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Heritage Türkiye

Işılay Gürsu, Peter Cherry

Heritage Türkiye is British Institute at Ankara"s new podcast! Join Dr. Işılay Gürsu and Dr. Peter Cherry to hear about the BIAA"s work across a range of fields: archaeology, cultural heritage management, history, sociology, literature, culture, and a lot more!

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36:42

Masculinities, Mobility, and the Making of Place with...

Heritage Türkiye ·

2025/11/26

In this episode of Heritage Türkiye, we stroll through Istanbul's Sultanahmet neighbourhood with Dr. Janine Su, a social anthropologist whose work explores socio-spatial mobility and contemporary masculinities in Türkiye. Drawing on over a decade of ethnographic engagement in Istanbul's Old City, Dr. Su reflects on the early experiences that first brought her to Istanbul and how Sultanahmet became the heart of her doctoral research at UCL. Dr. Su takes us behind the scenes of her fieldwork, sharing

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43:42

From Seeds to Civilisations: Andrew Fairbairn on...

Heritage Türkiye ·

2025/11/06

In this episode of Heritage Türkiye, we speak with Professor Andrew Fairbairn from the University of Queensland, a leading archaeologist and archaeobotanist whose work has transformed our understanding of early farming societies in the ancient Near East. Drawing on his long-term research in Türkiye, including major excavations at Boncuklu Höyük in Central Anatolia, Professor Fairbairn reflects on what ancient plant remains can reveal about the origins of agriculture and human adaptation to changing

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41:03

"Cultural Extimacy": Reframing Turkish–Greek...

Heritage Türkiye ·

2025/10/09

In this episode of Heritage Türkiye, we welcome Dr. Leonidas Karakatsanis, Assistant Professor at the University of Macedonia and former Assistant Director of the BIAA. Drawing on his extensive research into nationalism, reconciliation and the politics of culture and emotion, Dr. Karakatsanis discusses the role of civil society in Turkish–Greek relations, the challenges and rewards of multi-disciplinary research and the meaning of “cultural extimacy” beyond debates over shared cuisines. We also

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33:40

Bringing The Past to The Public: A Conversation with...

Heritage Türkiye ·

2025/09/18

Season Two of Heritage Türkiye launches with a compelling new episode featuring award-winning historian, broadcaster and BIAA patron Bettany Hughes. Renowned for her deep connection to Türkiye’s past, especially Istanbul, Bettany joins Dr. Işılay Gürsu and Dr. Peter Cherry to discuss life on and off camera, how she communicates research to the general public and her passion for bringing the ancient past to life through television and writing. The multilayered history of Istanbul is a central part of

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13:28

Season 1 Wrap-Up!

Heritage Türkiye ·

2025/08/07

The BIAA Heritage Türkiye Podcast has been a huge success: 13 episodes, 2 hosts, 12 guest speakers, and over 400 minutes of fascinating discussion. Thanks to everyone who tuned in! In this final episode, Dr. Işılay Gürsu and Dr. Peter Cherry reflect on the season and share key takeaways and look forward to season two.

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33:17

Journalism, Academia and the ‘Securitisation of News’...

Heritage Türkiye ·

2025/07/03

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Natalie Martin — a former BBC journalist and now Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham — about the current state of journalism and politics in Türkiye and beyond. Our conversation explored Turkey–EU and UK relations, the impact of Brexit on the Turkish-British relationship and the emergence of new media forms reshaping the journalism landscape. We also delve into the concepts of misinformation, disinformationand malinformation, and explore how they

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32:35

Preserving the Past: Gertrude Bell and Digital...

Heritage Türkiye ·

2025/06/12

In this episode of Heritage Türkiye, Mark Jackson (Professor of Byzantine Archaeology at Newcastle University and Honorary Secretary at the British Institute at Ankara) joins us to explore the enduring legacy of explorer, writer, archaeologist and diplomat Gertrude Bell and his role in the project to digitalise Bell's extensive archive, recently added to the UNESCO International Memory of the World register, which draws on her travels across Türkiye and West Asia. We also delve into the evolving

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35:39

Hidden Histories of Twentieth-Century Istanbul with...

Heritage Türkiye ·

2025/05/22

In this episode, former BIAA Assistant Director Dr Daniel Joseph MacArthur Seal (now postdoctoral research fellow at the Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Napoli) talks us through his research on every day life and night life in Istanbul during the early to mid twentieth century. Tune in to hear a wide ranging conversation in which Daniel talks about his work on the British occupation of Istanbul from 1918-1923, the From Enemies to Allies project which traced the evolving relationship between the UK and

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35:03

What We Can Learn from Bones with Dr. Benjamin Irvine

Heritage Türkiye ·

2025/05/01

In this episode, Dr. Benjamin Irvine (former BIAA Postdoctoral fellow and now Assistant Professor at Bilkent University) discusses his research on bones and what bones can tell us about how people lived in the past. The conversation takes surprising and fascinating turns drawing on irregular burials, dietary habits and whether bones can tell us about instances of murder. Dr. Irvine also makes a case for how archaeologists can be useful in crime investigations.

