METU GRADUATE PROGRAM IN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY

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Completed M.A. Theses

2013:

LATE OTTOMAN RESORT HOUSES IN ISTANBUL: BÜYÜKADA AND KADIKÖY
KÖSEOĞLU, Irmak – Supervisor: Lale ÖZGENEL

INTERSECTION OF ARCHITECTURE AND MUSIC AS GESAMTKUNSTWERK IN IANNIS XENAKIS'S SELECTED WORKS
ÖZCAN, Zeynep – Supervisor: Sevil ENGİNSOY EKİNCİ

ONE HISTORIAN TWO BOOKS: BEATRIZ COLOMINA'S HISTORIOGRAPHICAL APPROACH IN 'PRIVACY AND PUBLICITY' AND 'DOMESTICITY AT WAR'
ÖZ KARAMANOĞLU, Sema – Supervisor: Belgin TURAN ÖZKAYA

2012:

THE ENTERTAINMENT STRUCTURES IN ROMAN PERGAMUM
BAYKARA, Ayşe Bike – Supervisor: Suna GÜVEN

INVESTIGATING THE HOUSE CHURCH AT DURA-EUROPOS: PRODUCTION OF SOCIAL SPACE
GÜNEY, Ahmet Öncü – Supervisor: Suna GÜVEN

CHANGING CONTEXT OF OLYMPİC VICTOR STATUES IN GREECE AND ROME
KÖSEOĞLU, AYÇA – Supervisor: SUNA GÜVEN

2011:

TRAVELLING/WRITING/DRAWING: KARL FRIEDRICH SCHINKEL’S ARCHITECTURAL JOURNEY TO ITALY (1824)
BARAN, Mustafa Kemal – Supervisor: Sevil ENGİNSOY EKİNCİ

BEYOND BUILT FORM: THE COLOSSEUM
ÇETİN, Yunus – Supervisor: Suna GÜVEN

ANALYZING THE MİMARLIK JOURNAL: A STUDY ON ARCHITECTURE IN TURKEY IN THE 1980S
GÖLOĞLU, Sabiha – Supervisor: Elvan ALTAN ERGUT

RECONSTRUCTING THE OTTOMAN IMPERIAL HAREM OF NINETEENTH CENTURY: MEMOIRS OF LEYLA SAZ ON THE OLD CIRAGAN PALACE
GÜNSOY, Belkıs Harika – Supervisor: Sevil ENGİNSOY EKİNCİ

ELITE BENEFACTION IN ROMAN ASIA MINOR: THE CASE OF PLANCIA MAGNA IN PERGE
KALINBAYRAK, Aygün – Supervisor: Suna GÜVEN

TRANSFORMATION OF THE OTTOMAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY IN ANATOLIA: THE CASE OF TOKAT
KARDAŞ, Ayşegül – Supervisor: Elvan ALTAN ERGUT, Co-Supervisor: Ali Uzay PEKER

AFTERLIVES OF HAGIA SOPHIA: THE CHANGEI IN THE OFFICIAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS PRESERVING ANTIQUITIES IN THE LATE OTTOMAN AND EARLY REPUBLICAN PERIODS
KAVAK KESKİN, Ümran – Supervisor: Suna GÜVEN

A DIGITAL RECONSTRUCTION OF VISUAL EXPERIENCE AND THE SEBASTEION OF APHRODISIAS
ÖZTÜRK, Özgür – Supervisor: Suna GÜVEN

2010:

MAKING THE "HEART" OF RUSSIAN TERRITORIALIZATION: RAILWAYS AND MOSCOS RAILWAY STATIONS
ALPTEKİN, Ali Haydar - Supervisor: Namik ERKAL, Co-Supervisor: Elvan ALTAN ERGUT

INFLUENCES OF POLITICAL REGIME SHIFTS ON THE URBAN SCENE OF A CAPITAL CITY - CASE STUDY: TIRANA.
BLETA, Indrit – Supervisor: Belgin TURAN ÖZKAYA

THE BOOK, THE BODY AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY IN PETER GREENAWAY’S CINEMATOGRAPHY.
HORUZ, Semra – Supervisor: Sevil ENGİNSOY EKİNCİ

THEATER IN NINETEENTH CENTURY ISTANBUL: CASES FOR THE TRANSLATION OF AN ARCHITECTURAL TYPOLOGY
YAZICI, Ezgi – Supervisor: Namık ERKAL

2009:

FROM THE "AUTHOR" TO THE "READER": VISITING LITERARY HOUSE-MUSEUMS IN İSTANBUL.
KARLIK, Özge – Supervisor: Sevil ENGİNSOY EKİNCİ

SAVOIR VIVRE COSMOPOLITE: AHMED MIDHAT’S AVRUPA ADAB-I MUAŞERETİ YAHUT ALAFRANGA AS A SOURCE FOR MODERNIZATION OF THE CODES OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
ÇEKİÇ, Can Eyüp – Supervisor: Namık ERKAL

