October 20, 2021
PRESS RELEASE
Apple Bağdat Caddesi opens Friday, October 22, in Istanbul
Apple celebrates the creativity of Istanbul with the debut of a particular Right now at Apple program and unique AR exhibition
ISTANBUL, TURKEY Apple at present introduced Apple Bağdat Caddesi will open on Friday, October 22. Situated within the coronary heart of Istanbul, Apple Bağdat Caddesi will function Apple’s third retail location in Turkey. This two-level vacation spot blends native supplies with the most recent retailer design to create an open and fluid house for patrons to discover Apple’s services and products, or take part in free Right now at Apple classes.
“With the opening of Apple Bağdat Caddesi, we’re thrilled to construct upon the deep and long-standing relationships we now have with our prospects in Turkey,” stated Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s senior vice chairman of Retail + Folks. “We are able to’t wait to welcome the area people to our latest retailer in Istanbul and convey them the most effective of Apple.”
To have fun the opening, Apple will debut Perspektif Istanbul, a six-week Right now at Apple program that pays homage to the town and its creatives. Hosted by 20 native artists, the sequence brings creativity, tradition, and know-how collectively into an expertise that examines matters and values necessary to the area people in Istanbul. Attendees will get an opportunity to affix in-person and digital classes that embody studying about conventional miniature drawing with illustrator Murat Palta, photographing the unseen with Magnum Pictures photographer Sabiha Çimen, or making a transferring portrait with visible artist Sinan Tuncay.
The shop may even host an unique augmented actuality (AR) exhibition developed by inventive technologists Tin Nguyen and Ed Slicing, and Turkish sound artist Oğuz Öner. The expertise transforms the shop with an immersive digital set up and consists of many different artists collaborating in Perspektif Istanbul. Utilizing the most recent iPad Professional and iPhone 13 Professional with LiDAR, guests will have the ability to see ceramic vessels impressed by Ebru — the standard artwork of paper marbling — in AR on their screens, and listen to distinctive spatial sound parts.
Apple Bağdat Caddesi brings ahead acquainted design parts from Apple Retailer places all over the world and Apple Park in Cupertino, California, whereas integrating domestically sourced Aksaray Yaylak granite and Turkish travertine. Housed beneath a floating carbon fiber roof, the retail location creates an city oasis within the coronary heart of the town, full with a big, tree-filled backyard.
As soon as inside, guests will discover the video wall and Discussion board, residence to Right now at Apple classes. The higher degree is flanked by avenues, the place prospects can discover Apple’s newest services and products. All the house overlooks the outside of the shop by a 32-foot glass curtain, blurring the boundaries between inside and out of doors. The inside is bathed in pure gentle by two massive skylights that open to permit air flow.
For 30 years, Apple has been part of the Turkish neighborhood, and Apple Bağdat Caddesi’s workforce members sit up for deepening Apple’s relationship with native prospects all through Turkey. The various, 130-person workforce at Apple Bağdat Caddesi collectively speaks 14 languages and can welcome its first guests on Friday, October 22, at 10 a.m. native time. As a result of the well being and well-being of consumers and workforce members is Apple’s high precedence, the shop will implement complete well being measures.
Moreover, visits to Apple Bağdat Caddesi on opening day shall be by appointment solely. Prospects can select from obtainable occasions at apple.com/tr/retail/bagdatcaddesi. Capability shall be restricted, so friends might expertise wait occasions earlier than getting into the shop.
About Apple
Apple revolutionized private know-how with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Right now, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Apple’s 5 software program platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS — present seamless experiences throughout all Apple gadgets and empower individuals with breakthrough companies together with the App Retailer, Apple Music, Apple Pay, and iCloud. Apple’s greater than 100,000 staff are devoted to creating the most effective merchandise on earth, and to leaving the world higher than we discovered it.
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