You are cordially invited to the interview with director Tom Tieman about rural heritage in decline for NIT UHL 2025 Autumn Course, Yazılıkaya Living Lab: Adaptive Futures for Rural Heritage. The interview will focus on director Tieman's documentary Weeping Brides (Huilende Bruiden), which premiered at the Netherlands Film Festival 2024. 

You can watch the documentary Weeping Brides with English subtitles via this link (password: Weeping123).

Date: November 21, 2025, Friday

Time:  5:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Istanbul time)

The event will be online. Please register for the event in advance through the link below.

Meeting link: Go here

A lecture by Gül Aktürk on the effects of climate change on vernacular landscapes and cultural heritage will follow this event. You can read more about Dr. Aktürk's lecture here.

NIT Urban Heritage Lab is an initiative of the Netherlands Institute in Turkey that investigates the role of tangible and intangible cultural heritage in achieving inclusive, circular, and sustainable cities. The fifth edition of the Urban Heritage Lab Autumn Course, Yazılıkaya Living Lab: Adaptive Futures for Rural Heritage , is organized by the Netherlands Institute in Turkey (NIT), in collaboration with Middle East Technical University (METU), and with the support of the Netherlands Consulate-General in Istanbul.