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LIT’S “Art - a driving force of society” Adviye Bergemann SELECTIONS Interview by Demet Cengiz EDITOR IN CHIEF Yüksel Güngörmüş [email protected] 22 CINEMA CONTRIBUTERS Turkish cinema Demet Cengiz turns 120 Güzide Yülek 16 BOOKS MEETINGS Ali Can Sekmeç Turkish literature goes international ART DIRECTION & GRAPHIC DESIGN ADMCW / San Diego, CA LITwww.admcw.com 38 FASHION CONTRIBUTING TRANSLATORS 10 Interview with Özlem Süer Özge Somersan, Selçuk Somersan LIFE STYLE “Turkey is the world’s Interview with Caroline new fashion hotspot” GENERAL ENQUIRIES Koç and Banu Yentür Interview by Güzide Yülek AIDA Turizm Seyehat Acenteliği Ltd.Şti. “Haremlique and Göktürk Mah. İstanbul Cad. 2.Kartal Sok. Selamlique” 26 G1 Blokları B Blok No:3 Kat:4 D:10 Interview by Demet Cengiz BODRUM Göktürk/ İstanbul - Türkiye “The jewel of the Aegean” P. +90 212 322 43 90 F. +90 212 322 43 91 www.luxinturkey.com 18 PRINT INTERVIEW Bion Dijital Baskı Matbaacılık Tanıtım Ürünleri Interview with Demet Tekstil Reklam Bil.Sis. Mak. ve İnş. San. Tic.Ltd.Şti. Sabancı Çetindoğan Orta Mah. İbrahimağa Cad. No: 18/1 “Luxury is living with Kısmet Han B Blok 3/10 your heart” 34030 Bayrampaşa / İstanbul Interview by Demet Cengiz P. +90 212 567 62 62 42 THE FINEST F. +90 212 567 06 16 COLLECTION www.bionmatbaa.com Best hotels in Turkey Published 1 time a year, Common, Periodical Distributed free of charge Issue No.1 Authors are solely responsible for the content of submitted articles. All rights reserved by AIDA. Quotations not allowed without permission. LuxInTurkey 4 5 01 O N > EDITO MAGAZINE MEETINGS CONFERENCE LIT LIT LIT Awe inspiring history and an impressive culture with deep roots… Charming hospitality and a diverse selection of sensational cuisine in every region and every town… Stunning sights and natural wonders from tranquil coastlines to snow- capped mountains… A bridge uniting the founders of the Haremlique & Selamlique Orient and Occident… This is Turkey, a brand. Veteran journalist Demet Cengiz country blessed with opulence. Visit once talks to Demet Sabancı on the meaning of and you’ll be enchanted, travel some and true luxury and about the city of Istanbul. you’ll be eager to see more. And maybe, For LIT, Cengiz also interviews Istanbul like many have done before, you’ll even Foundation for Culture and Arts Director go the extra mile and settle in this unique Görgün Taner on the evolution of art & country. culture scene in Turkey. In addition, LIT presents an exclusive interview with Four years ago, we embarked on a globally acclaimed fashion designer Özlem mission… Our objective was clear: to Süer on how to create an international play a role in getting Turkey the attention fashion brand. You will discover all this and it deserves, to reach a wider audience and much more in the following pages. introduce what this magnificent country has to offer. Successfully building a portfolio consisting of the most exclusive brands, businesses and people, LuxinTurkey achieved a great deal in a short time. Instead opting for the conventional way of presenting a catalogue of hotel listings in our “Finest Collection”, we are here with a life-style magazine constructed around the theme of “Luxury of Turkey”. Readers will find fascinating interviews and topics in LIT Magazine’s very first issue. Featuring dazzling photography and engaging writing, there is a comprehensive section on Bodrum, through the eyes of LIT magazine. Join us on this voyage and explore turquoise seas, the appeal of whitewashed houses and quaint narrow streets of the old town. There is an inspiring interview with entrepreneurs and visionaries Caroline Koç and Banu Yentür, We admit that we had an amazing time preparing this issue and really hope you equally enjoy reading it. Because we are all proud of and passionate about Turkey and the people who work relentlessly to glorify the country further. Yours truly, Adviye Bergeman 6 7 LIT ’s Blending Anatolia’s thousands of years of history, culture and art richness with glass... SEL ECT Anatolia has a very rich cultural inheritance remained from various civilizations it has hosted throughout history. These civilizations are a synthesis composed of the cultures of dozens of people that came through these territories, and they took their place in the world ION history of arts with this perfect blend of Anatolian arts and handicrafts. Anatolia is a great cultural heritage for all mankind. All the values generated by nature and mankind brought out the concept of “World’s Common Heritage”, of which all humankind can benefit wherever these values are, including cultural and natural assets. UNESCO (The United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture) put these values under protection at the 17th general conference in 1972 to prevent the devastation or unconscious destruction of the common heritage. Paşabahçe Mağazaları created ‘World Heritage on Glass’ Collection, bringing together these unique works with the glass in order to keep our common heritage, our cultural and natural assets with universal values, to create consciousness to preserve this universal heritage, and draw attention to the collaboration to maintain destructed cultural and natural values. 