The role of women in art and culture consumption and the passing of Nihat Ziyalan

According to recently released data, women constitute the vast majority of decision-makers in art and culture consumption. While female participation reaches high rates in performing arts and children's events, veteran Turkish literature and cinema figure Nihat Ziyalan has passed away in Sydney at the age of 90.

The Role of Women in Art and Culture Consumption

According to Passo data, women make up the vast majority of decision-makers in art and culture consumption. In performing arts such as theater, musicals, and dance, female participation ranges between 62 and 68 percent.

Participant Profiles by Event Types

It is observed that women make up over 65 percent of the decision-making audience in children's and dance events. While the DJ-Party category has the youngest average age at 26.1, the average age rises to 43.6 in the Jazz category.

Ticket Sales Figures and Fund Source

Selling over 7 million art and culture tickets annually, Passo's sales for İKSV event tickets stand at over 350,000. With donations collected at an event held on October 10, approximately 310,000 British pounds in additional resources were transferred to the fund.

Nihat Ziyalan's Life and Art Career

Nihat Ziyalan, a unique figure in Turkish poetry, story and novel writer, and Yeşilçam actor, lost his life at the age of 90 in Sydney, Australia. Ziyalan performed at the Adana Municipal Theater and the Ankara Art Theater.

Yeşilçam Era and Literary Works

Encouraged by his childhood friend Yılmaz Güney, the artist transitioned to Yeşilçam and took on roles in numerous films during the 1960s and 1970s. Ziyalan, whose first poetry book 'Asık Yüzlünün Biri' was published in 1963, settled in Sydney in 1980 and continued his literary work there.