October 15

Frankfurt Listening Time: 11:30-12:30 Participants: Nazan Bekiro?lu, Selahattin Yusuf Venue: Turkish National Stand

October 16

Frankfurt Listening Time: 11:00-12:00 Participants: Esmahan Aykol, Oya Baydar Venue: Turkish National Stand

October 16

Children in Frankfurt Are Listening Time: 16:00-17:00 Participants: Gülten Day?o?lu, Melike Günyüz Venue: Turkish National Stand

October 17

Frankfurt Listening Time: 11:00-12:00 Participants: Ay?e Kulin, Mario Levi Venue: Turkish National Stand

October 17

Frankfurt Listening Time: 16:00-17:00 Participants: ?skender Pala, Be?ir Ayvazo?lu Venue: Turkish National Stand

October 18

Children in Frankfurt Are Listening Time: 11:00-12:00 Participants: Mevlana ?dris Zengin, Aytül Akal Venue: Turkish National Stand

October 14

From the Chinese Wall to Istanbul Time: 14:00- 15:30 Participants: ?lber Ortayl?, Gül ?repo?lu The renowned historian ?lber Ortayl? and the famous art historian Gül ?repo?lu make a journey back in time looking for traces of Turkish culture, art and literature. Venue: Turkish National Stand

October 14

Publishing Activities in The Field of Children’s and Youth Literature Time: 15:15-16:15 Participants: Mine Soysal, Melike Günyüz, Aytül Akal Venue: The Forum Children’s Books

October 14

New Approaches in The Turkish Publishing Sector Time: 16:00-17:30 Participants: Aytekin Y?lmaz, Metin Celal, Münir Üstün, Fahri Aral Venue: Turkish National Stand

October 15

Germany In Turkish Literature, Turkey In German Literature Time: 14:00-15:30 Participants: Nazan Bekiro?lu, Oya Baydar, Esmahan Aykol, Deniz Kavukçuo?lu Venue: Turkish National Stand

October 15

Turkish Book Art: Bookbinding, Paper Marbling (Ebru), Miniature Painting And Calligraphy Time: 16:00-17:00 Participant: Dr. Nevzat Kaya Venue: Turkish National Stand

October 16

The Art Of Living in Istanbul Time: 12:00-13:00 Participants: Doç. Dr. Haluk Dursun Venue: Turkish National Stand

October 16

Lyric Poetry, Short Stories and Novels in Turkish Literature Time: 14:00-15:30 Host: Enver Ercan Lyric Poet: Ali Ural Novelist: Sad?k Yals?zuçanlar Short-story writer: ?ebnem ??igüzel Venue: Turkish National Stand The participants will talk about new developments in modern Turkish literature.

October 17

The Relationship Between Writing and Beign A Child Time: 12:00-13:30 Participants: Mevlana ?dris Zengin, Gülten Day?o?lu Venue: Turkish National Stand

October 17

Women As The Focus Of Cultural Discussion In Turkish Literature Time: 14:00-15:30 Participants: Ay?e Kulin, Sibel Eraslan, Jaklin Çelik Venue: Turkish National Stand

October 17

Turkey: The Teda Programme For Promoting Translations After 2008 Time: 17:00-18:00 Participants: Ümit Ya?ar Gözüm, Dilek Dizdar, Barbaros Altu?, Sezer Duru Venue: The Translators Centre

October 18

Istanbul in Turkish Literature Time: 13:30-14:30 Participants: Mario Levi, ?skender Pala, Be?ir Ayvazo?lu Venue: Turkish National Stand

October 14

Press Conference Time: 11:00-12:00 Venue: Turkish National Stand

October 14

Opening Reception of The Turkish Stands Time: 12:30-13:30 Venue: Turkish National Stand

March 13

Reading Festival “Leipzig Reads” Feridun Zaimo?lu Reading of Liebesbrand and discussion Time:14:00 Turkish Stand at the Leipzig Book Fair

March 14

The Turkish Library, Unionsverlag Asl? Erdo?an Organiser: Stiftung Lesen, Robert Bosch Stiftung, Unionsverlag, Turkish Library: Presentation of the school campaign and books for libraries, discussions, readings Time: 15:30 Congress Center of the Leipzig Book Fair

March 14

Reading Festival “Leipzig Reads” Asl? Erdo?an Organiser: Unionsverlag, reading of K?rm?z? Pelerinli Kent (The City in Crimson Cloak) and discussion Time: 19:00 Zoo Leipzig, Aquarium, Terrarium

March 15

Reading Festival “Leipzig Reads” Asl? Erdo?an Organiser: Unionsverlag, reading of K?rm?z? Pelerinli Kent (In the Whirl of Rio de Janeiro) Time: 12:00 Turkish Stand at the Leipzig Book Fair

March 15

Reading Festival “Leipzig Reads” Ahmet Ümit Reading of ?eytan Ayr?nt?da Gizlidir (The Devil is in the Details) and discussion. Time: 12:00 Turkish Stand at the Leipzig Book Fair

March 15

3sat Reads Feridun Zaimo?lu Organiser: 3sat, reading of Liebesbrand Time: 12:00 Stand of the TV channel 3sat at the Leipzig Book Fair

March 15

Reading Festival “Leipzig Reads” Celil Oker Reading of Son Ceset (The Last Corpse) and discussion Time: 14:00 Turkish Stand at the Leipzig Book Fair

March 15

Reading Festival “Leipzig Reads” Feridun Zaimo?lu Organiser: Kiepenheuer&Witsch, reading of Liebesbrand Time: 18:00 Leipzig Baumwollspinnerei, GVD Gutenberg Verlag und Druckerei

March 15

Reading Festival “Leipzig Reads” Celil Oker Organiser: Unionsverlag, reading of Son Ceset (The Last Corpse) and discussion Time: 19:30 Berlitz Center, Leipzig

March 15

Reading Festival “Leipzig Reads” Feridun Zaimo?lu Organiser: Kiepenheuer&Witsch, reading of Liebesbrand Time: 20:00 Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Galerie, Leipzig

March 15

Reading Festival “Leipzig Reads” Perihan Ma?den, Mario Levi Organiser: Suhrkamp&Insel Verlag, reading of Perihan Ma?dens “?ki Genç K?z” (Two Girls) and MAR?O LEV?’s “?stanbul bir Masald?” (Istanbul was a Fairy Tale) Time: 21:00 Insel Verlag, Liviastr. 2, Leipzig

March 16

Reading Festival “Leipzig Reads” Celil Oker Organiser: Unionsverlag, reading of Son Ceset (The Last Corpse) and discussion Time: 11:00 Stand of the Publishing House Unionsverlag at the Leipzig Book Fair

March 16

Reading Festival “Leipzig Reads” Ahmet Ümit Organiser: Unionsverlag, Reading of Sis ve Gece (The Night and the Fog) Time: 12:00 Stand of the Publishing House Unionsverlag at the Leipzig Book Fair

April 01

Turkish Authors at the Frankfurt Stadtbücherei (Frankfurt City Library) Sad?k Yals?zuçanlar Reading of Gezgin (The Wanderer) and discussion Time: 19:00-19:30 Frankfurt City Library Hasengasse 4 Frankfurt am Main

May 02

Turkish Authors at the Frankfurt City Library Gönül K?v?lc?m, H?fz? Topuz Reading and discussion of Gönül K?v?lc?m’s Kasaba ve Yalanlar and H?fz? Topuz’s Çaml?ca’n?n Üç Gülü under the title Journalism meets Literature Time: 19:00-19:30 Frankfurt City Library

May 29

History and Stories from the Bosporus - A Literary Evening with Turkish Authors Peter Ripken (Moderator), Zülfü Livaneli, Mario Levi, Jochen Nix Time: 20:30 Chagallsaal des Schauspiel Hauses Frankfurt Willy-Brandt-platz 60311 Frankfurt am Main

June 02

Turkish Authors at the Frankfurt City Library Ay?e Kulin, Engin Geçtan Ay?e Kulin and Engin Geçtan meet each other as well as their readers under the title “New Outlooks”. Time: 19:30 Frankfurt City Library

June 19

The Big Berlin Book Night - Days of Bookstores ?mran Ayata, Sybille Thelen, Cem Özdemir, Necla Kelek, Holger Heimann Departure Turkey – Arrival Germany – Literature as a Travel Companion Time: 21:00 Kesselhaus

June 20

Berlin Book Festival 2008 Deniz Kavukçuo?lu, Ingo Schulz, Dretger Pforte (Moderator) Afterwards: Discussion with the German writer Ingo Schulze Time: 19:00 Berlin Auf dem Babelplatz Unter den Linden, Berlin

June 21

Berlin Book Festival 2008 Türker Armaner First reading of Türker Armaner in Germany within the framework of the Berlin Book Festival Time: 17:30 Berlin Auf dem Babelplatz Unter den Linden

August 18

Reading At School Mavisel Yener, Reading for Primary School Students Berin Karaka? , Mavisel Yener, Reading for High School Students Asl? Tohumcu, Sad?k Yemni, Reading for College Students Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Kassel

September 05

Meeting Of German And Turkish Authors I The Alien in Us Cezmi Ersöz, Mehmet Zaman Saçl?o?lu, Nida Öz, Reimer Eilers, Gino Leineweber, Emina Kamber Time: 19:00 Kulturhaus Eppendorf Martinistr.40 20251 Hamburg

September 09

Reading At School Betül Say?n, Reading for Primary School Students Nursel Duruel, Jale Sancak, Reading for High School Students Gülsüm Cengiz, Nuran Turan, Reading for College Students Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Kassel

September 09

Meeting Of German and Turkish Authors II Meetings Gökhan Cengizhan, Yücel Kay?ran, Mehmet Ya?in, ?mre Török, Horst Bosetzky, Anna Tukamann (Anja Tuckermann), Charlotte Worgitzky Time: 18:00 Ver.di – Bundesverwaltung (Federal Administration) Paula-Thiede-Ufer 10, Othello-Hall, Berlin

September 10

Turkish Authors at the Frankfurt City Library Fiction Meets Realism Afet Ilgaz, Cihan Okuyucu Reading and discussion with the authors Time: 19:30 Frankfurt City Library

September 12

Meeting of German and Turkish Authors III Poetry Night Turan Koç, Akif Kurtulu?, Nida Öz, Isolde Ahr, Andreas Rumler Time: 19:00 Federation of German Authors, Cologne

September 16

Reading At School Ayfer G. Ünal, Yalvaç Ural, Reading for Primary School Students Mehmet Güler, Miyase Ba?c?, Reading for High School Students Güngör Dilmen, Reading for College Students Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Kassel

September 20

Meeting Of German And Turkish Authors IV Modern Turkish Literature: Cypresses as Guideposts Gökhan Cengizhan, Cengiz Bekta?, Yavuz Bülent Bakiler, Çetin Öner, Alexander Pfeiffer, Dr. Monika Carbe, Prof. Dr. Jens Peter Laut Time: 16:00 Centralstation Im Carree, 64283 Darmstadt

September 23

Reading At School Asl? Der, Ayla Ç?naro?lu, Reading for Primary School Students Aytül Akal, Bilgin Adal?, Reading for High School Students Fatih Özgüven, Behiç Ak, Reading for College Students Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Kassel

September 28

Reading Hamdi Koç, Asl? Erdo?an Turkish, German and Germanturkish – never mind, as long as it is literature! Time: 17:00 Stadtbibliothek Offenbach

October 09

Book Presentation Publishing House Berliner Verlag Event “Our Istanbul“ Ali Teoman - Cem Aka?

October 10

Reading - Bliss Zülfü Livaneli The author will read from his book Mutluluk (Bliss) Time: 19:30 Alte Feuerwache Friedenstrasse 5, 47053 Duisburg-Hochfeld In cooperation with the Organizing Committee Frankfurt Book Fair 2008 Guest of Honour Turkey and the Ruhr Book Fair.

