We do hope that we will get through this pandemic, which threatens our health and claims tens of thousands of lives, not through polarization and marginalization, but through mutual understanding, being kind to each other, supporting one another and forming global networks of solidarity.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

We wish that physical distancing will lead to social solidarity and cultural rapprochement, you can discover the multicultural structure of Istanbul from home with KarDes mobile application.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

We are delighted to present the jury for the International Hrant Dink Award for 2020. You can propose your nominees for 2020 awards until April 30th.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Memory Sites Workshop, will shed light on a range of memory sites, museums and memorials that deal with difficult pasts in different geographies. The workshop is limited to 40 people, you can register by filling out the form on our website.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

You can listen the talk with Tanıl Bora on his book “Zamanın Kelimeleri: Yeni Türkiye’nin Siyasî Dili” [Words of our Times: Political Discourse of the New Turkey] in which words and phrases repeatedly used in the politics of the recent history is discussed.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

You can watch the story behind the restoration of the historical fountains by youths from Turkey, Armenia and Europe and residents of Habap (Ekinözü Village of Elazığ), an old Armenian village, which was mentioned in the story of Fethiye Çetin's grandmother who lived there until the age of 9.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

You can listen the presentations by academics, practitioners, museum professionals that are made during the ‘Memory Sites, Memory Paths Towards Another Future’ conference which took place on March 22nd and 23rd 2019 .The conference sheds light on the memory sites, museums and inspiring memorialization projects that deal with difficult pasts in Europe, Asia, Africa and USA.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

You can listen to the lecture series on 'Armenians and Armenia in the Age of Extremes’ by Prof.Ronald Grigor Suny, a historian who has studies on tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Armenians.