Intangible Cultural Heritage Samples
Calabash: An Alanya Heritage
This short film about calabash tells the story of calabash carving and ornamentation, one of Alanya’s forgotten intangible cultural heritage assets. We would like to thank Ümit Çağlar for opening the doors of the Calabash House for us.
Wild Goats at the Alanya Castle
One of the cultural heritage items of Alanya is the wild mountain goats that continue their lives in Alanya Castle. Sometimes they can appear on the land walls, sometimes on steep slopes and sometimes in the forest.
Interview with Nilgün Akman
For our Palimpsest Cities project, we had a pleasant interview with Nilgün Akman, who comes from a family who loves fishing and the sea even though his father’s main profession is not fishing, and who works in the Alanya Municipality’s Directorate of Culture.
Interview with Emine Cimrin Koçak
For our Palimpsest Cities project, we interviewed Emine Cimrin Koçak, who lives in an old Greek house in Alanya’s Tophane neighborhood, which she restored herself.
Interview with Murat Levent Koçak
The stories, rumours, legends, legends, professions, traditions, sayings, food of the Greeks who were the inhabitants of Alanya until 100 years ago… Their intangible cultural heritage items still living in today’s Alanya… All in our pleasant interview with Murat Levent Koçak, author of the book “From Alanya to Nea Ionia”…
Interview with İlhami Yetkin
An interview with İlhami Yetkin on Alanya’s past, traditions, food, rumours, near and distant history through the exhibits in the Alanya City History Museum, which serves in one of Alanya’s historical civil architecture examples, Hüseyin Azakoğlu Mansion.



“Avrupa Komisyonu’nun bu yayının hazırlanmasına verdiği destek, sadece yazarların görüşlerini yansıtan içeriğin onaylandığı anlamına gelmez ve Komisyon burada yer alan bilgilerin herhangi bir şekilde kullanılmasından sorumlu tutulamaz.”