October 12

“Echoing the Bird’s Song“ Reading and Concert Ay?egül Devecio?lu The author Ay?egül Devecio?lu will read from her books Ku? Diline Öykünen (Echoing the Birds Song) and A?layan Da? Susan Nehir (Weeping Mountain Silent River) Time: 17:00 Romanfabrik Hanauer Landstraße 186 60314 Frankfurt am Main

October 14

Opening Ceremony with Reading Orhan Pamuk Time: 18:30 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 15

Reading of Turkish Children’s Book Authors Sevim Ak, Nur ?çözü, Mevlana ?dris Zengin Time: 12:45-13:45 Forum Children´s Books 3.0 K387

October 15

Dream and Reality Nazl? Eray, Erendiz Atasü Time: 13:00 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 15

Reading Enis Batur, Oruç Aruoba Time: 15:30 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 15

Reading Solmaz Kamuran, Ay?e Kilimci Time: 15:30 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 15

Literature at the Central Station Turkish Hour Mehmet Murat Somer, Alper Can?güz Time: 17:00 Central Station Frankfurt am Main

October 15

Reading Hüseyin Yurtta?, Hakan B?çakç? Time: 17:30 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 15

Reading Feyza Hepçilingirler, Nedim Gürsel Time: 20:00 Literaturhaus Frankfurt

October 15

Reading P?nar Kür Literaturca Publisher Time: 20:00 City Library Frankfurt am Main

October 15

Reading Murat Gülsoy Literaturca Publisher Time: 21:00 City Library Frankfurt am Main

October 16

Reading Mustafa Köz, ?inasi Dikmen Time: 11:30 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 16

Islam and Modernisation Rasim Özdenören (reading), ?smail Kara (discussion) Time: 12:30 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 16

Reading Oya Baydar, Hatice Meryem Time: 12:30 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 16

Reading ?lkim Öz, Nevval Sevindi Time: 13:30 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 16

Reading Esmahan Aykol, Kür?at Ba?ar Time: 15:00 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 16

Reading Mehmet Ocaktan, Ali Ayçil Time: 16:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 16

Reading Abdülkadir Budak, Vecdi Ç?rac?o?lu Time: 16:00 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 16

Reading Gürsel Korat, Cuma Boynukara Time: 17:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 16

Reading Celil Oker, Murat Uyurkulak Time: 17:00 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 16

Literature at the Central Station Turkish Hour Aysel Özak?n Time: 17:00 Central Station Frankfurt am Main

October 16

Suhrkamp Festival Perihan Ma?den, Mario Levi Time: 19:00 Frankfurt Literaturehouse Schöne Aussicht 2, Frankfurt

October 16

Reading Ayla Kutlu Literaturca Publisher Time: 19:00 City Library Frankfurt am Main

October 16

Reading Ayla Kutlu Literaturca Publishers Time: 20:00 City Library Hasengasse 4 Frankfurt am Main

October 16

Reading Cemil Kavukçu Literaturca Publishers Time: 20:00 City Library Hasengasse 4 Frankfurt am Main

October 17

Reading Ay?e Önel Presentation of her book published in Germany and reading. Time: 10:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 17

Reading Ataol Behramo?lu, Hilmi Yavuz, Walter Andrews Time: 12:30 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 17

Reading Refik Durba?, Özkan Mert Time: 12:30 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 17

Reading Ataol Behramo?lu, Sebahat Özdemir Time: 13:30 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 17

Reflections on Globalisation Nevzat Yalç?nta?, Ali Ya?ar Sar?bay Time: 13:30 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 17

Reading Sibel Eraslan, Hakan Albayrak Time: 16:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 17

Reading Vas?f Öngören: Behind the Fairy Tale Adnan Özyalç?ner, Sennur Sezer Time: 16.00 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 17

Turkish and Catalan Poetry Reading Bejan Matur, Albert Roig Time: 17:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 17

Turkish Literatur in Germany and Europe Beatrix Caner (Moderator), O?uz Demiralp, P?nar Kür, Murat Gülsoy, Jan?ne Da?yeli Literaturca Publishers Time: 18:00 Deutsche Bank AG Theodor-Heuss-Alle 72

October 17

Reading From History to Modernity Nalan Barbaroso?lu, Yavuz Bahad?ro?lu Time: 19:30 City Library Frankfurt am Main

October 18

Reading Tar?k Dursun K., Özcan Karabulut Time: 10:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 18

Reading Sabri Koz, Turgay Nar Time: 10:00 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 18

Reading Gülten Day?o?lu, Mustafa Ruhi ?irin Time: 12:30 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 18

Reading Ebubekir Ero?lu, ?smail K?l?çarslan Time: 13:30 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 18

Reading Ahmet Altan Time: 15:30 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 18

Reading Mustafa Arma?an Time: 16:00 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 18

Literature At The Central Station Turkish Hour Aysel Gürmen, Melike Günyüz Time: 17:00 Central Station Frankfurt am Main

October 18

Reading Literary Exchange Germany - Turkey Gündüz Vassaf, Sezer Duru Time: 19:30 City Library Frankfurt am Main

October 18

Reading Hasan Ali Topta?, Asl? Erdo?an Time: 20:00 Die Käs, Kabarett in der City e.V. Waldschmidtstr, 19, Frankfurt

October 19

Reading Engin Noyan, Y?ld?z Ramazano?lu Time: 10:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 19

Reading Ayten Mutlu, ?ebnem ??igüzel Time: 10:00 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 19

Reading Tuna Kiremitçi, Selim Özdo?an Time: 11:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 19

Reading Cem Mumcu, Altay Öktem Time: 11:00 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 19

Reading Bejan Matur, Mehmet Ero?lu Time: 12:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 19

Reading Ya?ar Miraç, Tekin Sönmez Time: 14:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey 5.1 C976

October 19

Torch Passing Ceremony with Reading Gülten Ak?n Time: 15:30 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 19

Literature at the Central Station Turkish Hour Levent Mete, Hakan Günday Time: 17:00 Central Station Frankfurt am Main

October 19

Reading and Concert Asl? Erdo?an, Udo Diegelman Asl? Erdo?an will read from her book K?rm?z? Pelerinli Kent (The City with the Crimson Cloak) Time: 17:00 Literature House Frankfurt am Main

October 19

Closing Cocktail of FBF Reading and discussion on the topic “Roots and Voices” Elif ?afak, Feridun Zaimo?lu Time: 19:00 Literature House Frankfurt am Main

October 20

Reading The Secret Diary of a Young Girl ?pek Ongun Time: 10:00 In cooperation with the Organizing Committee FBF 2008 Guest of Honour Turkey and the Ruhr Book Fair. Gesamtschule Berger Feld Gelsenkirchen Adenauerallee 110 45891 Gelsenkirchen

October 20

Reading This Dream Is Yours ?pek Ongun Time: 16:00 Glaspavillion, Campus Essen In cooperation with the Organizing Committee FBF 2008 Guest of Honour Turkey and the Ruhr Book Fair.

October 21

Reading It Is Snowing On Me Pakize Özcan Time: 11:00 Gelsenkirchen In cooperation with the Organizing Committee FBF 2008 Guest of Honour Turkey and the Ruhr Book Fair.

