Today I had a very productive and inspiring meeting with Ramon E. Daubon and Randall Nielsen from Kettering Foundation, Janice Nielsen, and amazing Jessica Hench, from the International EcoPeace Community (ESTIA) and Ecocity Project. We discusses about the concept of economic citizenship which encompasses the related notion of environmental citizenship. We talked about our common…
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Divided cities in conflict- Urban peacebuilding
I am honoured to share my vision and experience about urban peacebuilding with a delegation of Palestinians and Israelis, who were leading figures from various fields, including urban planning and architecture, journalism and academia. We discussed our learning from the divided cities of Cyprus to inspire future solutions for Jerusalem. The project was developed by…
“Reunifying Cyprus: Hopes and fears, 44 years” France 24
Thanks to France 24 for giving us part in their report. Special thanks to Raphaëlle Vivent and Guillaume Chamerat ! We are honoured to be in this review as a Eco-city Project team, who are dedicated to build a peaceful and sustainable co-existence together in Cyprus. We would also like to thank to all our supporters…
Building a peaceful co-existince together
How can we empower the voice of the people for the unification of Cyprus? How can we show two communities that unlike the “deadlock”, something different, something sustainable can be done in this island? We talked about our inspirations, strategies and will to build a peaceful co-existince together in Cyprus with Raphaelle Vivent from news…
Review on Cypriot Cities on EL PAIS
Interesting review on Cypriot cities, especially with a special focus on Famagusta and Eastern Mediterranean University through the narrative of our respectful rector Prof. Dr. Necdet Osam (3:30’). And final remarks from me (3:53’) on the sustainable future of the Cyprus: Famagusta Ecocity Project. Thanks to EL PAIS!
The ‘Journey’, International Summer School
Today we talked at the International Summer School, the ‘Journey’, organised by Cyprus University of Technology with Climate-KIC about how to handle the challenges caused by ecological treats, climate changes and war/conflict in specific areas. We shared our experiences from the Famagusta Ecocity Project with those international postgraduates and young professionals to inspire them to tackle…
Stories for Peace
We shared two ‘peace’ stories with the editor in chief of http://www.coastalseekers.com Amelia and her partner Josh. This inspiring couple created an online platform for travel video/ bloggers to share their stories. There are many ways for peace making; art, architecture, storytelling, permaculture, economy and many more. Our first story came from art in which…
Interview for EL PAÍS Newspaper
We may not be close to find a permenant solution to the Cyprus problem yet. However we need to learn to cooperate together in order to provide a sustainable future to our children. No matter what, we will keep on sharing our common vision for an integrated, peaceful and ecological city and a better life…
Not a heroic story but a humanitarian act
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJkpevyDuoo “All kind of art is politics” Baki Boğaç During his entire life, my father always said whatever he wanted trough his art. To him, making sculptures is building life again and again with the products molded with philosophy. His main philosophy always circled around love, balance and peace. ‘Risky Travels’ displays the unusual story…
Cyprus: The Trapped Treasures of a Divided Island
»Source: Euronews “Good morning everybody, welcome to this amazing walking and talking tour of the wonderful city of Famagusta,” says archaeologist and art historian guide Anna Marangou. As always, she and her fellow guide Orhan have words in Greek and Turkish to welcome their party. Their bi-communal efforts was one of the examples recognized by the Stelios…
Sharing the vision for an integrated, environmentally and economically sustainable Famagusta
It has never been easy to put 40 years of division into words… It is even harder to picture the socio-psychological, environmental and economic problems occurred by this division. We would like to thank Valerie Gauriat from Euronews and Crewhouse to give us chance to discuss about our vision for an integrated, environmentally and economically…
‘Risky Travels’ Exhibition 2017
In August of 1974, artist from Paphos, Andy Adamos, abandons his art studio in Famagusta, with all the body of his art works in it. Many years later, a Turkish Cypriot architect and artist Baki Boğaç discovered Andy Adamos’ studio, and decided to safe keep the artworks, and to return them to their rightful owner when…
