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Yetişkin Atölyesi: Kurtuluş’ta Tatavla’nın İzini Sürmek
The event, "Tracing Tatavla's Legacy in Kurtuluş," led by Hüseyin Irmak, draws inspiration from Hera Büyüktaşcıyan's solo exhibition, "Ghost Quartet," currently on display at Arter. The exhibition, which explores themes of memory, architecture, and nature, serves as the starting point for the tour. Beginning at Arter and continuing to Kurtuluş, the tour culminates back at Arter, inviting participants to reflect on the exhibition in relation to the city.
This event, which will explore Kurtuluş (formerly known as Tatavla) as a layered space of memory, aims to critically examine Tatavla, a place that once hosted gardens, canals, and a multicultural social life, and where the artist spent their childhood and youth. The tour will include stops at significant landmarks in the neighborhood's history, such as the Aya Dimitri Church, Despina Restaurant, and Sefa Square, allowing visitors to understand Tatavla's transformation through fires, migrations, and political upheavals, as reflected in its streets and buildings. The neighborhood's architectural fabric will be discussed in the exhibition, alongside the concepts of memory, visibility, and invisibility.
From Tatavla to Kurtuluş: An Ancient Neighborhood in Şişli. "Let's Go to Tatavla: A Neighborhood That Hasn't Lost Its Grandeur." Through this route, created by Hüseyin Irmak, the author of the "Tatavla" and "Kurtuluş" books, participants will explore how the physical transformation of a neighborhood impacts its memory, and discover traces that connect the past and the present.
The event will begin at 11:00 AM in front of the Information and Ticket Desk at the entrance of Arter. Upon arrival at the meeting point, staff from the Learning Programs team will direct you to sign a document outlining the event guidelines.
The language used in the workshop will be Turkish.
Hüseyin Irmak was born in Sivas, Zara, in the winter of 1961-62. After completing his primary and secondary education in Kurtuluş, he graduated from Kabataş High School and the Faculty of Communication at Marmara University (formerly the Faculty of Press and Publication). He obtained his master's degree in Public Relations at the same university. He worked as a reporter for the newspapers Güneş (1987-89) and Tercüman (1989-91). Since the fall of 1991, he has served as the press advisor for the Kagithane Municipality. He has written 38 books and over 200 articles related to the history of Kagithane. His publications include "From Tatavla to Kurtuluş" (Aras Publishing, 2003), which recounts the 1970s in Kurtuluş through the eyes of a child, "Kurtuluş, an Ancient Neighborhood in Şişli" (Şişli Municipality Publications, 2023), "Songs of Love Between Religions" (Punto, 2009), and "Let's Go to Tatavla: A Neighborhood That Has Not Lost Its Grandeur" (İstos Publishing, 2025). Irmak, whose writings have been published in various journals and books, has been the president of the Marmara Communication Graduates Association (İLMED) since March 1997, and has also served as the Chairman of the Social Affairs Committee of the Turkish Journalists Association (TGC) since 2017.
This event, which will explore Kurtuluş (formerly known as Tatavla) as a layered space of memory, aims to critically examine Tatavla, a place that once hosted gardens, canals, and a multicultural social life, and where the artist spent their childhood and youth. The tour will include stops at significant landmarks in the neighborhood's history, such as the Aya Dimitri Church, Despina Restaurant, and Sefa Square, allowing visitors to understand Tatavla's transformation through fires, migrations, and political upheavals, as reflected in its streets and buildings. The neighborhood's architectural fabric will be discussed in the exhibition, alongside the concepts of memory, visibility, and invisibility.
From Tatavla to Kurtuluş: An Ancient Neighborhood in Şişli. "Let's Go to Tatavla: A Neighborhood That Hasn't Lost Its Grandeur." Through this route, created by Hüseyin Irmak, the author of the "Tatavla" and "Kurtuluş" books, participants will explore how the physical transformation of a neighborhood impacts its memory, and discover traces that connect the past and the present.
The event will begin at 11:00 AM in front of the Information and Ticket Desk at the entrance of Arter. Upon arrival at the meeting point, staff from the Learning Programs team will direct you to sign a document outlining the event guidelines.
The language used in the workshop will be Turkish.
Hüseyin Irmak was born in Sivas, Zara, in the winter of 1961-62. After completing his primary and secondary education in Kurtuluş, he graduated from Kabataş High School and the Faculty of Communication at Marmara University (formerly the Faculty of Press and Publication). He obtained his master's degree in Public Relations at the same university. He worked as a reporter for the newspapers Güneş (1987-89) and Tercüman (1989-91). Since the fall of 1991, he has served as the press advisor for the Kagithane Municipality. He has written 38 books and over 200 articles related to the history of Kagithane. His publications include "From Tatavla to Kurtuluş" (Aras Publishing, 2003), which recounts the 1970s in Kurtuluş through the eyes of a child, "Kurtuluş, an Ancient Neighborhood in Şişli" (Şişli Municipality Publications, 2023), "Songs of Love Between Religions" (Punto, 2009), and "Let's Go to Tatavla: A Neighborhood That Has Not Lost Its Grandeur" (İstos Publishing, 2025). Irmak, whose writings have been published in various journals and books, has been the president of the Marmara Communication Graduates Association (İLMED) since March 1997, and has also served as the Chairman of the Social Affairs Committee of the Turkish Journalists Association (TGC) since 2017.
Date & Time
Start
10 October 2026, Saturday
11:00
Location - Arter
Ticketed Event
