The Hrant Dink Foundation reveals and preserves the history and cultural heritage of Turkey by including the untold stories and cultural heritage of minorities.
Help us reveal and preserve history and cultural heritage by contributing to our archive. If you have relevant books, documents, photos, or other materials, we would love to include them in our collection. Your contributions will help us ensure that these important pieces of history are preserved for future generations.
Book Donation
The Hrant Dink Foundation Library has about 6,000 books in its collection. 1,500 of these are in Armenian and the rest are mainly in Turkish. There are also books in English, French, German, Arabic, Ottoman, Greek, Italian and other languages. The library accepts donations of books and archival materials on topics such as minorities in Turkey, Armenian Studies, Armenian history, culture, language and literature. Donations to the library and the archives are catalogued under the name offered by the donor and they are preserved with utmost care and shared with the public according to the demands of the donors.
If you have books you’d like to donate, simply fill out the form or give us a call. It’s a quick and easy process!
Archive Donation
Want to support the Hrant Dink Foundation with archive materials? You can donate digital copies of old family photos, voice recordings, and other belongings. Just fill out the short form with your contact information and the content of the archive. You can either bring them in by appointment or let us come to see them.
Share Your Story
We’re interested in your story! One of the strongest desires of the Hrant Dink Foundation has been to create a memory repository of Armenians of Turkey, based on various documents shedding light on oral history records, culture and identity. We have recorded more than 500 in depth interviews and some of them are published in Turkish, English and Armenian by keeping the identity of the interviewee anonymous. This series published by Hrant Dink Foundation Publications aims to recover the traces of the political and cultural memory of Armenians living in Turkey and of the Armenian community. For further information please see the link here for more details about this.
If you’d like to contribute with your family story, just fill out the short form with your contact information or give us a call at +90 212 2403361 - 62. We’ll be in touch!
Policy
1. Scope of Archive: The Hrant Dink Foundation accepts materials that contribute to the collective memory of Turkey by enriching it with the archives and stories of the minorities. This includes, but is not limited to, personal archives, photographs, documents, books, and digital copies of old family photos and voice recordings.
2. Originals and Copies: While we appreciate the donation of original materials, we also accept digital copies, allowing donors to keep their original items.
3. Rights and Permissions: Donors must ensure they have the rights to the materials they are donating and that they are not infringing on any copyrights.
Process
1. Initial Contact: Interested donors should fill out the archive pre-donation form on our website, providing their contact information and a brief description of the materials they wish to donate.
2. Review: Our team will review the submission and determine if the materials fit within our collection scope.
3. Follow-up: If the materials are a good fit, we will contact the donor to discuss next steps. This may include setting up an appointment for drop-off or arranging for us to come and see the materials.
4. Donation: Once all details are finalized, the donor can proceed with the donation. We will provide a receipt acknowledging the donation.
5. Cataloging: After receiving the materials, our team will catalog them and make them accessible for researchers. Please note that the cataloging will not take place immediately, and will be scheduled to a future date based on the urgency of the archive as well as the time and the resources the foundation can allocate.
Please note that although the materials you are proposing might be important, we can not accept all due to space and resource limitations. Regardless, we will let you know if we might or can not accept the donation.
Archive Acceptance Criteria
Materials we accept
Relevance: The material should be relevant to the collective memory and multicultural heritage of Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, and Jews. This includes personal archives, photographs, documents, books, and digital copies of old family photos and voice recordings.
Condition: The material should be in a condition that is suitable for preservation and future use. Items that are severely damaged or deteriorated may not be accepted
Legality: The material should not infringe on any copyrights. The donor must have the rights to the materials they are donating.
Uniqueness: The material should provide unique insights or information that is not readily available elsewhere.
Materials We Do Not Accept
Irrelevant Material: Material that does not contribute to the collective memory and multicultural heritage of the minorities.
Duplicate Material: Material that duplicates information or items already held in the archive.
Restricted Material: Material that comes with restrictions on access, use, or reproduction that we cannot honor.
Illegal Material: Material that infringes on copyrights or is otherwise illegal.