Istanbul

In the organizer's words:

A Sezen Aksu song recital in German

by Selen Kara, Torsten Kindermann and Akin E. Sipal

In cooperation with the Grenzlandtheater Aachen

Open-air play in front of the Paderborn City Library

What if the economic miracle after the Second World War had not taken place in Germany, but in Turkey? If German guest workers had helped to rebuild Turkey - and not the other way around? Klaus Gruber comes to Istanbul from Stuttgart thanks to a recruitment agreement between Turkey and Germany. Hoping for a better life, he finds work in the flourishing metropolis of Istanbul. But his arrival turns out to be more difficult than expected: the foreign language, the foreign culture and the people, who are not always friendly, make life in his new home a challenge.

With scenes in German and songs in Turkish, "Istanbul" tells a tragicomic story of the search for happiness, love and home. The songs of Sezen Aksu, the founder and grande dame of Turkish pop, lend the evening a wonderful lightness, but also a nostalgic longing for distance, home and arrival.