Istanbul-hosted exhibit features postcards of Turkish-Armenian historyApril 8, 2016 - 13:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A new exhibition opened on April 6 at Istanbul’s Tophane-i Amire Culture and Arts Center sheds light on 800-year-old shared history of Turks and Armenians in Istanbul and Anatolia, Hurriyet Daily News reports. Organized by Turkish Foreign Ministry, the exhibition, titled “Unutmanın Değil Hatırlamanın Zamanı” (Time To Remember But Not To Forget) opened with a speech by Deputy Minister Naci Koru said, “With this exhibition, our purpose is to remember the elements of our common culture and the experiences that made us us.” Speaking of the importance of approaching Turkish-Armenian relations with humane dimensions, Koru said, “With its rich content, the exhibition offers visitors the importance and position of Turkey’s Armenians in Anatolian culture. The Ottoman Empire had lots of pains under the World War I conditions. It is so wrong to freeze the flow of history by focusing on a moment and incite conflict instead of peace and dialogue. Those who use the historical events for their own goals harm both Turks and Armenians.” Koru also said the exhibition focused on the elements belonging to Turks’ and Armenians’ shared culture. The curator of the exhibition, architect Güzin Erkan, said 150 postcards were the highlights of the exhibition, and continued: “[The postcards] prove to us how two societies lived together. Visitors can see the historical development of Turkish-Armenian relations on the panels. Another section shows the documents from the Ottoman archive.” About the pomegranate theme of the exhibition, Erkan said, “Pomegranate [represents] the new day. New hope, new life, and the symbol of abundance. Those who have good will, will continue to keep these relations alive in the future, just like in the past.” The exhibition includes a special selection from the largest Ottoman postcard archive, the Orlando Carlo Calumeno collection of nearly 4,000 postcards collected between 1895 and 1914. The postcards, featuring Armenian neighborhoods, churches, monasteries, schools, orphanages and hospitals, have been created by Armenian editors or photographers. The exhibition will run through April 29. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |