AYEV / SOURCES & CREDITS

Every story
has a source.

Find the sources behind the association’s story and activities here. Past gatherings are listed with their original dates.

About the association

• SALTO-YOUTH · AYEV organisation profile — Local memory, archives, oral history and cultural heritage activities.
• Zeytin Hasadı · Ayvalık guide, AYEV — Collective work begun in 2019, association established on 8 January 2025, local archive.
• Apaçık Radyo · Atölye Ayvada & AYEV — Bağımsızlar radio programme, 18 July 2025.

Gatherings

• Murat Kuter · Ersin Taş commemorated at AYEV — Article published on 31 August 2026. This is the publication date, not a confirmed date for the event.
• Şehrin Hikayesi · Suat Taş — Past event held on 28 March 2026.
• Ayvalık Notes from A to Z · Letter R — Past event held on 27 March 2026.

About Ayvalık

• Hasan Sercan Sağlam · Book preview pages shared by the author — First edition, July 2026. Publication details, contents, editor and ISBN.
• Gazete Ayvalık · Book introduction, 9 August 2026 — Source of the cover image. Cover photograph: Önder Aksoy. Design: Turgut Baygın. The publication details permit use of credited images for promotional purposes.
• Ayvalık Site Management · Industry — Industrial heritage, waterfront buildings and urban fabric.
• Ayvalık Site Management · Republican period — The population exchange and the town’s social history.
• Ayvalık Site Management · Arts and crafts — Artists connected with Ayvalık and the town’s cultural life.

Meeting point and local partners

• Atölye Ayvada · Café — Visiting address: Zekibey Mahallesi, Merkez Sokak No:29.
• Ayvalık Municipality · Ayvalık Site Management · Atölye Ayvada Instagram.
• AYEV · @ayvalikevi.

Erasmus+ youth activities

• The description of “Zeytinlerle İklimi Anlamak” (Understanding Climate through Olives) is based on AYEV’s KA152-YOU application for Round 2 of 2026. The project is awaiting a grant decision. Its programme, participant numbers and outputs are plans set out in the application. The dates 4–11 October 2027 were confirmed by AYEV.
• The short team profiles are based on AYEV’s organisation profile. Partner names, countries and activities come from the supplied Partner Identification Forms (PIFs). Personal contact details, signatures and identification numbers from these documents are not published.
• Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2026 · Youth Exchanges — Participation, learning and inclusion principles.
• Youthpass · Official information — Reflection on and recognition of learning.
• Turkish National Agency · Logo guidelines — Visibility requirements for projects funded under a grant agreement. The Programme and institutions section uses official institutional logos and the EU emblem without a funding statement. The order is: Directorate for EU Affairs, Turkish National Agency, EU emblem. Each logo links to its official website. The page states that the application is under assessment.

International partner images

The logos of CreArt Lab, Fundacja Kultura Całościowa, Veselá dudácká muzika, Ius et Civis and Flow APS were taken from the organisation profiles they supplied.

• OpenEurope · Organisation logo from its official website.
• Conexão Jovem · Organisation logo from its official website.
• Europalmente Erasmus · SALTO-YOUTH · Logo from the organisation profile.
• Kedaro International · Organisation logo from its official website.

Ayvalık Notes from A to Z

The series description and letter archive are based on official Instagram posts and original posters from AYEV and Atölye Ayvada. Letters covered together share a card. Each card links to the relevant announcement and a video where available. Dates, speakers and detailed subjects are included only where supported by the source. The D gathering is shown by month because its announced weekday and date conflict.

• Atölye Ayvada · Beginning with A — The first evening of the series with Taylan Köken and Lütfi Zafer Demirer.
• Atölye Ayvada · The F gathering — Subjects include Fazıl Doğan, factories and the French Consulate.
• Atölye Ayvada · Final Z gathering announcement — Gathering announced for 25 August 2026.
• Atölye Ayvada · Series closing video — Completion of the series with Z, its organiser and contributors.
• Ayvalık Site Management · Local conversations — Taylan Köken’s research and a link to his Ayvalık Visual Archive channel. The older video archive is distinguished from the current alphabet series.

AYEV logo

The logo supplied by the association is the basis for the website version. A high-resolution PNG was prepared, preserving the lettering, colours and arch shape. It appears in the website header and footer.

Photographs

• Homepage opening photograph: Julien Goettelmann / Pexels · Ayvalık.
• Bookshelf photograph: Zeytin Hasadı, Ayvalık guide · AYEV introduction.
• Ayvalık waterfront, September 2007: Radosław Botev / Wikimedia Commons. Use permitted with attribution to the creator. The image is displayed cropped.

Sources last checked: 23 October 2026.