On the initiation of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and with the gracious contribution of 21 supporters, Turkey obtains a long-term venue, from 2014 to 2034, in the Biennale di Venezia, one of world's leading contemporary art and architecture exhibitions. The project Places of Memory, which is performed by the curator Murat Tabanlıoğlu, the project coordinator Pelin Derviş and a team of exhibitors, Alper Derinboğaz, Metehan Özcan, Candaş Şişman, Ali Taptık and Serkan Taycan, is exhibited in Pavilion of Turkey, at Arsenale.

A book is prepared to accompany the project based on interviews with Murat Tabanlıoğlu, Pelin Derviş, Ali Taptık, Alper Derinboğaz, Candaş Şişman, Metehan Özcan and Serkan Taycan, conducted by Luca Molinari, the curator of the Italian Pavilion at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia in 2010. Edited by Pelin Derviş and designed by Aslı Altay (Future Anecdotes Istanbul) who has also designed the communication materials of the project, the book is now available at the opening of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition in English and Turkish, and is subsequently sold in bookstores.

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