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28:25

Past and Present-day Aphrodisias with Bert Smith

Heritage Türkiye ·

2025/04/10

In this episode, we are joined by Bert Smith, Emeritus Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at the University of Oxford, Visiting Professor of Archaeology at Bilkent University, and director of the New York University managed and BIAA-sponsored excavations at Aphrodisias: a site in southwestern Türkiye. Famous for its marble workshops in anquity, Aphrodisias and its quarries were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017. Professor Smith talks about what makes the ruinscape

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31:10

Ancient Water Structures with Jim Crow

Heritage Türkiye ·

2025/03/06

In this episode Professor Jim Crow, chair of the British Institute at Ankara and Emeritus Professor of Roman and Byzantine Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh talks about his research on ancient water structures and their significance for today in the Türkiye and Black Sea region. Professor Crow underlines some key issues such as the continued use of these structures throughout the centuries, their outstanding engineering and the workforce that these ambitious building projects relied on

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33:51

Sustainable Water Management with Dr. Ender Peker

Heritage Türkiye ·

2025/02/13

In this episode, Dr. Ender Peker (Middle East Technical University and former BIAA Postdoctoral Fellow) talks about his research into sustainable water management across Türkiye. In an episode drawing on examples from Istanbul, Mardin and Ankara, Dr. Peker identifies some of the key challenges to ensure water security and sustainability in a society increasingly seeing some of the effects of climate change. He also makes a strong case for the use of academic research in developing policy.

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30:44

Conservation of Historic Sites with Aylin Orbaşlı

Heritage Türkiye ·

2024/12/19

In this episode, Dr. Işılay Gürsu and Dr. Peter Cherry talk with Dr. Aylin Orbaşlı, the current deputy chair of the BIAA. Dr. Orbaşlı is a researcher and a lecturer at the Oxford Brookes University with extensive experience on heritage management. As an architect and an independent consultant specialising on the historic built environment, Dr. Orbaşlı works internationally advising on the protection, conservation and management of historic places and sites. In this episode she talks about her

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35:58

Small Things, Big Stories with Emma L. Baysal

Heritage Türkiye ·

2024/11/28

In this episode, Dr. Işılay Gürsu and Dr. Peter Cherry talk with Dr. Emma L. Baysal, associate professor at Bilkent University and former BIAA Postdoctoral Fellow, about her National Geographic Society-supported project Small Things, Big Stories. Dr. Baysal focuses on how ‘small things’ like, ornaments, beads, bracelets, laborers and pedants, found close to the human body in burial grounds, offer a uniquely personal window onto the lives of settled hunter-gatherers as they were dealing with the

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30:43

Turkish Football with John McManus

Heritage Türkiye ·

2024/11/07

In this episode, Dr. Işılay Gürsu and Dr. Peter Cherry talk with social anthropologist Dr. John McManus, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral fellow at the Maecenata Foundation in Berlin and former BIAA Postdoctoral Fellow, about his book Welcome to Hell? In Search of the Real Turkish Football (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2018) and researching Turkish football. In a wide-reaching conversation, Dr. McManus talks about how football fandom draws on ties of family, class, ethnicity and community belonging in

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30:54

A New Excavation in Central Anatolia with Michele...

Heritage Türkiye ·

2024/10/17

In this episode Dr. Işılay Gürsu and Dr. Peter Cherry talk with Dr. Michele Rüzgar Massa, assistant professor at Bilkent University Archaeology department, about the Türkmen-Karahöyük excavations: a new archaeological project in central Anatolia. Dr. Massa explains the significance of the project, how it builds on the BIAA’s research legacy and contextualises the excavation within the ancient history of the Konya region and the different civilisations that called this area home. Dr. Massa ends by

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28:05

Heritage Türkiye Episode 1

Heritage Türkiye ·

2024/09/26

In this episode, BIAA Director Dr Lutgarde Vandeput and Dr Işılay Gürsu are hosted by Dr Peter Cherry to discuss the archaeological heritage of Pisidia, an ancient region located in Southwest Türkiye. The BIAA has conducted several projects to understand the ancient past of the region, such as the Pisidia Survey Project. A long distance hiking trail, the Pisidia Heritage Trail, was created to promote this beautiful region to wider audiences and to create social and economic benefits for its

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08:10

Introduction to Heritage Türkiye

Heritage Türkiye ·

2024/09/19

https://biaa.ac.uk/publication/heritage-turkiye-podcast/In this episode, Dr. Işılay Gürsu and Dr. Peter Cherry talk about the work of the British Institute at Ankara and introduce the BIAA's new podcast, Heritage Türkiye. Join them to hear about the BIAA's work across a range of fields: archaeology, cultural heritage management, history, sociology, literature, culture, and a lot more!

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