Gaziantep cuisine sets eye on food Oscar

The southeastern city of Gaziantep, which has one of Turkey’s best cuisines and has been included in the UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network, now aims to acquire a Michelin Star, known as the Oscar of food, with new restaurants serving unique tastes. 

To attain the goal, Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality is seeking to attract new venues to the city, including the Culinary Arts Center (MSM), which features a range of foods from Gaziantep cuisine, in one of the busiest spots in the city. 

Besides presentation, the center has also drawn attention for unique dinner sets depicting the promotional face of the city, thy Gypsy Girl. 

The center serves two different menus every week, including a seasonal dish, soup, main course and dessert. 

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Antique glass pieces on display in Gaziantep’s private museum

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Kamil and Füsun İşsever, a couple living in Gaziantep has decided to display their ancient glass collection in a museum. The museum Medusa Glass Museum is now open to visitors

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Füsun İşsever (above) and his husband Kamil İşsever bought an old Antep house and restored it to open the Medusa Glass Museum. AA photo

While Gaziantep’s museums and cultural venues continue to grow and advance, its first private museum displays a 15-year-old collection, which consists of antique items made of glass, archeological artifacts and ancient culture.

A couple from Turkey’s Gaziantep has established a museum, placing their 15-year-collection on display. The collection consists of Roman, Byzantium and glass artifacts in particular. The museum aims to share local culture and heritage with visitors. The couple had been collecting the artifacts for 15 years, having later decided to establish a museum instead of keeping the collection at their home. Kamil and Füsun İşsever has bought an Antep house, typical of civil architecture, and established a museum. The house museum is close to Gaziantep Castle. 

Greek mythology

One of Greek mythology’s most intriguing antagonists was the source of inspiration for the couple in their conquest to officially name the museum, having finally come across Medusa as their muse for the museum’s name; the female monster known as a “Gorgon” was said to have the face of a hideous human female with living venomous snakes instead of hair. Gazing directly upon her would turn onlookers to stone. The Medusa Glass artifacts museum is an honor for the couple as they have found a way to share their collection with the public.

Stressing that the works meant more than money, İşsever said: “The museum is the fruit of our love. I spent most of my time here. Gaziantep is renowned for its cuisine and industry but it is a fact that it is also becoming increasingly well-known for its museums and culture.”

İşsever thinks that the city’s museums are multiplying with its cultural life experiencing a steady but welcome boom. In addition to its museums, Gaziantep’s beauty has gained quite the reputation among many, according to İşsever. “We aim to have share in this tourism and cultural life,” the couple added.

The first glass museum in Turkey

The first glass museum of Turkey was Medusa Glass Museum and it has many artifacts from different ancient era, added the couple, saying: “We can say that after Rahmi Koç’s collection, our museum comes [second].” On the other hand, the museum is the first private museum of Gaziantep, which makes the museum more valuable, according to the couple.

There are many artifacts such as glass, porcelain and handmade ancient covers and quilts. There are many ancient coins. Apart from the coins the museum has more than 500 normal and non-glass artifacts and each of them are ancient and valuable, the couple said. The visitors mostly visit the museum to see the glass works; they said and added there are total of 4 thousand glass works in the Medusa Museum.

December/07/2013

10 Eylül 2013 10:48 Salı  TRTTURK

Gaziantep'in Çingene Kızı Kanada'yı fethetti

Gaziantep’in simgeleri arasında yer alan Çingene Kızı Mozaiği, Kanada’da düzenlenen Mosaiculture Fuarı ve Yarışması’nda birinci seçildi. 

Dünyadaki tarihi ve kültürel eserlerin canlı bitkiler kullanılarak sergilendiği ve tanıtıldığı Mosaiculture organizasyonuna Çingene Kızı Projesi ile katılan Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyesi, fuara damgasını vurdu. Çiçeklerle oluşturulan ülke sembollerinin farklı bir teknikle ziyaretçilere sunulduğu organizasyonda, Büyükşehir Belediyesi ekibi Çingene Kızı Mozaiği’ni bir hafta süren çalışmanın ardından, 120 metrekare alan üzerine 15 çeşit bitkiden oluşan 18 bin 576 çiçek kullanarak resmetti.



