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Paperback. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 256 p., color and b/w ills. Karagöz, my dear.= Karagözüm, iki gözüm. [Exhibition catalogue]. 15 Eylül 2020 - 21 Subat 2021. The Yapi Kredi Museum at the Yapi Kredi Culture and Arts building is hosting an exhibition on Karagöz, the traditional Turkish Shadow Theater. The exhibition, titled "Karagözüm Iki Gözüm" (Karagöz, My Dear) that entertains anyone from 7 to 70 years of age, is featuring original depictions of Ragip Tugtekin, one of the important representatives of the traditional Turkish Shadow Theater, in the Yapi Kredi Museum Collection, the masters who give life to the art of Karagöz and the depictions of today s Karagöz artists. A total of 187 Karagöz depictions made by Tugtekin in the 1930s, presently in the Yapi Kredi Museum Collection, were last shown in the exhibition "Yiktin Perdeyi Eyledin Vîrân" in 2004. The depictions in the collection meet the audience with this exhibition, curated by Cengiz Özek and coordinated by Nihat Tekdemir and Elif Erdogan, this time with the works of artists who were influenced by Tugtekin and the works of those who became the source of inspiration for Tugtekin himself. In the exhibition, with 350 depictions of more than 20 Karagöz artists, the importance of Karagöz plays in the world shadow theater and the reflections of surreal figures and folk legends on Karagöz depictions are displayed under thematic titles.