Activities - Voyvoda Street Meetings 2003-2004
Everyday Life in the Ottoman Empire
 29 January 2003 - Prof. Ihsan Bilgin
Offices in the First Generation Modern Architecture and the Ottoman Bank Building.
26 February 2003 - Assist. Prof. Paolo Girardelli
The Italian Community in Istanbul in the XIXth Century. Architecture, Spaces, Social Relationship.
19 March 2003 - Prof. Edhem Eldem
When the Palace Became a Prison: Murad V and His Family at the Çiragan Palace.
16 April 2003 - Assoc. Prof. Tulay Artan
Was Edirne the Capital City of the Empire in the Second Half of the XVIIth Century?
14 May 2003 - Yavuz Selim Karakisla
The Women Soldiers of the Ottoman Army: The Battalion of Women Workers (1917-1919)
Voyvoda Street Meetings about Economic History
The theme of these meetings, which started in 2000, was "Finance, Investments and Commerce in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey".
1 October 2003 - Prof. Suraiya Faroqhi
Debtors and Creditors during the 18th Century in Bursa
5 November 2003 - Prof. Tevfik Güran
Ottoman Public Finance in the 19th Century
3 December 2003 - Prof. Ayhan Aktar
The Story of the Capital Levy
7 January 2004 - Prof. Sevket Pamuk
Institutional Changes and Longevity of the Ottoman Empire
The reign of the Ottoman Empire during 600 years is due to its flexibility, its pragmatism and to the importance given to institutional changes...
3 March 2004 - Prof. Zafer Toprak
Protectionism in Turkey - Free Trade Movement, (1820-2001)
The time-lag between the protectionism and the free trade movement led the economy, in a context of globalisation, to a structure devoid of stability...
7 April 2004 - Prof. Ayse Bugra
A Glance over Poverty during the Republican Period
The question of poverty is for the industrial countries the prime mover of discussions concerning modern social policies. The social security has emerged as the first step of social policies in these countries. Then the system of social security and its relevant institutions have been established in order to support the working population in case of disease and unemployment and during the old age.
Please click in order to have access to the article of Prof. Ayse Bugra, published on the same theme in the review Toplum ve Bilim, 99 (Winter 2003/2004), pp. 75-97.
5 May 2004 - Prof. Huricihan Islamoglu
Modern Ottoman State, Private Property and Legislation at the 19 th Century
The emergence of "private property" as the main institution of free market economy within the Ottoman Empire coincides with the formation of nation-state and other regulations implemented in agriculture at the 19th century. In fact, the 19th Ottoman history is not the history of the "sick man", who tries to obtain the esteem of Europe but one of a region which experiences the difficulties of a modern transformation. Moreover this history is shared by other regions of the world...
2 June 2004 - Prof. Seyfettin Gursel
Turkish Economy during the Great Depression
Turkey was affected less by the damaging effects of the great depression, which shattered many industrial countries at the beginning of the 1930's. The prices and the level of the production decreased at the same time during the depression. The downturn decreased dramatically the level of unemployment. Seyfettin Gursel will examine the case of Turkey during the depression from the point of view of a macro-economist.
Voyvoda Street Meetings about Cities in the Pursuit of the Ottoman Bank Branches
These meetings took place in collaboration with the Foundation for the Development of Cultural Consciousness (Kultur Bilincini Gelistirme Vakfi) and Fest Travel and enabled us to make a "retrospective city tour in the pursuit of the Ottoman Bank branches".
21 May 2003 - Yildirim Buktel
A Retrospective City Tour in the Pursuit of the Ottoman Bank Branches: Jerusalem , World of Conflicts
8 June 2003 - Gul Pulhan
A Retrospective City Tour in the Pursuit of the Ottoman Bank Branches: Damascus
15 October 2003 - Faruk Pekin
Tahran
Urban landscapes and community scenary from Iran and Tehran , a land of mystery after the 1979 Islamic Revolution... 'The other half of the world', Isfahan , Chiraz, the heaven of poetry, roses and nightingales, Kashan, Bam, city of ceramics and carpets...
19 November 2003 - Turgay Tuna
Cairo
Cairo housing the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the seven wonders of the ancient history, famous mosques of the Islamic world constructed in arabesque style, multicoloured bazars smelling incense and finally the sacred city where the Holy Mary and the Infant Jesus, escaping from persecution hid...
17 December 2003 - Prof. Filiz Yenisehirlioglu
Yanya, Salonica, Kavala
How emerged the cities of the Western Thrace ? Changes and transformations...
21 January 2004 - Yildirim Büktel
Aleppo
One of the peacuful cities of the Middle East, which housed different ethnic groups and served as a meeting point between Syria and the Occident in the course of many centuries...
