TBMM Genel Kurulunda milletvekillerinin sözlü soru önergelerini yanıtlayan Kültür ve Turizm Bakanı Nabi Avcı, 2005-2016 yılları arasında bin 675 özel tiyatroya bakanlıkça destek verildiğini söyledi.

Archaeological excavations in the 2,600-year-old ancient city of Knidos in the western province of Muğla’s Datça district have unearthed new structures. 

"Eskişehir’e hedeflediğimiz müzemiz “Modern Sanatlar Müzesi” olacak. Dolayısıyla da koleksiyonumuzun kapsamı bu doğrultuda ilerleyecek. Modern Türk Sanatını yansıtan bir kronoloji izlemek istiyoruz."

Director Mustafa Kara’s “Kalandar Sogugu” (Cold of Kalandar) was selected Sept. 27 as Turkey’s nominee for the Foreign Language Academy Award entry.  

“We have to say art against all odds,” said veteran journalist Doğan Hızlan, while commenting on Turkey’s art scene, which has been struggling with multiple challenges, from terrorism to government pressure, political turmoil and economic crisis.

Archaeologists uncover complete female statuette in Catalhoyuk New Stone Age settlement dating back 9,000 years

The Health Museum in the northwestern province of Edirne, winner of the Mercury Perfection Award and the Europe Museum Award, has been accepted into the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List after seven months of work. 

Hotel occupancy rates in Istanbul dropped 32 percent in April compared to the same month of 2015, outstripping the average nationwide drop of 22 percent, a leading tourism association has said, according to Anadolu Agency.

The ancients of the Neolithic era 8,500 years ago might have been “painting the town red” a whole lot earlier than over-exuberant revelers of the 1800s, according to new findings from the Yeşilova Mound in İzmir, which suggest red was the favorite color of the prehistoric inhabitants and was used extensively.

The number of visitors to Turkey’s museums fell by almost half in the first three months of this year, while the number of foreign visitors also dropped by 60 percent. The sharp decline is thought to have been caused by a number of terrorist attacks hitting Turkish cities, which has led to a big drop in the overall number of tourists visiting Turkey.

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