{"id":60486,"date":"2018-04-02T12:54:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T11:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=60486"},"modified":"2018-04-02T12:54:34","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T11:54:34","slug":"ancient-istanbul-cistern-hosts-yeditepe-biennial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/ancient-istanbul-cistern-hosts-yeditepe-biennial\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Istanbul cistern hosts Yeditepe Biennial"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The subterranean cistern in the heart of historic Istanbul is hosting the 2018 Yeditepe Biennial this spring under the auspices of the Presidency of the Turkish Republic.<\/h2>\n<p>Anadolu Agency is global communication partner of the Yeditepe Biennial, started on March 31 and lasting through May 15, taking place in the Byzantine-era Binbirdirek Cistern, near <strong>Hagia Sofia<\/strong> and the Blue Mosque.<\/p>\n<p>The 45-day biennial is being held in cooperation with Istanbul\u2019s Fatih district Municipality and the Classical Turkish Arts Foundation and the support of key Turkish institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Yeditepe Biennial is the world\u2019s first biennial in the field of classical Turkish arts, including fabrics and forms from Turkish cultural codes.<\/p>\n<p>The main theme of biennale is Ehl-i Hiref, which means artisans.<\/p>\n<p>Ehl-i Hiref was the Ottoman-era organization that embodied master artisans in all branches of art, from miniaturists to armorers and from illuminators to goldsmiths.<\/p>\n<p>The biennial features five subthemes: Every Aspect of a Flower, Flawless Repetition, About <strong>Istanbul<\/strong>, Overflowing from the Place, and Like a Bird.<\/p>\n<p>The biennial will also include international exhibits of miniatures, gilding, hand-carving, paper marbling (ebru), tile art, calligraphy, ceramics, painting, sculpture and photography.<\/p>\n<!-- Error, Advert is not available at this time due to schedule\/geolocation restrictions! -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The subterranean cistern in the heart of historic Istanbul is hosting the 2018 Yeditepe Biennial this spring under the auspices of the Presidency of the Turkish Republic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":60488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,74,117,173],"tags":[12016,77927,6745,77182],"class_list":["post-60486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artistry","category-culture","category-travel","category-turkey-headlines","tag-art","tag-hagia-sofia","tag-istanbul","tag-turkey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}