Saint Voukolos Church, which started to be built in 1886 by the Armenians of the Greek Orthodox faith, was opened to worship in 1887.

[3] As a result of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, the church community left İzmir in the following year.

[4] In February 1924, at the request of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the church building started to host the İzmir Archaeological Museum.

[3] In 1951, with the relocation of the museum to Kültürpark, the church building started to function as an opera study hall and a warehouse.

[5] After the restoration work was completed in 2010, the church building began to be used for cultural events; two of the four additions of the church were opened as the İzmir Journalists' Association Press Museum, and Hanife Çetiner and Esin Yılmaz Memorial House.