INTERSECTIONS: ARCHITECTURE AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND.
ACAR YILMAZTÜRK , Sibel - Supervisor: Sevil ENGİNSOY EKİNCİ

THE TURKISH PAVILION IN THE BRUSSELS EXPO ’58: A STUDY ON ARCHITECTURAL MODERNIZATION IN TURKEY DURING THE 1950S.
BANCI, Selda - Supervisor: Elvan ALTAN ERGUT
(METU THESIS AWARD)

2008:

INVESTIGATING THE WATER SUPPLY OF ROMAN ANKARA
KAYTAN, Emre – Supervisor: Suna GÜVEN

THEORY & PRACTICE: SOCIO-POLITICAL AND PHILISOPHICAL DYNAMICS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE GRID-PLAN IN ANCIENT GREEK CITIES
IŞIK, Özgür Emre – Supervisor: Suna GÜVEN

A CASE IN FRENCH COLONIAL POLITICS OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM: ANTIOCH AND ALEXANDRETTA DURING THE MANDATE
AÇIKGÖZ, Ümit Fırat - Supervisor: Belgin Turan Özkaya
(TÜRKİYE SOSYAL BİLİMLER DERNEĞİ YÜKSEK LİSANS TEZİ MANSİYON ÖDÜLÜ)

SIGFRIED GIEDION’S ‘SPACE, TIME AND ARCHITECTURE’: AN ANALYSIS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIOGRAPHY
CEYLANLI, Zeynep - Supervisor: Belgin Turan Özkaya

FORM AND SPACE IN ROMAN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE: THE ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE OF THE ATRIUM HOUSE.
ŞEKER, Ayşegül - Supervisor: Lale Özgenel

2007:

A COMPARATIVE FORMAL INVESTIGATION OF THE BATH-GYMNASIUM COMPLEX PLAN TYPE IN ROMAN ASIA MINOR AS A REFLECTION OF ROMANIZATION AND URBAN RENEWAL
DİNLER, Oya - Supervisor: Suna Güven

AN ANALYSIS OF ARCHITECT SINAN'S LATE PERIOD MOSQUES
KATİPOĞLU, Ceren - Supervisor: Jale Erzen
(METU THESIS AWARD)

EDUCATIONAL FUNCTION OF ART MUSEUMS: TWO CASE STUDIES FROM TURKEY
TAN, Ceyda Başak - Supervisor: Jale Erzen

THE PRESENTATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN IN THE POPULAR MEDIA:A RESEARCH STUDY ON POPLULAR HOME STYLE MAGAZINES IN THE POST-1980 PERIOD IN TURKEY
TANGLAY, Özgün- Supervisor: Jale Erzen

GRAND HOTELS IN MAJOR CITIES OF TURKEY, 1950-1980 : AN EVALUATION OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND TOURISM.
TOZOĞLU, Ahmet Erdem - Supervisor: Elvan Altan Ergut

2006:

MULTI-FUNCTIONAL BUILDINGS OF THE T-TYPE IN OTTOMAN CONTEXT: A NETWORK OF IDENTITY AND TERRITORIALIZATION
OĞUZ, Zeynep - Supervisor: Elvan Altan Ergut

ZOCALO: TRANSFORMATION OF AN AZTEC RELIGIOUS CENTER INTO A COLONIAL TOWN SQUARE IN MEXICO CITY
ÖZKAN, Meltem - Supervisor: Ali Uzay Peker

AYN RAND, OBJECTIVISM AND ARCHITECTURE
ÖZPEK, Burak Bilgehan - Supervisor: Elvan Altan Ergut

MYTH, LANDSCAPE & BOUNDARIES: THE IMPACT OF THE NOTION OF SACREDNESS ON GREEK URBANISM AND ARCHITECTURE
PINAR, Ekin - Supervisor: Suna Güven

FEMALE PATRONAGE IN CLASSICAL OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE: FIVE CASE STUDIES IN İSTANBUL
SÜMERTAŞ, Melike - Supervisor: Lale Ozgenel

FREVIEWING THE PERIODICAL YAPI (1941-1943): A STUDY ON ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE AND IDEOLOGY IN TURKEY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
ŞENER, Mehmet- Supervisor: Elvan Altan Ergut

TRADITIONAL KARACASU (AYDIN) DWELLINGS: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THEIR ARCHITECTURAL AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS.
TAŞDÖĞEN, Sezin - Supervisor: Lale Ozgenel

ROMAN URBAN SPACE FRAMED BY COLONNADES: MEDIATING BETWEEN MYTH, MEMORY AND HISTORY IN EPHESUS.
YONCACI, Pelin - Supervisor: Suna Güven

2005:

A STUDY ON POSSIBLE FOEIGN IMPACTS ON THE SUNGUR BEY MOSQUE IN NİĞDE
ESİN, Didem. - Supervisor: Ömür Bakırer

ARCHITECTURAL ELABORATION OF THE ‘PUBLIC’ IN THE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF LATE ANTIQUE ANATOLIA: CHANGES AND TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE PRIVATE SETTING.
ÇONKIR, Esra- Supervisor: Lale Özgenel

AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONSERVATION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE IN TURKEY: THE CASE OF ANKARA
ELMAS, N.- Supervisor: Elvan Altan Ergut

2004:

THE INSCRIBED-CROSS CHURCHES IN GÖREME
Arı, Meltem. - Supervisor: Suna Güven

NEW INTERPRETATIONS OF DOMESTIC SPACE AND LIFE: THE EMERGENCE OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN NINETEETH CENTURY ISTANBUL
GÖZÜBÜYÜK, Dilşad. - Supervisor: Lale Özgenel

SYMBOL, SPACE AND MEANING IN HITTITE ARCHITECTURE
Onurlu, Sema. - Supervisor: Suna Güven

CRUSADER CASTLES IN CYPRUS AND THEIR PLACE WITHIN THE CRUSADING HISTORY
UÇAR, Gülnur. - Supervisor: Suna Güven

AN ARCHITECTURAL AND SOCIAL INVENTORY OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT: DOCUMENTING THE 19TH CENTURY HOUSES IN MENTESBEY
Ugur, Selen. - Supervisor: Lale Ozgenel

2003:

CHOICE AND CONTEXT IN THE LATE ANTIQUE ARCHITECTURE: QUESTIONING THE CILICIAN "DOMED BASILICAS"
Belgin-Henry, Ayse. - Supervisor: Suna Güven

BUILDING FOR WOMEN'S EDUCATION IN EARLY REPUBLICAN TURKEY: ISMET PASA GIRLS INSTITUTE IN ANKARA
Gürol, Pelin. - Supervisor: Elvan Altan Ergut

WORKERS' HOUSING PROJECTS BY SEYFI ARKAN IN THE ZONGULDAK COALFIELD: A CASE OF MODERNIZATION IN EARLY REPUBLICAN TURKEY
Imamoglu, Bilge. - Supervisor: Elvan Altan Ergut
(MUSTAFA PARLAR THESIS AWARD)

A SURVEY ON THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION AT THE MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, 1956-1980
Uysal, Y. Yesim. - Supervisor: Elvan Altan Ergut

2002:

A STUDY ON THE PORTAL COMPOSITION AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE FACADE DESIGN OF ANATOLIAN SELJUK BUILDINGS
Caner, Cagla. - Supervisor: Omur Bakirer

OTTOMANS AND NATURE: LANDSCAPE, ARCHITECTURE AND LIFE IN THE OPEN
Iskender, Deniz. - Supervisor: Jale Erzen

EGYPTIAN INFLUENCES ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF ROMAN ASIA MINOR
Öztürk, Onur. - Supervisor: Suna Güven

BUILDING THE 'MODERN' ENVIRONMENT IN EARLY REPUBLICAN TURKEY: SÜMERBANK KAYSERI AND NAZILLI FACTORY SETTLEMENTS ,
Peri, Burak. - Supervisor: Elvan Altan Ergut

RESETTLEMENT OF BALKAN REFUGEES IN IZMIR DURING THE LATE OTTOMAN PERIOD: A SURVEY ON THE URBAN AND ARCHITECTURAL PROPERTIES OF THE PLANNED DISTRICY OF DEGIRMENDAGI
Temizsoy, Arzu. - Supervisor: Cana Bilsel

FORMATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF URBAN FABRIC IN THE 19TH CENTURY BURSA
Türkoglu, Sinem. - Supervisor: Inci Aslanoglu

THE IMAGE OF THE 'IDEAL HOME'/MODERN HOUSE IN POPULAR MAGAZINES DURING THE POST-WORLD WAR TWO PERIOD IN TURKEY
Yıldız, Şebnem. - Supervisor: Elvan Altan Ergut

2001:

REPRESENTATION OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE 16TH CENTURY OTTOMAN MINIATURE PAINTING.
BAHAR, Beyhan. - Supervisor: Jale ERZEN.

2000:

MODERNIZATION AND ITS SPATIAL PRACTICE IN EARLY REPUBLICAN ANKARA IN TWO CASES: THE GAZI FARM AND THE ATATURK BOULEVARD
Akyürek, Göksun. - Supervisor: Belgin. Turan

AN ARCHITECTURAL AND LITERARY OVERVIEW OF ANKARA BETWEEN 1923-1950
Dinçer, Emel. - Supervisor: Inci Aslanoglu

1999:

AN INTERPRETATION OF THE DIVRIGI COMPLEX (ITS ARCHITECTURE AND ORNAMENTATION) FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE COSMOS UNDERSTANDING IN THE 13TH CENTURY ANATOLIA
Bostan, Selen, B. - Supervisor: Ali Uzay Peker

THE EVOLUTION OF DESIGN IN THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF WESTERN EUROPE
Derer, Burcu. - Supervisor: Tansel Korkmaz

OTTOMAN BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE SEEN THROUGH FIVE SELATIN MOSQUES
Ersahin, Serap/ Supervisor: Inci Aslanaoglu

THE ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE SYRIAN ORTHODOX IN TUR ABDIN
Keser, Elif/ M. A. Thesis, Supervisor: Jale N. Erzen
(MUSTAFA PARLAR THESIS AWARD)

OBSERVATIONS ON SELECTED OTTOMAN MOSQUES IN THE LIGHT OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND THE BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURIES
Merzi, Serpil/ Supervisor: Inci Aslanoglu

ARCHITECTURE AND FASHION: INDICES OF THE TURKISH WESTERNIZATION PROCESS THROUGH THE STUDY OF THE 'FASHIONABLE' IN HOTEL ARCHITECTURE.
SAVASKAN, Erkmen. - Supervisor: Aydan BALAMIR.

