galerie
Camille Renaud in Paris. From 1955 onwards, he exhibited in
various institutions, including a solo show at the Picasso Museum
in Antibes, France (1958), Musée de la Céramique in Italy (1990)
as well as in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Hungary, Russia,
Germany and Greece.

22.  Dino also exhibited at the 16th Venice Biennial in 1952, at Salon de
Mai in Paris in 1954 and 1962, 1st stanbul Biennial in 1987, at aİ
group show in the Barbican Centre in London in 1989;Turkish
Artists Exhibition at Musée de l’Art Moderne in Paris in 1964. For
Abidin Dino, art is the unification of experience, accumulated
knowledge, all objects and formations of the artist from past into
the future.Therefore, it is true for all periods of his work that
constant search, change and renovation have been the essence of
his work.The bond that connects his works of different periods is
the continuity of intellectuality and visual quality and its organic
interaction. Sakıp Sabancı Museum held a retrospective of Abidin
Dino’s works. As well as being a painter, Dino was also a sculptor,
author and a director.The artist passed away in 1993 in Paris.

24.  He was born in 1929. Painters and maps Fair is Dogancay officer's
son. Received art training from his father and the first well-known
painter Arif Kaptan. Began painting his father's encouragement,
the economy had finished he studied law at the University of
Ankara and Paris in 1955 was the beginning of a journey through
art in front of the doctor.While the one hand, academic training,
he continued his work in the other hand, uninterruptedly. Student
in Paris he attended La Grande Chaumiere in painting.When he
returned to finish his PhD in Ankara opened joint exhibitions with
his father in the Art Lovers Club. In 1961, 22 State Painting and
Sculpture Exhibition was adopted five official.Year 1962 I went to
NewYork. In 1964, the Guggenheim museum director Thomas
Messer one of the artist's work to get to the museum's collection,
the artist's belief in the future winner of this challenge has been
further strengthened.Will begin with the New York wall important
source of inspiration for the 'walls' series began in the same year.
Because the walls, quickly left behind the passing of life 'reflected
everything.

25.  In 1975, the artist set out here, which covers 114 countries' World
Walls began a photography project.The product of this project in
1982, Georges Pompidou in Paris in 'Whispering Walls' was
exhibited for the first time under the name. In 1983, the design of
the famous artists from Aubusson carpet center of France began to
touch as the tapestries. In 1986, the Brooklyn Bridge undergoing a
major overhaul of the 19 large size photographs of New York City
in celebration of the 100th (1998) exhibited a period of nearly two
years of JFK International Airport.Then these photos' Walls of the
World "was published in book form under the title. In 2001, Dr.
Nejat Eczacıba ı held the first retrospective exhibition with theş
support of the Foundation in Istanbul Dolmabahce Palace. In June
2003 the artist, 'Respect the Line Art' work is hung on the new
European Parliament building in Brussels. He died in Istanbul on
January 15, 2013. He was buried Bodrum.

27.  I found one thing about smail ACAR:İ
 Born in Su ehri (Sivas) in 1971.ş
Entered the Marmara University Faculty of
Fine Arts Department of Painting in 1988.
Graduated as valedictorian from the Prof.
Ergin nan atelier in Marmara Universityİ
Faculty of Fine Arts in 1992.
Submitted his masters thesis,‘Technology
and Art,’ in 1993.

29.  in 1955, he entered the painting Department of stanbul State Academy of fineİ
arts. Halil Dikmen's Gallery, was a student of Bedri Rahmi Eyübo lu in theğ
workshop.
in 1959, he founded the "Soyutçu 7 s" group.
 He graduated from the painting Department of the Istanbul Academy of fine arts.
in 1962, he became an Assistant to the Academy. Bedri Rahmi Eyübo lu, Cemalğ
Tollu and Cevat Dereli took part in workshops.
in 1963,Tülay Tura, Altan Gürman, Adnan Çoker and Sarkis and "Blue Group"
established.
in 1965 the Government of Spain has given a scholarship by the art went to Madrid
and Barcelona have started vocational research and review continued in London
and Paris.
in 1969, Chairman of the Association of Contemporary Artists in Turkey. in 1970 I. D.
G. S received the title of Professor from the Academy.
Chairman of the Visual Artists Association in 1975.
in 1979, he was appointed to the Office of the stanbul painting and Sculptureİ
Museum; three and a half years in this task was not found.
in 1981 I. D. G. S Academy of Profösörlü e rose.ğ
1985 Mimar Sinan University, Faculty of fine arts painting Department,
in 1988, Phillips University, fine arts Department,
Mimar Sinan University of fine arts in 1990, he was appointed Assistant Dean.

30. 
Devrim Erbil has opened many group exhibitions
abroad. He was the captain of the exhibitions
introducing Turkish Art.(Alexandria, Belgrade, Sofia,
Kuwait)Published articles, gave lectures on art.
The artist's works of stanbul-Ankara- zmir painting andİ İ
sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, Banja Luka
Bucharest Museums Umnetnicka Galerija Ben and
Abby Gray Foundation collection, the Ankara national
library collection, both at home and abroad are official
institutions and private collections.