8 9 A Treasure at Çukurcuma A Whole World Fragrance on Silk Women Rock Timeless Etem Ruhi was a family-run cologne These two words tell a lot about the house named after its founder Mr. life and creative collections of Tina Etem Ruhi, a self-taught nose with an Christina Sezer. She was first female inventive spirit. Inspired by Istanbul’s character who had a jewelry shop in established scent culture where Grand Bazaar. Tina had started her guests are greeted with fragrant activities at 18 square metered shop, vapors and rose water splashes, she spent most of her time in jewel- Mr. Etem Ruhi experimented with lery studios which is the “kitchen” of essences and oils to craft boutique this job. Gained the experience and fragrances that would appeal to the knowledge of the light, she had cre- taste of his time. During the 1910’s, Rumisu is designed ated her own brand “Tina Jewellery”. he began presenting his creations in by Pinar and Deniz in his haberdashery in Istanbul’s Grand Istanbul, with the goal At some point, despite its drawbacks, Bazaar, and later set up an atelier of letting love and cu- being different makes you think dif- dedicated to scent-making with his riosity for beauty be a ferent makes you think different. Tina wife, Ms. Mihriban Meryem. conduit for philanthro- enpower women by creating collec- py, and creating a line of ethically manufactured luxury tions that are objects of statement, Bottled in graceful vials, Etem Ruhi’s design accessories and RTW pieces, that also give back using never before seen natural col- fragrances traveled from prominent to their community of origin. or rare gems such as citrine, aqua- pharmacies of Istanbul to several marine, lapis, tourmaline and many Anatolian cities until the 1950’s when A passion for illustration led Rumisu to seek the perfect others with unique cuts taht bring out this boutique line gradually faded blank canvas allowing the brand to tell each tale print by the effortless in them. out with the rise of mass-produced print. Each piece has its own story; characters & inspira- goods. tion and colour mood. One might be depicting a mytho- Today, Tina’s game changing legacy logical forest goddess, another portraying monsoon spir- is continued by her daughter Esra A la Turca is one of the most famous addresses in Revived in 2017 through the family its, or hybrid creatures. Moreno. A gemologist by profession, Çukurcuma, Istanbul It would be fair to say “address descendants’ collaboration with Esra collects the rarest gems of the known by anyone with gusto”. The owner Erol Aksoy local artisans, the brand seeks to Conceptualized as wearable artwork, each piece of scarf world: from the desert of central Asia turns shopping into a joy with his tasteful collection of reinterpret the unique sense of is hand-illustrated, then transferred onto 100% silk 100% to the shores of the Indian Ocean, objects, especially the kilims. Some of the wonderful refinement of times past. wool or 100% cotton, produced only in limited-edition from mountain tops of Namibia to pieces that the four-story store carries are, wowen and finished by hand-rolling. the rocky slopes of the Andes, Esra fabrics from the Ottoman era, handpainted tiles and Fragrant Splash Citrus Blend, the makes sure to pick the best rocks so kaftans. Browsing among A la Turca’s treasures can first product of the contemporary Influenced and intrigued by the crafts of our local culture, that Women Rock. feel like visiting the private home of a serious collector, Etem Ruhi line, is a rendition of the Rumisu integrates these into an illustrative world. Thus, rather than a shop. Turkish tradition of scentful greetings. most of the pieces have a unique crocheted accesso- The unisex fragrance, a sophisticated ry that carries forward and reminds one of the tradition- arrangement of Mediterranean citrus al Turkish art of ‘oya’. These crochet characters and the fruits with floral and woody notes, hand-embroidered fabric cases that each scarf comes in, is presented with its unique splash are hand-made in South-eastern Turkey in cooperation ’s bottle and scent-diffusing ceramic lid, with a UNDP project that aims to foster sustainable eco- LIT all in an effort to enhance the sharing nomic development of the region’s women.