October 21

Reading ?pek Ongun Time: 18:00 Alte Feuerwache Friedenstrasse 5 Duisburg-Hochfeld In cooperation with the Organizing Committee FBF 2008 Guest of Honour Turkey and the Ruhr Book Fair.

October 22

Reading At School The Adventures Of A Curious Salmon Nilay Y?lmaz Time: 11:00 Essen In cooperation with the Organizing Committee FBF 2008 Guest of Honour Turkey and the Ruhr Book Fair.

October 23

Reading My Crazy Father Zeynep Cemali Time: 10:00 In cooperation with the Organizing Committee FBF 2008 Guest of Honour Turkey and the Ruhr Book Fair. Anna-Frank-Gesamtschule Dortmund Burgholzstr. 120-150 44145 Dortmund

October 23

Reading Bridge to the Sun Seza Kutlar Aksoy Time: 11:00 In cooperation with the Organizing Committee FBF 2008 Guest of Honour Turkey and the Ruhr Book Fair. Friedrich-Ebert-Schule Kamen Weddinghofer Str. 97 59174 Kamen

October 24

Reading Istanbul Between Two Poets Sunay Ak?n, Akgün Akova Time: 20:00 Alte Feuerwache Friedenstrasse 5 Duisburg-Hochfeld In cooperation with the Organizing Committee FBF 2008 Guest of Honour Turkey and the Ruhr Book Fair.

October 26

Reading Poetry Night Y?lmaz Odaba?? Time: 20:00 Alte Feuerwache Friedenstrasse 5 Duisburg-Hochfeld In cooperation with the Organizing Committee FBF 2008 Guest of Honour Turkey and the Ruhr Book Fair.

March 14

Crime Fiction in Turkey Celil Oker, Ahmet Ümit Talks and discussions on the topic of Crime Fiction in Turkey with prominent Turkish crime fiction writers Time: 15:00 Turkish National Stand at the Leipzig Book Fair

June 25

Women As The Focus Of Cultural Discussion In Turkish Literature 25.06.2008 Time: 10:00-22:30 26.06.2008 Time: 10:00-13:00 Urania Haus-Berlin

September 05

Symposium Contemporary Turkish Literature Time: 16:00-21:00 The focus of attention of this two-day symposium, which is organized in cooperation with the Turkish Publishers Association, will be contemporary Turkish poetry, contemporary Turkish novel and contemporary Turkish short story.

September 06

Symposium Contemporary Turkish Literature Time: 14:00-21:00 The focus of attention of this two-day symposium, which is organized in cooperation with the Turkish Publishers Association, will be contemporary Turkish poetry, contemporary Turkish novel and contemporary Turkish short story.

October 11

Symposium “Imaginary East, Imaginary West: Thinking Across Cultures” Time: 11.30 - 18.00 Frankfurt Römer Town Hall

October 12

Symposium “Imaginary East, Imaginary West: Thinking Across Cultures” Time: 09.30 -13.15 Frankfurt Römer Town Hall

October 15

Turkish Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias Yusuf Çotuksöken, Mehmet D. Do?an, ?hsan I??k Time: 10:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey Hall 5.1 C976

October 15

The Role of Translation Studies and the Education of Translators and Interpreters for Better Communication between Cultures Hans J. Vermeer, I??n Bengi, Ülker ?nce, Andreas Kelletat, Dilek Dizdar Time: 10:00 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 15

Turkey and Germany: Literature and Integration Gültekin Emre, Habib Bekta?, Zehra ?p?iro?lu Time: 11:30 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 15

TEDA, Translation Subvension Project Mustafa ?sen, Talat S.Halman, Ahmet Ar?, Saliha Paker, Yavuz Demir Time: 12:30 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey Hall 5.1 C976

October 15

Poetry and Destiny: Sezai Karakoç Cahit Koytak, Arif Ay, ?brahim Çelik Time: 14:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey Hall 5.1 C976

October 15

Trends in Modern Turkish Literature Do?an H?zlan, Murathan Mungan Time: 14:00 FKF Forum Kat 1 Onur Konu?u Salonu

October 15

Panel on Turkish Playwriters Özdemir Nutku, Tuncer Cüceno?lu, Ay?egül Yüksel, Hasan Erkek Time: 15:00 Frankfurt Edebiyat Evi

October 15

International Market for the Comic Novel 2008 Time: 16:00 Comic Turkey Comic Centre, Hall 3.0 J807

October 15

The Divan Tradition in Turkish Lyric Poetry ?skender Pala, Hüsrev Hatemi, Mehmet Kalpakl? Time: 16:30 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey Hall 5.1 C976

October 15

Do Women Listen to Each Other? Cihan Akta?, Handan Ça?layan, Nil Mutluer, Ramize Erer Time: 16:30 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 15

“Minority Literature” between Alterity and Locality Nazan Maksudyan (Moderator), Raffi Kebabciyan, Jaklin Çelik, Esther Heboyan, M?g?rdiç Margosyan Time: 17:00 Literaturhaus Frankfurt

October 15

Turkish Children’s and Youth Publishing Today Fatih Erdo?an, Mine Soysal, Yalvaç Ural Time: 17:30 Forum Children´s Book, Hall 3.0 K387

October 16

Editorial Matters in Children’s and Youth Book Translations Barbara Gelberg, Müren Beykan Time: 10:00 Frankfurt Book Fair Forum Children’s Book Hall 3.0 Stand K387

October 16

Journals: The Heartbeat of Literature in Turkey Enver Ercan, Gökhan Cengizhan, Ahmet Kot, Ali Ural Time: 10:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey Hall 5.1 C976

October 16

The Phenomenon of the Journalist/Writer in the Turkish Publishing Sector Haluk ?ahin Time: 10:00 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 16

Chaos in the Country, Chaos in the World (Migration, Violence, Security, Insecurity) O?uz I??k, Fehmi Odaba?, Deniz Yükseker, Evren Balta, Bediz Y?lmaz Time: 11:00 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 16

Translations of Turkish Literature, Today and Tomorrow Tuncay Birkan (host), Saliha Paker, Erda? Göknar, Aron Aji Time: 13:00 Translators Centre at the Frankfurt Book Fair Hall 5.0 Stand E955

October 16

About Ottoman History ?lber Ortayl?, Caroline Finkel, Virginia Aksan, Ali Fuat Bilkan Time: 13:30 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 16

