Birzamanlar Yayıncılık


Cultural mosaic of our past

Armenians of Antioch, Alexandretta and Mousa Dagh 100 Years Ago, Exhibiton Tour Guided by Curator Osman Köker (1st February 2025)

We tour the exhibition One Hundred Years Ago Antakya, Iskenderun, Mount Musa under the guidance of curator Osman Köker and with the participation of friends from Antakya, and chat about the developments since the earthquake.

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Starting Date 01-02-2025
End Date 09-05-2025
Opening Hours 17:30-18:30

Exhibiton Tour Guided by Curator Osman Köker (20th October 2021)

A guided tour of our exhibitions "A Journey Through History: Cultural Diversity in Turkey in the Early 20th Century" exhibiting cultural diversity in Turkey and "My Heart is like those Ruined Houses" combining the life and works of Gomidas Vartabed...

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Starting Date 20-10-2021
End Date 20-10-2021
Opening Hours 14:30-16:00

Virtual Exhibition Tours

Due to health precautions, we postponed the reception of visitors to Galeri Birzamanlar and our activities for a while, during this period we tried to reach you through social media channels. You can reach to our posts through channels below and our web server’s dedicated address.

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Starting Date 16-03-2020
End Date 30-06-2021
Opening Hours 00:05-17:00

Our upcoming event program will be announced soon.

Yakamoz Film Gösterimi ve Söyleşi

Ali Kerem Gülermen was born in Istanbul in 1990. After high school, he continued his education at the Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty Cinema and Television Department, while at the same time he published a cinema magazine called "Close Plan”.

His short films and documentaries have been shown at festivals both domesti...


Sivaslı Ermeniler Etkinliği

We Guseted Armenians originated from Sivas


Ayvalık ve Ayazması Sunumu

Presentation about Ayvalık and its Holy Spring

A professional agricultural engineer, Damien Dessane lives in Ayvalık. Dessane has extensive knowledge and archives about the region. He prepared the testimonies and research of Ioannis Fountoulis about the Holy Water of Ayvalık (Panagia Phaneromeni), which had previously been published only...


Bulgar Cemaati ve Sveti Stefan Kilisesi Sunum

Hristo Kopano was born in Istanbul in 1963. His roots go back to a Balkan family that settled in Istanbul in the late 18th century during the Ottoman period. After Harbiye Primary School, he completed his education at Saint Benoit French High School and ITU Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

After completing the Tourist Guidance Courses ...


Küratör Osman Köker Rehberliğinde Sergi Gezisi (23 - 30 Mayıs 2025)

Founder and editor of Birzamanlar Publishing and curator of Gallery Birzamanlar. Born in Maraş in 1957. Worked as a reporter and editor in various daily newspapers, weekly and monthly magazines. He was the editor-in-chief of the Social History magazine published by the History Foundation for a long time.

Since the early 1990’s, he ...


Sébah & Joaillier Sunumu

Respect to Sebah & Joaillier from Birzamanlar Publishing
“Thanks to the magic of light, loved ones are never lost”

Pascal Sébah and Polycarpe Joaillier, the creators of Sébah & Joaillier Photography Studio which was one of the most important photography studios of the Ottoman Empire, were commemora...


Book presentation at Feriköy Latin Catholic Cemetery

Feriköy Latin Katolik Mezarlığı hakkında Rinaldo Marmara’nın yazdığı, Birzamanlar Yayıncılık tarafından yayınlanan “La Latinité de Constantinople: Gravée sur le Marbre du Cimetière Latin-Catholique de Feriköy Istanbul” adlı kitap 29 Nisan 2025 salı günü mezarlığın toplantı salonunda tanı...


Exhibiton Tour Guided by Curator Osman Köker (7th July 2021)

Visitors toured our exhibitons "A Journey Through History: Cultural Diversity in Turkey in the Early 20th Century" exhibiting cultural diversity in Turkey and "My Heart is like those Ruined Houses" combining the life and works of Gomidas Vartabed guided by curator Osman Köker.


Guided Tour with Curator Osman Köker (14th March 2020)

Visitors toured our permanent exhibiton "A Journey Through History: Cultural Diversity in Turkey in the Early 20th Century" displaying the cultural diversity in Turkey in the early 20th century guided by Osman Köker, curator of Gallery Birzamanlar.


Guided Tour with Curator Osman Köker (7th March 2020)

Visitors toured our permanent exhibiton "A Journey Through History: Cultural Diversity in Turkey in the Early 20th Century" displaying the cultural diversity in Turkey in the early 20th century guided by Osman Köker, curator of Gallery Birzamanlar.


