By Heidi Trautmann

Dr. Suat Günsel, Founding Rector of Near East University has opened his treasury chest , which he has been filling over many years,  and has brought out paintings of Cypriot Turkish artists for a retrospective exhibition of many of those visual artists who are responsible  for the fundamental development of Turkish Cypriot art of painting, i.e. up to the age group born in 1950.

The works were shown in the exhibition hall of the Near East University. Curator was Dr. Mustafa Hastürk. On the occasion of the exhibition we heard that an art museum on the premises of the university is planned to open in 2020. It will be a proud moment to have all art work come out from its hiding.

The present retrospective concentrated on works by the artists (in the order of birth date)

Olga Rauf, born in 1893in Moscow

Ismet V. Güney, born 1923 in Nicosia

Çevdet Çağdaş, born in 1926 in Nergisli

Ayhan Menteş, born in 1935 in Evdim/Limassol

Inci Kansu, born in 1937 in Nicosia

Göral Özkan, born in 1938 in Nicosia

Ali Atakan, born 1940 in Paphos

Salih Oral, born in 1941 in Limassol

Güney Güzelgün, born in 1944 in Lurucina

Gönen Atakol, born in 1945 in Nicosia

Emel Samioğlu, born in 1946 in Balalan

Ismet Tatar, born in 1946 in Inönü

Özden Selenge, born in 1946 in Altinova

Feridun Işıman, born in in 1949 in Kücük Kaymakli,

Güner Pir, born in 1949 in Paphos

Türksal Ince, born in 1949 in Famagusta

Emin Çizenel, born in 1949 in Mallya

Hikmet Uluçam, born in 1950 in Uluçam /Paphos

The exhibition will be open until February 23, 2018. It is a piece of Cypriot history shown; we are waiting for its continuation.