European Heritage Days

This event, launched in 1985 by the Council of Europe and joined in 1999 by the European Union, is organised in more than 50 member countries of the European Cultural Convention to which Turkey has been a party since 1954.

These days, organised every year during a weekend in September, allow the opening to the general public of remarkable sites and monuments from a heritage point of view. They are an opportunity to learn about a common cultural heritage and to mobilize for the preservation and enhancement of this heritage for present and future generations.

At the initiative of the EUNIC cluster in Ankara, the first edition of the European Days took place in Ankara in September 2022 with the exceptional opening to the public of the doors of four European embassies (Belgium, France, Poland, Switzerland).

EUNIC

A network of European national cultural institutes around the world, EUNIC has 39 members from the European Union and associated countries and is present through 139 clusters in 107 countries worldwide.

In Turkey, EUNIC has two clusters, in Ankara and Istanbul, created in 2012.

Chaired for several years by the French Institute in Turkey, the EUNIC cluster in Ankara, which has nearly 16 full and associate members (Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, the European Union), intends to strengthen the cultural links between Turkey and Europe.

To this end, EUNIC initiates original cultural events such as the Sound of Europe current music festival (which will take place in Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir on 14 and 15 September 2024) or the European Heritage Days in Ankara.