Eren Arikan

Co-founder and the director of Bergama Theatre Festival. He was born in İstanbul / Turkey and currently lives in Berlin and Bergama. He came up with the idea of the BTF based on the historical and personal connection of two cities Berlin and Bergama. His mother originally from Bergama also known the ancient city Pergamon. The idea to build a cultural bridge between those two cities between Berlin and Bergama became his passion and he moved to Berlin to grow his network and capacity to make this passion come true. The first addition of the Bergama Theatre Festival took place in Bergama in 2018. Currently he is working on the fifth edition of the festival and dreaming about creating cultural events related to local people and building sustainable structures in the cultural field.

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POSITION: Festival Director