Late Antiquity is a period that has only recently gained attention in Turkey. This presentation will focus on where this period stands between Antiquity and the Middle Ages, and provide a brief overview of the similarities and differences among these periods. An important facto

When we think of Cappadocia today, the first thing that probably comes to mind is a sky full of hot air balloons, geological formations resembling the surface of Mars, fairy chimneys, subterranean cities, rock churches, and countless media images that reinforce the association

The excavations at Myra and its harbor at Andriake started in 2009. The data obtained since the beginning of the excavations and, in particular, the scientific findings from the last five years have provided new insights into these settlements and the entire archeology of Lycia

Yıldız Palace became the administrative center of the Ottoman empire, replacing the Sublime Porte during the reign of Abdülhamid II (1876-1909). Around the same time, photography began to penetrate the Ottoman bureaucratic system as a new archival and documentary technology. In

Koç Üniversitesi AKMED (Suna & İnan Kıraç Akdeniz Medeniyetleri Araştırma Merkezi)

Byzantine cultural heritage and the history of Byzantine studies in Turkey will be the topic of discussion with Byzantine art history expert Professor Engin Akyürek, director of the Koç University Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Center for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies (GABAM

The first systematic and scientific archaeological survey of the tombs of ancient Telmessos (Fethiye) began in 2017, using the state-of-the art digital recording technique of Virtual Reflectance Transformation Imaging (V-RTI). Working in partnership with Akdeniz University, in

Tarsus is one of the ancient cities of Anatolia. The first record of the city appears as “Tarz(s) an” in Hittite sources and then as “Tarzi” in Assyrian annals. The name evolved into Tarsos/Tarsus in ancient Greek and Roman sources and has remained Tarsus since. Vast agricultur

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“The Quincentennial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews chronologically presents the 2600-year-old historical and cultural heritage of Turkish Jews in the region and their contributions to the country’s social life and state affairs. With exhibitions featuring a comprehensive col

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