Tag Archives: Turkish Cultural Foundation

Farazi Kozmos’ modern-day take on Karagoz (in Turkish)

Posted on March 22, 2012 by lizcameron

So, it has been months and months of me writing about the Karagöz puppets – and you know that these little paper people are metaphorical inventions that play out the voices in my head. You probably have also gathered that … Continue reading →

Posted in Introducing the Karagöz puppets, On writing about my life with the Karagöz puppets | Tagged cross-cultural, Karagöz and Hacivat, Ottoman Empire, Shadow play, Turkish Cultural Foundation | 2 Comments

Karagöz: Consider this a formal introduction to himself

Posted on October 23, 2011 by lizcameron

Karagöz is a word that refers both to an individual puppet character from the Ottoman Empire era AND to the entire troupe of Karagöz shadow puppets that surround him. I have described this band of puppets in brief, here. And … Continue reading →