The installation works for the History is Looking at You, Archeology Exhibition in Ara Güler's Photographs, which will be held in the institute's central building, exhibition, and conference hall, have took start. The exhibition, which includes 133 images from 22 different areas selected by Engin Ozendes, can be visited in the institute's central building.

I.National Archeology Council commissions held their first meetings. Some of these meetings were held at the institute headquarters in Gaziantep and some were held online due to the pandemic.

4-7 November 2021

As the Second Training program, trainings were given to High School Students in Gaziantep at the Institute Center. Approximately 90 students from Gaziantep High School and Bahcesehir College attended.

22-24 October 2021

The first training for the Representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations was given in the Institute Center Gaziantep on the 22nd-23rd of October. Within the scope of this training, more than 120 attendees participated in the trainings.

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A meeting was held with the heads of the Commissions for the I.National Archeology Council, which is planned to be held in May at the Institute. 11 commission titles were determined and meetings were held with 11 commission Chairmen and Ministry Officials.

Some of the devices, which are purchased for the Archeometry Laboratory that will serve at the Kendirli Complex in Gaziantep, were delivered and installed. The devices were received by Gulsu Simsek Franci, one of the project experts, and by Ilkay Ivgin, an authorized person of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey.

The project stakeholders, expert team and technical support team came together during the meetings hosted by the Kendirli Complex in Gaziantep, which is intended to constitute the center of the Institute. The presentations were performed with respect to the restoration, publications, archeometry laboratory, library, and digital archive, archaeological tour routes, exhibition preparations in relation to the progress of the project as well as with respect to the communication and legal process, the trainings, and the works in relation to the council.

During the meetings, in which the opening speech was performed by Fatma Sahin, the Metropolitan Mayor of Gaziantep, and all aspects of the project were discussed, and a road map was drawn by exchanging opinions.

Abdulhamit Gul, the Minister of Justice, visited the Institute Building in Gaziantep. Gul, the Minister, was accompanied by Davut Gul, the Governor of Gaziantep, and by Fatma Sahin, Metropolitan Mayor of Gaziantep. During the visit, in which Rıfat Onur Ibci, one of the Project Experts, provided information about the project and the Institute building, the Minister also visited the exhibition indicating the establishment purpose, development and activities of the Institute.

Some of the devices, which are purchased for the Archeometry Laboratory that will serve at the Kendirli Complex in Gaziantep, were delivered and installed. The devices were received by Gulsu Simsek Franci, one of the project experts, and by Ilkay Ivgin, an authorized person of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey.

Kekova preliminary review was carried out together with the authorized persons of the Ministry and the experts with respect to the field management of the Project in Kekova, Antalya.

Attendees:

Muhammed Hakan Tanriover / Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Counsellor to the Minister

Hale Ural / Ministry of Culture and Tourism / Project Coordinator

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Cevik / Team Leader

Guniz Atis Azrak / Key Expert

Levent Cirpici / Expert

Mehmet Bulbul / Expert

Rifat Onur IBCI / Expert

Ilkem Aslan Asilsoy / Expert

Sevinc Eser / Project Assistant

The Head of EU Delegation to Turkey, Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut has visited the Turkish Institute of Archeology and Cultural Heritage. Meyer-Landrut reviewed the complex and the Archeometry Laboratory at the Kendirli Cultural Center in Gaziantep, which has undergone a restoration in order to operate as the headquarters of the Institute.

Attendees:

Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut / Head of EU Delegation to Turkey, Ambassador

Libor Chad / EU Delegation

Madeline Meyer-Landrut

Davut Gul / Governor of Gaziantep

Fatma Sahin / Metropolitan Mayor of Gaziantep

Bulent Ozturk / Provincial Director of Cultural and Tourism of Gaziantep

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Cevik / Team Leader

Rifat Onur IBCI / Expert

May 19 and July 28, 2020

During the meetings that were held to shed light on the corporate identity design of the Turkish Archeology and Cultural Heritage Institute, and the sustainable planning and management of this identity; a sustainable 'reason for existence' and 'value system' proposition was revealed as to constitute the main axis that will ensure alignment with the establishment and activity targets of the Institute and all communication studies to be carried out from now on. The meetings were held online within the framework of the coronavirus measures.

