Archives for May 2011

National World war I Museum at Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri

May 31, 2011 by admin

National World war I Museum at Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri is the only museum in America dedicated to the memory of millions who died, including over five million Turks, both before, during and after the tragic war, and to the veterans from around the World (1).

One of the mightiest empires of all times, the 600 year old Ottoman Empire, came to an end in 1922 and the Republic of Turkey was proclaimed on October 29, 1923. Close to 30 new states were established on the territories that were once part of the Empire that spanned three continents following the WW I.

There is a great deal to explore and experience at the WW I Museum, housed in a semicircular building both below ground level and street level. The visitors enter the building after walking over a glass bridge and a poppy field and watch a 15 minute film on the causes of the war. Although the 28 June 1914 of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is stated to be the reason, the guide questions this theory as he leads the group into the building and invites everyone to watch another movie on the other side. [Read more…] about National World war I Museum at Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri

Turkish Library and Museum Report 2

May 23, 2011 by admin

TLM’s second progress report has been published. This report is in Turkish. You can download it from here –> https://turkishlibrary.us/downloads . You can also read the report below. An English version will follow.

1. GİRİŞ:

Türk Kütüphanesi ve Müzesi – Dostluk ve Barış İçin – TKM projesi, Amerika’da ve dünya çapında öngörülen kapasitede bir kurum olarak, tam kapasite 2015’te dünyaya kapılarını “resmen” açması planlanmışdır.

20. yüzyılın başlarından itibaren pek çok ülkede yayınlar, filmler, tiyatro oyunları, sempozyumlar ve üniversitelerde yapılan konuşmalarla gittikçe büyüyen bir Türk karşıtı propaganda olduğu bilinmektedir. Bu durum New York’ta bir Kütüphane ve Müze kurulmasının ilk kez teklif edildiği 28 Ocak 2011 tarihinde Adana’daki Çukurova Üniversitesi’nde yapılan sempozyumda ele alınmıştır. Bu Bildirinin amacı hem Türkiye ve Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’ndeki ve hem de diğer ülkelerdeki tüm üniversiteler, medya organları, özel sektör şirketleri, kentsel kurumlar ve bireyleri bu inisiyatifi desteklemeye ve geçici olarak yapılması planlanmış olan toplantılarda önerilerin görüşülmesi için davet etmektir. Aynı zamanda yabancı ülkelerinde katkıda bulunmalari sağlanacaktır. [Read more…] about Turkish Library and Museum Report 2

Museum Week in Turkey, 18 – 24 May 2011 and Past Exhibitions

May 23, 2011 by admin

The Museum Week in Turkey is being celebrated in Turkey which started on May 18 with special events at Istanbul Modern, Sakip Sabanci Museum and many others across Turkey. New Museums opening in many cities, including Gaziantep, known as the Museum City, and some of the existing Museums are also celebrating this significant week with new exhibitions. Some of these include “New Works New Horizons, Paradise Lost and Yao Lu’s New landscapes at Istanbul Modern.

Among others are Rezan Has Museum, in Cibali, Istanbul, which last year brought together “The Silent Witnesses” of past civilizations and the present day. As stated in the article below, the process of civilization of mankind that began approximately ten thousand years ago, with their daily life, beliefs, social and commercial relations, struggles against nature and even the wherewithal they developed to resist death, were all on display. The June issue of National Geographic Magazine has a 15 page report on the first Temple in the world, the Gobekli Tepe, which the archeologists claim to have been built over 12,000 years ago. The area surrounding the Temple near Sanli Urfa wil be the site of a new Museum soon. [Read more…] about Museum Week in Turkey, 18 – 24 May 2011 and Past Exhibitions

Cengiz Han and His Heirs The Grand Empire of the Mongols, An Exhibition at the Sabanci Museum in Istanbul

May 23, 2011 by admin

(7 December 2006 – 8 April 2007)

One of the books that I have always carried with me on my job assignments (including Japan, Mexico, Korea, many States in America) was ‘’50 Great Turks’’ published by Yedigun Nesriyati in the 50s. The large book, prepared by Ibrahim Alaeddin Govsa and painter Munif Fehim, opens with Attila and ends with ‘’Mehmetcik’’. Major Sultans, Literary Figures, Musicians, Soldiers and Ataturk are included with a picture of each. The 6th great Turk is ‘’Cengiz Han’’, although most will admit that he was Mongolian and not a Turk. Therefore, when advertisements appeared all over Istanbul and many newspapers on the exhibition, I visited the Sabanci Museum in Emirgan on Wednesday, Dec 27, located in a magnificient building in the middle of a beautiful garden that was once the private home of the late Sakip Sabanci.

The visitors are greeted with the sound of running horses and directed to the exhibition that covers three floors. A large panel on the wall states that the exhibition (sponsored by Garanti Bank in cooperation with Bonn, Munich and Vieanna Museums) is being staged as a commemoration of the 800th anniversary of the founding of Cengiz Han’s Empire, the largest and the grandest that the world has ever seen, stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the center of Europe. There are many large paintings, replicas of monuments, archeological finds, gold and silver pieces, books, Chinese manuscripts, dresses from the various stages of the empire between the 13th and 14th century. It is a well organized exhibition. [Read more…] about Cengiz Han and His Heirs The Grand Empire of the Mongols, An Exhibition at the Sabanci Museum in Istanbul