KarDes: Multicultural Memory Tours Guide mobile application has added a new tour to its Ankara content. With the Kızılay memory tour, you can discover the social, cultural and political transformation of the region, which is considered the "center of Ankara". Simon johns voiced the English texts of the tour, which included stops such as SSK İşhanı, Tavukçu Restaurant, Human Rights Monument, Dost Bookstore, Angora Patisserie and Kocatepe Mosque.

In addition to memory tours, you can also access the cultural heritage inventory of nearly 200 buildings in Ankara, such as mosques, churches, synagogues, schools, cemeteries, vineyard houses and cemevi, on the "Discover" page.

With KarDes, which offers a dynamic narrative with nearly 50 oral history interview videos, Akba Bookstore, Flamingo Patisserie, Gençlik Park, Şengül Hamam, Kavaklıdere Cinema, Kuğulu Park and Ankara Synagogue. You can listen to their stories from the people of Ankara.

What is KarDes?

KarDes creates walking routes by collecting unknown multicultural stories of the past and makes them available with Turkish and English audio. Users can embark on a multi-layered journey of discovery in the past of the districts by walking these routes, called "memory tours", accompanied by oral history videos and old photographs. In addition to memory tours, they also have the opportunity to learn which cultural heritage structures are in the regions where they live, through the Explore page.

Click to download the KarDes: Multicultural Memory Tours mobile application for free.

Photograpgh source: "Emek İş Hanı - Emek Commercial Center", Salt Research, https://archives.saltresearch.org/handle/123456789/70044