Conclusion of the Yak?n Bak??- Project Jaklin Çelik, Ayfer Tunç, ?ebnem ??igüzel, ?ener Özmen, Özen Yula, Mahmut Temizyürek, Roni Margulies, Sema Kaygusuz Time: 13:30 Norten International Center

October 16

Naz?m Hikmet as Epic Poet Mustafa ?erif Onaran, Rü?tü Asyal? Time: 14:30 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey Hall 5.1 C976

October 16

Panel Discussion on Turkish Literature and Cinema Rekin Teksoy, Mesut Uçakan, Atilla Dorsay, Feride Çiçeko?lu Time: 20:00 Die Käs, Kabarett in der City e.V. Waldschmidtstr. 19 Frankfurt

October 17

Translation, Bilingualism and Application Problems within the Framework of Interculturality in Children’s Literature Turgay Kurultay, Zehra ?p?iro?lu, Necdet Neydim Time: 10:00 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 17

The Copyright Issues and the Publishing Sector in Turkey Kenan Kocatürk (host), Ümit Ya?ar Gözüm, Hayati Bayrak, Cahit Suluk, Temel Nal Time:11:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey Hall 5.1 C976

October 17

Freedom of Expression and Experiences of the Publishing Sector Etyen Mahçupyan, Seyfi Öngider, Rag?p Zarakolu, Fikret ?lkiz, Halil ?brahim Özcan Time: 11:00 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 17

The Voice of Turkish Language: Faz?l Hüsnü Da?larca Enver Ercan (host), Haydar Ergülen, Arife Kalender, Önay Sözer Time: 14:30 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey Hall 5.1 C976

October 17

The Narrative World of Ya?ar Kemal Feridun Andaç (host), Jean-Pierre Deleage, Barry Tharaud, Kenan Mortan, Helga Da?yeli Time: 14:30 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 17

Turkish Literature in Europe Müge Sökmen (moderator, Turkey), Maureen Freely (England), Tuula Kojo (Finland), Petr Kučera (Czech Republic), Hanneke van der Heijden (Netherlands), Wolfgang Riemann (Germany) Time: 16:00 Translators Centre, Hall 5.0 E955

October 17

Panel of the Publishing House Unionsverlag Moderator: Siylle Thelen Time: 17:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey Hall 5.1 C976

October 17

Islam in Turkey - Is there a Difference? Hüseyin Atay, Bobby S. Sayyid, Ali Bulaç, Necdet Suba??, Alparslan Durmu?, Yasin Aktay Time: 17:00 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 17

The Journey of Literature in Turkey (Different Colours, Different Voices) Tar?k Günersel (host), ?kna Sar?aslan, Mario Levi, Karin Karaka?l?, Selim Temo Time: 18:00 Literaturhaus Frankfurt

October 17

Turkish Poetry Night Küçük ?skender, Haydar Ergülen, Deniz Durukan, Nevzat Çelik, Erdal Alova, Ali Nar, Ali Akba?, Lale Müldür, Arife Kalender, Didem Madak, Ahmet Erhan, Bedirhan Toprak Time: 20:00 Die Käs, Kabarett in der City e.V. Waldschmidtstr. 19

October 17

Youth and Young Writers in Turkey Sema Kaygusuz, Tar?k Tufan, ?brahim Pa?al?, Onur Caymaz, Bar?? Müstecapl?o?lu Time: 20:00 Young authors from Turkey will tell about their experiences as authors and how they communicate their views and concerns to the readers in their age group. Literaturhaus Frankfurt

October 18

Creating a Literary Language: Mehmed Uzun Lal Lales, ?eyhmus Diken, Muhsin K?z?lkaya The struggles and efforts of the Kurdish-writing author Mehmed Uzun to establish Kurdish as a literary language will be debated by analysing his work. Time: 11:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey

October 18

Is Anyone Aware of the Poor? Ece Temelkuran, Necmi Erdo?an, Ay?e Bu?ra Time: 11:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey Hall 5.1 C976

October 18

The Founders of Modern Turkish Literature This a panel discussion on writers and poets who wrote important novels, short stories and poems as well as on the historical development of modern Turkish literature Time: 12:00-18:00 Literaturhaus Frankfurt

October 18

What happened to the storytellers? Mine Sö?üt, Jordi Punti, Zhang Jie An author from each of the Guest of Honour countries of the recent and upcoming years will talk about the role of storytelling today, starting with their own experiencing Time: 12:30 Forum

October 18

Turkey: A Football-Fanatic Country Yi?iter Ulu?, Ba??? Erten, Emre Gökalp, Ahmet Çak?r, Tobias Schächter Time: 14:00 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 18

Turkey’s Modernisation – Where Are We Standing? Ahmet Çi?dem, Hasan Bülent Kahraman, ?lhan Tekeli, Suavi Ayd?n Time: 14:30 Gemeinschaftsstand Ehrengast Türkei Halle 5.1 C 976

October 18

The Burden and the Paths to Deal with One’s Past Mithat Sancar, Aleida Assmann, Fikret Adan?r, Dilek Kurban Time: 16:30 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey Hall 5.1 C976

October 18

Panel Discussion on Orhan Pamuk Jale Parla, Murat Belge, Maureen Freely, Gloria Fisk The work of the Nobel Prize laureate Orhan Pamuk will be analysed by translators of his books and by literary scholars. Time: 17:00 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 18

Istanbul Lyric Line Rüstem Aslan, Oktay Taftal?, Tu?rul Tanyol, Adnan Özer, Ömer Erdem, Metin Celâl Poems by contemporary Turkish poets. Time: 20:00 Literaturhaus Frankfurt

October 19

What We Laugh at and When Others Laugh at Us? Y?lmaz Erdo?an, Metin Üstünda?, Levent Cantek Time: 12:00 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 19

Language, Culture, Diversity, Visibility and their Impact on Production as well as Reception of Children’s Literature Sedat Sever, Gülçin Alpöge, Nazan Erkmen Time: 13:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey Hall 5.1 C976

October 19

Women Authors on the Universal Journey of Turkish Literature Zeynep Oral (moderator), Sennur Sezer, ?nci Aral, ?pek Çal??lar Time: 13:30 Forum Turkey Forum, Level 1

October 19

Turkey’s Music in Germany Martin Greve, Ralf Martin Jäger, Tayfun Time: 15:00 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey Hall 5.1 C976

