💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will take part in workshops (such as foreign language, music, wall painting) about the
village academy in this camp, which is very rich in content; will paint a street wall in the city center
and build a shelter for stray animals; participate in decision-making mechanisms in the youth assembly and increase democratic participation; He will deal with restorative agriculture and participate in awareness studies on the climate crisis in the Soil School; They will help to protect and promote the Ephesus Ancient City.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay in tents in the youth camp on Pamucak Beach. Volunteers are required
to bring their own mat and sleeping bags. They will be able to meet their needs such as
shower, toilet and kitchen at the facility next to this camp. The dishes will be prepared by the
cooks of Selçuk Municipality.
📍 About the location
"Ephesus" World Heritage site, which is listed as World Heritage Site; Çukuriçi Höyük, Ayasuluk Hill
(Selçuk Castle, St. It consists of four components: St. John's Basilica, Isa Bey Bath, Isa Bey Mosque, Artemision), the ancient city of Ephesus and the House of the Virgin Mary.
Ephesus, one of the most important centers of the ancient period, started from the prehistoric period, Hellenistic, Roman, Eastern Rome, principalities and Ottoman periods during the nearly 9000 years of continuous settlement and was a very important port city and cultural and commercial center in all stages of its history.
There are examples of the most outstanding architecture and urban planning of different periods in
Ephesus, which contains icons that shed light on the outstanding urbanization, architecture and
religious history of the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Artemision, the cult center dated to the eighth century BC and famous as one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient period, is the place where the Ecumenical Consul dated 431, in which the Prophet Mary was accepted and proclaimed as the mother of Jesus, and the Church of Mary, one of the apostles of Jesus, wrote The Gospel of John in Ephesus. His unique works, such as the basilica built on the Tomb of John, which bears witness to the early Christian period, the House of the Virgin Mary, which is considered a pilgrimage site by Christians today, and the Islamic structures built during the principalities, Ephesus also offers a unique accumulation that still stands today in terms of religious history.