News - “Representations of Lifestyles in Turkey”

The Exhibition Enters its Last Week with a Panel Discussion

As the exhibition, The Person You Have Called Cannot Be Reached at the Moment: Representations of Lifestyles in Turkey, 1980-2005 enters its final week, the Ottoman Bank Museum is hosting a  panel discussion titled, “Lifestyles in Turkey” over the Past 25 Years, Culture and Society, on Wednesday, September 13, 2006, at 6:30 p.m. The panelists, Zafer Yenal, Meltem Ahıska, Çağlar Keyder and Nazan Üstündağ will focus on the lifestyles that emerged after 1980 and the socio-cultural transformations accompanying them.

One of the main themes the panel will discuss is the impact of the changes experienced in state structure, economic policies and class relations on the cultural sphere. Others topics to be examined include, globalization, neoliberal policies, ethnic conflicts, secularism, Islamist tendencies, and violence.