The Izmir Development Agency (IZKA), which carries out multidimensional studies for the sustainable development of Izmir, is digitizing the city’s history, researching, promoting, and revitalizing cultural heritage areas. Within the framework of the Izmir Time Machine Project, which is being conducted with the support of academics and experts in the fields of cultural heritage and information technology, innovative technologies are being used to transform Izmir’s immovable cultural assets into three-dimensional models and transfer them to the digital environment in their original form. It aims to develop innovative applications and methods to restore them to the city’s memory.

The Izmir Time Machine project, which started in 2020 and has found its place in the international European Time Machine Network (Time Machine EU) and platform, is an original project that categorizes Izmir’s cultural heritage areas and immovable cultural assets into three main classes: archaeological heritage, urban heritage, and traditional settlements, through a systematic approach.