Shadow puppetry, or Karagöz theatre, was a stylized, crude form of puppetry that existed in the Ottoman Empire in Turkey. Turkey had already developed two differing forms of theatre in folk culture. Karagöz has inspirational roots from Egyptian shadow puppetry, and was performed in coffee shops. However, the birth of modern Turkey had the modern government regulate the crude shows that Karagöz theatre provided, forcing … Continue reading Shadow Puppets In The Ottoman Empire