Within the scope of OPET Respect for History project, Tevfikiye Village, which was renewed with the concept of Troy on the occasion of 2018 Year of Troy, gained an Arkeo-Village identity. The multi-purpose hall and gallery in the town have been hosting different art activities since the fall of 2018.
Çimenlik Castle consists of an outer castle and an inner castle. Its outer wall measures 150x100 meters and its height is 11 meters. There were 9 bastions on the walls. The city wall on the sea level was demolished in time of Selim III and platforms were built according to the changing weapon technology. In its garden, there is a gunpowder building and two mosques built during the reign of Fatih and Abdulaziz. On March 18, 1915, the artillery that was thrown from the British ship Queen Elizabeth and left unexploded in a 2-meter hole in the northern wall is still in place. In the garden of the museum, cannons of various sizes, artillery trucks, antitanks, mines and the remains of a German submarine extracted from the sea are displayed. Apart from these exhibition venues, the temporary exhibition hall called Muavenet-i Milliye Hall, to the left of the museum entrance door, frequently hosts a new exhibition. There is a very rich souvenir shop next to this hall. (ÖZDEM, Filiz (Ed.), Love, Wars, Heroes and Çanakkale; Veysel Tolun, The Gate of the Ottoman Empire to the Mediterranean. Canakkale, Yapi Kredi Publications, Istanbul, 2012, pp. 11-162.)
19th-century oak nut warehouses or Jewish Depot was one of the most important centres on the wholesale trade and export of the city until the 60s. As a last Jewish property at the streamside location, the warehouse’s activities came to an end, and in 2011 in memory of Fortune and Izak Kumru, their families have restored the building. In 2nd November 2013, CABININ - Çanakkale Biennial Initiative, opened the place with the name of MAHAL and it serves as a working and activity centre for contemporary art-oriented activities organized by the initiative and the city’s civil society.
It is the central square of Old Canakkale, with the old Armenian Church, which is used for cultural purposes, and the Armenian schools, which are now abandoned and in ruins.
Bordo Bina opened its doors in the fall of 2018 with the idea of a space where art, design and gastronomy intersect with the memory of the city. The stone building, which reflects the cosmopolitan culture of Çanakkale in the last century, was designed as a multi-purpose space, a "home" that focuses on the ideas of "vintage, nostalgia, recycling/upcycling" while preserving the traces of history as much as possible.
The Yalı Hanı was built at the end of the 19th century and located at the crossing point of strenuous sea traffic between the islands and the city. It was used by the Greek originated inhabitants for accommodation till the beginning of the century. Until 1983 it was used as an inn, and especially in 1970’s, it was the centre of local left-wing people and therefore it is very important for the political and social life of the city. Yalı Hanı has been restored in 1994, and since then as one of the most important centres of civil society in Çanakkale; it is running as a cafe-restaurant which is hosting non-governmental activities, culture and art actions, local crafts workshops.
Opened in July 2022, StduioMAHAL functions as a "residency" on the mezzanine floor where important representatives of today's cultural production such as artists, designers, writers, directors, translators, academics and art experts will be hosted, and as a common space where art production, workshops and masterclasses can be organized, and performances in the field of performing arts can be held.
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The museum is situated at the entrance of the Ancient City of Troy. It has 11,200 square metres of the total indoor area of which 3,000 square metres is the exhibition space. Museum’s exhibit starts as you walk down the ramp. The alcoves along the ramp contain tombstones, large sculptures, animations and oversized photographs that depict the various layers of Troy. The museum presents Troy City’s excavation layers, the excavation history and the findings from Troas region, aided by interactive elements. The Treasures of Troy gold section, Roman sculptures and Polyxena Sarcophagus are some of the prominent artefacts in the museum.
In the geography extending from Assos Antique Harbor to Geyikli Odunluk Pier and from there to Çanakkale Sarıçay Edge, Jewish merchants built private stone warehouses in the second half of the 19th century and the warehouses started to be known as oaknut, the most important trade product of the region. The reason for being located on river or seashores is to easily transport merchandise to the ships by barges. Oaknut warehouses, which fulfilled their functions in the trade until the 1960s, became derelict due to the decreasing of the activity of trade based on raw materials.
