Öktem Aykut is founded by Doga Öktem and Tankut Aykut in November, 2014 in Istanbul. The gallery has organized over 100 exhibitions in two different gallery locations and in extra spaces so far, and took part in many international art fairs. Öktem Aykut has mostly exhibited works by Istanbul-based emerging and mid-career artists. Doga and Tankut have aimed to work with artists of diverse backgrounds with alternating artistic references, yet the gallery mainly cared to highlight a common critical approach towards contemporary societal conditions. The prolific practice of exhibition making and the remaining inclusive approach towards the divergent Istanbul art communities made Öktem Aykut the leading young independent contemporary art gallery in Turkey. The gallery work is chiefly assumed by Doga and Tankut, with the help of their sole assistant Mehmet Akyildiz since from the beginning.

Galerist, founded in 2001, is a pioneering contemporary art gallery in Turkey. Since it’s early years, the gallery has established a reputation for nurturing the careers of distinguished Turkish contemporary artists and introducing their work to a global audience. The gallery continues to pursue a creative direction that balances the emerging with the established and the estates, national and international artists – with the constant aim of presenting and supporting outstanding contemporary visual art practices. Galerist has been publishing the bimonthly bilingual art magazine Art Unlimited since 2006; endorsing and promoting Turkish contemporary art. Galerist continues its tradition of publishing innovative books and publications that include Elif Uras Monograph (2018), Yusuf Sevinçli: Oculus (2018), Semiha Berksoy Catalogue Raisonné (2017), Nil Yalter Monograph (2013), Taner Ceylan: 1997-2009 (2011), Haluk Akakçe: Reincarnation (2009) and Leyla Gediz Monograph (2008). Galerist is located in a historical building which dates back to the 18th century, providing 250m2 of exhibition space.

Founded in September 2017 with the aim to create support structures for artists, BüroSarıgedik originates from the desire and the need to respond to current conditions of the local and international art scene, to work with artists from İstanbul in a novel format of (intimate, personal, etc.) artist representation. BüroSarıgedik will organize local and international projects, sourcing funding for production & fabrication of new works and publications by artists, liaising with institutions, and placing work in public and trustworthy collections. BüroSarıgedik represents: Meriç Algün, Eda Çekil, Cengiz Çekil, Gülsün Karamustafa, Berat Işık, Erdil Yaşaroğlu and Vahap Avşar.

Founded in 1987 in Istanbul by Haldun Dostoğlu, Galeri Nev İstanbul is among the well-established art galleries, which played an important role in the development of contemporary art in Turkey for more than 35 years. The exhibitions were held mainly with 20th century modern Turkish artists in the beginning, which have been succeeded by a generation of artists who have had great influence on the development of conceptual art in Turkey. With the cooperation with rising, young artists in recent years, the gallery has promoted diversity in terms of both technique and content and also supported the national and international apparency of the represented artists from different generations. Since its establishment, the gallery has held retrospectives, solo shows or group shows at various art venues of Istanbul in addition to the regular displays in its permanent place. The works of the artists are included in the collections of many institutions including Tate Modern, British Museum and the Center Pompidou. Galeri Nev İstanbul, which attaches great importance to publishing activities since its establishment in addition to the exhibitions it has held, continues to contribute to the art history and the archival awareness with more than a hundred publications including monographs, artist books and catalogues. Galeri Nev İstanbul continues its activities in its permanent space at Beyoğlu, Mısır Apartment.

Martch Art Project, is a Contemporary Art Gallery, founded in Istanbul by Bahar Kızgut in 2018. In addition to the artist representations and programmed exhibitions, Martch Art Project organizes exhibitions outside of the gallery space. Focusing a transdisciplinary perspective, Martch Art Project aims to create new opportunities in local and international platforms for the represented artists.

Mixer is a contemporary art space that aims to help develop the new generation of great Turkish artists. By focusing exclusively on emerging local talent, Mixer has become the leading gallery in Istanbul for young artists to find active and broad support and for collectors to discover new and exciting art. We love to take risks in our program, from realizing an artist's vision for a new media installation to developing public art projects. We use our space creatively to run an ambitious exhibition calendar and to inspire the fast developing art community in the city through our training programs and workshops. Mixer, is a member of the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), the definitive non-profit arts organization dedicated to the cultivation, support, and advancement of new voices in contemporary art.

Founded in 1998 in Istanbul, Pi Artworks is an international contemporary art gallery with spaces in London and in Istanbul. Contemporary Art Gallery with spaces in London and in Istanbul. Pi Artworks aims to create a program to initiate social change. Pi Artworks wants to cross borders, make connections, explore “shared histories”, bridge artists from different geographies working on similar issues. Open up to global conversations about art history, political and critical thinking.

Versus Art Project focuses on the socio-economic and cultural problems of the country it is located in. It aims to promote the representation, in the local and international arena, of a selection of young and subversive artists, whose works focus on themes such as lack of belonging or identity, displacement, migration, the position of women in the society, gentrification, urban memory and destruction of local culture. Its goal is to assume the role of a thematic contemporary gallery, with special focus on the representation of contemporary Turkish photography, together with the internationally recognised local photographers who have joined the team of the gallery. The gallery located in the historical neighbourhood Beyoğlu Taksim is regularly participating in the existing local fairs, and also international contemporary art fairs.

Zilberman Gallery, founded in Istanbul in 2008, stages 10-12 exhibitions every year at its main gallery spaces in Istanbul and Berlin and at the project space. The gallery occupies two separate floors of Mısır Apartment, one of the most famous examples of art nouveau architecture in Istanbul. In 2016, Zilberman Gallery opened its new Berlin space in a turn-of-the-century building in Berlin's Charlottenburg neighborhood. The gallery has a strong presence at international art fairs, forging close relationships with collectors, curators and art professionals, and creating opportunities for gallery artists. With the firm belief that a commercial gallery should also assume its social responsibility of education and audience development, Zilberman Gallery organizes artist talks, lecture performances, book launches, as well as round table discussions. Zilberman Gallery also provides the artists with the opportunity to live and work in Berlin through it's new artist-in-residency program. Concluding each years' exhibition season, Zilberman Gallery curates Young Fresh Different, a group show with a selection of works chosen by an independent jury from applications made to a nationwide open call.

In line with its location and its founding principles, the KRANK Art Gallery, located at the Tomtom neighbourhood, set out with the mission to share with a wide audience that it is possible to express and comprehend contemporary art. Emphasising the universality of contemporary art by showcasing outstanding works of artists from home and abroad; the primary aim of the gallery is to let these artworks become accessible and interpretable in the welcoming environment of the gallery, and to make the passion of these artists felt. Martin Heidegger said, “Art is truth setting itself to work.” In the present period when this overwhelming power of art is felt more and more, KRANK Art Gallery, aware of the fact that the art professionals must share the responsibility of art and the artists, aims to incorporate the context of good art-accessible art into its mission. While continuing to work with artists utilising different techniques, conveying different contents, but always exhibiting contemporary, dynamic works living up to international standards, the gallery aims to capture the same dynamism with its visitors and all art professionals. Initiating a debate about a different concept through contemporary art with each new exhibition, KRANK Art Gallery will continue to work to make the integrating and healing powers of art on humanity visible.