Saints Church

April 16 marks the 97th anniversary of the bloodiest terrorist attack in Bulgarian history and one of the bloodiest in world history. On this date in 1925, 213 people died and 500 were injured in the church St Nedelya, in Sofia. For a long time (almost until September 11, 2001) the bloody event held the sad record for the most killed members of the political elite in one place.

We owe comics our ability to imagine, according to Alper Sesli, the mastermind behind the Istanbul Comics and Arts Festival, who spoke to Hürriyet Daily News on Sept. 9 about the ideas that triggered him to initiate the festival.

The 2nd Istanbul Comics and Art Festival (ICAF) will be held at the Saint Joseph Association Club Quartier and Moda All Saints Church from Sept. 8 to 10. 

Featuring a rich program, the festival will bring together cartoonists, animators, illustrators and graffiti artists for alternative art performances during workshops, talks, exhibitions and autograph sessions.