Mesher, The Story Takes Place in Istanbul is organizing a talk that will bring together literature and popular culture enthusiasts as part of its exhibition. Translator and radio host Jülide Kayaş and writer and editor N. Can Kantarcı will be speakers at the event titled “Science Fiction in Istanbul: Unexpected Transformations in Local and Foreign Narratives of a Megacity.”
Focusing on representations of Istanbul in different genres of Western literature, Meşher The Story Takes Place in Istanbul The exhibition continues to address the subjects and areas touched by the exhibition with its parallel events and to offer different perspectives on these subjects. In this context, the talk titled “Science Fiction in Istanbul: Unexpected Transformations of a Megacity in Local and Foreign Narratives” will take place on May 24 at 16.00:XNUMX.
The event will address the representations of Istanbul in both local and foreign science fiction texts, the transformations these representations have undergone throughout history, and the similarities and differences between cultures, and will feature translator and radio presenter Jülide Kayaş and author, editor and translator N. Can Kantarcı as speakers. From the various Turkish science fiction story collections published so far, Ian McDonald’s Dervish House'and from there to William Gibson neuromancerIn the conversation, which will focus on a wide range of texts ranging from , how and why Istanbul is reproduced in science fiction will be discussed.