Within the scope of the architectural heritage conservation activities carried out in Çanakkale in the 90s, the Sarıçay area where these warehouses are located was taken under protection.
Korfmann Library was build in 1890 next to the Armenian Church as a primary school for Armenian children and then utilized as Tobacco Depot for a long time. In 2006 Municipality of Çanakkale has been bought the building and devoted to the Troia Foundation and restored by the same foundation. As the late professor Manfred Korfman’s bequeathed, archaeological director at Troy excavation, died in 2005, his library transported to this building and the library opened in 2007 February and with its more than 10,000 books became prestigious Special Library for Archaeology. There is a multifunctional hall for cultural and art events on the ground floor of the library.
The building located in İskele Square is the home of Vitalis, one of the famous Levantine of Çanakkale, who also built the clock tower. Today, the entrance floor serves as the Vitalis Café and the upper floors of the building host the cultural and educational activities of the ÇOMU.
The Military Bath is built in 1904 to meet the needs of the Ottoman Navy soldiers while staying in Çanakkale. In 1976, the Müstahkem Mevki Er Hamam is registered as a historical monument and continued to function as a military bath until 1996. The building opened its doors for the first time during the Biennial exhibitions. In 2009, with the protocol signed with Çanakkalme Garrison Command, the use of the building was transferred to the Municipality of Çanakkale. The restoration works started in 2012 and it was opened to the public in 2013 as the Ceramic Museum.
The public garden is a part of the garden of the mansion of Calverts, one of the most important Levantine families of Çanakkale. The mansion on the corniche was destroyed in the 1950s. During the second half of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century, members of Calvert family served with duties such as the British consulate, the vice-consul of Prussia, the honorary consulate of Belgium and the Netherlands, and the honorary consul of the United States. The most known member of the family Frank Calvert was the initiator of the Troy excavations. Popularly known as the English Garden or the Calvert Garden, the Public Garden has a rich botanical heritage. Within the scope of the Çanakkale Biennial, the garden, as well as different buildings such as the water reservoir are used for exhibitions and events.
From the 17th century onwards, Çıplak Village, which has been frequented by travelers, was one of the centers of Troy excavations in the 19th century, hosted the defense of Anatolia during the Çanakkale Wars, is a unique village that offers a cross-section of Turkish and Ottoman history and reflects all the richness of the ethno-cultural rural heritage of the Troy Plain.
Sanatsever was opened in 2018 by young artists and designers from Çanakkale. Offering space for design and art workshops, galleries and cafes, the venue hosts creative activities, especially for children.
Municipality Trade Center was built in the ’90s by the Municipality of Çanakkale. Part of the building was used by a private cinema company for 5 years. After this company left, municipality arranged one of the cinema’s hall and devoted for the mentally deficient children’s art workshops and named the place after Erkan Yavuz, who was a mentally disabled and died recently.
According to the records, the Saint Kevork Church was built in 1669 after 83 Armenian families settled to Çanakkale at the beginning of the 16th century. The church was destroyed in 1691, and It was rebuilt in 1718 with Sultan Ahmet III's edict. The church, which was actively used until 1950, was left unattended as a result of the community leaving Çanakkale. The church, which was transferred to the Ministry of Culture, first served as a museum, then as a cultural centre and later as an ethnographic museum. When Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University was opened, it was allocated to the university.
Founded in 1972 as a modest furnishing company in Biga, by name of Doğan Furniture, by a family from Çanakkale. In 1987 company named as Dogtas Inc and began franchising all around Turkey during 1993 and a year later get into the world market. The building of the first shopping center Dogpa in Çanakkale opened by the company in the 1990s, was transferred to a supermarket in 2008, which is still operating in on the ground floor. The unoccupied upper floors of Doğpa building over the years were allocated to the CABININ as a main exhibition space of the 4th International Çanakkale Biennial.
Today, this mansion, which serves as the State Fine Arts Gallery, is referred to as the Old British Mansion, Madam Hettie's house, or the Necip Paşa Mansion. The Ministry of Culture allocated the mansion to the Directorate of the State Fine Arts Gallery in 1988 and opened it after its restoration on March 18, 1990, on the 75th anniversary of the Çanakkale Wars.
Studio and workshop of Photographer Saygın Mavinil