Attendees:

Muhammed Hakan Tanriover / Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Counsellor to the Minister

Hale Ural / Ministry of Culture and Tourism / Project Coordinator

Prof. Dr. Edibe Sozen / Communication Expert

Ali Saydam / Communication Expert

Dogan Hizlan / Author, Member of the Editorial Board

Fahri Aral / Member of the Editorial Board

Prof. Dr. Aydin Gulan / Legal Expert

Prof. Dr. Fahri Temizyurek / I. National Archeology Council, Head of Secretariat

Prof. Dr. Veysi Isler / Virtual Reality Expert

Prof. Dr. Kutalmis Gorkay / Member of the Editorial Board

Assoc. Dr. Rana Ozbal / Archeology Expert

Assoc. Dr. Hakan Oniz / Underwater Archeology, Expert

Levent Cirpici / Architect, Member of the Science Committee

Mehmet Ulusel / Corporate Identity, Visual Design and Design Expert

Sermet Tolan / Publisher

Mehmet Bulbul / Financial Management Expert

Asim Erverdi / Member of the Editorial Board

Ozalp Birol / Suna Inan Kirac Foundation, General Manager of Culture and Art Enterprises

Zihni Tumer / CerModern, Founding Partner, Director of Culture and Art Programs

Gultekin Cizgen / Photographer, Art Writer, Curator

Asli Gulgor / Technical Support Project Director

Ilkem Asilsoy / Event Management Expert

Kenan Carpan / Expert

Zehra Kafkasli / Communication Expert

Ankara February 12, 2020; Gaziantep March 5, 2020

Remarks: During the meetings, a "draft program" was drawn up with respect to the trainings to be organized for students, NGOs and personnel both under the project of the Turkish Institute of Archeology and Cultural Heritage and after establishment of the Institute. This "draft program", which also reveals the training vision of the Institute, was submitted for the opinions and assessments of the Training Commission.

Attendees:

Muhammed Hakan Tanriover / Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Counsellor to the Minister

Hale Ural / Ministry of Culture and Tourism / Project Coordinator

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Cevik / Team Leader

Prof. Dr. Atilla Engin - Member of the Education Commission

İlkay Ivgin / T.C. Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Archeologist

Alessandro Bianchi / Team Leader (Key Expert)

Scott Redford / University of London, Member of the Education Committee

Kutalmis Gorkay / Ankara University, Member of the Education Committee

Tulay Yenice / Hasan Kalyoncu University

Serhat Yenice / Hasan Kalyoncu University

Prof. Dr. Fahri Temizyurek / I. National Archeology Council, Head of Secretariat

Prof. Dr. Edibe Sozen / Hasan Kalyoncu University

Ilkem Aslan Asilsoy / Expert

Deniz Hemen Aydin / Translator

A meeting was held with the Members of the Editorial Board and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey with respect to the books of the authors and the dates of delivery of the books.

Attendees:

Muhammed Hakan Tanriover / Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Counsellor to the Minister

Hale Ural / Ministry of Culture and Tourism / Project Coordinator

İlkay Ivgin / T.C. Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Archeologist

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Cevik / Team Leader

Huseyin Baran / Lawyer

Sermet Tolan / OFFSET Publication

Dogan Hizlan / Hurriyet

Selim Karlitekin / Dergah Publications

Tolga Gulec / OFFSET Publication

Sahin Kureta / Translator

Melike Bal / Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality

Guniz Atis Azrak / Key Expert

Mehmet Ulusel / Member of the Editorial Board

Fahri Aral / Member of the Editorial Board

Alessandro Bianchi / Team Leader (Key Expert)

Deniz Kureta / Translator

Assoc. Dr. Rana Ozbal / Archeology Expert

Ilkem Asilsoy / Event Management Expert

Mertcan Celik / Project Assistant

The Italian Ambassador visited the Institute Building and received information about the Project works on December 05, 2019.

Attendees:

Massima Gaiani: Italian Ambassador

Alessandro Bianchi / Team Leader (Key Expert)

Muge Alsancak Storm / TUMAS (Turkish Engineering Consulting & Contracting Co.)

The books to be brought to the Institute were discussed with the valuable authors and academicians in Turkey.