TEMPLES OF APOLLO AT DIDYMA AND CLAROS IN IONIA AS CENTERS OF ORACULAR AND POLITICAL ACTIVITY
Soyöz, Ufuk. - Supervisor: Suna Güven

1998:

THE CHURCH OF THEODOR METOCHITES: A RE-READING OF THE EDIFICE AS A MNEMONIC ARTEFACT
Erkmen, Alev. - Supervisor: Suna Güven

THE ORIGINS OF THE INSCRIBED CROSS CHURCHES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TYPE IN ISTANBUL
Sülüner, Sinan. - Supervisor: Suna Güven

RECONCILIATION OF AUTHORITY AND THE SUBJECTS: INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE IMPERIAL CULT AND EVOLUTION OF ITS ARCHITECTURE IN ASIA MINOR
Üçer, Idil. - Supervisor: Suna Güven
(MUSTAFA PARLAR THESIS AWARD)

1997:

ROMAN AMPHITHEATRES IN ANATOLIA
Onrat, Fulya. - Supervisor: Suna Güven

EVALUATING THE PLACE OF HAGIA SOPHIA AMONG JUSTINIAN'S OTHER PERSUASIVE ACHIEVEMENTS
Özdemir, Kadir. - Supervisor: Suna Güven

1996:

MUSEUMS: CONCEPT, HISTORY, AND ARCHITECTURE WITH A SPECIAL SURVEY ON THE TURKISH CASE
Camgöz, Nilgün. - Supervisor: Jale N. Erzen

DRAMA, MARGINALITY, SPACE ARCHITECTURE OF RITUAL ACTION IN ARCHAIC GREECE A HELLENISTIC PARADIGM: PERGAMUM
Harmansah, Ömür. - Supervisor: Suna Güven
(MUSTAFA PARLAR THESIS AWARD)

1995:

IMPACTS OF POLITICAL DESICIONS IN THE FORMATIONS OF RAILROAD ARCHITECTURE IN TURKEY BETWEEN 1865 AND 1950.
Araz, Melda. - Supervisor: Inci Aslanoglu
(MUSTAFA PARLAR THESIS AWARD)

CONSTANTINOPOLIS: A STUDY ON THE CITY OF CONSTANTINOPLE AS THE ARTIFICE OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT'S IMPERIAL PROJECT
Erkal, Namık. - Supervisor: Suna Güven
(MUSTAFA PARLAR THESIS AWARD)

A STUDY ON THE CHANGING TURKISH BATHING CULTURE UNDER THE WESTERN INFLUENCES
Işık, Figen. - Supervisor: Inci Aslanoglu.

1994:

"MARBLE STYLE OF ANATOLIA" A STUDY ON THE ROLE OF MARBLE IN THE ARCHITECTURE OF ASIA MINOR IN THE ROMAN PERIOD
Ceylan, Burcu. - Supervisor: Suna Güven.

1992:

THE ARCHITECTURE FOR A NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE IN TURKEY IN THE TRANSITION FROM THE FIRST NATIONAL TO THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL PERIODS
Akturk, Sule. - Supervisor: Inci Aslanoglu.

A STUDY ON THE MARBLE WORK OF THE COBAN MUSTAFA PASHA MOSQUE IN GEBZE
Barakat, Heba Nayel. - Supervisor: Ömür Bakırer.

A STUDY ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE IN WESTERN ANATOLIA FROM THE ARCHAIC TO THE HELLENISTIC PERIODS
Özgenel, Lale. - Supervisor: Suna Güven.

1991:

HISTORICISM AND ARCHITECTURE: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR INTERPRETATIONS OF HISTORICISM IN CONTEMPORARY TURKISH AND WESTERN ARCHITECTURE
Altan, T. Elvan. - Supervisor: Inci Aslanoglu.

AN EXPLORATION OF 'SPACE' AND 'PERFORMANCE' IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY AVANT-GARDE MOVEMENTS THROUGH A HISTORICAL SURVEY
Caglayan, Gaye. - Supervisor: Inci Aslanoglu.

IMPACTS OF WESTERNIZATION ON "YALI" ARCHITECTURE ALONG THE BOSPHOURS IN ISTANBUL WITH REFERENCE TO THE SELECTED EXAMPLES
Fisekcioglu, Sera. - Supervisor: Inci Aslanoglu.

1990:

USE OF IRON AS NEW BUILDING MATERIAL IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY WESTERN AND OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE
Enginsoy, Sevil. - Supervisor: Inci Aslanoglu.

