First steps...

In the beginning of the first term, I was thinking to choose a dissertation topic. I was considering the events industry in Turkey therefore my primary topic idea was art sponsorships. There is a different event business situation in Istanbul. Generally the Banks are the main sponsors of art galleries and event venues. My favourite one is Aksanat. This is sponsored by Akbank. Akbank is one of the biggest banks of Turkey and it means White/clean bank in Turkish and Aksanat means White/clean art. Readers can find more information from their official website. (http://www.akbanksanat.com/ ) My questions could be why the Turkish banks support arts and events in Turkey? And what are the differences between United Kingdom and Turkey in terms of Art Sponsorships. Is it beneficial to open an event venue instead of sponsoring an event venue?

When I returned back to Istanbul in Christmas holiday, I started to search about Art and event venues. My initial research indicates that Turkish banks have some benefits from government when they invest art business. Even this could be good topic but I thought that my topic will be related with law and finance more than event and art so I started to search for another topic.