“No Man’s House” Documentary
Yesterday we talked with Hansjürgen Schmölzer and Gerfried Guggi from Austrian public Television ORF about current situation in Cyprus, our projections and future expectations from art and architecture point of views, for their documentary. We would like to thank them for including us to their exclusive documentary about reflecting the historic development and current social and socio-cultural…
Book of Canova International Architect Encounter
I am so honoured to be part of Canova International Architect Encounter with other 56 distinguished architects from twenty four countries which is organised every year by Canova Association. The association has been developed spectacular recuperation and re-evaluation of rural medieval stone architecture in Canova, Oira di Crevoladossola, Italy, since 2001. The goal of the association is…
How a ghost town embodies the Cypriot divide
»Source: Al Jazeera As political negotiations continue, one group is pushing to revitalise the long-abandoned district of Varosha. by Megan O’Toole Famagusta, Cyprus – Four decades ago, time froze in the coastal Cypriot district of Varosha. Eggs were still boiling on hot stovetops. Children’s toys remained strewn across living-room floors. Clothes were left on their hangers inside…
Thanks to Al Jazeera
Thanks to Megan and Wojtek from Al Jazeera to help us to share our vision for an integrated Famagusta! All about the project and more is coming in the documentary by Vasia Markides soon. The Famagusta Ecocity Project Teaser
Telling our true stories
It was so strange to walk with Berta in my town in a street called Recep Tayyip Erdoğan… As a citizen who was born and grown in Famagusta, I haven’t heard that street name before. Yet it was what googlemaps tells to her. I want to thank her with her amazing spirit to translate my feelings into…
Peace making, Freedom, Equality and The Famagusta Ecocity Project
European Parliament definitely needs such brave and ambitious people! I had an amazing day with Berta Herrero talking about the current situation in the island and arround, peace making, freedom, equality, diversity, democracy and of course The Famagusta Ecocity Project. The Meditteranean spirit bounds people beyond the countries; it must be the sea…
Italy 2016
Akdeniz’in sıcak sularından Alp’lerin serin yamaçlarına: Vivaldi’nin dört mevsimi gibiydi İtalya. Her bölgesinde ayrı bir iklim, Güney’den Kuzey’e adım adım gezdiğimiz her şehirde ayrı bir lezzet vardı. Antik Roma imparatorluğunun merkezinin milenyumlara meydan okuyan görkemi içinde Barok sanatının ihtişamı; Toscana bölgesinde Rönesans’ın daha dün doğmuş gibi tazeliği; Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, Leonardo Da Vinci, Angelico, Caravaggio,…
Spreading out the story of Famagusta
We talked with French journalists Mathieu and Antoine about peace, hope and future of Famagusta through the vision of the Famagusta Ecocity Project. Thanks for them helping us sharing our vision by telling our stories.
Beirut, Lebanon 2015
Akdeniz’in öte yakasında, 3 asrın 3 güne sığdığı bir seyahate çıktık: Beyrut’a doğru. Doğu’nun en yakın limanı, katman katman teni soyulmuş, bir yanı savaş, bir yanı bayram, denize saplı bir üçgen, ucunda ‘umut’ taşıyan şehre doğru. Kırılgan sesinde narin bir Feyruz şarkısı, ortadoğu hüznünde bir Kahlil Gibran şiiri, geçmişten geleceğe uzanana bir Amin Maalouf seyahatiydi bu…..
The book of “I like Europe”
I would like to thank once again to Amélie and Caroline for making me part of this book in which as they expresses tried to “understand what we share, what we hope for, what our historic and cultural references are across the continent, what is good and what is difficult about being young in Europe, but…
The Famagusta Ecocity Project 2014-2015 newsletter is out
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Another city of PEACE: Geneva!
Geneva! Among all those places which I visited through Europe, it is the third inspiring city for me (after Prague and Bergen). At the beginning, it seemed to be so boring since it was extremely organised and silent. However when I had started exploring more and more, walking tens of kilometres, visiting CERN and The…
“Attachment to the Frozen Crises” seminar by Ceren Boğaç
I am honoured to be invited to give a speech at Joint Master Seminar S3: “Crisis Architecture – 2 / Relation Nature – City : Permanent crisis situation” which is being hosted at Hepia, part of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, in Geneva from 1 to 5 December 2014. I…
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