Art lovers will enjoy jazz in cinema at 21st Gezici Festival, and will find the chance to see Varieté in preview.

I’m lucky since there is a guy that makes me awake till morning: Pedro Almodovar.

International Translation Day is celebrated every year on September 30. Translation Agency -Kalem Agency- asked its translators which translations they liked most or books they enjoyed translating most. A list of “the best translations” appeared.

In the joint statement signed by 83 artists gathering upon the call of Independent Art Initiative has called for all the artists to campaign for peace, humanity, environment, future and freedom.

Following the end of armed conflicts between Kurdish PKK and Turkish Army, Balkaya Mountains located in the southeastern border of Turkey became a local attraction for picnics.

CHP deputy Ağbaba organized a press conference along with protest band Grup Yorum, criticizing the “de facto” stadium ban on the band’s concerts.

President Erdoğan said that it was “purposeful” that Turkey’s pop star Erol Büyükburç died just the day before his concert.

Turkey’s old-stager pop star Erol Büyükburç has been found dead in his apartment in Istanbul’s Etiler district.

Following the funeral ceremony at Istanbul’s Teşvikiye Mosque this afternoon, Yaşar Kemal was buried in Zincirlikuyu cemetery.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Palestine leader Mahmoud Abbas yesterday with 16 staff that dressed in the military uniforms of historical Turkish states. Here are some of the mock reaction from the social media.

Theater Critics Association supported Üstün Akmen, Evrensel newspaper columnist who faced non-pecuniary damages of 10,000 liras from Culture Minister for writing a critical article regarding the new draft on Culture Council of Turkey.

The second solo show of South Korean artist Seo Young Deok was held in Istanbul.

A group of writers will head to Turkey’s border this Saturday to reiterate their demands to open a corridor to Kobane.

Kardeş Türküler, a music band that covers songs from Anatolia, Thrace and Mesapotamia in their original language, released a video to support a corridor to Kobane.

“Helping out Kobane would also mean helping the humanity,” wrote Kurdish-Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi in his open to letter to PM Davutoğlu.

Launched with the slogan “Freedom and Hopes Still Standing”, Turkey’s Museum of Shame opened its doors with exhibitions telling the stories of victims from September 12 Military Coup as well as scenes from Gezi Resistance, Roboski, Rojava, Soma and Palestine.

Hrant Dink Foundation is inviting everyone to tell a story on the faces of conscience in the street. You can upload your short movies until November 11.

Painter Haydar Özay’s oil canvas entitled “Gezi Resistance” can be seen in Mimarlar Odası Karaköy Branch in Istanbul throughout September and October.

Halki Seminary is preparing to host a concert which will include various choirs from all faiths under the title “Beliefs and its Musics, Sounds Echoing From the Houses of God”.

bianet compiled a chronicle of fire in Istanbul’s historical places within 10 years. Because Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality listed the 648 fires from 1510 to 2000 but they did not listed the later ones.