October 19

The Image of the German in Turkish Literature, the Image of the Turk in German Literature ?inasi Dikmen (host), Nedret Kuran Burço?lu, Gürsel Aytaç Time: 19:00 Die Käs, Kabarett in der City e.V. Waldschmidtstr. 19

August 09

The Nose Of The Sultan - Caricatures From Turkey Curators: Sabine Küper-Büsch, Thomas Büsch 09.08-16.11.2008 Museum der Weltkulturen, Frankfurt Schaumainkai 37, Hochparterre 60594 Frankfurt am Main

September 06

Becoming Istanbul Curators: Pelin Dervi?, U?ur Tanyeli, Bülent Tanju 06.09-09.11.2008 Deutsches Architekturmuseum Schaumainkai 43, 60596 Frankfurt am Main

September 13

Turkish Realities Curators: Celina Lundsford, Necmi Sönmez Opening: 12.09.2008 - 19:00 13.09-26.10.2008 Forum Photography Frankfurt Bockenheimer Landstraße 102 60323 Frankfurt am Main

September 18

Glimpses of the Jewish Life in the Turkish Society Curators: Naim A. Güleryüz, Dr. Johannes Wachten Opening: 17.09.2008 - 20:00 ( A concert by the Janet & Jak Esim Duo ) 18.09-11.01.2009 Dependance of the Jewish Museum Kurt-Schumacher-Strasse 10 60311 Frankfurt am Main

September 18

Anywhere I Lay My Head Opening of the Exhibition: 18.09.2008 18.09-19.10.2008 Römerberg 9 60311 Frankfurt

September 23

When Çukurova Puts on its Festive Garb Curator: Sad?k Karamustafa Opening: 22.09.2008 - 18:00 ( Invited Guest Only ) 23.09-21.10.2008 Gallery in the Customer Service Centre of Frankfurt Sparkasse Neue Mainzer Straße 49 60311 Frankfurt am Main

September 23

Ya?ar Kemal’s Writers’ Island Curator: Sad?k Karamustafa Aç?l??: 22.09.2008 - 18:00 ( Invited Guest Only ) 23.09-21.10.2008 Gallery in the Customer Service Centre of Frankfurt Sparkasse Neue Mainzer Straße 49 60311 Frankfurt am Main

September 24

Buying Binge Opening of the Exhibition: 24.09.2008 - 18:00 24.09-09.2008 ExpoZeil Zeil 17-21 60313 Frankfurt

September 25

Horizon of Past? Opening of the Exhibition: 25.09.2008 - 18:00 25.09-02.10.2008 Archäologisches Museum Karmelitergasse 1 60311 Frankfurt am Main

September 25

Private! Opening of the Exhibition: 25.09.2008 - 19:00 25.09-14.10.2008 Frankfurter KunstBlock Hanauer Landstraße 139-145 (Hof) 60314 Frankfurt

September 26

Ebru - Reflections of Cultural Diversity in Turkey Curator: Attila Durak Opening: 26.09.2008 - 18:00 26.09-03.11.2008 Haus am Dom Domplatz 3 60311 Frankfurt am Main

September 26

God of Religions, Religions of God Opening of the Exhibition: 26.09.2008 - 18.00 26.09-07.10.2008 Frankfurter Dom Domplatz 1 60311 Frankfurt

September 26

New Positions Opening of the Exhibition: 26.09.2008 - 19:00 26.09-15.10.2008 Atelierfrankfurt Hohenstaufenstraße 13-25 60327 Frankfurt

September 27

Art and Social Reality Opening of the Exhibition: 27.09.2008 - 18:00 27.09-07.11.2008 Weißfrauen Diakoniekirche Gutleutstraße 20 60329 Frankfurt

September 28

Mental Space Opening of the Exhibition: 28.09.2008 - 15:00 28.09-26.10.2008 Paulskirche / Paulsplatz 60311 Frankfurt

September 28

Made In Turkey – Art Exhibition Opening of the Exhibition: 28.09.2008 - 15:00 28.09-26.10.2008 Paulskirche / Paulsplatz 60311 Frankfurt

September 28

With A Different View Opening of the Exhibition: 28.09.2008 - 18:00 28.09-02.10.2008 AusstellungsHalle Schulstraße 1a 60594 Frankfurt

October 01

Bewegte Bilder Opening of the Exhibition: 01.10.2008 - 19:00 01.10-09.11.2008 Deutsches Filmmuseum Schaumainkai 41 60596 Frankfurt

October 08

Tulips, Kaftans and Levni. Imperial Ottoman Costumes and Miniature Albums From Topkapi Palace in Istanbul Curator: Deniz Erduman Çal?? M.A. Opening of the Exhibition: 08.10.2008 - 19:00 09.10-11.01.2009 Museum for Applied Art Schaumainkai 17 60594 Frankfurt

October 10

Turkish Poet Ahmet Ha?im in 1930’s Frankfurt Curators: Fahri Aral, Sad?k Karamustafa 10.10-20.10.2008

October 15

Photography Exhibition „In the Sweat of His Brow in Istanbul“ 15.10-19.10.2008 Frankfurter Buchmesse Halle 3. 4

October 15

„Reading Corner“ Contemporary Book Art from Turkey Curator: Nuran Terzio?lu 15.10-19.10.2008 Platz der Buchkunst, Halle 4.1 Q101

October 15

The Celsus Library in Ephesus Opening of the Exhibition: 15.10.2008 - 18:00 15.10-19.10.2008 Forum Turkey / Forum, Level 1

October 15

Comics Days Curator: Levent Cantek 15.10-19.10.2008 Comic Centre Hall 3.0 J807

October 15

Turkish Illustrat?on Art Advisor: Mine Soysal 15.10-19.10.2008 Forum Children’s Books Halle 3.0 K 381

October 15

Ihap Hulusi: Pioneer of Modern Graphic Design in Turkey Curator: Sad?k Karamustafa 15.10-19.10.2008 Agora Turkey

October 15

?stanbul as Felt by... Curators: Sad?k Karamustafa, Ba?ak Ürkmez 15.10-19.10.2008 Agora Turkey

October 15

Nasreddin Hodja’s 800th Anniversary Advisor: Dr. Mustafa Duman 15.10-19.10.2008 Agora Turkey

