Cultural Road Festival moves to Çanakkale

The ninth stop of the Turkish Cultural Road Festival, organized in 16 cities this year by the Culture and Tourism Ministry to contribute to Türkiye's brand value, will be the northwestern province of Çanakkale.

Çanakkale will host a variety of events such as concerts, exhibitions, workshops, talks and gastronomy experiences for nine days during the festival from Aug. 31 to Sept. 8.

Nearly 1,000 artists will meet with the public at around 500 events to be held at more than 50 locations in the city. The festival will begin on Aug. 31 with the exhibition, "Remembering-Telling Çanakkale 1915" at the Anadolu Hamidiye Tabyası Hangar.

Murat Boz, Derya Uluğ, Gazapizm, Can Bonomo, Ebru Yaşar, Emre Fel, Buray, Berkay and Gökhan Türkmen will take the stage at the Anadolu Hamidiye Tabyası Open Air Stage.

The Presidential Classical Turkish Music Choir's "Songs of the Century," the Istanbul State Turkish Folk Music Choir and the State Folk Dances Ensemble's "Our Folk Songs and Dances" and the artist Orhan Çakmak's concert will be held at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University İçdaş Kara Yusuf Congress Center.

During the festival, special exhibitions will also be open to the public in different parts of the city. "Beauties of Türkiye" photography exhibition will also be presented to photography lovers at Çanakkale Kordon throughout the festival.

Dr. Ümit Aktaş, Professor Filiz Yenişehirlioğlu, Professor Mustafa Tunçalp, Professor Canan Dizdar Terwiel, painter Pepijn Van Den Nieuwendijk, Culture and Tourism Ministry voice artist Züleyha Ortak, clinical psychologist and author Beyhan Budak, Professor Nurettin Arslan, Professor Rüstem Aslan, author Yiğit Aksoy and journalist Ercan Arslan will share information in their fields with the...