International Sabancı Theater Festival Social_event or International Adana Theater Festival Social_event , more precisely State Theater-Sabancı International Adana Theater Festival Social_event , ( ) is theatre festival Social_event held every year in Adana since 1999 .

It is a joint organization of Turkish State Theatres , the Ministry of Tourism and Culture and the Sabancı Foundation .

The festival Social_event plays were only staged in Adana until 2005 and since then some of the plays Competition are also staged at Sabancı University 's Performing Arts Center in Istanbul .

The `` Sakıp Sabancı Lifetime Achievement Award '' is presented Presence on the opening Openness day of the festival since 2005 , to honor and recognize Know the role of the masters , who had profound contributions to the evolution of the drama as an art .