The people behind
a shared curiosity.

Arif Buz’s drawings meet Turgut Baygın’s short poems in this book. Baygın’s preface traces the work to their 2017 exhibition, Öykünün İlk Cümleleri. Kadri Kaya photographed the Arif Buz artworks used in the publication. Ayvada Yayıncılık brought this unfinished shared book project to readers in 2026.

Turgut Baygın created the page layout and cover design for the December 2023 edition of Zeytin Hasadı. He took the same roles for Zeytin Hasadı 101, published in August 2025. He also served on the second publication’s editorial board. The original publication credits identify each of these contributions by name.

Berrin Akın Akbüber and Taylan Köken examined the deepening of Dalyan and Dolap Straits in a joint paper. Ottoman archival specifications and an agreement provided evidence for studying how the port opened to larger ships. The paper connects maritime trade with Ayvalık's economy and urban fabric. Its abstract appeared in the 2022 international cultural heritage symposium proceedings.

Berrin Akın Akbüber examines the architecture of 60 shops in central Ayvalık. She studies their place in an urban plan shaped by port-based trade. Single-storey, two-storey and shops beneath houses are compared through their facades, doors and windows. The study shows how these everyday buildings preserve evidence of the town’s history.

Ancient city coins from Özkan Arıkantürk’s collection became available to researchers through the Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum series. Oğuz Tekin and Aliye Erol-Özdizbay prepared separate catalogues for Troas, Aeolis and Mysia. The volumes appeared in 2015, 2017 and 2020 respectively. The first documents 827 coins, providing evidence for research into ancient cities and their connections.

Berrin Akın Akbüber presented a paper on the Bosniaks of Küçükköy at the symposium marking the centenary of the Ayvalık Front. The paper addressed the migrant community's place in the front's history. This individual contribution to the academic meeting in Cunda forms part of the team's earlier work in local history.

Taylan Köken served as secretary to the organising committee for Feyza Hepçilingirler Days, held within the Ayvalıklı Yazarlar Dermesi programme. Sessions explored the Turkish language, children's literature and the author's memories of Ayvalık. Book signings and children's activities brought the programme into local libraries. This contribution predates the association's formal establishment.

Taylan Köken and Lütfi Zafer Demirer guided a walk through Sakarya organised by the Ayvalık branch of the Republican Women's Association. Participants explored the neighbourhood's past through Yorgola Han, Hamidiye Mosque, former factories, churches and the water system. The walk forms part of the team's experience in sharing local history before AYEV became a registered association.

Berrin Akın reads the economic, social and geographical conditions of Ayvalık through its house facades. The study examines how trade and cultural exchange after 1850 shaped domestic architecture. Facade arrangements, architectural elements and decoration provide its evidence. The article belongs to the journal’s 2015 issue and was published online on 17 August 2016.