While the Karagöz puppets in my head are very much here in modern times, they did originate in the 1300s, in the Ottoman court.  My puppets, however, really live between two worlds – through some sort of wormhole or other time-beding Tardis-enabled reality.  In all seriousness, though, there are a number of modern-day interpretations of the puppets – and today’s post is a set of images of those interpretations.  I hope you will enjoy them!

First, we have the Karagöz Oyunları iPhone app – you can read about that here at my previous blog post…a lovely but not that creative app, unfortunately, not much you can do with it other than see what the puppets say when you touch them in different areas…

Second, we have this lovely image of some of the puppets – where our beloved Karagöz and Hacivad have animal bodies on their lower halves.  I am reminded of satirs and the like, from childhood nighttime stories, usually read in the bath.  We would splash whenever one of those creatures came into the story.  I am not sure if Karagoz stories would be read at bedtime…

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