Osman

Osman Hamdi Bey's 1879 painting, titled "Gate of the Great Mosque, Bursa," has been sold for 571,500 euros at an auction in Paris.

The painting was put up for auction at Drouot Auction House in Paris. The 60 cm by 42 cm oil painting is considered one of the finest examples of the artist's unique style.

Turkish painter Osman Hamdi Bey's second "The Tortoise Trainer" has been included in the permanent exhibition titled "Viewing Turkish Painting" at Türkiye İş Bankası Painting and Sculpture Museum in Istanbul's Beyoğlu.

This second work of the artist with the same theme, dated 1907, is now neighbor to the first version, dated 1906, exhibited at the Pera Museum.

As part of the 100th-anniversary celebrations of the Turkish Republic, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will organize the 100th Anniversary Gala event on Oct. 25, with an exhibition featuring Turkish painter Osman Hamdi Bey's painting "Girl Reading the Qur'an" and artwork from Burhan Doğançay's "Ribbons" series.

Famous Turkish basketball player Cedi Osman, who plays for NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, has tied the knot with actress Ebru Şahin at a wedding ceremony in the western province of İzmir's coastal district Çeşme.

Some 250 celebrities and family members gathered at the ceremony on July 9.

"We are very excited," said the 27-year-old captain of the Turkish national basketball team.

The house of Ottoman archaeologist and painter Osman Hamdi Bey, which serves as a museum on the coast of Eskihisar in the Gebze district in the northwestern province of Kocaeli, will be taken under restoration.

A special section for the works of Osman Hamdi Bey, a prominent cultural figure of the early Turkish Westernization who is also considered the founder of Turkish painting and archaeology, has been opened in the Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum.

Turkey summoned the ambassadors of 10 countries over a statement on businessman Osman Kavala's detention, diplomatic sources said on Oct. 18. 

Turkey July 17 remembered a Turkish diplomat killed in a 2019 terrorist attack in Erbil, northern Iraq.

"We commemorate with respect our martyr Osman Köse, official of the Consulate General in Erbil, assassinated in a heinous attack by the terrorist organization PKK on July 17, 2019," the Foreign Ministry wrote on Twitter.

Veteran journalist Doğan Hızlan has been awarded the title of honorary doctorate by Istanbul's prominent Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (MSGSÜ) at a ceremony.

The ceremony, where the 139th anniversary of the founding of the university was celebrated, was held yesterday.

Turkey has been focusing on a policy to produce many more star players in sports branches including football and basketball.

Turkish Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu said late on May 39 that Turkey should profit its massive young population, which is 20 million, to bring in many successful athletes like NBA player Cedi Osman.