The joy of summer comes with many activities. Like every year, joyfull events are eagerly waiting for their participants... LENKA CONCERT Lenka, whose first two albums including the songs titled “The Show”, “Everything At Once”, “Trouble Is A Friend” and “Heart Skips A Beat” were highly successful, is going for a new album. With her joyful character and heartwarming songs, the Australian singer and songwriter Lenka will visit Istanbul during the European tour of her third album “Shadows”. EUROPE DRIFT CHAMPIONSHIP This race, which is one foot of the King of Europe Drift Grand Prix, will take place for the first time in Turkey in Istanbul Tuzla Autodrom Track. Foreigners are especially attracted to this event, where World Drift Association is also graded. Since it is a world class organization which is attended by professional racing pilots and there is a growing attraction in Turkey towards drifting, the event is expected to attract a lot of spectators. YAP İSTANBUL MODERN: NEW ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM YAP İstanbul Modern: New Architecture Program, conducted by İstanbul Modern in collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and MoMA PS1, is held in summer months every two years, presenting an opportunity for rising young architectures to design a temporary structure in the outdoor section of İstanbul Modern. The program aims to encourage architectures to make innovative design endeavors which suggest solutions, such as sustainability, recycling and reuse, for environmental problems and also make an increased use of outdoor areas such as shady spots, water side areas and benches. 23RD İSTANBUL JAZZ FESTIVAL Organized by Istanbul Culture and Arts Foundation, the festival will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year from June 2 to 18. World renowned jazz artists will be visiting our country within the framework of concerts in a wide array of genres such as modern jazz, folk and rock. The festival will be featuring more than 400 artists in 14 different venues. The highlight of the festival will be singer, composer and songwriter Alicia Keys who will be performing in Turkey for the first time on July 2nd at Küçükçüftlik Park. With concerts of world renowned artists, the festival is one of the most prominent events of its kind in the world. LANA DEL RAY CONCERT With her album titled “Born to Die”, Lana Del Ray became one of the singers who received the highest number of awards in 2012 and she will give a concert in Küçük Çiftlik Park on 20 September. Remember to book for this concert of Lana Del Ray to listen to musical breezes from 1950’s and 60’s! DEVIL TAKE THE HINDMOST: A HISTORY OF FINANCIAL SPECULATION The book covers the history of stock exchange speculations from 17th century to date with a vivid, original and interesting language. Praised as one of the best ten books of 1999, Cevil Take the Hindmost is Chancellor’s first book. CRISIS ECONOMICS Roubini tackles global economic relations from a brand new perspective. He shows us the future and gives us tips on how to resolve the crisis and how to keep world economy away from such crises. WELLBEING (THE ART OF LIVING) Criticizing self improvement books that promise too much but are in fact quite insufficient because of their underlying understanding of happiness, Mark Vernon does what these books cannot: Discussing happiness. SILVER BULLET Criticizing self improvement books that promise too much but are in fact quite insufficient because of their underlying understanding of happiness, Mark Vernon does what these books cannot: Discussing happiness. CRISES, MONEY AND ECONOMISTS “Crises, Money and Economists” compiles ideas and comments on contemporary issues that were discussed during a conference to commemorate prominent economist Emin Öztürk who was a G7 member before he passed away. CLIMB YOUR OWN EVEREST “Everybody wants to achieve something in life. Everyone wants to leave his or her mark on the world. However they forget that they need to work hard for this” says Nasuh Mahruki and shows everyone the way to realize their highest potential.