{"id":47522,"date":"2010-10-19T02:08:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T02:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/2010\/10\/19\/new-exhibit-features-greeks%e2%80%99-longing-for-istanbul\/"},"modified":"2010-10-19T02:08:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T02:08:00","slug":"new-exhibit-features-greeks%e2%80%99-longing-for-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2010\/10\/19\/new-exhibit-features-greeks%e2%80%99-longing-for-istanbul.html","title":{"rendered":"New Exhibit Features Greeks\u2019 Longing for Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"

Featuring the stories of Istanbul Greeks that have had to leave the city at different times for different reasons, a new exhibition at the Greek Consulate\u00a0 in Turkey opens Friday at 6 pm, reports the H\u00fc<\/span>rriyet Daily News & Economic Review.<\/p>\n

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Supported by the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency, the \u201cMy Longing Istanbul: Immigration and Longing Stories by Greeks of Istanbul\u201d exhibition has been organized by the Lausanne Immigration Exchange Foundation.<\/p>\n

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The exhibition features visual and written materials collected from 47 Greeks of Istanbul who had to leave the city throughout the 20th century for a variety of reasons before eventually settling in Athens and Thessaloniki. During the interviews,\u00a0 the Greek interviewees were asked about their longing for Istanbul, their families, as well as the dates and reasons for their emigration.<\/p>\n

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The exhibition will present a display board for each interviewee, bearing old and new photographs, along with excerpts from the interviews.<\/p>\n

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Furthermore, the data that was acquired was evaluated in a research report and was collated into a comprehensive book also titled \u201cMy Longing Istanbul: Immigration and Longing Stories by Greeks of Istanbul.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The book is available in Turkish, Greek and English, and will be distributed to guests as part of the project and exhibition. The book also includes summaries of the interviews both in Turkish and Greek.<\/p>\n

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Another important outcome of the project is the documentary \u201cMy Longing Istanbul\u201d directed by Tahsin \u0130\u015f<\/span>bilen. The documentary is based on interview records and material collected from the informants.<\/p>\n

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The documentary aims to add a tangible quality to the longing of Istanbul\u2019s Greeks who say, \u201cIstanbul is my land, I miss every part of it.\u201d The documentary will be screened every hour during the exhibition days.<\/p>\n

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After the exhibition in Istanbul, the second of exhibition \u201cMy Longing Istanbul\u201d will be on display in Athens on Oct. 23. The third one will be open in Thessaloniki on Nov. 6.<\/p>\n

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Photo depicting artwork of the Greek district in Istanbul by Zygmunt Kubasiak licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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