Night on Earth

On Paşabahçe and the Culture of Glass Production

Located on Istanbul’s northern axis, on the edge of the Bilad-ı Selase (the “Three Towns”),...

Türkçe

Beyond Official History: (Auto)biographies and Personal Narratives in the Kundura Hafıza Collection

For most of the 20th century, historical writing set out to explain social structures, institutions...

Beykoz Kundura

Sümerbank Turns 93

Sümerbank, whose name was given by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, inspired by the Sumerians, one of...

Cultural Heritage

Vampires on the Night Shift

“Vampyr,” a mockumentary about worker vampires who labor through the night beneath wind turbines, uses...

Beykoz Kundura

Vampires at the Dawn of a Consuming Sustainability: “Vampyr”

A review of Vampyr, the production by Chilean writer and director Manuela Infante that recently had its...

Beykoz Kundura

“‘Vampyr’ Is Not an Aristocratic Dracula”

“Vampyr,” staged by Chilean director and writer Manuela Infante, will meet audiences at Kundura Sahne...

Beykoz Kundura

Archives, Testimonies and Vanishing Worlds

Taking place from June 7 to 21, 2026, on the theme of Archives, Testimonies and...

Beykoz Kundura

Live Music for Silent Films: Interview with Ayşe Tütüncü

We talked with Ayşe Tütüncü about the silent cinema experience that is created anew at...

Beykoz Kundura

A Living Industrial Heritage on the Shores of the Bosphorus: Beykoz Kundura

There are still places in Istanbul that feel as if they are being discovered for...

Beykoz Kundura

An Evening at Beykoz Kundura: Interview with Cenk Bonfil Trio

An Evening at Beykoz Kundura is an event series that unfolds over Sundays, where food,...

Beykoz Kundura

In an Ecosystem That Multiplies Memory, S. Buse Yıldırım

S. Buse Yıldırım, Beykoz Kundura’s Director of Arts and Culture, is weaving a “living network...

Beykoz Kundura

How Kundura Hafıza’s 2025 Learning Year Went

Beyond preserving its historic industrial heritage, Beykoz Kundura stands out as a dynamic learning space...

Kundura Hafıza

Kundura Hafıza Archive and Research Center Opens to the Public

Kundura Hafıza was founded in 2021 to bring together, preserve and pass on to future...

Kundura Hafıza

Sümerbank and the Domestic Goods Market

Sümerbank Sümerbank is one of the concrete embodiments of the development plans and the statist...

Kundura Hafıza

We Asked the Artists of VARDİYA 2024

Run in partnership by Kundura Hafıza Archive & Research and Kundura Sahne, the artist program...

Stage