TÜRVAK Cinema-Theatre Museum is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Turkish Cinema with an exhibition entitled “The 100-Year Journey of Makeup and Accessories in Turkish Cinema”.

Prepared by TÜRVAK – Türker İnanoğlu Foundation, with the support of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Department of Cultural and Social Affairs, the exhibition, for the first time in the history of Turkish cinema, presents the century-long history of makeup in Turkish cinema through photographs, documents and accessories compiled from private archives and collections.

While focusing on makeup, which is the first step in creating a character in the silver screen, and tracing its history in cinema in Turkey, the exhibition enables us to understand the aesthetical approach, artistic, social and cultural environments, economic conditions and technological developments in every term from the Era of Theatre Actors to Yeşilçam, from Yeşilçam to the present day.

From melodramas to comedies and horror films, from historical films to fantastic films, visualizing the history of makeup in Turkish cinema, “The 100-Year Journey of Makeup and Accessories in Turkish Cinema” exhibition will be open to visit between 5 November 2014 – 8 February 2015.