M.A. Theses in Progress

ENTERTAINMENT STRUCTURES IN ROMAN PERGAMON.
BAYKARA, Ayşe Bike - Supervisor: Suna GÜVEN

ANALYSIS OF ART MUSEUMS IN TERMS OF SPATIAL PERCEPTION
CANO, Sinem – Supervisor: Namık ERKAL

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ÇINAR, Selin – Supervisor:

INVESTIGATING THE HOUSE-CHURCH AT DURA-EUROPOS.
GÜNEY, A. Öncü – Supervisor: Suna GÜVEN

SACRED GEOMETRY AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD, A CASE OF MAKLI NECROPOLIS IN SINDH (14TH–16TH CENTURY)
JUNEJO, Rabela – Supervisor: Ali Uzay PEKER

THE IDENTITY OF “HIPPODROME” STRUCTURES IN THE ROMAN CITY.
KÖSEOĞLU, Ayça – Supervisor: Suna GÜVEN

DWELLING AND HOUSING IN PRINCES ISLANDS: SPACE, CONTEXT, AND DOMESTIC CULTURE
KÖSEOĞLU, Irmak – Supervisor: Lale Özgenel

UNDERSTANING AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN: A SURVEY OF BEATRIZ COLOMINA’S WRITINGS.
ÖZ, Sema – Supervisor: Belgin TURAN ÖZKAYA

IANNIS XENAKIS: ARCHITECTURE OF MUSIC / MUSIC OF ARCHITECTURE
ÖZCAN, Zeynep – Supervisor: Sevil ENGİNSOY EKİNCİ

THEORY AND PRACTICE OF GEOMETRY IN ARCHITECTURE IN THE MIDDLE EAST (10-14th CENTURIES).
OZDEN, Deniz - Supervisor: Ali Uzay PEKER

RAIMONDO DARONCO'S KARAKÖY MERZIFONLU KARA MUSTAFA PASHA MOSQUE: CONSTRUCTION AND DISAPPEARANCE
ÜNSAY, Murat – Supervisor: Namık ERKAL

BUILDING MEMORY THROUGH ARCHITECTURE
YILDIRIM, Mehmet S. – Supervisor: Suna GÜVEN

Completed Ph.D. Dissertations

2011:

THE TUNALI HİLMİ AVENUE, 1950S-1980S: THE FORMATION OF A PUBLIC PLACE IN ANKARA
RESULOĞLU, Çılga – Supervisor: Elvan ALTAN ERGUT

2010:

THE WOODEN HYPOSTYLE MOSQUES OF ANATOLIA: MOSQUE- AND STATE-BUILDING UNDER MONGOL SUZERAINTY
HAYES, Kenneth – Supervisor: Ali Uzay PEKER

A COMPARATIVE ARCHITECTURAL INVESTIGATION OF THE MIDDLE BYZANTINE COURTYARD COMPLEXES IN AÇIKSARAY - CAPPADOCIA: QUESTIONS OF MONASTIC AND SECULAR SETTLEMENT
ÖZTÜRK, Fatma Gül – Supervisor: Suna GÜVEN
(MUSTAFA PARLAR THESIS AWARD)

2009:

ENVIRONMENTAL AESTHETICS OF THE RURAL ARCHITECTURAL TRADITION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN HIGHLANDER SETTLEMENT: THE CASE STUDY OF ÜRÜNLÜ.
KAVAS, Kemal Reha – Supervisor: Jale ERZEN
(MUSTAFA PARLAR THESIS AWARD)

Ph.D. Dissertations in Progress

SUGGESTIVENESS OF RUIN: PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS OF ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION
ACAR YILMAZTÜRK, Sibel – Supervisor: Sevil ENGİNSOY EKİNCİ

SPATIAL MENAING OF ORNAMENTS AND SIGNS IN ANATOLIAN ARCHITECTURE
AKDER, Mehmet – Supervisor: Ali Uzay PEKER

DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE IN LATE ANTIQUE ZEUGMA: DOMESTICITY AND SPACE.
AYATAR ÇONKIR, Esra - Supervisor: Lale ÖZGENEL

ARCHITECTURAL PUBLICATIONS IN TURKEY.
BANCI, Selda – Supervisor: Elvan ALTAN ERGUT

CONCEPTUALIZATION OF ART IN THE EARLY TURKISH REPUBLIC
BECKER, Martina – Supervisor: Elvan ALTAN ERGUT

THE SOCIAL PRODUCTION OF PUBLIC SPACE IN ISTANBUL: URBAN STORIES OF SPATIAL RESISTANCE
BERNARDONI, Moira – Supervisor: Namık ERKAL, CO-Supervisor: ?

