34th Istanbul Book Fair opens at TÜYAP center

ISTANBUL

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The 34th International Istanbul Book Fair opens on Nov. 7 at the TÜYAP Fair and Convention Center.

The theme for this year’s fair is “Humor: Looking at Life with a Smile.”  The Fair will host prominent foreign and Turkish writers around the theme.

This year the Istanbul Book Fair will host Romania as the Guest of Honor. The Romanian booth will be available for visiting in the International Hall for the first four days of the fair and will include all aspects and colors of Romanian Guest of Honor events will include interviews, panel discussions, poetry and music recitals, professional meetings with publishers and children’s events. 

The Istanbul Book Fair also prepared a program to commemorate the 100th birthday of Aziz Nesin together with the Nesin Foundation and Nesin Publishing. The program will include interviews and panels on the literary significance, life and works of Nesin. The event will continue until Nov. 15.