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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.
Further informations at Wikipedia (german).
NEW: DAI Istanbul 2010 report from Archäologischer Anzeiger (pdf, 4,6 MB)
(for previous reports click here)
About 60,000 volumes, 200 current periodicals.
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00 - 13.00
Online-catalogue DAI Istanbul Parts of the library catalogue is available online via the DAI OPAC. The digitisation is continued.
New acquisitions Information on new aquisitions is available online on a daily basis.
The photo archives consist of 97.295 image negatives, and the Pergamon Archive contains a further 114.486 negatives.
Publications of the department comprise the Istanbuler Mitteilungen, Istanbuler Forschungen, BYZAS and MIRAS.
Latest volumes:
Sven Th. Schipporeit
Kulte und Heiligtümer der Demeter und Kore in Ionien Byzas 16 (2013)
Stefan Feuser
Monopodia-Figürliche Tischfüsse aus Kleinasien Byzas 17 (2013)
Anja Slawisch (Hrsg.)
Handels- und Finanzgebaren in der Ägäis im 5. Jh v. Chr. Trade and Finance in the 5th c. BC Aegean World Byzas 18 (2013)
Albert Distelrath, Siedeln und Wohnen in einer Ruinenstätte. Ein denkmalpflegerisches Konzept für Herakleia am Latmos / Yerleşim ve Yaşam Alanı olarak Ören Yeri Herakleia (Latmos) için bir Koruma Konsepti,MIRAS 1, 2011
MÜREN BEYKAN, Ionische Kapitelle auf Prokonnesos. Produktion und Export römischer Bauteile
IstForsch 53 (2013)
Istanbuler Mitteilungen 62, 2012
DAI istanbul, an annual brochure with general informations on the activities of the Istanbul department:
Volume 11/2013 short reports on the season of 2012 (PDF 2.7 MB)
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3. Wissenschaftliches Netzwerk an der Abteilung Istanbul (2012/2013)
Die naturräumlichen und politischen Voraussetzungen für die Herausbildung vormoderner Wirtschaftsräume in Anatolien konnten unterschiedlicher kaum sein. Vor dem Hintergrund dieser Diversität sollen im Rahmen des Netzwerkes Grundmuster und Mechanismen vormoderner Wirtschaftssysteme analysiert, miteinander in Beziehung gesetzt und allgemeine Faktoren von spezifischen Faktoren einzelner Regionen unterschieden werden.
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Archiv: Informationen zum 2. Netzwerk "Epochenwandel und historische Veränderungsprozesse in Anatolien"
Th
e DAI Istanbul Serviceportal yields links and informations on Archaeology and archaeological Research in Turkey.
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).
If you wish to receive informations on our lectures and other events per e-mail, send a short note to our office.
November 1, 2012
Prof. Dr. Edhem Eldem (Istanbul)
"Banks Street / Bankalar Caddesi, 1850– 1920: The urban and architectural reflections of economic transformation"
December 6, 2012
WINCKELMANN-LECTURE
Prof. Dr. Joseph Maran (Heidelberg)
"Tiryns: Ein mykenisches Zentrum Griechenlands"
February 21, 2013
Prof. Dr. Winfried Held (Marburg/Istanbul)
"Der Donuk Taş in Tarsos - neue Forschungen zum größten Tempel der antiken Welt"
NEW:
February 28, 2013
Opening of the Ekrem Akurgal Library
Prof. Dr. Haluk Abbasoğlu (İstanbul)
"Türkiye’de Klasik Arkeoloji ve Ekrem Akurgal"
March 21, 2013
The lecture by Prof. Dr. Daniel Schwemer (London/Würzburg) "Hexen in Istanbul: Babylonische Rituale zur Abwehr von Schadenzauber in den İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri und anderen Tontafelsammlungen" is cancelled and replaced by
PD Dr. Andreas Schachner (Istanbul)
"Die große Welt in kleinen Bildern. Das Heiligtum auf dem Dülük Baba Tepesi und seine überregionale Bedeutung in der Eisenzeit"
April 11, 2013
Prof. Dr. Orhan Bingöl (Ankara)
"Magnesia am Mäander: Aktuelle Forschungen und Ergebnisse"
Change of date!
April 25, 2013
Prof. Dr. Mihriban Özbaşaran (İstanbul)
"Life in Central Anatolia 10.000 years ago: Aşıklı Höyük"
May 9, 2013
Dr.-Ing. Martin Bachmann (Istanbul)
"Oinoanda: Forschungen in der Stadt des Diogenes"
June 6, 2013 - CANCELLED!
Jesko Fildhuth M.A. (Istanbul)
"Priene und Umland in byzantinischer Zeit"
Unless otherwise noted, the lectures take place on thursdays at 18.00 h in the reading room of the German Archaeological Institute
November 12, 2012
Dr. Alan Greaves (Liverpool)
"John Garstang and Liverpool Museum's Lost Hittite Gallery"
Change of Date!
March 14, 2013
Prof. Dr. Christian Jansen (Bochum)
"Martin Schedes politische Haltung und sein politisches Verhalten"
Unless otherwise stated, the lectures take place on mondays at 16.30 h in the reading room of the German Archaeological Institute
May 12, 2013
Dr. Martin Bachmann
„Der Ragıp Paşa Konağı in Caddebostan”
Treffpunkt: 12:00 Uhr an der Uferpromenade vor dem Gebäude
June 9, 2013
Prof. Dr. Felix Pirson
„Wirtschaft, Religion und Kulturtransfer in Eminönü“
Treffpunkt: 12:00 Uhr vor dem Eingang (Galata-Seite) des Mısır Çarşısı
June 16, 2013
Alexandra Wirsching M.A.
„Die Chora Kirche (Kariye Camii) - Geschichte und Dekoration“
Treffpunkt: 12:00 Uhr am Eingang
June 23, 2013
Seçil Tezer M.Sc.
„The powerhouse santralistanbul: from an industrial monument to a cultural center“
Treffpunkt: 12:00 Uhr am Wasserbecken vor dem Museum
June 30, 2013
Dr. Jesko Fildhuth
"Rumeli Hisarı und der Fall Konstantinopels 1453"
Treffpunkt: 12:00 Uhr am Eingang der Festung
July 7, 2013
Duygu Göçmen M.Sc.
„Der Süleymaniye-Komplex: Organisation und Bauökonomie einer Grossbaustelle im 16. Jahrhundert“
Treffpunkt: 12:00 Uhr im Innenhof der Moschee
The German Archaeological Institute (DAI) is a »scientific corporation« of the Federal Institution under the auspices of the Foreign Office. The staff of the Institute carries out research in the area of archaeology and in related fields and maintains relations with international scholars.
Furthermore, it organizes congresses, colloquia and tours, and informs the public through the media about its work.