As part of the ASBU Department of Turkish Language and Literature Seminars, Dr Doğan Kaya presented a seminar titled "Tevriye in Turkish Culture". In the seminar moderated by Prof. Dr. Faruk Gün, Dr. Doğan Kaya explained the art of tevriye in Aşık ( poetry).

Assoc. Prof. Evrim Türkçelik who is a faculty member of ASBU Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of History, has been selected as a "Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow" (2024-2025) in the field of history by the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. The Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow Fellowship gives the opportunity to experienced academics in the field of social sciences to conduct research at the EUI for a certain period of time.

In the commemoration panel entitled "Sezai Karakoç's Thought of Resurrection and Islamic Civilization Perspective" organized by the Ilmi Etüdler Derneği (İLEM) on 18 November 2024, Vice Rector and Dean of our Faculty Prof. Dr.

 Prof. Selim Ferruh Adalı, member of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of History, participated in the conference organized by the International Assyriological Association (IAA). These annual conferences are held since the 1950s and are the meeting place for Assyriologists from around the world. The 69th conference organized this year was held in Helsinki with Helsinki University, Faculty of Arts, as the host. Prof.

During the preference process, we are waiting for all our candidate students at the ASBU Promotion Days organized at the ASBU Campus between 09.00-17.00.

Prof. Dr. José Javier Ruiz Ibáñez, from University of Murcia, Department of History, has visited our University's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History. Topics like a critical appraisal of 16th century historiography and comparisons of ancient cultures were among the topics discussed. Assistant Professor Emine Sökmen Adalı, from ASBÜ Department of Anthropology, has accompanied this visit and shared her knowledge on the ancient history of Ankara. 

Assoc. Prof. Nagihan Gür, a member of the Department of Turkish Language and Literature in our faculty, published her article titled ""Bir Hikâye Birden Çok Anlatı: Nigârîn’in Hikâyesinin Yüzyıllara Yayılmış Serüveni" in the journal “Zemin”. For the access link of the article; https://zemindergi.com/index.php/pub/article/view/100

The ASA (ASBU Journal of Social Research) published by our faculty has been accepted to the MLA Bibliography index.

As part of the HIST360 History and Culture of Ankara course, a field trip was organized to the archaeopark area reflecting the multi-layeredness of Ankara. The remains of the Ottoman period bath structure, debbağ workshops and road routes were examined. The theater building, which is an important symbol of Ankara's Roman cultural life, was visited and discussed in the context of the spatial organization of the city within the scope of the course.

Click here to access the current issue of our faculty journal; ASA -SSUA Journal of Social Research. 

ASBU Department of Turkish Language and Literature will start accepting students with a 30% English curriculum as of the 2023-2024 academic year. With this decision, which is part of the internationalization mission of our university and the Department of Turkish Language and Literature, our students will have the opportunity to have a bilingual education and thus complete their university education with Turkish and English content both in their own fields and in different disciplines.

Prof. Dr. Şebnem Köşer Akçapar's new book chapter "Mixed Migration Flows into Turkey and the Impact of the Pandemic: Revisiting Social Exclusion and Persisting Inequalities" has been published in The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems.

During the event held with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zehra Sema Demir, the young writers learned the importance and history of the museum in detail.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zehra Sema Demir's proficiency in history and archaeology provided great guidance to the young writers throughout the trip. In particular, her narration on the Orthostat of the Wall of Messengers, which is the subject of the Epic of Gilgamesh, enabled the young writers to gain a more comprehensive perspective on the history of humanity.

ASBU Young Writers Community organized an Editorial and Proofreading Training Seminar at the end of the Editorial and Proofreading Education Seminar.

Editorial and Proofreading Training Seminars took place on 06.06.23 in Sümerbank Chamber.

The seminar started with the opening speech of their supervisor Prof. Dr. Münire Kevser Baş. Publication editors from Bilgi Sarmal Publications and teachers from the Board of Education gave speeches and then answered their questions. 

Tahsin Emre Acar, ASBU Turkish Language, and Literature double major student, received the "Russian Government Scholarship". Under the scholarship, Acar will study for a master's degree in "Oriental and African Studies" in Russia in the 2023-2024 academic year. We congratulate him and wish him continued success.

Faculty Member from the Department of Anthropology, Asst. Prof. Emine Sökmen Adalı's two articles;

"Ankyra Rome and the Temple of Augustus in the Political Landscape as an Imperial Image" in the Journal of Spatial Planning and Design and also ''Ankara Augustus Temple in Late Ottoman Period Official Correspondence'' was published in the Journal of Archaeology and Art.

You can access all articles via here. 

Author Güray Süngü was the guest of our Faculty Dean Prof. Dr. Münire Kevser Baş's "Yakın Dönem Türk Edebiyatı II" course on Wednesday, 31 May. A pleasant conversation was held on the author's novel Düş Kesiği, which was awarded the Oğuz Atay award in 2010. Responding to the students' questions about post-modern literature, Süngü made evaluations on the intellectual/philosophical roots, characteristics and future of post-modern literature.

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Hilmi DEMİR, a faculty member of the Department of Philosophy, has been approved by the Council of Higher Education to serve as the acting Dean of the Faculty of Communication. We congratulate our teacher and wish him success in his new position.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Selim Ferruh Adalı held presentations and seminars at Heidelberg University on 24-28 April 2023 under the long-term German social science project SFB933 Materialle Textkulturen (Material Text Cultures) and exchanged views on how the archival work is carried out as a part of the Istanbul Sippar Project. 

Assoc. Prof. Selim Ferruh Adalı presented "Towards the Neo-Assyrian Mental Map? The Anatolian Aspect" at the hybrid conference titled Integrated Approaches to the Political Geography of Southern Anatolia 1650-550 BCE, organised by Bilkent University Archaeology Department on 4-6 May.