Caféturc Music & Arts

National Network
Türkiye
Address

Kükürtlü Mah. 5. Kiraz Sok. No:4 Akman Apt. D:11
16080 Bursa/Bursa
Turkey

Telephone
+90 539 494 86 60
E-Mail
ekim@cafeturc.com
Organisation Type
Private Company
Year of Establishment
1996
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. International/Cultural relations
General Information

Founded in Paris in 1996, established in France and Turkey, Caféturc Music & Arts specializes in project design, management and booking in music and performing arts.
2 staffs : 1 founder, 1 director.

1 culture center on Aeagean Coast, in Ayvalik: Karagoz Art Center.

Approx. 30.000 € yearly budget.

Sources of funding: public and private, national and international funds. And ressources from or management and booking activities.

Modalities of action: artistic creation, projet design and organization, artistic residencies, management and booking in music and performing arts.

Partners: Spaces of Culture, European Cultural Institutes and Consulates based in Turkey, festivals in France and Turkey.

Mission and Objectives

Our motto and reason of being is: Feel like a tree, alone and free, rustle together like the trees of a forest. Through music and art.

Artistic creation, projet design and organization, artistic residencies, management and booking in music and performing arts.

Main Projects / Activities

Since the 1990s, we have been advising and developing innovative programs with cultural institutions (Cité de la Musique de Paris, Théâtre de la Ville de Paris, Scènes Nationales, etc.).

More than 200 activities and projects.

We are member of ZONE FRANCHE, the French network of world music.

We are cofounder and board member of Festival Villes des Musiques du Monde in Paris (World Music Cities Festival).

"Suda Balik Oynuyor" project in 2021. Artistic creation and civil society projet around performing arts for youth, bringing together structures in the field of performing art and pedagogy. Project implemented in Ayvalik and the Karagoz Art Center. With the support of Spaces of Culture program.

In 2005, we opened on the Aegean Sea coast the Karagöz Art Center to invest field of artistic creation, and to organize events in performing and visual arts.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Knowhow.
Local and internaitonal network.
Karagoz Art Center in Ayvalik.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

To develop collaboration and projects with civil society, on local-regional-international levels.

Contact (1) Full Name
Ekim Öztürk
Job Title
Director
Head of the organisation
Ekim Öztürk
Contact (2) Full Name
Kenan Öztürk
Job Title (2)
Founder