Pınar Çevikayak Yelmi was one of the speakers in "International Archives Day" which was held in RCAC on 10th June 2016. Yelmi talked about "The Soundscape of Istanbul" collection and the collaboration with Koç University Suna Kıraç Library during the project, under her presentation titled "Archiving sounds as cultural heritage elements".

Pınar Çevikayak Yelmi was one of the presenters in "Museums and the Web 2016 Conference" which was held in Los Angeles, U.S. between 6-9 April 2016. Yelmi presented her research titled "Sounds(s)like crowdsourcing the sounds of Istanbul".

Pınar Çevikayak Yelmi was one of the speakers in Sensory Histories of Place Workshop which is organized by the collaboration of RCAC and Koç University's Department of Archaeology and History of Art on 1-2 April 2016.  

This workshop intends to explore ways of developing a crowdsourced sound archive whose main aim is to raise public awareness of urban and cultural sounds and to protect these sounds as a collective work. Providing the opportunity of expanding with future and past soundscapes of also other cities, this crowdsourced sound archive will offer a sustainable system for collecting urban sounds. In the workshop, we will have discussions on already existing sound archives and search ways of developing a crowdsourced one. 

The Soundscape of Istanbul project is exhibited together with the "soundsslike" map in Everyday Sounds exhibition at Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (RCAC). Soundsslike map welcomes urban sounds from contributors which are also presented in the exhibition; thus the participants' sounds become a part of the exhibition too. The exhibition is open from 8th January to 20th March 2016.

Pınar Çevikayak Yelmi talks about The Soundscape of Istanbul Project at Studio X on 22nd December 2015 between 19:00-21:00.

We launched our new crowdsourced sound map: Soundsslike. In order to expand The Soundscape of Istanbul collection, we initiate this new project which is basically a crowdsourced sound map that encourages people to record and upload sounds that they consider worth protecting. The intention of the Soundsslike project is to draw people’s attention to urban sounds, to make them aware of their uniqueness and to create a platform in which anyone can share cultural sounds.

The Soundscape of Istanbul collection which is located in Koc University Suna Kırac Library can be accessible under Europeana Sounds platform now. Europeana Sounds collects sound heritage of Europe in a single platform. Europeana Sounds can be reached at this link: http://www.europeanasounds.eu

Pınar Çevikayak Yelmi participated the "Europeana Sounds International Conference" which was held in Paris, France on 2 October 2015.

Pınar Çevikayak Yelmi was one of the presenters in "IASA 46th Annual Conference" which was held in Paris, France between 27 Sept-1 Oct 2015. Yelmi presented her research titled "Archiving Istanbul's Contemporary Soundscape as Digital Sonic Heritage Collection".

Pınar Çevikayak Yelmi was one of the speakers in "SOIMA 2015 International Conference" which was held in Brussels, Belgium between 3-4 September 2015. Yelmi presented her research titled "Collecting and Protecting the Contemporary Soundscape Elements of Istanbul".

The Sounds of Istanbul that we started to record in February 2015 are now in Koç University Suna Kıraç Library Digital Collections.