"My Heart is like those Ruined Houses" Exhibition Tour and Autograph session

In the last day of our Gomidas exhibiton, 29th February 2020 Saturday, we were together with Burcu Yıldız, our author of our book "My Heart is like those Ruined Houses - Musical Legacy of Gomidas Vartabed" combining the life and works of GOmidas Vartabed.


"A Journey Through History" Exhibition Tour and Chorus Documentary Movie Screening

First we toured with our visitors "A Journey Through History: Cultural Diversity in Turkey in the Early 20th Century" exhibiton guided by our Osman Köker then viewed documentary movie Koro with directors Merlyn Solakhan and Manfred Blank.


Exhibiton Tour Guided by Curator Osman Köker (15th February 2020)

Visitors toured our exhibitons "A Journey Through History: Cultural Diversity in Turkey in the Early 20th Century" exhibiting cultural diversity in Turkey and "My Heart is like those Ruined Houses" combining the life and works of Gomidas Vartabed guided by curator Osman Köker.


"Step by Step Bursa" presentation (8th February 2020)

In this presentation on 8th February 2020 in Galeri Birzamanlar, city of Bursa and its provinces evaluated by historian Elçin Arabacı, enriched by the archive maps and postcards from the collection of Orlando Carlo Calumeno.

Osman Köker, moderator of this event, contributed to the presentation by giving detailed information...

"A Journey Through History" Exhibition Tour and Session about Dardanelles Postcards (1st February 2020)

We will revisit our "A Journey Through History" exhibiton displaying cultural diverstiy in the beginning of 20th century, with our curator Osman Köker on 1st February 2020 Saturday and have a session about Dardanelles, Galipoli, Imbros and Tenedos postcards.

Mr. Hakan Gürüney, founder of Tenedos museum, will cont...


Chorus: Documentary movie screening with producers (25th January 2020)

After our guided tour of "A Journey Through History Cultural Diversity in Turkey in the Early 20th Century" exhibiton with our curator Osman Köker, moview titled "Chorus" "Story of Sipan-Komitas", which is in France for almost 100 years and consisted of about fifty Armenian refugees as architects, students, acc...


Chorus: Documentary movie screening with producers (18th January 2020)

Movie titled "Chorus" "Story of Sipan-Komitas", which is a documentary movie about an amateur chorus in France for almost 100 years and consisted of about fifty Armenian refugees as architects, students, accountants, technicians, tailors and jewelers, viewed with participation of the producers Merlyn Solakhan and Manfred Blan...


Guided Tour with Curator Osman Köker (11th January 2020)

"A Journey Through History: Cultural Diversity in Turkey in the Early 20th Century" exhibitions will be visited with guidance by Osman Köker, curator of Gallery Birzamanlar


Guided Tour with Curator Osman Köker (4th January 2020)

"A Journey Through History: Cultural Diversity in Turkey in the Early 20th Century" and "My Heart is like Those Ruined Houses" exhibitions were visited with guidance by Osman Köker, curator of Gallery Birzamanlar


Autograph Session by Melissa Bilal and Burcu Yıldız (14th December 2019)

Presentation and Autograph Session by Melissa Bilal and Burcu Yıldız, authors of “My Heart is Like Those Ruined Housess Life and Music of Gomidas Vartabed” book, commemorated on the 150th anniversary of his birth.


Exhibition Tour with curator Osman Köker (10th December 2019)

"A Journey Through History" exhibiton reflecting cultural diverstiy in Turkey's history and "My Heart is Like Those Ruined Houses" reflecting musical legacy of Gomidas Vartabed, toured with Osman Kö...


Exhibiton tour with Osman Köker, curator of Gallery Birzamanlar (7th December 2019)

"A Journey Through History" exhibiton reflecting cultural diverstiy in Turkey's history and "My Heart is Like Those Ruined Houses" reflecting musical legacy of Gomidas Vartabed, toured with Osman Kö...


Exhibiton tour with curator Osman Köker (1st December 2019)

"A Journey Through History" exhibiton reflecting cultural diverstiy in Turkey's history and "My Heart is Like Those Ruined Houses" reflecting musical legacy of Gomidas Vartabed, toured with Osman Kö...


Exhibiton tour with Osman Köker and Orlando Carlo Calumeno (30th November 2019)

"A Journey Through History" exhibiton reflecting cultural diverstiy in Turkey's history and "My Heart is Like Those Ruined Houses" reflecting musical legacy of Gomidas Vartabed, toured with Osman Kö...


Inauguration of Gallery Birzamanlar (28th November 2019)

Inauguration of Gallery Birzamanlar took place in 28th and 29th of November as a continuing of Birzamanlar Yayıncılık established 15 years ago publishing books about existence and disappearing of cultural diverstiy of Turkey, with two exhibitions "A Journey Through History Cultural Diverstiy in Tu...