As part of Tatavla Carnival Baklahoran; an online talk was held on 14th of March, with the author Hüseyin Irmak who has a particular interest in Tatavla, today known as Kurtuluş and its past and multicultural structure. The online talk was broadcast live on the Hrant Dink Foundation's Youtube, Twitter and Facebook accounts and website. You can watch the talk again from the video below*.
Hüseyin Irmak was born in 1961, in Sivas, Zara. He settled in Kurtuluş with his family when he was four years old. He worked as a reporter for Güneş in 1987 and for Tercüman newspapers in 1989-91. He has been working as the media consultant of Kâğıthane Municipality since 1991. Irmak's book, ‘From Tatavla to Kurtuluş’ consists of childhood and youth memories in Kurtuluş, sharing stories about the past and the present of the district, was published by Aras Publishing in 2003.
You can also discover the multicultural history of the Tatavla district and the change the region has witnessed with the Tatavla tour on the KarDes: Multicultural Memory Tour Guide mobile application.
KarDes is a mobile application prepared by the Hrant Dink Foundation as a personal travel guide in Turkish and English for users who want to explore the multicultural heritage and multilayered structure of Istanbul. The KarDes application offers its users the opportunity to discover the location and history of nearly 1000 multicultural buildings in Istanbul, to listen to the stories of people who lived there while walking in various districts of Istanbul, to see or imagine the old photos of the districts and places. You can listen to the memory tours in KarDes either on the street or at home, from the voices of the artists.
Click to download KarDes for free.
*The talk is only available in Turkish language.
