European Day of Languages 2011 Saturday 24 September 12.00 – 18.00 h.

At its 10th anniversary, the European Day of Languages will be celebrated in Istanbul, on the 24th of September 2011. Representing more languages than ever, several European Cultural Institutes and Consulates have joined their forces to offer a colorful day full of activities. Join us at the Sismanoglio Megaro and enjoy language games, taster courses in 9 languages, film screenings and many more fun activities. Take your personal copy of the European Day of Languages 2011 Recipe Book home. Join the European Treasure Rally and win many prizes. Special activities for children will be offered throughout the day. The European Day of Languages is an initiative of the Council of Europe and is celebrated every year throughout its 47 member states. Be part of it and discover what a language can offer you! Place: Sismanoglio Megaro (Consulate-General of Greece) İstiklal Caddesi. No.60 Beyoğlu - İstanbul www.sismanogliomegaro.com Please visit our page on Organization:

On Sunday 7th August at 7 p.m. you are invited for a second Polish film evening in our centre for Dutch and Polish culture in Istanbul. This time we'll check out if the famous Turkish nostalgia can resemble the Polish. The movie of one of the best Polish director Andrzej Wajda named "The Young Girls of Wilko" will give us inspiration to discuss this. Film will be screened in Polish with Turkish subtitles. Place: Wildenberg Hollanda Kültür Merkezi Date: 7 August 2011 Time: 7 p.m. Free entrance Organizer: the Polish film critic Rafał Grzenia.

We kindly invite you for the presentation of the Polish film "A short film about love" by the famous film director Krzysztof Kieślowski. This film is in the Polish language with Turkish subtitles. Place: Wildenberg Dutch Cultural Centre Date: July 31st 2011 Time: 7 p.m. Free entrance This evening is organized by Sławomira Kozieniec and film critic Rafał Grzenia. Famous Polish film director Krzysztof Kieślowski Leading actor Olaf Lubaszenko

Flyer of the film named "A short film about love"

Fener/Balat, March 13th 2011, an historical area where there is a lot to see. Five years I lived in Fener and since a few months in Balat. Not for a day I regret that I have landed in this area. In the house where I live now I have a hobby room where I can indulge my creativity. I write poems, paint, model and work with glass. Meanwhile I have designed a fair number of necklaces and earrings and I work with metal-, copper-, silver- and coated metal- thread and different beads. Soon I will start workshops where you can learn to make your own necklaces and earrings. It is possible to bring your old beads and redesign a new necklace or earrings. Subscribe: theijn63@hotmail.com On March the 13th I have Open House from 15.00 – 19.00 hrs. There will be Turkish, Dutch and Iranian snacks and of course something to drink. A few musicians of the Roma Sulukule orchestra will play their music.
In a few places in Balat you can go and have a look at different kind of art. At my place there will be an exhibition of photos of Arjen Zwart, a Dutch freelance photographer who lives in Istanbul. He works for the press and at private projects. He also gives workshops ‘street photography and digital photography’. At the Open House Day you can ask him questions about his workshops. This year he will have an exhibition of his last project ‘zift’ organized in one of the locations of the Anadolu Kültür Centre in Beyoğlu. In accordance to 400 years of friendship between Turkey and Holland his photos will be exhibited in the Istanbul Modern museum next year. Marc Guillet, a Dutch journalist, organizes on the 13th of March a walk through this historical area where there is so much to see. He will also visit places where you can see art. At the end of this walk he will come with his group to my house to listen to the music, eat a snack and drink something. The open House is free, so are the snacks and the wine, but we expect you to give some money for the musicians. If you have any musical instruments that you don’t use anymore, please let me know, the school will be very happy with them.
Marc's walk costs 25 Euro per person. You can subscribe per e-mail: guillet.marc@gmail.com Also for the Open House you need to subscribe per email: theijn63@hotmail.com After I’ve received your email I’ll send my address and how to get there. Hope to see you on the 13th of March, Anna Theijn.	Foto's: Slawomira Kozieniec

More information about the artists and their work can be found on their multilingual website below:
www.gallerygoekseki.com

Cultural cocktail January 28th 2010 At Thursday evening January 28th 2010 there's a cultural cocktail of the Dutch Club Istanbul, in Wildenberg Dutch Cultural Centre. “Walk on along the Sultans' Trail without blisters!” The long distance walker Sedat Çakır will present a slideshow about his climaxes and anticlimaxes on his track along the Sultans' Trail, from Zandvoort (Holland) to Istanbul (Turkey). With this journey he made a connection from his homeland Holland to his native country Turkey. This cultural cocktail starts at 8 p.m. at the Wildenberg Dutch Cultural Centre. For more information please click here.