The Heart of Creativity Beats in İzmir: Create in İzmir EXPO 2025 is Coming!

Creativity has become one of the most powerful driving forces of today’s economy. The creative industries — spanning design, media, digital arts, architecture, gaming, and cultural production — are no longer seen merely as cultural expressions, but as essential engines of innovation, sustainable growth, and urban identity.

Across the world, cities are redefining themselves through creativity. Rather than relying solely on industrial or service-based economies, creative cities thrive by connecting culture, innovation, and collaboration. İzmir is one of those cities where creative energy and cultural heritage meet — a place where tradition and technology coexist, giving rise to new ideas and new forms of value. Create in İzmir project, in line with this vision, aims to showcase the city’s creative potential and build a sustainable creative economy ecosystem.

It is within this vision that Create in İzmir EXPO 2025 takes shape. Led by İzmir University of Economics, the event aims to showcase the city’s creative potential and strengthen Türkiye’s position within the global creative economy. The EXPO will bring together creative professionals, entrepreneurs, academics, artists, investors, and production industries under one inspiring roof — to collaborate, co-create, and reimagine the future.

The preparation process recently gained momentum with the Stakeholder Meeting, where representatives from the public and private sectors, universities, and creative ventures came together to contribute ideas and explore partnerships. The discussions revealed a clear message: İzmir’s creative ecosystem is built on collaboration, openness, and shared vision.

Set to take place in 2025, Create in İzmir EXPO will not be just another event — it will be a dynamic platform where creativity meets production, ideas turn into actions, and local meets global. Through exhibitions, panels, and workshops focusing on design, digital arts, media, cultural heritage, and sustainable innovation, the EXPO seeks to position İzmir as one of the creative capitals of the future.

As İzmir continues to nurture its creative ecosystem, Create in İzmir EXPO 2025 stands as a bridge between heritage and innovation — a celebration of how creativity can connect people, industries, and ideas.

Because creativity is more than inspiration — it’s the power to imagine together, to create together, and to transform together.