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2.12 Culture, Art and Sports Activities
The CBRT contributes to the promotion of Turkish painting on international platforms via exhibitions held abroad where selected works of art from its art collection are displayed. The Bank also aims to promote its art collection and ensure that Turkey’s cultural heritage is passed on to future generations through exhibitions across Turkey.
Accordingly, the CBRT held the exhibition “Our Countryside,” which was curated by Prof. Burcu Pelvanoğlu of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Department of Art History, at the Antalya Chamber of Commerce and Industry Education, Research and Culture Foundation on 27 March-30 July 2019. The exhibition hosted a total of 69 works of art by 47 artists selected from the CBRT Art Collection.
As a part of the exhibition, a panel was organized on 4 May 2019, hosted by Prof. Burcu Pelvanoğlu and Dr. İnci Aydın Çolak of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. Moreover, activities were held at the exhibition hall for primary school, fine arts high school and university students.
Another CBRT exhibition was held in Ankara at the Erimtan Archaeology and Arts Museum from 27 June to 30 September 2019. Curated by Prof. Mümtaz Sağlam of Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, the exhibition Anlatı, Yer ve Zaman (Narration, Place and Time) featured 31 works of art by 23 artists selected from the CBRT Art Collection. A panel was also held, at which Prof. Mümtaz Sağlam gave a speech, as a part of the exhibition. Additionally, creative drama sessions and guided tours were organized for primary school, high school and university students.
Curated by Prof. Burcu Pelvanoğlu, the exhibition Modernin Dili (Narrative of the Modern) ran from 18 November‑20 December 2019 at the Saraydüzü Barracks National Struggle Museum in Amasya. The exhibition displayed 41 works of art by 36 artists selected from the CBRT Art Collection.
All these exhibitions organized in Antalya, Ankara and Amasya attracted about 20,000 visitors.
Following the CBRT’s 2nd International Photography Contest with the theme “Economy and Crafts” organized to promote corporate identity on national and international platforms, bolster cultural and artistic activities, strengthen internal and external communication channels and support photography and photographers, a total of 74 photographs, 14 of them prize-winning, were exhibited at Cer Modern Arts Center on 5‑26 February 2019 in Ankara. The contest had received a total of 8,891 submissions by 2,534 photographers from 75 countries.
The Turkish Folk Music, Classical Music and Sufi Music Choirs, consisting of CBRT employees and retirees performed on 2 April 2019, 12 April 2019 and 16 May 2019, respectively, at Hacettepe University Culture Center.
In the context of cultural and artistic activities, the CBRT organized “Mini Concerts” at its Art Center-Atrium to reward employees with art.
To foster employees’ sense of belonging, the CBRT awarded their children who demonstrated outstanding academic merit and scored high on secondary and higher education exams with plaques. In addition, as part of 23 April National Sovereignty and Children’s Day celebrations, a number of events were organized at the Art Center-Atrium on 19 April 2019 for CBRT employees’ children aged 6 to 12 years and students of Saimekadın Primary School.
Among activities of the European Central Banks Culture and Sports Clubs Union, the CBRT participated with its relevant teams in the tournaments of Euro Basket (Belgium), Euro Tennis (Romania) and Euro Futsal (Slovenia). Moreover, the Bank also sent its volleyball and chess teams to the 14th Balkan Countries Central Bank Sports Tournament hosted by the Bulgarian National Bank.
The 13th round of the CBRT-organized traditional “Interbank Chess Tournament,” which hosts 20 teams from ten resident banks in Turkey, was held on 14 December 2019 in Istanbul.
CBRT teams also took part in Ankara Interinstitutional Basketball, Bowling and Table Tennis tournaments, organized by Ankara-based institutions and companies.
In order to strengthen internal communication and employee morale, the Bank organized theater outings, hiking events, photo contests and various athletic events.
Among performances of the Turkish State Theatres in the 2019 season, Cimri (the Miser), Leyla ile Mecnun (Leyla and Mecnun), Keşanlı Ali Destanı (The Legend of Ali of Keşan) were staged exclusively for CBRT employees on 19 February, 1 November and 12 December 2019, respectively.
On 14 September 2019, a simultaneous hiking event was organized for employees from all branches and their family members.
Another event aimed to boost employees’ sense of belonging, support art and artists and enhance internal communication was the “Fall-Winter” themed photo contest held for Bank staff between 22 November and 25 December 2019.
The CBRT organized its 10th Sports Festival on 28-29 April 2019 in Antalya. During the festival that has already become a tradition with increasing interest, a total of 886 athletes competed in 11 fields this year. Including family members of employees, about 1,100 people got to interact in an amicable environment at the sports festival.
An astro turf football tournament was organized in September and December with the participation of the CBRT Head Office and Ankara Branch employees.
