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Onay Akbaş confronts demons and angels

RUMEYSA KIGER — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Turkish artist Onay Akbaş, who has been living in Paris for the last 21 years, is currently exhibiting a collection of his paintings as part of the Season of Turkey in France.

Prominent Turkish author Ömer Lütfi Mete dies

TODAY’S ZAMAN WITH WIRES — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Ömer Lütfi Mete, a 59-year-old journalist, author and scriptwriter, passed away on Wednesday due to heart failure.
Mete experienced a heart attack last year and had since been in outpatient care.

Ezel Akay’s movie premieres at Bursa festival

TODAY’S ZAMAN — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

The Turkish premiere of Ezel Akay’s latest movie, “Yedi Kocalı Hürmüz” (Hürmüz’s Seven Husbands), was held on Wednesday during the fourth Bursa International Silk Road Film Festival.

İstanbul and Venice exhibition opens

TODAY’S ZAMAN WITH WIRES — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

An exhibition highlighting the interaction between İstanbul and Venice from the 15th century to the 1990s in the diplomatic, military, commercial and artistic spheres opened yesterday at Sakıp Sabancı Museum in İstanbul.