TURKEYKadıköy – İclal Karabekir Graffiti Wall – Urban Art Gallery
In the Kadıköy district of Istanbul on the southern part of the city you can find a long urban art wall at İclal 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 İclal Karabekir around house number 11.
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Painter Ali Zülfikar – Terrified Faces – Emotional Drawings in big Size
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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Alanya – Graffiti and Urban Art Collection
Alanya is located on the central Turkish Mediterranean coast, on the Turkish Riviera, and has around 364.000 inhabitants. A famous beach in the town is named „Cleopatra“ because this Egyptian queen is said to have bathed here a few thousand years ago. Also worth seeing is the huge cliff fortress Alanya Kalesi from the Seljuk period, which is now an open-air museum. There are also historical buildings from the Ottoman heyday with the typical red tiled roofs, as well as the octagonal Kızıl Kule, a symbol of the city from 1226. Of course there is also urban art here, from big murals to smaller creations, also colourful installations or magnificent pirate boats.
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Sığacık – Seferihisar District – Graffiti and Urban Art Collection
Sığacık is a small coast town with around 3900 inhabitants and belongs to the bigger municipality Seferihisar in the province of Izmir. It is located in the Turkish Aegean region and is popular for vacations because of its beautiful beaches and the chilled out area. The whole coastline is quite nice, but especially Sığacık in particular is an idyllic retreat and offers relaxed cafés and cozy hotels. Especially these overnight accommodations and the little alleys around them are partly decorated with beautiful urban art and local artists, as well as the homeowners, have created great murals here.
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Edirne – Graffiti and Urban Art Collection
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Foça – Graffiti and Urban Art Collection
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Gazipaşa – Graffiti and Urban Art Collection
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