İZNİK ÇİNİ FIRINLARI KAZISI

Abstract

The İznik Excavations are examined in two periods. First Period Excavations (1963-1969): İznik Excavations, which deals with İznik’s historical and cultural heritage collectively and in various aspects, is a name given to the studies by Istanbul University Faculty of Letters, Chair of Art History in 1963. These works started with the İznik Orhan Imaret and Bath Excavation under the directorship of Prof. Dr. Oktay Aslanapa. After the Orhan Imaret studies, research on tiles and ceramics, which made İznik famous, was focused on. Drillings initiated to reveal the production centers and techniques of Ottoman ceramics and wall tiles, which were named according to their decoration style or where they were purchased, gave surprising results about the intensity of production. Excavations and drillings, carried out regularly, including in 1969, made important determinations about the periods, decoration techniques and styles. Second Period Excavations (since 1981): In order to evaluate the remains of a kiln that was discovered in 1980, Prof Dr. Şerare Yetkin and Prof Dr. Ara Altun, came to İznik upon the call of the museum director of the time. With their proposal and the permission of the Council of Ministers, a team was again formed under the directorship of Prof Dr. Oktay Aslanapa. Since 1981 İznik with the team Second Period Excavations have started. The studies initiated by Prof Dr. Oktay Aslanapa continued under the presidency of Prof Dr. Ara Altun from 1993 to 2006. Since 2007, the head of the excavation has been Associate Professor Belgin Demirsar Arlı. The aim of the second-period studies, kilns were determined as condensation in the kiln technology and analysis. An interdisciplinary study is essential for the technological evaluation of İznik tiles and ceramics. In recent years, the analysis of the finds has been focused on, paste, paint, and glaze analyses are carried out using a portable XRF (pXRF) instrument, and the sections are examined with a stereo microscope. During the excavations, mostly Ottoman-period finds were unearthed. However, many pieces are dating back to the Roman and Byzantine periods. Although it is currently not possible to talk about a kiln that definitely refers to the Byzantine period, according to the available data, semi-product, unglazed, burnt, kiln support material adhered to the kiln support material among the İznik Tile Kilns Excavation finds showing the Byzantine period, ceramic pot fragments were also used in the workshop of this area in the mentioned period it is thought to be used as a region. The results of the İznik Excavations are regularly presented in symposium papers, apart from a book, and introduced to the scientific community with papers at many introductory conferences and international meetings every year. Hoping that the works initiated by Prof. Dr. Oktay Aslanapa and encouraged by his tolerance and team spirit will continue in harmony. For more detailed information, please refer to the Extended Abstract at the end of the text