Power of creative industries

In the 21st century, it is impossible to think about arts and culture without creative industries. Creative industries sound fairly new for Turkey's majority. They are one of the key ingredients of the country's future as it gathers architecture, design, plastic arts, new media, culture and advertising sector and create a new hub for these different sectors to work together.

The latest research, which was conducted as part of the "Connect for Creativity" project, proves how creative industries become more and more important each year. The research also shows how creative hubs are coming to the fore as tools for shifting economies. While in Turkey it is hard to speak about arts and culture in terms of a power shifting economy, creative justifies the opposite.

"We know that in the whole world the potential of creative industries' shifting economies is rising each year and recent research shows that this is true," said Cansu Ataman's creative hub, ATÖLYE's manager of arts.

Noting that the project in question, co-funded by the European Union and the Turkish government, is led by the British Council, in collaboration with ATÖLYE and Abdullah Gül University in Turkey, BIOS in Greece and Nova Iskra in Serbia as part of the EU-Turkey Intercultural Dialogue Program of the Yunus Emre Institute, Ataman added creative hubs' importance is another asset in shifting economies and opens new dimensions in terms of arts and culture. The project also revealed the creative hubs and creative industries boost confidence among people and countries. "The creative hubs also let everyone work together and share the know-how," said Ataman.

"When we consider creative industries, the role of creative hubs is important within that system. Within these hubs, many...