
Ankara University of Music and Fine Arts (MGÜ) is a thematic public university located in Ankara, the capital of Türkiye, specializing in music and fine arts. The institution integrates artistic education with academic and scientific approaches, blending universal artistic values with local cultural heritage, and has adopted as its mission the training of qualified artists, scientists and educators. MGÜ, the first specialized university in Türkiye in this field, possesses a unique structure t
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Nida Üstün

Ali İsmail Türemen was born in Istanbul on 1 May 1942 and began his artistic career as a teaching staff member at the Istanbul State Academy of Applied Fine Arts after graduating from the same institution in 1968. He was appointed professor in 1987 and made significant contributions to the field of art education.Throughout his artistic career, he was one of the founding members of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Eskişehir Anadolu University, where he taught ceramics, surface design and foundational
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Yahya B. Keskin

Ayetullah Sümer was born in İzmir in 1905. After completing his primary and secondary education in İzmir, he went to France in 1925. While continuing his studies at the Marseille School of Commerce, he developed an interest in painting and joined Théophile Bérengier’s studio at the Marseille School of Fine Arts until 1927. In 1928, he held his first solo exhibition at the İzmir Türk Ocağı and decided to devote himself entirely to art. That same year, he traveled to Paris on a state scholarship a
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Yahya B. Keskin

Art is a means by which people express their emotions and thoughts through a special talent. It sometimes appears as a painting, sometimes as music, and sometimes as a story. The word “art” originates from Arabic and means “the done work” or “profession.” The word “art” in Western languages derives from the Latin word “ars,” meaning “to arrange.”Who Is an Artist?An artist is someone who sees what everyone else sees in a different way and hears what others hear in a unique manner. When looking at
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Elif Laçin

Ankara State Fine Arts Gallery, one of the first fine arts galleries established by the state in Turkey, started its operations in 1963 and serves under the General Directorate of Fine Arts of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The institution supports national and international cultural production by organizing exhibitions in the field of plastic arts. As of 2024, the gallery has been operating in the registered backgammon building located in the Başkent National Garden.Establishment
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Ahsen Güneş