Kategorie: Turkey

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TURKEY: Streetart Istanbul – Azapkap?, Emekyemez & Bereketzade – Graffiti Box & Bombing Collection

In the south of the Istanbul Karaköy district by the water are the neighbourhoods of Bereketzade, Emekyemez and Azapkap?, the Arab quarter with the Arap Cami Mosque. Actually the whole city is a bazaar, but especially here you can find countless handcraft shops, numerous mechanics, little workshops and small technical goods stores. Those neighborhoods are already covered in graffiti from top to bottom, but when the shops close, even more cool works appear on the shutters. Check out the huge graffiti archive!

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TURKEY: Graffiti Tatvan – Train Writing & Yard Urban Art – International Wagon Collection

Tatvan is located at an altitude of 1690 meters on Lake Van in the eastern Turkish province of Bitlis and has around 79,000 inhabitants. Railroad lines also run past the north side of the town and there are sidings for freight wagons. Trains from Eastern Europe arrive here time and again, bringing more than just loaded goods. The wagons are often decorated with great graffiti that has traveled thousands of kilometers across the countries. A moving graffiti gallery!

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TURKEY: Streetart Istanbul – Azapkap? – „The world is a neighbourhood“ – Graffiti Alley Project – MANU CRAZY FOR GRAFFITI & ACBR

Around the Lola Backpacker’s Hostel, the Spanish artist MANU CRAZY FOR GRAFFITI started a great art project together with the traveller and viajero ACBR during April 2023. “The world is a neighbourhood”. With the support of the hostel, the two painted the entire street and transformed the dreary landscape of houses into a small, colorful wonderland. Great scenarios, stylish graffiti and fantastic characters were created. The hostel is a bit hidden in a small alleyway that runs around the corner several times in the large maze of alleyways around the district.

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TURKEY: Streetart Istanbul – Kad?köy – ?clal Karabekir Graffiti Wall – Urban Art Gallery

In the Kad?köy district of Istanbul on the southern part of the city you can find a long urban art wall at ?clal Karabekir Street, which is located between the Erenköy and Suadiye train station. Along that road there are several artworks, but especially around the crossing with Açelya Street is a real spray hot spot with magnificent creations. The area gets frequently visited and decorated by several local artists but also from abroad. The exact location of the artworks is on ?clal Karabekir around house number 11.

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TURKEY: Painter Ali Zülfikar – Terrified faces

Faces speak volumes. From the facial expressions and behavior of the people one can read very easily emotional expressions, but we perceive this mostly in dynamic movement. Reading a life story from an image is already more difficult. Here it is also up to the respective creator to design or record the whole accordingly. The Turkish-born painter Ali Zülfikar is master in this field.

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