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Research Projects
The Netherlands Institute in Turkey currently participates in several research projects. These include:
Eastern Marmara Early Farming Project
This research project, which was begun in 1986, focuses on the early
agricultural history of the Eastern Marmara region of northwestern
Anatolia. It is a collaborative project of NINO and NIT. At present,
excavations are carried out at Barcın Höyük near Yenişehir (read more). Earlier
phases of the project investigated early farming communities at
Ilıpınar and Menteşe. Reports on these excavations have been published
in the series PIHANS (see publications).
Architectural Heritage of the Ottoman Balkans
This long-term research project
carried out by NIT research fellow Machiel Kiel, includes not only a
full inventory of Ottoman architectural remains in southeastern Europe,
but also archival research into the social and political aspects of the
building programmes.
Publication of Tell Kurdu Excavations
Several seasons of excavations
at the Neolithic and Chalcolithic site of Tell Kurdu in the Hatay
province in southern Turkey were carried out by the Oriental Institute
of the University of Chicago between 1996 and 2001. The co-directors of
the 2001 season, Fokke Gerritsen (NIT) and Rana Özbal (Boğaziçi
University, Istanbul) are preparing a final report. The Tell Kurdu website has more information on the project (last updated in 2004).
Ottoman Period Iron Production at Demirköy
A large, interdisciplinary research project is currently underway near
Demirköy in Kırklareli in Thrace, investigating the remains of
furnaces, forgeries, workshops and living quarters of the iron
production of the Ottoman period. The project takes place under the
auspices of the Turkish Society for the History of Science, and
includes among the partners the Kırklareli Museum, Boğaziçi University,
Istanbul Technical University, Bochum Mining Museum and Çanakkale
University. NIT supports the project with the coordination and
documentation of the fieldwork related to the industrial sections of
the excavations.
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