THE OTTOMAN INTERIOR AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY: PRINCES’ ISLANDS AND SUMMER RESIDENCES
CEYLANLI, Zeynep – Supervisor: Belgin TURAN ÖZKAYA, Co-Supervisor: Paolo GIRARDELLI

BUILDINGS OF DISPLAY DURING THE LATE OTTOMAN AND EARLY REPUBLICAN PERIODS
GUROL, Pelin - Supervisor: Elvan ALTAN ERGUT

ARCHITECTURAL HI-STORY WRITTEN BY VISUAL-ITY: 19TH CENTURY LONDON AND ISTANBUL IN DIO/PANORAMAS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
HORUZ, Semra – Supervisor: Belgin TURAN ÖZKAYA

19th CENTURY URBAN LANDSCAPE OF ISTANBUL: PUBLIC GARDENS AND PROMENADES
İTEZ, Özüm – Supervisor: Namık ERKAL

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KALINBAYRAK, Aygün – Supervisor:

A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON PROVINCIAL OTTOMAN ARCHITECTURE AND METROPOLITEN STYLE: QUESTIONS OF MEANING AND ORGINALITY IN THE 19TH CENTURY.
KATIPOGLU, Ceren - Supervisor: Jale ERZEN

HISTORY OF BYZANTINE STUDIES IN TURKEY FROM THE EARLY REPUBLICAN PERIOD TO TODAY IN THE CONTEXT OF CULTURAL POLICIES OF THE NATION STATE.
KILIC, Şule - Supervisor: Suna GUVEN

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KÖSE, Selçuk – Supervisor:

FRAMING OTTOMAN "MODERNIZATION": SPACE AND REPRESENTATION IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION OF SULTAN ABDULHAMID II
MUTLU, Özlem – Supervisor: Belgin TURAN ÖZKAYA

TRANSATLANTIC LINKS IN ARCHITECTURE: ANDALUSIAN INFLUENCE IN SPANISH COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN MEXICO
ÖZKAN, Meltem - Supervisor: Ali Uzay PEKER

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SEZGİNALP, Pınar – Supervisor:

AN ANALYSIS OF HISTORIOGRAPHY ON EARLY REPUBLICAN ARCHITECTURE
ŞENER, Mehmet - Supervisor: Elvan ALTAN ERGUT

MONUMENTS OF ENDURANCE: MEMORY AND THE MAUSOLEUM ARCHITECTURE OF ANATOLIAN SELJUKS IN 11TH-14TH CENTURIES.
ŞENTURK, Murat Kenan - Supervisor: Ali Uzay PEKER

A GENDERED INTERPRETATION OF THE PAHLAVI BUILDERS: CONSTRUCTING/DECONSTRUCTING/RECONSTRUCTING MODERNITIES
TABİBİ, Baharak - Supervisor: Belgin TURAN ÖZKAYA

THE MEDIATING ROLES OF ARCHITECTURE: METAMORPHOSIS FROM ROMAN TEMPLE TO CHRISTIAN SANCTUARY
TEKİN, Burcu – Supervisor: Suna GÜVEN

TRANSFORMATION OF THE OTTOMAN BALKAN CITIES AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY: RUMELI RAILWAYS AS AN AGENT OF CHANGE
TOZOĞLU, Ahmet Erdem – Supervisor: Sevil ENGİNSOY EKİNCİ, Co-Supervisor: Namık ERKAL

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USLU, İrem – Supervisor:

ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICES AND THE STATE: STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS IN ANKARA, 1950 - 1980
UYSAL, Yesim - Supervisor: Elvan ALTAN ERGUT

SEARCHING FOR AN INTERTWINED RELATION: ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD IN TURKEY
YAVUZ, Ezgi - Supervisor: Elvan ALTAN ERGUT

Current Research Projects

“Bina Kimlikleri ve Envanteri: Ankara, 1923-1973", Mimarlar Odası Ankara Şubesi Projesi, Since 2004.Coordinator: Elvan Altan Ergut For further information: http://www.mimarlarodasiankara.org/?id=1

“Ambivalent Geographies”, UK-Middle East Capacity Sharing Partnership, The British Academy, UK partner: Dana Arnold - Southampton University, Middle East Partners: Belgin Turan Ãzkaya, Elvan Altan Ergut â Middle East Technical University. 2009-2012.

“ENGLOBE, (Enlightenment and Global History)” EU 7th Framework Marie Curie Program ITN Project, 2010-2013. Institutional Coordinator: Ali Uzay Peker, Team: Elvan Altan Ergut, Namik Erkal, Tina Becker, Moria Bernardoni. For further details and application: http://www.englobe-itn.net/cms/front_content.php?idcat=54&lang=1

“Türkiye ve Avrupa arasında Bilimsel Hareketlilik ve Etkilesim: Osmanlı'dan Günümüze Arkeoloji ve Müzecilik”, TUBITAK 3501 Kariyer Geliştirme Programı Projesi, Coordinator: Tugba Tanyeri Erdemir.

Completed Research Projects

CLIOHRESnet(Creating Links and Innovative Overviews for a New History Research Network Agenda for the Citizens of a Growing Europe) EU Sixth Framework Program Network of Excellence, 2004-2010. Coordinator: Ali Uzay Peker, Asst. Coordinator: Cana Bilsel, Research Team: Çağla Caner, Sinem Türkoğlu

EU CFCU Regional Development Project (Improvement of Tourism Potential of Divriği in Sivas Province Through Assessement and Representation of Natural and Cultural Heritage), 2007-2008. Coordinator: Ali Uzay Peker.