Attendees:

Muhammed Hakan Tanriover / Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Counsellor to the Minister

Hale Ural / Ministry of Culture and Tourism / Project Coordinator

Dogan Hizlan / Author, Member of the Editorial Board

Ali Akin Akyol / Archeologist

Lee Clare / German Archeological Institute

Kaan Ucsu / Author, Istanbul University

Huseyin Baran / Lawyer

Asim Onur Erverdi / Editor-in-Chief of Dergah Publications

Mehmet Ihsan Kara / Dergah Publications, Editor

Selim Karlitekin / Dergah Publications, Editor

Hakan Oniz / Archeologist, Akdeniz University

Handan Muberra Turgut / Author

Fahri Aral / Member of the Editorial Board

Asli Gulgor / Technical Support Project Director

Alessandro Bianchi / Team Leader (Key Expert)

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Cevik / Team Leader / Member of the Editorial Board

Guniz Atis Azrak / Key Expert

Deniz Hemen Aydin / Translator

The mission and vision of the Institute in the field of archeometry were discussed by the restoration and conservation managers, academicians and experts, coming from the various provinces of our country, during the meeting held at the campus of the Union of Municipalities of Turkey. The opinions were exchanged about the deficiencies of the country in this regard as well as about how the Institute could overcome the same and what mission it could assume.

Attendees:

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Cevik / Team Leader / Member of the Editorial Board

Assoc. Dr. Rana Ozbal / Archeology Expert

Alessandro Bianchi / Team Leader (Key Expert)

Hale Ural / Ministry of Culture and Tourism / Project Coordinator

Mahmut Aydin / Batman University

Recep Kuzu / TCF DATU Lab (Cultural Heritage Preservation and Natural Dyes Laboratory of the Turkish Cultural Foundation)

Asli Gulgor / Technical Support Project Director

Muhammed Hakan Tanriover / Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Counsellor to the Minister

Ali Akin Akyol / Archeologist

Kameray Ozdemir / Hacettepe University

Nese Oyal / Director General of MTA

Turhan Dogan / TUBITAK MAM (Marmara Research Center of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey)

Muhittin Gormus / YEBIM (Earth Sciences Application and Research Center)

Hatice Yildiz / Regional Restoration and Conservation Laboratory of Nevsehir

Yasemin Dalgic / Regional Restoration and Conservation Laboratory of Bursa

İlkay Ivgin / T.C. Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Archeologist

Cuneyt Kubat / Regional Restoration and Conservation Laboratory of Diyarbakir

Omer Kontoglu / TAEK (Turkish Atomic Energy Authority)

Melike Ayaz / KUVAM (Directorate General of Cultural Assets and Museums)

Zeynep Kara / KUVAM (Directorate General of Cultural Assets and Museums)

Serpil Ozdemir Ozbey / KTB (Ministry of Culture and Tourism)

Ufuk Kocabas / Istanbul University

Hande Kilic / Regional Restoration and Conservation Laboratory of IBB (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality)

Cengiz Ozduyguku / ARKLAB

Cagla Cakir / Regional Restoration and Conservation Laboratory of Izmir

Mustafa Gunes / KTB (Ministry of Culture and Tourism)

Lokman Kemaloglu / KTB (Ministry of Culture and Tourism)

Harun Gullu / KTB (Ministry of Culture and Tourism)

Ayse Barut Corbaci / Regional Restoration Laboratory of Gaziantep

Yilmaz S. Erdal / Hacettepe University

Eftal Kiraz / Regional Restoration and Conservation Laboratory of Istanbul

Neval Discioglu / KTB (Ministry of Culture and Tourism)

During the meeting held in Gaziantep, project experts shared processes and developments related to all components.

Attendees:

Deputies of the Republic of Turkey

Nejat Kocer

Ahmet Uzer

Davut Gul / Governor of Gaziantep

Fatma Sahin / Metropolitan Mayor of Gaziantep

Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Muhammed Hakan Tanrıöver

Hale Ural

Bülent Öztürk

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Adnan Kececi / Ambassador

Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality

Nuri Gazyağcı

İrem Elbeyli

İlhami Kılınç / MÜSİAD

Gaziantep University

Ali Gur

Hulya Arslan

Mehmet Sari / Mayor of Nizip Municipality

Mehmet Ozkececi / Sehitkamil Municipality

Guner Dagli / Sanko University

Prof. Dr. Edibe Sozen / Hasan Kalyoncu University

Project Team:

Alessandro Bianchi / Team Leader (Key Expert)

Guniz Atis Azrak / Key Expert

Assoc. Dr. Ali Akin Akyol / Archeologist

Assoc. Dr. Rana Ozbal / Archeology Expert

Ibrahim Fuat Ozcorekci / Expert

Mehmet Ulusel / Expert

Ibrahim Halil Ada / Expert

Prof. Dr. Veysi Isler / Expert

Prof. Dr. Aydin Gulan / Expert

Rifat Onur Ibci / Expert

Ilkem Aslan Asilsoy / Expert

Mertcan Celik / Project Finance Officer

Nergiz Ulucay / Project Officer

It was gathered with all components of the project of the Turkish Institute of Archeology and Cultural Heritage in the series of meetings held at Istanbul Marmara Hotel.

