"Can Picasso help you join the EU?
“We brought him to Istanbul because we believe that Turkey is part of the west,” says the woman who heads one of the country’s largest companies
Posted 19 January 2006
By Martin Bailey
ISTANBUL. Turkey is holding its first ever retrospective of a major European artist. The exhibition “Picasso in Istanbul”, currently on display at the Sakip Sabanci Museum (until 26 March), has been mounted with the support of the Sabanci family, who run one of Turkey’s largest companies and are well-known champions of EU entry. "
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