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Mosaic depicts Noah and 23 birds and poultry that he took to his ship during the flood.
The museum also exhibits the works that were excavated from Misis Tumulus. It carries 59 plastic pieces of art. Altin Koza International Film Festival is one of the top film festivals in Turkey, taking place since During the Altin Koza of , international films were shown in 11 movie theatres across the city. International Sabanci Theater Festival is held every year in April since At the festival in , artists from 17 ensembles 10 local and 7 international performed plays that took stage at the Sabanci Cultural Center. There were 94 events including concerts, poetry, exhibitions, talks and conferences.
Festival then extended to other arts.
During the festival, exhibitions of nature, under-sea and architecture photography, puppet shows, shadow theater and several concerts are held. Festival takes place every December. Around writers, poets and critics attend the festival and performing several talks, panels and presentations. Ramadan Fest is a month long festival that takes place during the month of Ramadan. During the festival, theater plays, sufi music concerts, folkloric dances and children shows held at the festival area next to the Galleria Mall. The city was well known with its vibrant nightlife and many pavyons during the decades from s to s.
Although some were family entertainment places, pavyons mostly functioned as adult entertainment clubs, similar to hostess clubs of Japan, with live music, usually two-storey, a stage and a lounge with tables lined up at the main floor and private rooms at the upper floor. In s, rapid industrialization brought more men to pavyons not only from the city, but from a wide region including Istanbul and Ankara, thus Adana was named Pavyon Capital of Turkey. Many popular singers took stage at and owe their fame to the pavyons of Adana. Bargirls working at the pavyons were coming from allover Turkey, and many were getting quickly rich with the money spread on them.
Pavyons led their way to Western-style pubs and night clubs by late s with the socio-economic changes in Adana. The city with strong entertainment culture has easily adopted to the new style, as many classy clubs opened since then.
The traditional entertainment district is Sular, near Central Station, but the pubs and clubs nowadays are spread to the entire city. The big clubs like Life Legend, Uptown, Casara and Lava host world star singers at their elegant locations, mostly along the river and the lake.
There are still two active pavyons, Afrodit and Maksim, but adult entertainment is directed mostly to what is locally known as tele-bars. Tele-bars are licensed as regular pubs, but function as places where bargirls entertain customers and usually hook with them afterwards.
There are around 20 tele-bars mainly in the city center and around the old dam.
The Adana Brothel, in the old town, was made up of houses lining up along a dead end street which was gated at the street entrance and was secured by a policeman, gateman and a military person. The prostitutes were classified into three and each class had their own houses and customers. First class prostitutes were young and attractive, second class were middle-aged women and the third class were older and 'less attractive' ones. Each prostitute used to host a friend in her off-days, even giving him money to get protected by him in return. LGBT life is mostly hidden in Adana, but more people and organizations are coming out recently.
Many transgendered live prison lives at their family homes, some do leave home and become prostitutes and some move to Istanbul to join the big LGBT community, but still end up with prostitution since they can not find any other choice. Football is the most popular sport in Adana, basketball , volleyball and handball are also played widely in the professional and amateur level.
Warm weather and waters make the city a haven for sports like rowing, sailing, swimming and water polo.
Being a farmer's town, horse racing and horse riding is also popular. Adana hosted some international tournaments. Both clubs performed at the top division now called Super Lig , from late s to mids, but relegated to lower divisions since then.
Adanaspor was the runner up at the top division in season and competed there for 21 years. Adana Demirspor was the runner up at the Turkish Cup in season and performed at the top division for 17 years. Both teams have almost equal number of passionate fans in every district of the city, creating an archrival atmosphere second to Istanbul.
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Both teams share 5 Ocak Stadium as their venue. The venue of Botas is Menderes Sports Hall. Wheelchair basketball clubs, Adana Engelliler and Marti Engelliler appear in the first division of the Turkish Wheelchair Basketball League, both playing their home games at the Serinevler Sports Hall. Water sports have been recreationally and competitively the traditional sports of Adana. The team has the record 22 years of straight championship title in Turkish Men's Waterpolo League, 17 years of it without losing a game and thus given the name " Unbeatables ".
Demirspor had total of 29 championship titles. Rowing competitions are held all year long on Seyhan River and Seyhan Reservoir. Sailing competitions [ 87 ] are also held at Seyhan Reservoir all year long. Adana Sailing Club performs at sailing competitions at different categories. Recreationally, the lack of swimming pools made Seyhan River and the irrigation canals attractive for swimmers who want to chill out from the hot and humid summers.
Due to almost people suffocating every year, the Metropolitan Municipality built and opened 41 and currently building 7 public swimming pools, mostly at the low-income neighborhoods, over the last 15 years. Adana Half Marathon was inaugurated in on a national level with the participation of athletes. The racecourse follows the historical streets of Adana and the streets along the Seyhan river.
Adana is one of the cities of Turkey where Horse racing is highly popular. Yesiloba Hippodrome is traditionally one of the four race courses of Turkey, hosting Horse racing competitions from October to May. Adana Equestrian Club is the largest center of horse riding in Turkey, hosting national and international competitions. Media in Adana runs by national and local agencies.
Yeni Adana is the oldest living newspaper dating back to Many national newspapers have their regional publishing centers in Adana. Traditional shops, modern shops and malls create a mixture of shopping opportunities in Adana.
Several attempts by the city to designate it as a pedestrian only street was unsuccessful because traffic flow could not be alternated to another street. Covered markets around Saydam street, Kilis and Misir bazaars, were once a haven for shopping quality foreign goods. Ziyapasa Boulevard is the street of elegance where pricey brands are located. The street runs from D state road to the Central Train Station and the shops are concentrated towards the north end.
There are four modern shopping malls in the city.
In the s, in order to secure Egypt's independence from the Ottoman Empire, the army of Muhammad Ali Pasha , the vali of Ottoman Egypt and Sudan , invaded Syria on two occasions, and reached the Adana plain. Numerous coach companies provide service to almost all the cities and towns in Turkey. Does your child have a knitted toy? Its water comes from the river. Plus, swiping, matching, and messaging is free, so what have you got to lose? Transit Corporation runs the metro and the municipal buses. What do you think?
Galleria was the first to be built in early s, but did not get popular due to administrative issues. M1 and Carrefour malls were built during late s at the west end of the city. Recently opened Optimum Outlet is the first mall east of the river, it is also the closest to the city center. The mall has a nice view of the river and the Merkez Park. Public, private and not-for profit foundation institutions conduct education in Adana. Primary and secondary education in the city is regulated by the provincial directorate of the national Ministry of Education which also administers the state schools.
There are public and 12 private primary schools which pupils attend from grade 1 to 8. From grade 9 to 11, pupils go to one of the 85 public and 26 private high schools. There are 6 public and 6 private schools for pupils with special needs. Ramazanoglu Library was founded in with the union of two smaller libraries. Fair became one of the major organizations of the region within a short time; publishers and volunteer organizations had stands, more than 50 cultural events were performed and authors were present to meet the readers.
Although the city has large ethnic communities, national policy does not permit official education in ethnic languages which can only be instructed at institutions that do not get any governmental support. Few of these institutions teach Arabic and Kurdish in Adana. The requirement for taking test for admission to high schools, universities and to a career at national public services led the opening of more than hundred cram schools Turkish : dershane in the city since which added extra schooling and financial burden to residents. There are two state universities in the city which one of them is currently being established.