Artist Mehmet Narin’s oil painting, 2.10 by 3 meters in size, which will keep the memory of 5 parents, 4 teachers and 26 students who lost their lives in Isias Hotel, has started to be exhibited at the Walled City Museum.

The Walled City Museum continues to carry the events that left deep traces in the Turkish Cypriot community to the future. Famagusta Turkish Maarif College students, their families and teachers lost their lives in the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes that took place in Turkey on February 6 and were caught in Adıyaman, where they went to participate in the volleyball tournament where they would represent the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

The memories of 5 parents, 4 teachers and 26 students who lost their lives in Isias Hotel will continue to live in the Walled City Museum, with the artist Mehmet Narin’s oil painting of 2.10 by 3 meters.

The Champion Angels Painting, which was unveiled for the first time in the “Fine Arts March Exhibition” dedicated to the Champion Angels by the Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts, was opened to visitors at the Near East University Atatürk Culture and Congress Center Exhibition Hall with the participation of President Ersin Tatar and the families of the angels.

Prof. Dr. Ali Efdal Özkul: “We will keep the memory of our Champion Angels alive at the Walled City Museum!”
Stating that the Walled City Museum brings together the culture, art and history of Cyprus and the Turkish Cypriot community under one roof, the Head of Museums Department of the Near East Enterprises Prof. Dr. Ali Efdal Özkul said, “We will keep the memory of our Champion Angels, who lost their lives in the earthquake in Turkey, alive in the Walled City Museum.”

Stating that one of the most important works that will keep the Champion Angels alive will be the “Champion Angels Monument”, Prof. Dr. Özkul said, “We will soon open the 3-meter bronze Champion Angels Monument, which has reached its final stage, at the Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts Sculpture Workshop.”