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You Call It Pomegranate, We Call It Nar
Nature, Object of Significance, Collaboration, Culture, History, Food, Mythology Hasat x Mother Tongue 27/04/2021 Nature, Object of Significance, Collaboration, Culture, History, Food, Mythology Hasat x Mother Tongue 27/04/2021

You Call It Pomegranate, We Call It Nar

It is estimated that the pomegranate was introduced to our culture about 5000 years ago. Its nutritional, therapeutic and ornamental values, however, have been known to humans since antiquity.

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You Call It Artichoke, We Call It Enginar
Nature, Mythology, Object of Significance, Collaboration, Culture, History, Food Hasat x Mother Tongue 17/03/2021 Nature, Mythology, Object of Significance, Collaboration, Culture, History, Food Hasat x Mother Tongue 17/03/2021

You Call It Artichoke, We Call It Enginar

In this 3-part collaborative project between Hasat and Mother Tongue, we’ll be exploring the connection between Turkey’s culinary and artistic cultures, starting our first chapter with the artichoke.

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Adile Nasit
Object of Significance, Badass Women, Film, Artist Spotlight Melis Erdem 10/01/2021 Object of Significance, Badass Women, Film, Artist Spotlight Melis Erdem 10/01/2021

Adile Nasit

It wasn’t just objects and photographs Adile Nasit had surrounding her, also a close-knit network of people who had one thing in common: promoting arts & culture in Turkey.
It was this common goal that kept her going, even in times of desperation.

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Süleyman Saim Tekcan
Culture, Object of Significance, Textiles, Artist Spotlight Melis Erdem 04/12/2020 Culture, Object of Significance, Textiles, Artist Spotlight Melis Erdem 04/12/2020

Süleyman Saim Tekcan

It was year 1965, artist and scholar Süleyman Saim Tekcan was headhunted for a role in what came to be a masterpiece of Turkish cinema: Sevmek Zamanı (‘Time to Love’).

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“Hello friendly humans, hello hello”
Music, Object of Significance, Artist Spotlight Melis Erdem 30/11/2020 Music, Object of Significance, Artist Spotlight Melis Erdem 30/11/2020

“Hello friendly humans, hello hello”

… were the actual lyrics of the song 'Invitation to Friendship' voted by the Turkish public to compete in the 1978 Eurovision.⁠

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Prison Beadworks
A to Z, Culture, Activism, Object of Significance, History Melis Erdem 28/11/2020 A to Z, Culture, Activism, Object of Significance, History Melis Erdem 28/11/2020

Prison Beadworks

Find out why we see these objects not just as a product of creative expression; but also as an expression of resistance.

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Barıs Manço and His Kaftan
Music, Object of Significance, Artist Spotlight Melis Erdem 05/11/2020 Music, Object of Significance, Artist Spotlight Melis Erdem 05/11/2020

Barıs Manço and His Kaftan

A true performer, also composed more than 200 songs, writing incredibly in-depth lyrics about every-day subjects such as tomatoes, peppers and aubergine, donkeys and bears, belts, cufflinks and more.

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One Hell of a Costume
Culture, Film, Object of Significance Melis Erdem 02/11/2020 Culture, Film, Object of Significance Melis Erdem 02/11/2020

One Hell of a Costume

Of course, Halloween is largely not celebrated in Turkey. Nonetheless, our culture is by no means lacking in creepy costumes.

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