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

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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The presentation begins with the studies of ARCHAEOLOGY and ANCIENT HISTORY carried out in the Anatolian geography, where foreign travelers and researchers were at the forefront in the 19th century, and explains how archaeology, anthropology and history researches fit into a sy

Koç Üniversitesi AKMED ve DAI Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik işbirliğinde 28-30 Mart 2022 tarihleri arasında “Likya’da Eski Yunan Epigrafisi Üzerine Yeni Araştırmalar Sempozyumu” düzenlenecektir. Likya, Küçük Asya’da arastırma yapan pek çok kisinin uzun zamandı

The surveys at Uylupınar (Early Kibyra) were carried out between 2012-2021. The research focused on the Kabalis/Kabalia Region, to the southwest of Pisidia, where the people of Kabalia who were of Lydian origin settled and created their own unique culture. The first traces of s