“Interaction Between Syria and Anatolia in Medieval Age, Formation of the Built Environment by the Silk Road,” METU Research Project, Coordinator: Ali Uzay Peker, Research Team: Çağla Caner, Ceren Katipoğlu, Tuba Akar, Murat Kenan Şentürk

Recent Publications

ALTAN ERGUT, E. “‘Mimarlik Tarihi Arastirma Stüdyosu’ Çalismasinin Düsündürdükleri: Ankara’da Mimarlik, 1950–1980”, with Bilge Imamoglu, Mimarlik, 337, 2007.

ALTAN ERGUT, E. “Presenting Ankara: Canonical Visions of Early Republican Architecture in Turkey”, in Dana Arnold, Elvan Altan Ergut, Belgin Turan Özkaya (eds.) Rethkinking Architectural Historiography, pp.151-168. Routledge, London and New York, 2006.

ALTAN ERGUT, E. “Mapping Architectural Historiography”, with Belgin Turan Özkaya”, in Dana Arnold, Elvan Altan Ergut, Belgin Turan Özkaya (eds.) Rethkinking Architectural Historiography, pp.1-14. Routledge, London and New York, 2006.

ALTAN ERGUT, E. “Modern Architecture in the Middle East: Beyond Tradition and Development”, with Belgin Turan Özkaya, DOCOMOMO Journal, September 2006, no.35, pp.24-29.

ALTAN ERGUT, E. “Erken Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türkiye Mimarlığı ve Modernleşme: Mesleğin Profesyonelleşmesi Sürecinde Yabancı Mimar Problemi ve Yarışmalar", Cumhuriyet'in 80. Yılında Türkiye Kültürü, der. Cana Bilsel, 73-84. Mimarlar Odası ve SANART Estetik ve Görsel Kültür Derneği Yayınları, Ankara, 2007.

ENGINSOY EKINCI, S. “Reopening the Question of Document in Architectural Historiography: Reading Filarete's Treatise on Architecture for/in Piero de' Medici's Study,” in Dana Arnold, Elvan Altan Ergut and Belgin Turan Ozkaya (eds.), Rethinking Architectural Historiography, Routledge: London and New York, 2006, pp. 121-134.

ENGINSOY EKINCI, S. “Building Commodity: Consumption/Production of a 19th Century Ottoman/British ‘Iron House for a Corn-Mill’,” Proceedings: Changing Boundaries – Architectural History in Transition, Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (INHA) and Society of Architectural Historians (SAH), Paris, 31 August-4 September 2005 (forthcoming in 2007/08).

ERZEN, J. “Ecology, Art, Ecological Aesthetics”, in Heike Strelow, ed. Ecological Aesthetics,ed., Birkhauser, Basel, Berlin, 2004, pp.22-25.

ERZEN, J. Fotograf Notlari, Say Yayinlari, 2004, Istanbul.

ERZEN, J. “Cultures in Transition and Aesthetic Modes”, in K. Nishimura, et. al. eds. Selected Papers of the 15th International Congress of Aesthetics, ed. Tokyo 2003, pp 45-53.

GÜVEN, S. “Building the Past in Ankara from Augustus to Atatürk” in Perceptions of the Past in the Turkish Republic (Classical and Byzantine Periods), Brill (forthcoming).

GÜVEN, S. “Frontiers of Fear: Architectural History, the Anchor and the Sail” in Rethinking Architectural Historiography, eds. Dana Arnold, Elvan Altan Ergut, Belgin Turan Özkaya, London and New York, Routledge, 2006, pp. 74-81.

GÜVEN, S. “Antik Çagda Küreyerellesme: Urfa’da Temsil ve Bellek Tasarimi”, Türk(iye) Kültürleri, pp. 520-540, Tetragon Yayinlari, 2005, Istanbul.

GÜVEN, S. “Mimarlik Tarihi ve Antik Dönem Açilimlari” Eskiçag’in Mekanlari, Zamanlari, Insanlari, ODTÜ Mimarlik Tarihi Yüksek Lisans ve Doktora Programi Doktora Arastirmalari Sempozyumu III, 2-3 Haziran 2003, ODTÜ, Ankara, der. Lale Özgenel, ODTÜ Mimarlik Fakültesi ve Homer Kitabevi, Istanbul, 2005, pp.15-29

GÜVEN, S. “Mimarligin Ilk Kurami”, Sanat Dünyamiz, no.90, 2004, pp.176-183.

KATIPOGLU, C. “Sinan’in Üsküdari ve Semsi Ahmet Pasa Külliyesi Üzerine Bir Yorum” (Architect Sinan’s Uskudar; an interpretation on Semsi Ahmet Pasha Complex) National Üsküdar Symposium IV. Book,(forthcoming).