Türkiye'den sadece Gaziantep katıldığı ve birbirinden ilginç çalışmaların yer aldığı fuarda Çingene Kızı Mozaiği birinci seçilerek altın madalya ile ödüllendirildi. Organizasyona katılan Büyükşehir Belediyesi Çevre Koruma ve Kontrol Daire Başkanı Şafak Tercan, "Şehrimizi en iyi şekilde temsil etmemizin haklı gururunu yaşıyoruz. Bu başarıda bize destek olan başta Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanımız Asım Güzelbey'e ve diğer ekip arkadaşlarımıza teşekkür ediyorum." dedi.

Büyükşehir Belediyesi Çevre Koruma ve Kontrol Daire Başkanı Şafak Tercan, "1998 yılında Montreal Belediyesi tarafından oluşturulan bu organizasyon, dünyadaki tarihi ve kültürel eserlerin canlı bitkiler kullanmak sureti ile sergilenmesi ve tanıtılmasını amaç edinmiştir. Zaman zaman farklı ülkelerde de gerçekleştirilen bu organizasyon ülkelerin tanıtımına katkı sağladığı gibi düzenlendiği kentlere de ayrı bir hareketlilik getirmekte, bu hareketlilik neticesinde ciddi ekonomik girdiler de sağlamakta." diye konuştu.

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TOURISME À GAZIANTEP – Les grottes converties en musée

Situées au sud-est de l’Anatolie, les grottes de Gaziantep s’étendent sur 10.000 mètres carrés. D’ici l’année prochaine, elles devraient accueillir un musée historique plutôt original, divisé en plusieurs parties : l'âge de pierre, l'âge paléolithique et néolithique ainsi que la période de l'après Jésus-Christ à l’Empire ottoman. Dans les années 1970, elles avaient fonction d’étables destinées au commerce des animaux. Après l’essoufflement de cette activité agricole et le développement de la ville, les granges ont été délocalisées en périphérie, laissant les grottes vides. Ce projet de musée doit aujourd’hui les faire revivre.

"Nous nous sommes aperçus que les grottes communiquaient toutes entre elles, détaille le maire de la ville, Asım Güzelbey. Il faut également s’assurer que les grottes sont solides, et faire des travaux de renforcement si ce n’est pas le cas", déclare-t-il à l’agence de presse Anatolie. Asım Güzelbey confie également vouloir creuser un lac artificiel au milieu du musée pour qu’il puisse être visité à bord d’un ferry.

Un second projet de musée est d’actualité à Gaziantep : une version plus élaborée du musée du jouet situé dans le quartier stambouliote de Göztepe.

Marlène Alibert (http://www.lepetitjournal.com/istanbul) mercredi 6 mars 2013

GAZIANTEP - Une chambre locale demande des excuses à la France pour “crime contre l'humanité”

Le président de la Chambre des architectes de Gaziantep, Sıtkı Severoğlu, a déclaré cette semaine que "la France devait des excuses et des indemnités à la ville pour crime contre l'humanité" lors de l'occupation d’octobre 1920 à février 1921.

Le quotidien Hürriyet Daily News reprenait hier l’information, affirmant que la chambre détenait des documents historiques attestant, entre autres, de la culpabilité de soldats français dans l'utilisation d'enfants comme prisonniers de guerre lors de la Guerre d'indépendance turque.

A la fin de La Première guerre mondiale, les troupes françaises de l’Armée du Levant assiégèrent la ville d'Antep, sixième plus grande ville de Turquie située dans le sud-est anatolien, qui prit par la suite le nom de Gaziantep (“gazi” désignant un blessé de guerre en turc). L'Armée du Levant désignait les forces armées françaises qui occupèrent une partie du Levant (Asie occidentale) lorsque la défaite de l'Empire ottoman en 1918 conduisit les puissances victorieuses à se partager de larges pans de son territoire.

Manon Gay (http://www.lepetitjournal.com/istanbul) mercredi 13 février 2013