Located on Istanbul’s northern axis, on the edge of the Bilad-ı Selase (the “Three Towns”),...
Night on Earth
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...
Sümerbank Turns 93
Sümerbank, whose name was given by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, inspired by the Sumerians, one of...
Vampires on the Night Shift
“Vampyr,” a mockumentary about worker vampires who labor through the night beneath wind turbines, uses...
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...
“‘Vampyr’ Is Not an Aristocratic Dracula”
“Vampyr,” staged by Chilean director and writer Manuela Infante, will meet audiences at Kundura Sahne...
Archives, Testimonies and Vanishing Worlds
Taking place from June 7 to 21, 2026, on the theme of Archives, Testimonies and...
Live Music for Silent Films: Interview with Ayşe Tütüncü
We talked with Ayşe Tütüncü about the silent cinema experience that is created anew at...
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...
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,...
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...
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 Archive and Research Center Opens to the Public
Kundura Hafıza was founded in 2021 to bring together, preserve and pass on to future...
Sümerbank and the Domestic Goods Market
Sümerbank Sümerbank is one of the concrete embodiments of the development plans and the statist...
We Asked the Artists of VARDİYA 2024
Run in partnership by Kundura Hafıza Archive & Research and Kundura Sahne, the artist program...