KATIPOGLU, C. “The Corps of the Royal Architects and the Role of the Sinan in the Sixteenth Century’s Architectural Design Process.” Ipekyolu, Serial – Special Theme, International Symposium Turkish Art and Archeology, the honor of Prof. Dr. Olus ARIK and Ruçhan ARIK. (forthcoming).

ÖZGENEL, L. “Public Use and Privacy in Late Antique Houses in Asia Minor: The Architecture of Spatial Control”, in L. Lavan, L. Özgenel and A. Sarantis eds. Housing in Late Antiquity: From Palaces to Shops (Brill 2007), 239-281.

ÖZGENEL, L. (with H. Elton, M. Jackson, G. Mietke, J. Newhard, and E. Twigger), “A New Late-Roman Urban Centre in Isauria”, Journal of Roman Archaeology 19 (2006), 300-311.

ÖZGENEL, L.“Late Antique Domestic architecture in Lycia: An Outline of Archaeological and Architectural Evidence”, in K. in K. Dörtlük et.al. eds. The Third Symposium on Lycia, Symposium Proceedings, (Antalya 2006), 557-572.

ÖZGENEL, L. (editor) Eskiçag’in Mekanlari, Zamanlari, Insanlari (Spaces, Times and People of the Ancient World, Proceedings of the III. Graduate Studies Symposium, June 2003, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey) (Istanbul, Homer and METU 2005).

ÖZGENEL, L. “Antik Yunan Konut Yazini: Kaynaklar, Sorunlar ve Yeni Yaklasimlar Üzerine bir Degerlendirme”, (The Literature on Ancient Greek Domestic Architecture: an Evaluation of Sources, Problems and New Approaches), OLBA 2005: XIII (Journal of the Mersin University Research Center of Cilician Archaeology), 199-220.

PEKER, A. U., “Pearl in Custody: Long Forgotten Symbolism of Great Mosque and Darussifa in Divrigi,” Archaeology, Anthropology and Heritage in the Balkans and Anatolia, ed. David Shankland (Istanbul: Isis Press) (forthcoming)

PEKER, A. U., “A Retreating Power: Ottoman Approach to the West in the 18th century,” Power and Culture: Hegemony, Interaction and Dissent, eds. Jonathan Osmond & Ausma Cimdina, Pisa: Edizioni Plus, 2006, pp. 83-100.

PEKER, A. U. & K. BILICI (eds.) Selçuklu Uygarligi: Sanat ve Mimarlik (Ankara: Ministry of Culture, 2006).

PEKER, A. U., “Evrenin Binasi: Mimarîde Yazi ve Kozmolojik Anlam,” Selçuklu Uygarligi, v 2: Sanat ve Mimarlik, eds. Ali Uzay Peker & Kenan Bilici (Ankara: Kültür ve Turizm Bakanligi, 2006) pp. 31-41..

PEKER, A. U., “Anadolu Bazilika Gelenegi ve Anitsal Mimariye Etkisi,” Selçuklu Uygarligi, v. 2: Sanat ve Mimarlik, eds. Ali Uzay Peker & Kenan Bilici (Ankara: Kültür ve Turizm Bakanligi, 2006) pp. 55-65.

TANYERİ ERDEMİR, T. "Going Native Through Archaeology: The Impact of British Explorers and Archaeologists in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th Century", ISIMU, no:10, pp.69-78, 2009.

TANYERİ ERDEMİR, T. "Çocuklar icin Bilim: Bilim Müzeleri ve ODTÜ Örneği", in Bekir Onur (ed.) Üniversite Müzeleri ve Müzecilik, pp.117-128. Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınları, Ankara, 2009.

TANYERİ ERDEMİR, T. "The Temple and The King: Urartian Ritual Spaces and Their Role in Ideology" in Jack Cheng and Marian Feldman (eds.) Festschrift for Irene J. Winter, pp. 205-225. Brill, Leiden and Boston, 2007.

TURAN ÖZKAYA, B. “Spaces of Vision: Architecture and Visuality in the Modern Era,” Architectural Theory Review, 12/1, August 2007, Routledge, London and New York. 2-7.

TURAN ÖZKAYA, B. “Mapping Architectural Historiography” with Elvan Altan Ergut in Dana Arnold, Elvan Altan Ergut, Belgin Turan Özkaya (eds.) Rethkinking Architectural Historiography, pp.1-14. Routledge, London and New York, 2006.

TURAN ÖZKAYA, B. “Modern Architecture in the Middle East: Beyond Tradition and Development”, with Elvan Altan Ergut, DOCOMOMO Journal, September 2006, no.35, pp.24-29.

TURAN ÖZKAYA, B. “Theaters of Fear and Delight: Ottomans in the Serenissima,” in After Orientalism: Critical Entanglements, Productive Looks, Inge Boer (ed.), Amsterdam, New York, NY: Rodopi, 2003, 45-63.

TURAN ÖZKAYA, B. “Reaestheticizing the Discipline: Aldo Rossi and the Triumph of ‘Autonomous Architecture’,” Harvard Design Magazine, 17, Fall 2002, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA. 72-78