At the end of January, the Tarabya Cultural Academy organized a reading performance with Gün Tank and Natalie Greffel, two of the current residents at that time, in cooperation with the German Consulate General in Istanbul. Gün Tank read from her novel “Die Optimistinnen. Roman unserer Mütter” and was accompanied musically by Natalie Greffel. The idea and the performance itself came about during their stay at the Cultural Academy.

The text passages read were translated into Turkish by Regaip Minareci and handed out to the guests in small booklets.