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Istanbul Department (türkçe)

The Department was founded on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Institute in 1929, but it had predecessors that served as stations for excavations conducted on the western coast. Since 1989, the department has been accommodated in a portion of the building that once served as the German embassy (today the German Consulate Istanbul). Its field of research includes projects ranging from prehistoric Asia Minor and Thrace to the Ottoman period.

Domicile of the Istanbul Department

 
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Library

About 52,000 volumes, over 270 current periodicals.
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00 - 13.00
 

Photo Library

About 120,000 images, 65,000 negatives, including 2,500 historic photographs. The Pergamon Archive contains ca. 50,000 photographs.  

Publications

Since 2003 DAI istanbul, a brochure with general informations on the activities of the Istanbul department, appears annually:



Volume 6/2008 (PDF 1179 KB)

For previous volumes click here

The Istanbuler Mitteilungen appears annually. Additionally, there are the series Istanbuler Forschungen and BYZAS and special publications - most recently :

J. Seeher, A Mudbrick City Wall at Hattusa. Diary of a Reconstruction (English/German/Turkish, Ege Yayınları, Istanbul 2007)

Ausstellungskatalog "Erinnerungen. Frühe Photographien aus der Anfangszeit deutscher archäologischer Forschung / Anılar. Alman Bilim Adamlarının Türkiye'deki Arkeolojik Araştırmalarının Başlangıç Döneminden Fotoğraflar" (Zero Prod. Ltd., İstanbul 2004)

M. Bachmann, Tarabya (Deutsch/Türkisch; Ege Yayınları, İstanbul 2003) 

A Mudbrick City Wall at Hattusa
Byzas
Istanbuler Forschungen
Istanbuler Mitteilungen 57

DAI Events

LECTURES SEASON 2007/2008

October 18, 2007 Istanbul Archaeological Museum, 16.00 h

    PD Dr. Felix Pirson (Istanbul)
    Ansichten des Kriegs
    Gedanken zur Kampfdarstellung klassischer und hellenistischer Zeit
    (at the same time part of the lecture series of the museum)

November 8, 2007 Istanbul Archaeological Museum, 16.00 h
    Prof. Dr. Hansgerd Hellenkemper (Köln)
    Die Sommerresidenzen der byzantinischen Kaiser
    (at the same time part of the lecture series of the museum)

November 15, 2007
    Dr. Jürgen Seeher (Istanbul)
    Wohnen wie in der Steinzeit und segeln wie im Mittelalter
    Die Rolle von Experimenten in der Archäologie

November 29, 2007
    Dr. Philipp Niewöhner (Istanbul)
    Aizanoi in byzantinischer Zeit

Wednesday December 5, 2007 Winckelmann-Lecture
    Prof. Dr. Ricardo Eichmann (Berlin)
    Archäologische Forschungen in Südwestasien
    Streifzug durch ausgewählte Projekte der Orient-Abteilung des DAI

December 13, 2007
    Dr. Christopher Lightfoot (New York)
    Recent Discoveries at the Byzantine City of Amorium (Emirdağ, Afyonkarahisar)

January 24, 2008
    Dr. Harald Stümpel (Kiel)
    Geophysikalische Prospektion in der Archäologie
    Ausgewählte Projekte in der Türkei

March 6, 2008
    Dr. Güler Ateş (Heidelberg)
    Ein neu entdeckter Kultplatz bei Aizanoi
    Neue Forschungen über den Kult der Kybele

March 13, 2008
    PD Dr. Andreas Schachner (Istanbul)
    Ausgrabungen in der hethitischen Hauptstadt Hattusa

April 17, 2008
    Prof. Dr. Robert Fleischer (Mainz)
    Die Felsgräber der Könige von Pontos in Amasya

Tuesday April 29, 2008
    Prof. Dr. R. R. R. Smith (Oxford))
    Sarcophagi and Social History at Aphrodisias

May 15, 2008
    Prof. Dr. Ersin Doğer (Izmir)
    Aiolis'deki Aigai Kazılarının (2004-2007). İlk Sonuçları
Monday, June 2, 2008
    Prof. Dr. Rainer Warland (Freiburg)
    Der Gegenstand im Bild. Zur Kontextualität von Realien in der byzantinischen Wandmalerei Kappadokiens


The lectures take place on thursdays 18.00 h in the library of the German Institute of Archaeology.



HAUSKOLLOQUIEN 2007/2008

November 12, 2007
    Dr. Haluk Çetinkaya (Istanbul)
    Vefa Kilise Camii

January 21, 2008
    Prof. Dr. Eric Ivison (New York)
    Burial in Medieval Byzantium
    The Evidence from Amorium

February 11, 2008
    Dr. Macit Tekinalp (Ankara)
    The Mausoleums of Osman and Orhan at Bursa
    New Evidence for the Original Byzantine Church Building

February 19, 2008 (change of date!)
    Dr. Barbara Horejs (Wien)
    Çukuriçi Höyük. Neue prähistorische Forschungen in Ephesos

March 10, 2008
    Andrea Pirson M. A. (Istanbul)
    Klein und unscheinbar?
    Überlegungen zu Schmuck und Trachtbestandteilen aus Pergamon

March 17, 2008
    Dr. Beate Böhlendorf (Çanakale/Istanbul)
    Byzantinische Forschungen in Assos

March 31, 2008
    Susanne Bocher M. A. (Olympia/Athen)
    Die Olive
    Ethnoarchäologische Untersuchungen zu ihrer Nutzung und Bedeutung im bronzezeitlichen Ostmittelmeerraum

April 7, 2008
    Dr.-Ing. Armin Wirsching (Hamburg)
    Wie die Obelisken um die Zeitenwende und im 4. Jahrhundert aufgerichtet wurden

April 21, 2008
    Dr. Yvonne Stolz (Oxford/Istanbul)
    Frühbyzantinischer Goldschmuck

The Hauskolloquien take place on mondays 16.30 h in the library of the German Institute of Archaeology.





