istanbulberlin

Istanbul and Berlin are two multicultural cities that foster spaces for culture and arts. istanbulberlin, is a space for encounters that take inspiration from these two cities.

istanbulberlin started to create digital bilingual projects in May 2020; had collaborations with Berlin Yunus Emre Institute, Kulturakademie Tarabya, Frankfurt Book Fair and Aposto. Its first physical space is created in Berlin.

In the photo from left to right: Çağla Vera, Sedef İlgiç, Sezen Yeniçeri Can © Emre Yılmaz.

Sedef İlgiç

Founder

Istanbul, 1988. After graduating from Political Sciences I had ten years of experience as literary agent, editor and translator in publishing. I translated about twenty different titles into Turkish including books from Yoko Ono, Eileen Myles, Muriel Rukeyser, James M. Cain, Stephen Chbosky. I earned my Master's Degree in Cultural Studies, had an active role in the organization of Istanbul Tanpinar Literature Festival and other international literary projects.

I took a pause from my life in Istanbul and lived in Berlin for seven months. I am producing interviews in culture and arts for my living since coming back to Istanbul, along with creating projects for istanbulberlin.

Please send comments and suggestions to sedef@istanbulberlin.com.

Çağla Vera

Editor
Cologne, 1993. After studying sculpture, I lived in Germany for a one and a half year and illustrated two children's books. Returning to Istanbul, I completed my master's degree at the same department. I translated books by authors such as Emmy Hennings, Joseph Roth, Armin Greder, Pei-Yu Chang from German to Turkish, in the field of adult and youth literature; in the course of my work as a artist. I have been contributing to istanbulberlin since 2022.

Sezen Yeniçeri Can

Visual Communication Partner:

After majoring at Sabancı University Visual Arts and Communication Design, I worked as a digital graphic designer, user experience designer, project manager in several companies and decided to pursue a carrier in makeup artistry. I had education in this field and worked with well known artists in Turkey. I acted as a visiting lecturer at Işık University and also got my masters degree there. I now work as a multidisciplinary freelance artist doing makeup and visual communication design. Please visit my personal website here.