November 9 2018, METU TAÇDAM - Museum of Archaeology

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The European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 also marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Keban Salvage Project, signifying both a first step towards the foundation of METU-TAÇDAM (Centre of Research and Assessment of Historical Environment, Middle East Technical University) and a turning point for Turkish archaeology and cultural heritage management.

Assembling under the leadership of METU President Kemal Kurdaş in the 1960s, numerous national and international teams made their first attempts in 1966 at documenting the cultural heritage that was soon to be flooded by the waters of the Keban Dam. Integrated field work began in 1968, and after incorporating a number of further dam projects on the Euphrates in the following years, the project became one of the leading examples of its kind among the world’s cultural heritage research.

In this context, together with the contributions of METU-TAÇDAM, Hacettepe University-HÜTKAM, Chicago University-Oriental Institute, British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) and American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT), a memorial event is being organized to take place in METU TAÇDAM -  Museum of Archaeology and Architecture Auditorium on November 9, 2018.

 

The schedule is as follows:

 

9:30-10:30 Opening

Prof.Dr. Mustafa Verşan Kök (METU President)

 

Çiğdem Atakuman (METU TAÇDAM Director)

Pelin Şahin Tekinalp (HÜTKAM Director)

Lutgarde Vandeput (BIAA Director)

Elif Denel (ARIT Ankara Director)
Lee Clare (DAI İstanbul Representative)

 

10:30-11:30 Session 1: Experiencing Keban

Mehmet Özdoğan (Keban Salvage Project, Tülintepe and Tepecik Excavations Team Member)

Cevat Erder (Keban Salvage Project, Executive Committee)

 

11:30-11:50 Coffee Break

 

11:50-12:50 Session 2: Understanding Keban

Laurent Dissard (Author: "Keban in Its Historical and Political Context", PhD Dissertation)

Nezih Başgelen (Archeology & Art Publications, Editor)

 

13:00-14:00 Lunch Break (at the Museum)

 

14:00-15:30 Panel 1: Keban in our Memories

Işın Yalçınkaya (Keban Salvage Project, Prehistoric Surveys)

Ayla Ödekan (Keban Salvage Project, Regional Architecture)

Ayşe Haznedar Özkan (Keban Salvage Project, Illustration)

Ömür Bakırer (Keban Salvage Project, Restoration Works)

Turhan Birgili (Keban Salvage Project, Photographer)

Moderator: Gülriz Kozbe (Ilısu - Karkamış Dams Salvage Project, Regional Coordinator)

 

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

 

16:00-17:30 Panel 2: Passing on the Heritage of Keban to Future

Ayşıl Yavuz (Keban Salvage Project, Restoration Works)

Sevil Gülçur (Keban Salvage Project, Norşuntepe, Tepecik Makaraztepe and Tülintepe Excavations Team Member)

Numan Tuna ( Former TAÇDAM Director [1993-2013], Ilısu-Karkamış and BTC Project Executive)

Halis Akder (Keban Salvage Project, Socio-economic Researches)

Moderator: Gülriz Kozbe

 

 

 


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