Get-Together @ Istanbul Modern

Our Ambassador Gundula Strittmatterâ€™s suggestion to organize an event at the Istanbul Modern Museum, Turkeyâ€™s first private gallery for contemporary art, combining a visit to an exhibition with casual socializing afterwards, met with general approval in her community.

A huge turnout of members from Iran, Sweden, Turkey, Germany, Canada, the USA, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Russia, Italy, and Spain used the opportunity to stroll leisurely through the exhibition rooms and have dinner together later on. Among the businesspeople, bankers, journalists, and NGO employees present at the meeting, there were also quite a few newcomers to the city, who were really glad about the opportunity to meet other expats as well as locals and to get to know their new contacts a little better on a beautiful terrace with a wonderful view of the Bosporus.