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The Consul General of the Republic of Turkey in Cologne, Mustafa Kemal Basa, visited the studio of the painter Gönül Şen-Menzel, who works as an artist in Cologne, and learned about her works.
Basa regretted that Turkish art is not known in Germany: “In Cologne we have everything that represents Turkey; everything of ours is known – except our art. Our artists are unfortunately unknown. The result is that modern Turkey cannot get its message across. If the art of Turkey is unknown, people also do not know how far developed Turkey’s system of art education is. I would like to point out that Turkey has a very significant tradition of art education, with conservatories and faculties that produce very important artists. It was a great pleasure for me to view the works of our highly esteemed artist and teacher Gönül Şen-Menzel. I wish her every success on her artistic path.”
The report appeared in the newspaper Divan, December 2012, p. 5 (“Haber” section). Translated from Turkish for senmenzel.com.
