Papers by Haldun Aydingun
Journal of Anthropological and Archaeological Sciences
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Amisos, Jun 27, 2020
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SOMA 2013. Proceedings of the 17th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, 2016
Ancient historians had reported that around 1200 BC Thracian / Phrygian tribes came from Balkans ... more Ancient historians had reported that around 1200 BC Thracian / Phrygian tribes came from Balkans and passed to Anatolia from Dardanelles and Bosporus. While the material evidences for the Dardanelles’ passage were well documented, the ones for Bosporus were missing. In the archaeological surveys we carried out since 2007 on the western side of Istanbul we reached many traces of Thracian /Phrygian style, thus giving us the possibility to conclude that the crossing of Bosporus by these tribes did actually happen as written by ancient historians.
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Arkeoloji ve Sanat, 2013
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The surveys of the Istanbul Prehistoric Research Project that have been carried out since 2014 in... more The surveys of the Istanbul Prehistoric Research Project that have been carried out since 2014 in and around the Istanbul Büyükçekmece Lake, discovered not only prehistoric materials but also a considerable number of small findings, ceramics and architectural elements from the Classical Period. A great deal of effort was spent to identify the long wall, extending roughly along the lake"s ancient coast line, which surfaces during the years of drought when the lake"s water recedes considerably. Antique geographers mention the region in a line or two, as a small town named after Athyra(s), a river flowing into the Marmara Sea from the north. Procopius, an important historian of the 6th Century, informs us in his book "On Buildings"(Greek: ΠερὶΚτισμάτων, PerìKtismáton; Latin: De aedificiis) that Emperor Justinian built a reservoir at the request of people affected by drought in a town called Athyra, near Constantinople. At first glance, knowing that the lake now not ...
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Journal of Anthropolocical and Archaeological Science, 2021
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JAHRESHEFTE DES ÖSTERREICHISCHEN ARCHÄOLOGISCHEN INSTITUTES IN WIEN Band 88, 2020
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It is reported that the fortress which was recorded as Ahmediye Castle to the north of Büyükçekme... more It is reported that the fortress which was recorded as Ahmediye Castle to the north of Büyükçekmece Lake in the west of Istanbul is the Episkopeia fortress. Episcopia fortress was built by Emperor Justinianus in VI. Century. Aim of the fortress was protected the fertile agricultural lands in the region from the Thracian, Avars and Bulgarian attacks. The first detailed information of the castle is presented to the world of science with this article.
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The Political Geography of Western Anatolia in the Late Bronze Age, Ivo Hajnal, Eberhard Zangger and Jorrit Kelder (editors) Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft, 2021
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Ne Mutlu İhracatçıyım Diyene, 1995
Bu kitabı 1995 yılında yazıp yayınlayan genç adam bugünkü benden oldukça farklı biriydi; Küçük bi... more Bu kitabı 1995 yılında yazıp yayınlayan genç adam bugünkü benden oldukça farklı biriydi; Küçük bir kızı, genç bir eşi vardı. Her şeyden önce de maddi imkanları hızla yükselen bir ülkede (Özal Türkiye’sinde) yaşıyordu ve yarınların ona, ailesine ve bütün ülkeye müthiş bir refah vaat ettiğini düşünüyordu.
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Büyükçekmece, a town and a homonymous district in the Thracian territories west of Istanbul takes... more Büyükçekmece, a town and a homonymous district in the Thracian territories west of Istanbul takes its modern name from a lagoon lake situated within the district borders. The ancient name of the city was Athyra(s), a term that was also common for a large stream, modern Karasu, which flows into the lake from the North. The rivers of Melas and Athyras converge in the North of the region identified by antique writers as the Athyras river. In this estuary region, the rivers formed with their alluvial deposits a wide and fertile plain. In that plain where the two rivers met until recent times, the fortress of Ahmediye Castle is located, in the basin of the Büyükçekmece dam lake. The fortress lies 8 km north¬west of the road that leads from the outfall of Lake Büyükçekmece to the city of Çatalca, and it is clearly visible from the International Highway E-80, a road that corresponds with the former Via Egnatia3. Obviously, the fortress was situated close to the Via Egnatia, for both the safety of the travellers and the safety of the neighbouring plains and landscapes.
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Ancient historians had reported that around 1200 BC Thracian / Phrygian tribes came from Balkans ... more Ancient historians had reported that around 1200 BC Thracian / Phrygian tribes came from Balkans and passed to Anatolia from both Dardanelles and Bosporus. While the material evidences for the Dardanelles’s passage were well documented, the ones for Bosporus were missing. In the archaeological surveys we carried out since 2007 on the western side of Istanbul we reached many traces of Thracian / Phrygian style, thus giving us the possibility to conclude that crossing of Bosporus by these tribes did actually happened as written by the ancient historians.
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The surveys of the Istanbul Prehistoric Research Project that have been carried out since 2014 in... more The surveys of the Istanbul Prehistoric Research Project that have been carried out since 2014 in and around the Istanbul Büyükçekmece Lake, discovered not only prehistoric materials but also a considerable number of small findings, ceramics and architectural elements from the Classical Period. A great deal of effort was spent to identify the long wall, extending roughly along the lake"s ancient coast line, which surfaces during the years of drought when the lake"s water recedes considerably. Antique geographers mention the region in a line or two, as a small town named after Athyra(s), a river flowing into the Marmara Sea from the north. Procopius, an important historian of the 6th Century, informs us in his book "On Buildings"(Greek: ΠερὶΚτισμάτων, PerìKtismáton; Latin: De aedificiis) that Emperor Justinian built a reservoir at the request of people affected by drought in a town called Athyra, near Constantinople. At first glance, knowing that the lake now not only supplies its ever-growing nearby population but also provides fresh water to Istanbul, the information given by Procopius didn"t seem to be convincing. The team focused its efforts to investigate if the embankment belongs to the mentioned dam, or not.The team consulted the historic records and also correlated with the other surface findings such as different artifacts, ceramics, and architectural elements to build a context. Underwater Side Scan Sonar, Geomorphological and Paleoclimatological work confirmed that the region, despite its ample fresh water sources available nowadays, was suffering a serious drought during the sixth century.
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In the past, from as early as Neolithic up until the Middle Ages, Black Sea was not only a land l... more In the past, from as early as Neolithic up until the Middle Ages, Black Sea was not only a land locked inner sea but a very important central point in the communication of the lands as far as Southern Scandinavia in the west and Afghanistan in the east. To reach commercially such a rich and wide hinterland from the Mediterranean world Istanbul’s Küçükçekmece harbors, not Bosporus, was offering one of the best and easiest alternative.
Karadeniz geçmişte karaların arasına sıkışıp kalmış bir iç deniz değil, Avrasya kütlesinin ortası sayılabilecek bir konumda bulunan ve nehir ulaşım ağları sayesinde en batıda Güney İskandinavya’dan, en doğuda Afganistan’a kadar geniş bir bölgenin ulaşım ve iletişim merkezi görevini gören önemli bir odak noktasıydı. Kuzeyin bu zengin topraklarına Akdeniz dünyasından ticari olarak erişmek için de kullanılacak en uygun geçiş noktası İstanbul Boğazı değil, Küçükçekmece Gölü’nün limanlarıydı.
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Karadeniz geçmişte karaların arasına sıkışıp kalmış bir iç deniz değil, Avrasya kütlesinin ortası sayılabilecek bir konumda bulunan ve nehir ulaşım ağları sayesinde en batıda Güney İskandinavya’dan, en doğuda Afganistan’a kadar geniş bir bölgenin ulaşım ve iletişim merkezi görevini gören önemli bir odak noktasıydı. Kuzeyin bu zengin topraklarına Akdeniz dünyasından ticari olarak erişmek için de kullanılacak en uygun geçiş noktası İstanbul Boğazı değil, Küçükçekmece Gölü’nün limanlarıydı.
Talks by Haldun Aydingun
Karadeniz geçmişte karaların arasına sıkışıp kalmış bir iç deniz değil, Avrasya kütlesinin ortası sayılabilecek bir konumda bulunan ve nehir ulaşım ağları sayesinde en batıda Güney İskandinavya’dan, en doğuda Afganistan’a kadar geniş bir bölgenin ulaşım ve iletişim merkezi görevini gören önemli bir odak noktasıydı. Kuzeyin bu zengin topraklarına Akdeniz dünyasından ticari olarak erişmek için de kullanılacak en uygun geçiş noktası İstanbul Boğazı değil, Küçükçekmece Gölü’nün limanlarıydı.