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Turkish city theatre seasons launch

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Turkish city theatre season launches seasons launch

Turkish city theatres have begun launching their new artistic seasons. In İzmir, the İzmir City Theatres premiered “Hepimizin Öyküsü Aynı” (Our Story is the Same), a production adapted from the “Women’s Plays” by Franca Rame and Dario Fo that focuses on women’s struggles and quests for freedom. In Kocaeli, the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality City Theatres announced is preparing to launch its 29th season, scheduled to open artistic season on October 17. 17 at the Kocaeli Congress Center. The repertoire includes season will open with the interactive play ‘Karar’, directed by Şakir Gürzumar, which allows audience members to act as a production of jury to influence the story's conclusion. On November 11, the theatre will perform Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’, directed by Güray Dinçol, mirroring its 1997 debut with ‘Hamlet’. Other scheduled productions include an adaptation of Murat Gülsoy’s novel novel, ‘Ve Ateş Bizi Tüketiyor’, and a production based on Leo Tolstoy’s ‘What Men Live By’. By’, and dedicated programming for children. In Istanbul, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) City Theatres has released its performance schedule for the week of October 21–26, 2026. The program includes six productions such as the comedy ‘Yoldan Çıkan Oyun’, the Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Öylece Durur Zaman’, and ‘Haramiler’. The schedule also features a poetry reading of Orhan Veli’s works titled ‘Birdenbire’ and the continuation of the Muhsin Ertuğrul Readings program, which presents unperformed scripts by young playwrights to facilitate audience feedback. The featured reading for this season is ‘İz’ by Aslı Kaplan.

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