October 15

A Cross Section of Ottoman Architecture Curator: Gülçin ?pek 15.10-19.10.2008 Agora Turkey

October 15

German Views on Turkey Curator: Mehmet Canbolad 15.10-19.10.2008 Forum Turkey / Forum, Level 1

October 15

Books on Turkey Curator: Michael Kegler 15.10-19.10.2008 Forum Turkey / Forum, Level 1

October 15

From the Book Press to the Publishing House Bab-? Ali Advisors: Fahri Aral, Nedret ??li 15.10-19.10.2008 Agora Türkey

October 15

Extra-Territorial: World of Sevim Burak Curator: Sad?k Karamustafa 15.10-19.10.2008 Agora Turkey

October 15

Palimpsest Reclaimed Curator: Ekrem I??n Advisor: Fahri Aral Consept: Sad?k Karamustafa 15.10-19.10.2008 Forum Turkey / Forum, Level 1

October 15

An Attempt of the Image of Typography and the Typography of the Image Concept and Organiser: Bülent Erkmen 15.10-19.10.2008 Agora Turkey Video Screenings

October 15

Comics in Turkey Curator: Levent Cantek 15.10-19.10.2008 Comic Zentrum Comic Turkey Comic Centre, Hall 3.0 J807

October 16

Art Collection of the Republic of Turkey Curator: Halil Akdeniz 16.10-05.11.2008 IHK (Chamber of Commerce and Industry) Frankfurt am Main Börsenplatz 4, 60313 Frankfurt

September 17

Opening Concert of the Exhibition “Glimpses of the Jewish Life in the Turkish Society” Janet & Jak Esim Ensemble Time: 20:00 Museum Judengasse – Dependance des Jüdischen Museums

September 25

4th Frankfurt Autumn Days of New Compositions, Turkey – Intercultural Dialogue in Europe 25.09-19.10.2008 Con Tempo

September 26

Dance Performance about the Beauty of Love Istanbul State Opera and Ballet Choreography: Beyhan Murphy 26-27.09.2008 Time: 20:00 Gallus Theater

October 02

Frankfurt Intercultural Theatre Days 02-12.10.2008 Ora da!e.V. Verein zur Förderung Interkultureller Kunst, Kommunikation und Bildung

October 10

Ahmet Hamdi Tanp?nar-Huzur-Concert (Musical Novel) Bursa State Choir For Classical Turkish Music Time: 20:00 The House of the Youth

October 11

Concert At “The Imaginary East – The Imaginary West – Transcultural Thinking” Symposium ?ncesaz Time: 19:00 Frankfurt Römer Rathaus der Stadt

October 13

Dream of the Orient Concerto Köln & Sarband Time: 20:00 Saalbau Titus-Forum Walter-Möller-Platz 2

October 14

Yunus Emre Oratorio Presidential Symphony Orchestra from Turkey and Frankfurter Singakademie Choir Conductor: Rengim Gökmen Time: 21:00 Alte Oper Frankfurt Grosser Saal Opernplatz

October 15

Kolektif ?stanbul Balkan Sounds Meets Gipsy Swing Time: 12:00 Agora Turkey

October 15

Ghazals from Goethe’s Divân Kudsi Erguner Time: 20:00 Alte Oper Frankfurt Grosser Saal Opernplatz

October 16

Semah Performance Hasbihâl Ensemble Time: 20:00 Saalbau Griesheim

October 16

Ay?e Tütüncü Trio Time: 22:00 Jazzkeller

October 17

…And If You Fade Away From Dreams garajistanbulpro Director: Naz Erayda 17-18.10.2008 Time: 20:00 Gallus Theater

October 17

Aynur Time: 20:00 Künstlerhaus Mousonturm

October 18

Istanbul By Night Baba Zula Feat. Ceza & Dr. Das, Dj Yakuza and Michael Rütten Time: 22:00 Künstlerhaus Mousonturm

March 13

Night and Mist Ahmet Ümit Screening of the film adaptation of Ahmet Ümit’s novel of the same title. Time: 16:00 Leipzig Book Fair

October 04

Turkish Cinema In All Its Colours 04.10.2008-30.11.2008 Deutsches Filmmuseum Schaumainkai 41 Frankfurt am Main

October 12

Inaugural Reception Time: 19:00 After the inaugural reception at 8:30 PM Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s film Üç Maymun (Three Monkeys – in the original language with English subtitles) will be shown. Deutsches Filmmuseum

October 12

Three Monkeys Time: 20:30 Deutsches Filmmuseum

October 15

Three Monkeys Time: 16:00 Halle Forum, Level 0

October 15

Bliss Time: 18:00 Halle Forum, Level 0

October 16

Autumn Time: 20:30 Deutsches Filmmuseum

October 17

Autumn Time: 18:00 Halle Forum, Level 0

October 17

Motherland Hotel Time: 16:00 Deutsches Filmmuseum

October 18

Summer Book Time: 15:00 Halle Forum, Level 0

October 18

For Love and Honor Time: 16:45 FKF Forum Film & TV Büyük Salon

October 19

Short and Documentary Films Time: 10:00-18:30 Forum Film & TV, Kino 1 Halle Forum, Level 0

October 19

Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul Time: 11:00 Halle Forum, Level 0

October 19

White Angel Time: 15:00 Halle Forum, Level 0

October 19

Toss up Time: 20:30 Deutsches Filmmuseum

October 21

Bliss Time: 20:30 Deutsches Filmmuseum

October 23

Vizontele Time: 20:30 Deutsches Filmmuseum

October 26

Clouds of May Time: 18:00 Deutsches Filmmuseum

October 28

Times and Winds Time: 20:30 Deutsches Filmmuseum

October 31

Bliss Time: 22:30 Deutsches Filmmuseum

November 01

Somersault in a Coffin Time: 18:00 Deutsches Filmmuseum

November 04

Secret Face Time: 16:00 Deutsches Filmmuseum

November 07

My Marlon And Brando Time: 20:30 Deutsches Filmmuseum Schaumainkai 41 Frankurt / Main

November 07

White Angel Time: 22:30 Deutsches Filmmuseum

November 09

For Love and Honor Time: 18:00 Deutsches Filmmuseum

November 09

Summer Book Time: 20:30 Deutsches Filmmuseum

November 14

The Herd Time: 18:00 Deutsches Filmmuseum Schaumainkai 41 Frankurt / Main

November 15

Autumn Time: 22:30 Deutsches Filmmuseum

November 15

My Marlon And Brando Time: 22:30 Deutsches Filmmuseum Schaumainkai 41 Frankurt / Main

