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📷©A. Papatheodorou 2026
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This 336-page volume was translated from Greek and published in Karamanlidika to enlighten Turkish-speaking Greek Orthodox Christians, imbuing it with the virtues of logic and morality intended to make them better people and better Christians.
🚨 PAPER HIGHLIGHT – ANATOLIAN STUDIES 76 This article employs historical methods, as well as textual and intertextual research tools, to investigate the Karamanli Phyllada (1843), a book that falls within the worldwide legacy of Alexander the Great.
Very pleased to announce that Anatolian Studies (@thebiaankara.bsky.social) is moving to OLH!
Previously published by Cambridge University Press under a hybrid OA model, the journal is now #DiamondOA, supported by OLH's network of 340+ universities worldwide.
📷©Konya Karahöyük Excavations Archive 2026
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🚨 PAPER HIGHLIGHT – ANATOLIAN STUDIES 76 Crescent-shaped loom weights from the 16th-century BCE levels at Konya-Karahöyük. The authors suggest these objects were part of an administrative kit, possibly used to track time or measure the capacity of grain and liquid containers.
Building on the success of the Travellers in Ottoman Lands seminar held in Istanbul in 2025, the British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) is delighted to support the fourth TIOL seminar, which will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 23–24 April 2027.
⏰ CALL FOR PAPERS
Travellers in Ottoman Lands Seminar 4, 21–24 April 2027, Thessaloniki, Greece
📆 Deadline: 15 November 2026
ℹ️ biaa.ac.uk/cfp-tiol4/
In Ankara, Ozan will focus on publishing key findings from his research on how the Ottoman Empire responded to the growing demands for antiquities among foreign museums and the international art market.
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👏 BIAA-Bilkent Postdoctoral Fellow Appointed We welcome Dr Ozan Hüseyin (SOAS University of London), who joins the BIAA and Bilkent Üniversitesi as the joint Research Fellow for 2026-27.
In this episode, Dr Peter Cherry interviews Dr Işılay Gürsu about her research on public archaeology and cultural heritage.
🎧 The first episode of Season 3 of Heritage Türkiye is out!
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“Archaeology, Heritage and Society", with Dr Işılay Gürsu
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Links at biaa.ac.uk/podcasts/25-...
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Turkish subtitles available
🚨📢 CALL FOR PAPERS: Travellers in Ottoman Lands
Salonica, Rumeli and Beyond: Journey across Cultures and Identities
⏰ Deadline: 15 November 2026
ℹ travellersinottomanlands.com/next-seminar/
🗣 Discussant: Zeynep Boz (The Directorate General of Cultural Assets and Museums) 📆 Thursday, 8 October 2026 ⏰ 17:30 - 18:30 (Ankara UTC+3) 📍 BIAA, Atatürk Bulvarı 154/1, Ankara
📆 BOOK LAUNCH: Public Dialogues in Archaeology by Dr Işılay Gürsu
Hybrid Event
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If so, join us for a webinar on how the British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) can support your research. ➖ 🗣 Martyn Weeds, Dr Peter Cherry (BIAA) 📆Wednesday, 21st October 2026 ⏰18:30 - 19:30 (London BST) 📍Zoom
🚨 Are you a UK Higher Education Institution-affiliated researcher working within the humanities and social sciences and planning a project in Türkiye and/or the Black Sea region next year?
ℹ️ REGISTER for online attendance at biaa.ac.uk/events/webin...
Presentations centred on three stories intersecting in Ankara as it transitioned from the Ottoman era to the Republic, offering a historical journey through the memory of this dynamic city as it evolved from an imperial centre into a capital.
🏛️EUROPEAN HERITAGE DAYS - ANKARA 🕌
Yesterday, the BIAA participated in the EHD in Ankara, organising a discussion panel on the city's history.
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📝 NEW PUBLICATION: ANATOLIAN STUDIES
Volume 76 of Anatolian Studies is now officially published and available on Cambridge Core.
Explore the latest peer-reviewed research and archaeological studies from the region.
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