Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture
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Dr. Netice Yıldız is an Art Historian and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture at the Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus. [email protected]. Her article in The State of the Arts in the Middle East Vol II is dedicated to two artists, Cevdet Çağdaş and İsmet V. Güney, both of whom passed away this summer.
Turkish Cypriot Women Artists and Their Role in Society
Art in the sense of Western style is a rather new concept for the Turkish society living in Cyprus. Under British rule, Turkish Cypriots were slow to follow new trends due to their lack of education and desire to preserve their national and religious identities. The British government reinforced this by fostering an education policy based on the Hellenic and Ottoman systems, in which the Orthodox Church and the Turkish Evkaf[1] organization took the responsibility for educating each society.
Introduction to The State of the Arts in the Middle East Vol II
This special edition of MEI Viewpoints is the second volume in a continuing series which explores the State of the Arts in the Middle East. The essays comprising this volume examine the art and influence of the distinguished Palestinian artist and educator Samia Zaru, representations of female communities in Algiers in three of renowned filmmaker Nadir Moknèche’s cinematic works, and the cultural production and societal roles of female Turkish Cypriot artists.