Attendees:

Prof. Dr. Olus Arik

Sermet Tolan

Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Muhammed Hakan Tanrıöver

Hale Ural

Project Team:

Alessandro Bianchi / Team Leader (Key Expert)

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Cevik / Team Leader

Guniz Atis Azrak / Key Expert

Ali Akin Akyol / Expert

Assoc. Dr. Rana Ozbal / Expert

Mehmet Ulusel / Expert

Scott Redford / Expert

Muberra Genc / Project Director

Mertcan Celik / Project Finance Officer

The Research Conference was held with the Heads of Archeology Institutes of Missions of Other Countries with the participation of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey, Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality, Central Finance and Tenders Unit, and the Heads of the Archeology Institutes of Missions of Other Countries in Turkey. The purpose of the research conference is to determine the contributions and requirements of the Institute in collaboration with the archeology community. During the meeting, all attendees verbally confirmed their cooperation by expressing their ideas about the duties and mission of the Institute.

Attendees:

Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality

Fatma Sahin / Metropolitan Mayor of Gaziantep

Ahmet Ertürk

Serdar Murat Gürsel

Central Tender and Finance Unit Authorities

Bahadır Alacalı

Engin Yarahmet

Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Muhammed Hakan Tanrıöver

Hale Ural

Bülent Öztürk

İlkay İvgin

Birol Ekici / General Secretary of the Union of Municipalities of Turkey

Gaziantep Directorate of Surveying and Monuments

Kemal Yenmez

Mustafa Ayar

Member of UNESCO- ICOMOS Turkey National Committee

Hakan Öniz

Tamer Gök

Sachihhiro Omura / Japon Arkeoloji Enstitüsü Direktörü

Nehemia Strupler / Fransız Arkeoloji Enstitüsü Direktörü

Katya Piesker / Alman Arkeoloji Enstitüsü

Abdullah Kızılcık / İstanbul Üniversitesi Avrasya Araştırma Merkezi Müdürü

Mahmut Özden / İTO-BİRYAP

Tuncer Demir / Akdeniz Üniversitesi Akdeniz Uygarlıkları Araştırma Enstitüsü

Oğuz Tekin / Koç Üniversitesi AKMED Türk Eskiçağ Bilimleri Enstitüsü Direktörü

Lutgarde Vandeput / İngiliz Arkeoloji Enstitüsü

Umay Oğuzhanoğlu / Akcay Pamukkale Üniversitesi Arkeoloji Enstitüsü Müdür Yrd.

Fokke Gerritsen / Hollanda Arkeoloji Enstitüsü

Gülay Mercan / Hasan Kalyoncu Üniversitesi

Sachihhiro Omura / Director of the Japanese Institute of Archeology

Nehemia Strupler / Director of the French Archeological Institute

Katya Piesker / German Archeological Institute

Abdullah Kizilcik / Director of Istanbul University Eurasia Research Center

Mahmut Ozden / ITO-BIRYAP

Tuncer Demir / Akdeniz University Mediterranean Civilizations Research Institute

Oguz Tekin / Director of Koc University AKMED Turkish Institute of Ancient Sciences

Lutgarde Vandeput / British Archeological Institute

Umay Oguzhanoglu / Akcay Pamukkale University Archeology Institute Director Assist.

Fokke Gerritsen / Dutch Archeological Institute

Gulay Mercan / Hasan Kalyoncu University

Project Team:

Alessandro Bianchi / Team Leader (Key Expert)

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Cevik / Team Leader

Guniz Atis Azrak / Key Expert

Assoc. Dr. Rana Ozbal / Expert

Ibrahim Halil Ada / Expert

Muberra Genc / Project Director

Mertcan Celik / Project Finance Officer

The 41st International Excavation Research and Archeometry Meeting was held in Diyarbakir with more than 300 distinguished attendees, including scientists from the field of archaeometry and archeology, and academics specialized in art history. During the meeting, information was given on the efforts and roadmap of the Turkish Archeology and Cultural Heritage Institute. On the other hand, the ideas of all attendees about what the mission of the Institute should be were collected in writing.

