Izmir Surp Istepannos Armenian Church was built in 1853 and burned down in 1922 by the famous Izmir fire that burned down the entire Armenian Haynots neighborhood.
In early 20th century Şebinkarahisar had 20,000 population, of which 8,000 were Armenians. In Turkey Cultural Heritage Map, on Şebinkarahisar are registered 16 Armenian places: 7 schools, 7 churches and 2 monasteries.
Hrant Dink Foundation's Cultural Heritage team participated in the Seventh IFEA Archeology Meetings on 23 of November 2016, with a presentation on "Creative and Adaptive Reuse of Sites of Memory in Anatolia".
Sivas is the third station of our Cultural Heritage project. The fieldwork took place between 28 September and 8 October, 6 districts of Sivas province were visited, Center, Zara, Gürün, Gemerek, Suşehir and Divriği.
The Cultural Haritage team had a field trip to Adana between 24 September and 4 October of 2016. The objective was to establish contacts and contribute to the Turkey Cultural Heritage map.
Having Kayseri’s Develi district or Evereg-Fenese as destination, first fieldwork trip of the Creative and Adaptive Reuse of Sites of Memory project was organized between 22 and 27, May 2016.
You can watch the restoration story of the historical fountain mentioned in Fethiye Çetin’s book titled My Grandmother, located in the village of Elazig Ekinözü which was historically known as Habab or Hebap.
The study on Armenian cultural heritage of Kayseri, Adana and Sivas followed a participatory approach and was carried out between 2016 and 2018 with the support of the European Delegation and the Chrest Foundation.
Comprehensive inventory of the seized immovable assets of Armenian foundations in Istanbul, presenting statistical analyses, and revealing the human-social aspects of the problem.
Armenian Architects of Istanbul in the Era of Westernization Exhibition curated by Hasan Kuruyazıcı is organized by Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency, Hrant Dink Foundation and HAYCAR.
Turkey Cultural Heritage Map is a product of cultural heritage research in the Hrant Dink Foundation. With an update in November 2018, new multimedia content is placed next to the 10.000 cultural heritage sites.
Hrant Dink Foundation organized a new panel with the participation of Cultural Heritage Without Borders (CHwB) representatives in Eastern Europe and of the Association for the Protection of Cultural Heritage.