Yasemin Gürkan

Reporter

Yasemin Gürkan

An arts journalist since 2004, Yasemin Gürkan is currently an editor with the Istanbul-based Punto 24 Platform for Independent Journalism.

The museum as a useless tool for recollection in a city with “a spotless mind”

The museum as a useless tool for recollection in a city with “a spotless mind”

What purpose do museums serve? Are they merely venues in which to display art and/or artefacts, or do they function as tools for keeping the humankind’s collective memory alive?