2026-2027 Culture and Arts Season Kicks Off in Küçükçekmece with Yaşar Kemal Exhibition

Küçükçekmece Municipality opened the 2026-2027 culture and arts season with a special exhibition dedicated to the great figure of our literature, Yaşar Kemal. Held at the Cennet Culture and Arts Center, the event brought works bearing traces of the author's life together with art enthusiasts.

Season Opening and Exhibition Details

Küçükçekmece Municipality opened the new 2026-2027 culture and arts season with a comprehensive exhibition dedicated to Yaşar Kemal, who made great contributions to literature. The opening program took place at the Cennet Culture and Arts Center located in Cennet Neighborhood.

As part of the event, following the tour of the exhibition, a video screening covering the activities of the previous season was held in the theater hall, and the program continued with various activities.

Statements by Curator Hakan Dağlı

In the exhibition, traces of Yaşar Kemal's life, the geographies he lived in, and the cultural elements in his works were reinterpreted by artists. Curator Hakan Dağlı stated that the time spent in Menekşe and the traces of the author were followed.

It was emphasized that behind the work, which emerged after a preparation process lasting about a month and a half, lay the intense joint effort of the municipality teams and the artists.

Participants and Works

While the exhibition featured productions by a total of 36 artists, specially produced works along with photographs and documentary materials belonging to Yaşar Kemal were brought together with the audience.

Theater actor Cezmi Baskın, artist Levent Ülgen, writer Adnan Özyalçıner, Halil İbrahim Özcan, and many invited guests attended the opening program.

Yaşar Kemal's Geography and Legacy

Writer Adnan Özyalçıner described Yaşar Kemal's Çukurova both as a vast geography and as a legacy reflecting the common language of Anatolia. Özyalçıner conveyed that the author lived for many years in Florya and Basınköy in Istanbul.