“Aşık Veysel in the Media and Through the Lens of Masters” Photography Exhibition, organized to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Turkish Folk Poet Aşık Veysel, President Ersin Tatar, President of the Assembly of the Republic Zorlu Töre, Turkish Ambassador to Nicosia Metin Feyzioğlu, Deputy Prime Minister Tourism, Culture, Youth and Environment Minister Fikri Ataoğlu, TURKSOY Deputy Secretary General Prof. Dr. Bilal Çakıcı, President of UNESCO Türkiye National Commission Prof. Dr. It was opened at the Near East University İrfan Günsel Congress Center Exhibition Hall with the participation of Öcal Oğuz, Aşık Veysel's grandson Nazender Süzer Gökçe and many guests.
“Aşık Veysel in the Media and Through the Lens of Masters” Photography Exhibition, organized in cooperation with Near East University, International Organization of Turkic Culture (TÜRKSOY) and UNESCO, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Aşık Veysel, the most important representative of the folk poet and minstrel tradition in Anatolia. It was opened at the East University İrfan Günsel Congress Center Exhibition Hall. The opening of the exhibition was made by President Ersin Tatar, President of the Assembly of the Republic Zorlu Töre, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Nicosia Metin Feyzioğlu and his wife Birgül Feyzioğlu, Deputy Prime Minister of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Environment Fikri Ataoğlu, Deputy Secretary General of TURKSOY Prof. Dr. Bilal Çakıcı, President of UNESCO Türkiye National Commission Prof. Dr. It was the scene of intense participation, especially Nazender Süzer Gökçe, grandson of Öcal Oğuz and Aşık Veysel.
Aşık Kenzi, who kept the minstrel tradition alive in Cyprus, was also commemorated in the exhibition, which brought together the hitherto unknown photographs of Aşık Veysel, who is the most important representative of the folk poet and minstrel tradition in Anatolia, which has been the way of expressing the feelings, thoughts and dreams of the Turkish people throughout history.
The exhibition, which can be visited free of charge until May 26, brings together the hitherto unknown photographs of Aşık Veysel with art lovers. In the exhibition, which consists of works by Aşık Veysel's grandson Nazender Süzer Gökçe and his wife Gürsel Gökçe, as well as works from the lens of Ara Güler, Fikret Otyam, Ozan Sağdıç, Ergün Çağatay, İsa Çelik and Mustafa Türkyılmaz, which brings Aşık Veysel to the present day. Many materials are on display.
In the 442nd exhibition of the Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts; President Ersin Tatar, Speaker of the Assembly Zorlu Töre, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Nicosia Metin Feyzioğlu, Deputy Secretary General of TURKSOY Prof. Dr. Bilal Çakıcı, Deputy Prime Minister, Tourism, Culture, Youth and Environment Minister Fikri Ataoğlu, Aşık Veysel's grandson Nazender Süzer Gökçe and Near East University Rector Prof. Dr. Tamer Şanlıdağ gave speeches.
After the speeches, TURKSOY Deputy Secretary General Prof. Dr. Bilal Çakıcı presented various gifts to President Ersin Tatar, Speaker of the Assembly Zorlu Töre, and Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Nicosia Metin Feyzioğlu. Near East University Rector Prof. Dr. Tamer Şanlıdağ was presented the Aşık Veysel Medal in commemoration of the 125th anniversary of Aşık Veysel's birth.