Türkiye Culture Route Festival

Name: Türkiye Culture Route Festival
Start: 2026-06-06
End: 2026-06-14
Location: Trabzon

The Türkiye Culture Route Festival took place across Trabzon from June 6 to 14, 2026, presenting nine days of concerts, exhibitions, theater, traditional crafts, gastronomy, workshops, and children's activities.

Date: Jun 6-14, 2026
Location: Trabzon

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Event summary

Highlights

Nine days of cultural programming across Trabzon
Open-air concerts at the Papara Park Parking Area
Exhibitions on local heritage, Islamic arts, crafts, and Ottoman relics
Traditional craft workshops and a knife-making heritage talk

The Türkiye Culture Route Festival was held in Trabzon from June 6 to 14, 2026. Staged in the city for the fourth time, the nine-day program brought together music, visual arts, theater, traditional craftsmanship, local heritage, gastronomy, and activities for children at venues across Trabzon.

The program included open-air concerts at the Papara Park Parking Area, exhibitions on Islamic arts, Ottoman relics, regional handicrafts, and Trabzon's living heritage, as well as a theater adaptation of stories by Anton Chekhov. Visitors could also join workshops in crafts such as ebru, quilting, kazaziye, filigree, weaving, traditional instruments, and knife-making.

Trabzon's Black Sea food culture was highlighted through special gastronomy events and a selection of 39 Taste Point restaurants across several districts. Featured regional foods included hamsi, kuymak, Akcaabat meatballs, and Trabzon pide.

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