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TV SERIES & MOVIES
CALL MY AGENT
This comedy-drama series, set in an actors' agency in Paris, fictionally depicts the challenging and colorful world of talent scouts. The Netflix series, which makes you laugh and think for four seasons, offers an ideal viewing pleasure for those who love the unique style and humor of French cinema.
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DARK
An engrossing science fiction and thriller series that explores complex themes such as time travel and parallel universes. Over the course of three seasons, it presents a world where past, future and present are intertwined. Perfect for those looking for a mind-opening and mystery-filled production! You can watch it on Netflix.
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THE SECRET: DARE TO DREAM
Centering on the Secret philosophy, the romantic-drama movie tells an inspiring story for those who believe in the miracles of life. With impressive sentences such as “If you don't know what you want, how can you ask for it?” the movie takes the audience on an intellectual journey. You can watch this movie on both Netflix and Amazon Prime Video platforms.
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BOOK
A Little Life Author: Hanya Yanagihara
An award-winning novel, A Little Life focuses on friendship, love, pain and the effects of abuse. It has many different layers and tells the interconnected life stories of 4 friends over the years from the perspective of each of them. The most fascinating aspect is the traumatic backstory of one of the friends, which is gradually revealed. Although it contains repetitions from time to time, it has a gripping language that does not get boring while reading. I recommend it to anyone who likes novels, especially those who like to read drama and are interested in psychology.
Nilüfer Ezberci / Assistant to CFO
Art of War Author: Sun Tzu
The Art of War is a brief book of advice on strategy given by a Chinese commander. Since he was a commander, almost all of his advice is about the military and war... But The Art of War is not just a book about war; the lessons in the book are flexible enough to be used in many areas of life, from corporate politics to bilateral relations.
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Alper Savaşkul / Boutiques Sales Planning Coordinator
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MUSIC
What a Time! An Arrangement Story
As it is known, arrangement songs have marked a period in our popular music. Especially with the Turkish spoken pop movement that started in the 60s, the translation of foreign songs into Turkish became a fashion, and many foreign songs started to be translated into Turkish with the leadership of songwriters such as Fecri Ebcioğlu and Sezen Cumhur Önal.
As an interpreter, Ajda Pekkan, the rising name of the period, came to the fore, almost became the pioneer of this style and continued this style with arranged songs until the 80s. In the following years, the artist, who started to work more with Turkish composers and songwriters, drew a new path for himself in his career in this sense.
Following the Anatolian Pop movement of the 70s, local compositions and composers came to the forefront, and although arrangements have moved away from arrangements over the years, there have been successful foreign song adaptations from time to time. The song ‘Y'a Des Jours Comme Ça’ by the Algerian French pop music group Nacash Brothers can be included among these successful examples.
The song, which was released on the Nacash Brothers' 1988 45 LP, successfully reflects the intense electronic pop attitude of the second half of the 80s. Two years after its release in France, the song was successfully interpreted by Ajda Pekkan under the title ‘Ne Günler’ with Fikret Şeneş's wonderful Turkish lyrics inspired by the original and Garo Mafyan's arrangement, and became one of the most popular songs of the album ‘Ajda 1990’, Ajda Pekkan's fast entry into the 90s.
With the resurgence of Turkish pop in the 90s, arrangement fashion was not seen except for limited examples, and as expected, local works dominated the music market. Arrangements did not appear on the music agenda again except for some rare examples.
Ajda Pekkan - Ne Günler (1990) To watch the video clip; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKNQFzSeoVA
Sarp Akbal / Marketing and Corporate Communicaitons Assist.Manager
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THEATRE
İstanbul Theater Festival is getting ready to meet the audience.
İKSV The 28th Istanbul Theater Festival of İKSV (Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts) will meet theater lovers between October 22 and November 19 with 5 international shows and 14 local productions that will shape the new theater season. The event, organized by İKSV, will host leading theater companies and artists from Turkey and around the world. In addition to classic productions, the festival will also feature contemporary interpretations, experimental theater and performance arts. A unique opportunity for theater lovers, this event offers a rich program full of different cultures and stories.
Detailed program; https://tiyatro.iksv.org/tr
Ceyda Akdağ – Employer Branding and Internal Communication Assist.Manager |
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PODCAST
My Mum's Records
TA podcast series that I can really recommend to you with the transmission of one of the only artists who uses Turkish so properly. I refer to him as an artist because he is also interested in painting and sound arts. The most striking aspect of these podcasts is that in addition to the topics he talks about, he compiles millions of emotions in daily life and conveys them to you with an incredibly effective tone of voice and striking accents. He almost throws the listener a curve with this intense transfer of emotion. For example; ‘You hear the words “I'm going to take my head and go away” and immediately afterwards a deep silence with the words ’You'll just change the seats’ Isn't it, though? :)
https://open.spotify.com/show/6oS9W6UwIlTzi9nNIpwaCe
The White Collar's Search for Meaning
Employees who define themselves as white collars in business life and feel it to the fullest will find themselves right in the subject with the "Beyaz Yakalının Anlam Arayışı" podcast series and leave it in the flow. When you listen, you will find yourself making comments such as ‘I have experienced exactly this, I may encounter this’ and you will end the day with a slight smile on your face or you will start the day with this mood in the service or in your car.
https://open.spotify.com/show/0Lt4Y6xRG0lc2KckQydyl5
An Elite Philosopher: Prof.Dr.Ahmet Arslan
Prof.Dr.Ahmet Arslan is a Turkish philosopher, academician and translator, in other words, one of our most important living philosophy professors who teaches philosophy with his great intelligence from the heart of Urfa. In these podcast episodes, he infuses Ancient Greek philosophy into your veins and enlightens you with Islamic philosophy. It is not useful to listen, it is very useful to listen!
https://open.spotify.com/show/0pcRudxM4EHZRlpBDaIWb4
Arda Derolur - Corporate Purchasing Coordinator
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