Izmir Jewish Heritage Project

16/12/2025

Continuing to promote the Izmir Jewish Cultural Heritage Project- now in German and Russian publications.

15/12/2025

Within the framework of the "SYNAGOGUES SQUARE WORKSHOP," organized jointly by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality's "Beautiful Izmir Movement" and the "Izmir Chamber of Commerce", I shared with the active members of these institutions, information about the area, its critical importance within the scope of world heritage, the projects we have carried out, its needs, and my suggestions for the future . It is pleasing to see that the square, which had been left neglected, has been brought back to the agenda. We eagerly await the results and implementation proposals that will emerge from this workshop.

13/12/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgGqCYT9M8Q
TALKS ABOUT IZMIR JEWISH CULTURAL HERITAGE, PRESERVATION and THE PROJECT
with ENGLISH subtitles

Memlekette ve dünyada yaşanan gelişmelerin içinde bir “kültür nefesi” almayı öneriyor bugün size Ajanda Podcast... Gelin bugün birlikte İzmir Kemeraltı’na gi...

27/11/2025

Izmir Jewish Heritage Project team has taken part in “European Route of Jewish Heritage Incubator 2025” organized by AEPJ. The incubator ended with a programme realized in Bologna during 19-21 November.
The theme being "Interpreting Architecture, Fostering Dialogue for Peace", a most inspiring moment of this incubator was a visit and a workshop held by ATRIUM in Forli, the birthplace of Benito Mussolini.
The search for new strategies for managing dissonant architectural heritage- sites and buildings linked to totalitarian regimes of the 20th century brought about the creation of ATRIUM (Architecture of Totalitarian Regimes in Europe's Urban Memory Association). Building a city tour on this foundation, turned into a living laboratory for testing methods to address challenges and oportunities of such contested heritage, and to a powerful tool to cope with totalitarian values and perspectives in education with the alternative of Peace and Dialogue.

13/11/2025

The Kemeraltı synagogues, one of the outstanding universal values ​​of the "Historical Port City of Izmir" which is on the UNESCO World Heritage temporary list, are attracting increasing attention from both the people of Izmir and foreign cultural heritage professionals.

04/11/2025

Izmir Jewish Cultural Heritage Project caught now the attention of Dutch press.

20/10/2025

You are invited to explore The Old Jewish Quarters of Izmir that are home to historic synagogues, schools, kortijos, baths, kosher wineries, and hospitals.
Walk with us from one historical site to another, experiencing the Jewish Cultural Heritage and the city's cultural diversity.
Tailor made tour reservations can be made through this page or at
[email protected]

20/10/2025

We keep on introducing to the public the outstanding universal values ​​of our Historical Port City, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.

12/10/2025

A large delegation of The German Federal Agency for Civic Education operating under the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community has been our guest last friday. A highly motivated group including experts in political education, heritage and representatives from civil society organizations took part in a training day in the old Jewish Cultural Heritage Quarter.

Within the framework of the training day, group members participated in a lecture about Izmir Jewish history , visited Izmir Jewish Cultural Heritage Project sites, were given explanations about the project, its logic, achievements and thoughts about the ties between conservation of heritage and democracy were shared.

01/10/2025

Kemeraltı’da kültür turizmine katkı koymaya ve bölgeyi tanıtmaya devam ediyoruz.
KURAP Kurumsal Acenteler Platformu üyeleri Eylül ayı toplantısını Çeşme-Urla-İzmir ekseninde gerçekleştirirken destinasyonun öne çıkan noktaları arasında İzmir Yahudi Kültür Mirası varlıklarını ziyaret etti.

25/09/2025

Andrea Barron, a human rights activist for refugees, women, and torture survivors, and a dedicated advocate for dialogue and cooperation between Jewish and Muslim communities came to visit. We discussed the historic synagogues and neighboring mosques, the outstanding universal values ​​and cultural diversity and the shared life that took and takes place in the area. We also discussed the musical journey of Rabbi Ishak Algazi and Imam Rakım Elkutlu, and the shared media careers of Mehmet Hulusi Efendi and Alexander Benghiat. What she saw thrilled her, the stories she heard astonished her, and she left vowing to write about Izmir.

05/09/2025

We have discussed the problematic bonds between the cultural heritage and the historic sites in the Izmir Symposium about "Ecoogical Culture and Transition for a sustainable Mediterranean" organized by AVITEM.