18 February 2004 - Hayri Fehmi Yilmaz
Rhodes
Rhodes is the biggest of the 12 islands, which housed many civilisations -roman, arabic, byzantine, ottoman- during its history of 3500 years...
17 March 2004 - Turgay Tuna
Alexandria
Situated in a meeting point between the saint river of Nil and the Mediterranean , this small village of fishermen, glorified by Alaxander the Great, evokes today a universal centre of science and culture moulded by history for many centuries...
21 April 2004 - Prof. Baha Tanman
Damascus
The history of Damascus dates back the years 2000 B.C. The geopolitical importance of Syria turned this old city, located over the trade routes, into an object of conflict between the states founded in Asia Minor and Egypt in every period.
Voyvoda Street Meetings about Istanbul
Various themes which focus on the urban sociology of Istanbul from different points of views.
22 October 2003 - Prof. Alan Duben
Family Life in Istanbul
Family life in Istanbul in accordance with the rules of good society...
24 December 2003 - Prof. Zafer Toprak
Efforts of tourism in Istanbul: Entertainment Culture
Ethnic transformations in Istanbul after the Crimean War (1853-56)...
28 January 2004 - Prof. Edhem Eldem
Muslim Cemeteries and Tombstones of Istanbul
The tombstones of Istanbul mirror the history and culture of the Ottoman society shaped in a space of time of five centuries through its changing or static aspects...
25 February 2004 - Prof. Murat Belge
Cosmopolitisme of Istanbul and Economics of
Nation-State
In a century where the economic power plays a key role and where the national identity is of prime importance, a non-Turkish and non-Muslim community became the dominant figures of the time!..
24 March 2004 - Cengiz Kirli
Coffeehouses in Istanbul During the 19 th Century
The social functions of the coffeehouses in Istanbul as "centres of information" and the endavour of the Ottoman state to control the political discussions which take place in these coffeehouses...
28 April 2004 - Prof. Zeynep Inankur
Constantinople and the Orientalists
The interest of Europe in the Orient was particularly reinforced during the 19 th century and Istanbul became a source of inspiration for the Orientalists of the epoch.
26 May 2004 - Assist. Prof. Zafer Yenal
"Culinary Culture in Istanbul" with its Reminiscences
Transformation in culinary culture in the last years in Istanbul .
23 June 2004 - Cem Mansur
The World through Istanbul
The artist questions instinctively the society in which he lives and works from the point of view of its history and its social framework. Polyphonic music is the witness of the epoch in which it flourishes. Music is also for the musician the way of facing the world.
Voyvoda Street Meetings about Architecture
The Voyvoda Street Meetings of the Ottoman Bank Museum , focused on a new field in order to comply with the interdisciplinary dimensions of the documents displayed at the museum. The architectural structure of "Galata and Pera 1900/2000" was discussed within the Voyvoda Street Architectural Meetings.
7 May 2003 - Prof. Afife Batur
The Art Nouveau in Istanbul
4 June 2003 - Prof. Nur Akin
Galata and Pera in Press Articles
2 July 2003 - Han Tumertekin
A Glance in Galata et Pera in the 2000's
8 October 2003 - Murat Tabanlioglu
Galataport
12 November 2003 - Assoc. Prof. Murat Güvenç
Galata and Pera 1910: Analysis on Comercial and Social Topography
An analysis on the commercial and social topography of Istanbul in 1910 in the light of 1904-1906 insurance plans.
Please click in order to download the text and the visual material (in MS World format and 7,81 mb-zip file) of the lecture given by Murat Güvenç.
10 December 2003 - Assoc. Prof. Cengiz Can
Alexandre Vallauri
Alexandre Vallauri, an architect of Italian origin, born in Istanbul , who built the old head office of the Ottoman Bank in Karaköy, which houses today the Ottoman Bank Museum participation of the lecturers and students.
14 January 2004 - Nevzat Sayin
Gallery Apel
After the clearing of a ruined house, something surprising and magnificent emerged...
10 March 2004 - Prof. Stefanos Yerasimos
Some Observations on the Transition from Old Residences to Apartment Buildings
Who were the first dwellers of the apartment buildings, whic replaced the old residences of Galata and Pera, where only one family was living from the second half of the 19 th century? Had they these buildings constructed in order to sell or to rent?
14 April 2004 - Ali Doruk
Modern Interiors in the Buildings of the 19 th Century
The most important contribution of the buildings of the 19 th century, which one could observe in Istanbul is the adaptation of the modern life and the new technological instruments to inner spaces...
12 May 2004 - Prof. Stefanos Yerasimos (On request)
Some Observations on the Transition from Old Residences to Apartment Buildings
Who were the first dwellers of the apartment buildings, which replaced the old residences of Galata and Pera, where only one family was living from the second half of the 19 th century? Had they these buildings constructed in order to sell or to rent?
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