Attendees:

Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Muhammed Hakan Tanrıöver

Hale Ural

Project Team:

Alessandro Bianchi / Team Leader (Key Expert)

Ayse Ege Yildirim / Cultural Heritage Expert (Key Expert)

Selda Tan Dilek / Communication Expert (Key Expert)

Mertcan Celik / Project Finance Officer

Nergiz Ulucay / Project Officer

Nadir Alpaslan, the Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey, visited the Institute Building situated in Gaziantep. Mr. Alpaslan were accompanied by Fatma Sahin, the Metropolitan Mayor of Gaziantep, and the authorized persons of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey and the Project Team.

Attendees:

Nadir Alpaslan / Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey

Fatma Sahin / Metropolitan Mayor of Gaziantep

Muhammed Hakan Tanriover / Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Counsellor to the Minister

Hale Ural / Ministry of Culture and Tourism / Project Coordinator

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Cevik / Key Expert

Güniz Atis Azrak / Key Expert

During the meeting attended by the project team and the officials of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey, the personnel of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality were informed about the project of the Turkish Archeology and Cultural Heritage Institute.

Attendees:

Muhammed Hakan Tanriover / Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Counsellor to the Minister

Hale Ural / Ministry of Culture and Tourism / Project Coordinator

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Cevik / Key Expert

The Inception Report Assessment Meeting that was held at the Ulus Campus of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey was held in Ankara with the attendance of the Central Finance and Tenders Unit, the European Union Delegation, the EU Presidency, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey and the officials of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality, as well as the Project Technical Support Team.

Attendees:

EU Delegation

Seda Erden

Central Tender and Finance Unit Authorities

Engin Yarahmet

Presidency of the European Union

Murat Özçelebi

T.R. Minister of Culture and Tourism

Muhammed Hakan Tanrıöver

Hale Ural

İlkay İvgin

Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality

Serdar Gürsel

Fatih Çınk

Project Team:

Alessandro Bianchi / Team Leader (Key Expert)

Ayse Ege Yildirim / Cultural Heritage Expert (Key Expert)

Selda Tan Dilek / Communication Expert (Key Expert)

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Cevik / Key Expert

Güniz Atis Azrak / Key Expert

Ibrahim Fuat Ozcorekci / Expert

Muberra Genc / Project Director

Mertcan Celik / Project Finance Officer

Nergiz Ulucay / Project Officer

Within the scope of increasing the visibility of the Turkish Archeology and Cultural Heritage Institute project, the officials of the Ministry of Culture and Project Technical Support Team attended the Expo Heritage Istanbul Fair between April 11-13, 2019.

Heritage Istanbul is a conservation, restoration, archeology, museum, technology fair, and conference that adopted the matters such as raising the awareness and conservation of the cultural heritage in Turkey as a social mission, and aiming to develop the products, services, and technology accordingly.

Attendees:

T.R. Minister of Culture and Tourism

Muhammed Hakan Tanrıöver

Hale Ural

İlkay İvgin

Project Team:

Alessandro Bianchi / Team Leader (Key Expert)

Ayse Ege Yildirim / Cultural Heritage Expert (Key Expert)

Selda Tan Dilek / Communication Expert (Key Expert)

Muberra Genc / Project Director

Mertcan Celik / Project Finance Officer

Nergiz Ulucay / Project Officer

The opening meeting of the project was held in Gaziantep with the participation of protocol members commissioned in Turkey and European Union institutions and academicians in the fields of culture and arts. 450 people, including the following names, attended the meeting.

Fatma Sahin / Metropolitan Mayor of Gaziantep

Davut Gul / Governor of Gaziantep

Christian Berger / Head of EU Delegation to Turkey, Ambassador

T.R. Minister of Culture and Tourism

Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality

EU Delegation

Central Tender and Finance Unit Authorities

The Head of EU Delegation to Turkey, Ambassador Christian Berger has visited the Turkish Institute of Archeology and Cultural Heritage.

Attendees:

Christian Berger / Head of EU Delegation to Turkey, Ambassador

Muhammed Hakan Tanriover / Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Hale Ural / Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Cevik / Key Expert

Seda Erden / EU Delegation