Çatalhöyük's Influences on Contemporary Turkish Painting

Abstract

The civilizations that have nurtured many civilizations from past to present, offering rich data on the history of world culture The civilizations that lived in Anatolia have also inspired the works of contemporary Turkish and world artists. One of these civilizations is the Cataloyuketur, which is located in the Chumra district of Konya. The aim of this research is to reveal the impact of the Catalan culture data on the works of contemporary Turkish Artists. The research is limited to a total of 5 artists, including Meliha Yilmaz, Hussein Elmas, Hasan Kran, Tomur Atagok and Mehmet Ali Dogan. Qualitative research method was used in the research and literature scanning and trace analysis method was used in data collection. As a result of the research, in the works of artists inspired by the images of the Forkoyuk, they reflect and influence the city plan, the living of the Forkaloyuk people, their art, their beliefs, the struggle to survive, their rituals, they have been seen to interpret it with their original contemporary understanding.