


09/07/2020
Spaces of Culture’s Mobility Program and KULTURAMA.digital
“Because of the Covid-19[DH1] [MOU2] outbreak and travel restrictions, phase one of this year’s Mobility Program in Berlin takes place in online platforms between 19 June- 3 July 2020. This means that the creative endeavors from Turkey and Europe gather in digitalized set for cross-cultural exchange, develop new collaborations, and expand their network. Events are accessed also through KULTURAMA.digital, Goethe Institut’s worldwide digital cultural calendar. KULTURAMA.digital offers an alternative platform for the participants for wider reach and visibility of their activities.
Artists and cultural institutions of all fields and worldwide can upload their digital cultural content such as live streams or on-demand programs to KULTURAMA.digital free of charge and thus make them accessible to an international audience.
Art lovers not only can find digital events from all over the world on KULTURAMA.digital, but they can also show their solidarity: A donation button for each event allows users to financially support the artists and thus contribute to a vibrant online cultural scene.
Who does KULTURAMA.digital address?
· freelance artists or artist groups from all disciplines
· cultural institutions such as museums, theatres, opera and concert halls, radio stations, and film broadcasters
· those who want to give their online cultural event international reach and visibility
· cultural connoisseurs worldwide
The Goethe-Institut is the Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institute, active worldwide. With 157 institutes in 98 countries, we promote the study of German abroad, encourage international cultural exchange, and convey a contemporary image of Germany.”

11/06/2020
Artist United for Osman Kavala
Message from Johannes Ebert, Secretary-General of Goethe-Institut e. V.
“Johannes Ebert, Secretary-General of Goethe-Institut e. V. has joint the Initiative “What did Kavala do?” initiated by Berlin Maxim Gorki Theater Arts Director Shermin Langhoff and filmmaker Fatih Akın. The initiative casts a light on Osman Kavala’s long standing engagement for arts and culture and their importance in social understanding through the voices of artists and art professionals.
Osman Kavala was a driving force in initiating Space of Culture. The project aims to support the richness and variety of cultural initiatives in Gaziantep, Izmir, and Diyarbakir. Osman Kavala’s vision of arts and culture as crucial elements for strengthening dialogue and ultimately understanding and peace within a society is shared by the project partners and lies at the core of Spaces of Culture.
You can view Johannes Ebert’s message here.”

09/06/2020
Diyarbakır’da Online Sanal Gerçeklik Eğitimi
Melida Tüzünoğlu, Spaces of Culture, Head of Program
Distant to Center, Close to Hearts
“Spaces of Culture sets its focus on the periphery instead of the center. It supports the cultural actors, institutions, and initiatives in Gaziantep, Diyarbakır, and İzmir that for various reasons have not come out of their shells or are in need of assistance owing to their financial, infrastructural and human resources circumstances.
Spaces of Culture invigorates the art activity in these cities where the existing cultural production is still short of being heard more broadly while helping to promote civil society activities at the same time. It, therefore, paves the way for the implementation of ideas in the form of art projects which contribute to social coexistence and the culture of pluralism. Providing the artists, cultural institutions, and actors the chance of existence, expression, and integration with the wider society constitute the raison d’être of the Spaces for Culture in a context where official institutions, private sector, or other entities offer limited opportunities for cultural expression.
Navigating from center to periphery naturally brings along a distinct set of responsibilities. Contributing to the launch and sustainability of merely qualified activities rather than striving to receive and support perfect proposals, marks the primary aim in an environment where professionalism and institutionalism are yet in their infancy. High-level representatives from the European partners of the Spaces of Culture, Goethe-Institut, German Federal Foreign Office, Institut français de Turquie, Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul and the Embassy of the Netherlands as well as the Turkish partners, namely Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) and Anadolu Kültür, and the project coordination body that is based in Istanbul compose the Steering Committee of the project. This Committee has set challenging criteria for selection of the proposals: focusing on artistic creation and/or art training; creating ideas specifically in favor of the disadvantaged sections of the society; engaging various local institutions, actors and spaces in their project; distinctly defining their targeted participants and followers as well as displaying a feasible plan to access this audience; building the actions in a way to maintain sustainability and effectivity; and using suitable communication channels to increase the impact of the project. It is worth mentioning at this point that the numerous applications received at various levels are preliminarily evaluated by the experienced local coordinators of Spaces of Culture in İzmir, Diyarbakır, and Gaziantep and the successful candidates receive continuous advice and attention from these coordinators.
In addition to its project funding activities, Spaces of Culture offers a “capacity building” and “mobility” support through which it assists the actors who make their valuable efforts in these cities. The recipients of the capacity building support familiarize themselves with the operation at the center in “cultural management” which denotes this year’s theme of the program. They attend seminars delivered by experts from Europe and Turkey, perform fieldwork and pay extensive visits to the art environment in Istanbul. Furthermore, through mobility support, the project fund a mobility scheme by which the cultural actors coming from the three cities travel to Europe in order to get acquainted with the art circles and actors, tune in on the current discussions in the art world, and also widen their communication networks. Hence, distances are overcome and the connecting power of art comes out through meritable projects that emphasize social cohesion and cultural cooperation.”

02/04/2020
Kemeraltı Hikayeleri Hayat Buluyor

16/12/2019
Dönüşen Şehrin Yürüyüş Rotası

23/10/2019
İmgelerin Mozaiği

05/06/2019
إبراهيم مسلماني: نحو توثيق التراث الغنائي

05/05/2019
Platon’un Mağarasından Kaçış

10/03/2019
İzmir Kültürüne Taze Kan Geldi

“We highly appreciate Anadolu Kültür as an important partner connecting us with Turkey through cultural ties. There are many projects by our respective institutions that have deepened relations in the arts and civil society between our countries with the help of Osman Kavala’s ideas and suggestions. His voice is missed. We value our current cultural activities with Anadolu Kültür and look forward to our future collaborations.
Goethe-Institut, the Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul, the Embassy of the Netherlands and the Institut francais de Turquie.”
28/10/2018
Gaziantep’te Şiir Randevusu


06/11/2018
Gaziantep’te Sınırlar Şiirlerle Aşıldı
13/10/2018
Başka Sinema Ayvalık Film Festival

28/05/2018
Gaziantep Film Days

22/09/2018
GlobLokal

04/11/2018
Poetry Festival

16/10/2018
Başka Sinema Ayvalık Film Festival
05/09/2018
Başka Sinema Ayvalık Film Festival

02/10/2018
Başka Sinema Ayvalık Film Festival

21/10/2018
Hayy Open Space
13/10/2018
Comparative Literature Days

09/10/2018
Comparative Literature Days


01/09/2018
Loading, Diyarbakır

01/09/2018
Those Who Transform Contemporary Art


22/05/2018
Ödüllü Filmler Sinemaseverlerle Buluşuyor








26/05/2018
Amed Çocuk Festivali Başlıyor


29/03/2018
Bergama Tiyatro Festivali

24/02/2018