Sadri

Produced for the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic, the musical "1923," which tells the story of the Republic with fantastic elements from the Bandırma Ferry, where the War of Independence started, to the opening of the Parliament, from the Great Offensive to the establishment of the Republic, was on stage at Zorlu PSM on Sept. 23.

Google creates a doodle to mark the 96th birthday of late actor Sadri Alışık, a renowned Turkish stage and movie actor famous for his comedy, who served in the Turkish cinema from the 1960s to 1995.

Remembered as a great Turkish cinema legend, the actor died in 1995 due to multiple organ failures.

Turkey's actors on March 27 marked the World Theater Day by releasing videos on social media and encouraging people to stay at home as the novel coronavirus continues spreading across the globe.

Veteran Turkish actress Çolpan İlhan and her son Kerem Alışık, who is also an actor and general art director of Sadri Alışık Theater in Istanbul, marked the World Theater day in a statement.

Turkish actress Hatice Aslan will take the stage as legendary French singer Edith Piaf in the play 'Dali's Women,' which will be staged by the Çolpan Ilhan & Sadri Alışık Theater organization. 'I love singing so much, this role is a gift to me,' Aslan says. The play will open curtains on Oct 13 at Zorlu PSM.

I watched dangerous tension unfold at Marmara University on TV, where some 50 students gathered to protest the arbitrary dismissal of academics without any judicial evidence. Another group of students intervened to stop them. Police came in between to prevent clashes from erupting.