GUIDED TOURS 2008

April 6, 2008
    PD Dr. Felix Pirson
    Lykische Denkmäler im Archäologischen Museum
    Meeting point: 12:00 h at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum


April 20, 2008
    Dr. Martin Bachmann
    Holzhäuser im Bereich der Süleymaniye
    Meeting point: 12:00 h at the south gate of the Süleymaniye mosque


May 18, 2008
    PD Dr. Andreas Schachner cancelled!
    Der Alte Orient in Istanbul - Führung durch das Eski Sark Eserleri Müzesi
    Meeting point: 14.00 h at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum


May 25, 2008
    Dr. Soi Agelidis
    Auf den Spuren der Griechen in Fener
    Meeting point: 12:00 h at the entrance of the patriarchate


June 1, 2008
    Dr. Philipp Niewöhner
    Die ornamentalen Mosaiken der Hagia Sophia
    Meeting point: 12:00 h at the entrance of the Hagia Sophia


June 8, 2008
    Torsten Zimmer, M. A.
    Säulen, Bögen, Plätze - von der Markiansäule zum Hippodrom
    Meeting point: 12.00 h at the column of Markian (Kıztaşı in Fatih)
 

Current Events of this Section

02/06/2008 Workshop "Byzantine Small Finds in Archaeological Contexts"
 
07/11/2008 Seminar "Hierarchisierung von Landschaft und Territorien", 7.-8. November 2008
 

Public Relations

During the winter season a series of public evening lectures is intended to inform the public on the current research of scientists from Turkey and abroad. A second series of lectures, the so-called 'Hauskolloquien', gives young scientists the opportunity to present the results of their latest investigations. In addition, in early spring a series of guided tours to monuments, city quarters and museums in Istanbul takes place (for detailed information on the schedules see above)  

Address

Istanbul Department (türkçe)
Gümüssuyu / Ayazpasa Camii Sok. 46
34437 Istanbul
Tel.: +90-(0)212-393 76 00
Fax: +90-(0)212-393 76 14 (secretary)
+90-(0)212-393 76 40 (administration)
E-Mail: sekretariat@istanbul.dainst.org

Staff

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Current Projects

Aizanoi Study of settlements in Central Anatolia
 
Anazarbos (türkçe) Research into a Hellenistic/Roman/Medieval/Byzantine/Arabic/Armenian city in eastern Cilicia
 
Byzantine Miletus New Excavations and investigations into the urban development
 
Didyma (türkçe) The Temple, Sanctuary and Settlement at Didyma: new excavations in the northwest near the Sacred Way
 
Göbekli Tepe (türkçe) An early Neolithic mountain sanctuary in the foothills of the Taurus in southeast Turkey
 
Hattusa/Bogazköy Investigations into Hittite Culture in the capital of the kingdom
 
Holzhäuser in Istanbul Forschungen zur Istanbuler Stadttopographie
 
Miletos Excavations in the minoan-mycenaean settlement and in the archaic city. Restoration work at the theater
 
Oinoanda und die größte Inschrift der antiken Welt (türkçe) Ein neues Projekt der Abteilung Istanbul zur Erforschung der Stadt des Diogenes und seiner berühmten, philosophischen Inschrift
 
Pergamon An important Hellenistic-Roman city and royal seat: Investigation into the general organization of the Hellenistic city and settlements in the surroundings
 
Pergamon, the Red Hall (türkçe) Long-term restoration of a monumental Roman structure
 
Priene Ancient city on the southern slopes of the Mycale Range near the mouth of the Maeander
 
Selinus: Şekerhane Köşkü (türkçe) Investigation of the construction history of the supposed cenotaph of Emperor Trajan
 
x. completed project: Arap Camii (Istanbul) (türkçe) Documentation of Latin paintings in a former Dominican cloister in Pera
 
x. completed project: Byzantine Diocaesarea (türkçe) Research into the liturgical side-rooms of the Isaurian church plan of the fifth and sixth centuries
 
x. completed project: Dedecik/Heybelitepe (türkçe) A Neolithic settlement on the west coast of Anatolia
 
x. completed project: Hasankeyf (türkçe) Historical investigations into the architecture of a medieval mosque
 
x. completed project: Hattusa/Boğazköy: the mudbrick city walls (türkçe) A project in experimental archaeology
 
x. completed project: Karasis (türkçe) Erforschung einer hellenistischen Burganlage
 
x. completed project: Pergamon Building Z The protective shelter over the Roman mosaics
 
x. completed project: The Sa'dullah Paşa Yalısı (türkçe) Investigation of an ottoman haremlık in Çengelköy/Istanbul
 
x. completed project: Turkey, Gürcütepe Eine Talsiedlung des späten Frühneolithikums in der Südosttürkei
 
x. completed project: Vize (türkçe) Byzantine Church - Ottoman Mosque - Endangered Architectural Monument: An Architectural and Archaeological Survey of the Hagia Sophia at Vize
 
   
   
 
 

updated: 05/07/08

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