November 16

Innocence Time: 18:00 Deutsches Filmmuseum Schaumainkai 41 Frankurt / Main

November 18

International 20:30 Uhr Deutsches Filmmuseum Schaumainkai 41 Frankurt / Main

November 21

The Agha Time: 18:00 Deutsches Filmmuseum Schaumainkai 41 Frankurt / Main

November 23

Hope Time: 18:00 Deutsches Filmmuseum Schaumainkai 41 Frankurt / Main

November 26

Muhsin Bey Time: 20:30 Deutsches Filmmuseum Schaumainkai 41 Frankurt / Main

Turkish - German Literature Chronicles of Literary Journeys Alte Feuerwache - Dialog e. V. Friedenstr.5 D –47053 Duisburg

March 14

Press Conference Guest of Honour Turkey at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2008 Ahmet Ar?, Müge Gürsoy Sökmen, Ümit Ya?ar Gözüm, Juergen Boos Time: 11:00 Turkish Stand at the Leipzig Book Fair

March 14

Turkish Cultural Evening With Concert Taksim Trio Time: 19:00 Westin Leipzig Gerberstrasse 15 - 04105 Leipzig

March 16

Turkish-German Stadtschreiber Project: Yak?n Bak?? (Looking Closely) Claudia Hahn-Raabe, Verena Nolte, Thomas Rosenlöcher, Özen Yula, Dilek Dizdar Time: 13:00 ARTE Stand at the Leipzig Book Fair

June 06

Meeting of German Culture Journalists in Istanbul 06.06.2008-07.06.2008 Kalyon Hotel ?stanbul Sahilyolu, Sultanahmet ?stanbul Culture Journalist from Germany and Writers as well as Publishers from Turkey

June 13

Modern Turkish Children’s And Youth Literature Pervin Tongay (Moderator), Selahattin Dilidüzgün, Fatih Erdo?an, Zehra ?p?iro?lu, Sedat Sever, Nuran Özyer, Necdet Neydim, Aytül Akal, Sevim Ak, Aysel Gürmen, Mavisel Yener, Ayla Ç?naro?lu, Gülten Day?o?lu, Pakize Özcan Time: 09:30 - 17:30 Flora Köln, Parksalon

June 14

Biennale Bonn From 14th to 22nd June 2008 concerts, exhibitions, book readings, movie screenings, seminars etc. were given and organised under the slogan "Bosporus" and with special attention on performance-art.

June 14

Modern Turkish Children’s And Youth Literature Pervin Tongay (Moderator), Selahattin Dilidüzgün, Fatih Erdo?an, Zehra ?p?iro?lu, Sedat Sever, Nuran Özyer, Necdet Neydim, Aytül Akal, Sevim Ak, Aysel Gürmen, Mavisel Yener, Ayla Ç?naro?lu, Gülten Day?o?lu, Pakize Özcan Time: 10:00 - 17:00 Flora Köln, Parksalon

October 01

Turkish Literature in German Language 01.09 - 31.12.2008 Travelling Exhibition Curator: Tayfun Demir

October 09

Ottoman Festivities and their Impact on Europe Speech by Prof. Özdemir Nutku in the Context of the Exhibition Tulips, Kaftans and Levni. Court Fashion and Ottoman Costume Albums from the Topkap? Palace in Istanbul. Time: 18:30 Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK)

October 14

Opening of the FBF 2008 Time: 11:00

October 15

Book Presentation “Süper Freunde” Ertu?rul Özkök, Kai Diekmann Time: 11:30 Collective Stand Guest of Honour Turkey Hall 5.1 C976

October 15

What’s it like in Turkey? Presentation of the Events planned by Turkey at the Comics Centre Levent Cantek Time: 13:00 FKF Comic Centre 3.0 J807

October 15

ICOC (Istanbul Chamber of Commerce) Cultural Activities Panel: New Expectations and Alternatives in Global Cooperations Moderator: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Altan Time: 14:00-16:00 Lecturer at Istanbul University Economics Faculty Agora ITO Stand

October 16

Turkish Morning Time: 10:00-14:30 Translators Centre, Hall 5.0 Stand E955

October 16

ICOC (Istanbul Chamber of Commerce) Cultural Activities Panel: Magic Word of Multicultural Business Life: Tolerance Moderator: Prof. Dr. Sabri Orman Lecturer at Marmara University, Business School Time: 14:00-16:00 Agora ITO Stand

October 17

ICOC (Istanbul Chamber of Commerce) Cultural Activities Panel: Behaving Responsible for Social Development Moderator: Zuhal ?eker Tucker General Manager of Corporate Relations of Ülker Moderator: Prof. Dr. Sabri Orman Lecturer at Marmara University, Business School Time: 14:00-16:00 Agora

October 17

Strong Strokes – Passionate Positions: Turkish Artists Introduce Themselves Levent Cantek (presenter), Kenan Yarar, Bülent Üstün, Bahad?r Baruter, Ersin Karabulut, Ramize Erer Followed by signing session Time: 13:00 FKF Comic Centre 3.0 J807

October 17

Concert From Mystic Rhythmus to Magical Whispers Organiser: Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Conductor: Ta?k?n Sava? Time: 19:30 Frankfurt Marriott Hotel, Westendhalle I and II

October 18

The Turkey Rally – Talking ‘bout “paper chase” Time: 09:00 FBF Comic Centre 3.0 J807

October 18

Cultural Heritage Caught Between Conservation and Marketing Felix Pirson/Klaus Schmidt, Abdullah Kocap?nar, Lucienne Thys-Senocak, Rasit Ürper, Peter Strub, Jürgen Kunow Time: 11:30 International Center, Hall 5.0, D901

October 18

Live action Talking ‘bout “paper chase” - Draw for the winners Presenter: Recai Hallaç Time: 16:00 FKF Comic Centre 3.0 J807

October 18

Ebru Presentation Hikmet Barutçugil Time: 14:30 Agora, Reading Tent ITO Stand

October 19

Presentations on the Turkish Cuisine Gül ?repo?lu, Selin Kutucular Time: 19:00 Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK)

October 21

The Turkish Art of Miniature - Levni Gül ?repo?lu Gül ?repo?lu, Professor of art history, will talk about the Turkish miniature art and the significance of Levni in this field. Time: 19:30 Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK)