Of course a city should live, you can't turn it into a museum. But we should not wait for construction projects to learn the history of a town. We should dig on purpose, just to learn," Professor Mehmet Ozdogen 6400BC AND 5800BC FIRST HUMAN PRESENCE ISTANBUL
6400BC and 5800BC FIRST HUMAN PRESENCE . ISTANBUL. Of course a city should live, you can't turn it into a museum. But we should not wait for construction projects to learn the history of a town. We should dig on purpose, just to learn," Professor Mehmet Ozdogen argues . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Of course a city should live, you can't turn it into a
museum. But we should not wait for construction projects to learn the history of a town. We should dig on purpose, just to learn," Professor Mehmet
Ozdogen argues. "Once the past is destroyed, it's
irreversible."
6400BC AND 5800BC FIRST HUMAN PRESENCE
ISTANBUL
ISTANBUL
THESIS:CULTURAL PRESERVATION VS. DEGREDATION
WHY CHOOSE ISTANBUL?
ISTANBUL
ISTANBUL
Mimar Sinan-Greatest Ottoman Architect“I saw the monuments, the great ancient remains.
From every ruin I learned, from every building I absorbed something.”
late classical, baroque, and late nineteenth-century
Hundreds of Millions in Restoration from: the State, Private Donation, and ….U.S GOVERNMENT!
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"A lot of people are realising that with hammams they have these really old, beautiful wellness centres already in their country, and are thinking 'why don't we go to them?”- Nina Ergin, an Ottoman expert at Istanbul's Koc University.
Cagaloglu Hamami 34 Prof. Kasim Ismail Gurkan Cad.near Sultanahmet; 90-212/522-24;
Constructed in 1769 by architect Mehmet Tahir Aga for the daughter of Sultan Ahmed III, Zeynep Asime Sultan, Zeynep Sultan Mosque is situated close to Gulhane Park in Sultanahmet. There are several graves of interest in the complex, including that of Zeynep herself.