News & Insights from the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute
2nd Meeting of the 6th Research Network at DAI Istanbul, 5th & 6th March 2021 Throughout human history, a building or a built environment has always been the stage for social interaction. The builders’ thoughts and decisions affect the building, and, vice versa, the building, its aesthetics and function affect the thoughts and decisions of […]
Dear Guests, Regarding the increasing number of covid infections, we changed our library regulations. From now on, the library, as well as the building, can only be accessed with a FFP2/ N95 mask. (Photo: M. Ubben) For all access conditions and further information, please consult our visitor regulations here:
D-DAI-IST-4137, Photographer and date are unknown The monthly photo that we selected from our archive shows preparations being made for some field photography. The photographer, who may have accidentally released the shutter button, recorded this wonderful moment. Documentation of archaeological sites by photography gradually replaced the picturesque engravings of the ruins drawn by 19th-century travellers […]
D-DAI-IST-R31602, Photographer and date are unknown At the centre of the “photo of the month” we see Osman Hamdi who is looking at us with a painter’s palette in his hand. Osman Hamdi was one of the first generation archaeologists of the Ottoman Empire who was appointed director of the Ottoman Imperial Museum (Müze-i Hümayun) […]
We would like to invite you to our annual Winckelmann celebration which will take place online on 09th December 2021. Following some short words of welcome by the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr Johannes Regenbrecht, and the Annual Report from the DAI Istanbul Department by its Director Prof. Dr. Felix Pirson, […]
We are pleased to inform you that the library of the DAI Istanbul will open (appointment only) for three days a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) from Wednesday, 1.December 2021 (10:00 to 16:00 hrs). To arrange an appointment, please contact us at the following address:istanbul.termin.bibliothek@dainst.de For all access conditions and further information, please consult our […]
D-DAI-IST-R26109, Sebah & Joaillier (around 1900) In the photo of the month from our archive, the hottest room of the Caǧaloǧlu Bath is visible. Our view focuses on the slim columns supporting the large dome of the bath, the navel stone in the centre, and the Ottoman Baroque-style fountains at the back. The sunlight gliding […]
We would like to bring your attention to our DAI istanbul Newsletter. Once a month we bring you bundled all the latest information from our department and projects, including announcements for all our upcoming events and activities; what’s more, our library-users will find Internet links to lists of publications recently purchased by our library. If […]
During the Late Chalcolithic period (ca. 4700–3200 BCE) the Mesopotamian and peri-Mesopotamian regions underwent crucial changes toward social complexity. The Late Chalcolithic ceramics from Arslantepe (Malatya) and Tepecik (Elazıg) are a good indicator of this process and they also show a complex network of local features and communalities. Graphic: B. Akan Thursday, 25.11.2021, 18:00 (16:00 […]
Our new lecture programme 2021/ 2022 is now online! Lectures will take place on Thursday evenings at 18.00 hrs (Istanbul time). Information about the events will be shared on our social media. The lecture series will start tomorrow online with the lecture ” Die Bagdadbahn. Ein Deutsch-Türkisches Kooperationsprojekt ” (registration link https://dainst-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lR8d_L3KSn6dJuX_XVDYJg)
