Archaeological Excavations and Heritage Conservation in Turkey

Aiming to increase the awareness in the field, excavation directors, municipality and museum representatives, representatives of non-profit organizations supporting archaeological excavations and conservation projects will contribute to the panel as participants.

Public panel: Dialogues: Archaeology and Heritage Conservation in Turkey 18 October 2018.

This public panel titled “Dialogues: Archaeology and Heritage Conservation in Turkey” is organized in collobortion with ANAMED, Koç University Archaeology and History of Art Department (ARHA) and European Union Turkey Delegation, as part of the European Year of Cultural Heritage events. Aiming to increase the awareness in the field, excavation directors, municipality and museum representatives, representatives of non-profit organizations supporting archaeological excavations and conservation projects will contribute to the panel as participants.

The public panel will be held in English. English-Turkish translation will be provided.

**********************************************************************************************

Organizers: Christina Luke; B. Nilgün Öz

***

1. Session: Archaeological Excavations and Heritage Conservation

13:00-13:15: Welcome Speech

13:15-13:30: Sabine Ladstaetter (Ephesos Excavation Director, OeAI)

13:30-13:45: Rüstem Aslan (Troy Excavation Director, ÇOMÜ)

13:45-14:00: Zafer Derin (Yeşilova Höyük Excavation Director, Ege University) Discussion

14:00-14:25: Discussion

14:25-14:45: Coffee Break

***

2. Session: Dynamics in the Conservation of Archaeological Sites

14:45-15:00: Cengiz Topal (Ephesos Site Manager)

15:00-15:15: Şükrü Koçak (Bornova Municipality representative)

15:15-15:30: Mustafa Gönen (GHF)

15:30-16:00: Elisabeth Niklasson (Stanford University)

16:00-16:30: Coffee Break

***

3. Session: Dialogue & Upcoming process

16:30-16:45: Q&A

16:45-17:30: Discussion: Upcoming research and investigations on achaeology and heritage conservation