exhibition
We Were,
We Are,
We Will Be
About
«We Were, We Are, We Will Be» (2024) is a collective oral history project created by women from KESK, the Confederation of Public Workers’ Unions in Turkey. The exhibition documents their decades-long struggle for labor rights and gender equality within trade unions. Through interviews and personal narratives, the project highlights how these women transformed not only their unions, but also their workplaces, families, and communities, making their voices visible within Turkey’s broader history of resistance.
Design & Exhibition Scope
Sole designer responsible for the exhibition layout, visual system, spatial formats, and promotional materials.
Exhibition Format
• 40 exhibition boards, 85 × 200 cm
• Promotional materials
• Quiz cards
Credits
Illustrations by Eda Çağıl Çağlarırmak.
All photographs courtesy of the exhibition organizers.
Concept & Curator
Meral Akkent
Content coordination & co-curator
Handan Çağlayan
Project team
Merve S. Öztürk
Burcu Yılmaz Gündüz
Şehlem Kaçar
Işıl Yılmaz
Contributors
İlker Akcasoy
Emine Akyazılı
Esra Arslan
Elif Akgül
Ebru Demir
Osman İşçi
Aysun Önal
Aysun Sarıkaya
Ayşe Savaşçı
Leyla Sönmez
İsa Soytekin
Ayşegül Yalçınkaya
Simge Yardım
Nurşen Yıldırım
Fabienne Bitz
Illustrations
Eda Çağıl Çağlarırmak
Graphic design
Alex Miskin
Translations Turkish-German
Hêlîn Dirik
Translations Turkish-Kurdish
Münevver Azizoğlu Bazan
Corrections
Meral Akkent
Handan Çağlayan
H. M. Dederding
H. Mualla Görkey
Coordinators of the oral history project (2015 and 2017)
Handan Çağlayan
Gülistan Atasoy
Advisory board of the oral history project
Fevziye Sayılan
Elif Akgül
Nurşen Yıldırım
The oral history project was carried out by
Handan Çağlayan
Nurşen Yıldırım
Ayşegül Yalçınkaya
Esra Arslan
Hatay Diyar
Elif Akgül
Ebru Dinçer
Nilgün Yıldırım
Other contributors to the oral history project
Semahi Aydın
Özgür Yılmaz
İsmet Aslan
İlker Akçasoy
Nurettin Tatar
Concept & Curator
Meral Akkent
Content coordination & co-curator
Handan Çağlayan
Project team
Merve S. Öztürk
Burcu Yılmaz Gündüz
Şehlem Kaçar
Işıl Yılmaz
Contributors
İlker Akcasoy
Emine Akyazılı
Esra Arslan
Elif Akgül
Ebru Demir
Osman İşçi
Aysun Önal
Aysun Sarıkaya
Ayşe Savaşçı
Leyla Sönmez
İsa Soytekin
Ayşegül Yalçınkaya
Simge Yardım
Nurşen Yıldırım
Fabienne Bitz
Illustrations
Eda Çağıl Çağlarırmak
Graphic design
Alex Miskin
Translations Turkish-German
Hêlîn Dirik
Translations Turkish-Kurdish
Münevver Azizoğlu Bazan
Corrections
Meral Akkent
Handan Çağlayan
H. M. Dederding
H. Mualla Görkey
Coordinators of the oral history project (2015 and 2017)
Handan Çağlayan
Gülistan Atasoy
Advisory board of the oral history project
Fevziye Sayılan
Elif Akgül
Nurşen Yıldırım
The oral history project was carried out by
Handan Çağlayan
Nurşen Yıldırım
Ayşegül Yalçınkaya
Esra Arslan
Hatay Diyar
Elif Akgül
Ebru Dinçer
Nilgün Yıldırım
Other contributors to the oral history project
Semahi Aydın
Özgür Yılmaz
İsmet Aslan
İlker Akçasoy
Nurettin Tatar
Concept & Curator
Meral Akkent
Content coordination & co-curator
Handan Çağlayan
Project team
Merve S. Öztürk
Burcu Yılmaz Gündüz
Şehlem Kaçar
Işıl Yılmaz
Contributors
İlker Akcasoy
Emine Akyazılı
Esra Arslan
Elif Akgül
Ebru Demir
Osman İşçi
Aysun Önal
Aysun Sarıkaya
Ayşe Savaşçı
Leyla Sönmez
İsa Soytekin
Ayşegül Yalçınkaya
Simge Yardım
Nurşen Yıldırım
Fabienne Bitz
Illustrations
Eda Çağıl Çağlarırmak
Graphic design
Alex Miskin
Translations Turkish-German
Hêlîn Dirik
Translations Turkish-Kurdish
Münevver Azizoğlu Bazan
Corrections
Meral Akkent
Handan Çağlayan
H. M. Dederding
H. Mualla Görkey
Coordinators of the oral history project (2015 and 2017)
Handan Çağlayan
Gülistan Atasoy
Advisory board of the oral history project
Fevziye Sayılan
Elif Akgül
Nurşen Yıldırım
The oral history project was carried out by
Handan Çağlayan
Nurşen Yıldırım
Ayşegül Yalçınkaya
Esra Arslan
Hatay Diyar
Elif Akgül
Ebru Dinçer
Nilgün Yıldırım
Other contributors to the oral history project
Semahi Aydın
Özgür Yılmaz
İsmet Aslan
İlker Akçasoy
Nurettin Tatar
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