About Us

The Art History program aims to study the material remnants of ancient cultures and civilizations in all aspects, analyzing these cultural products in detail, and ensuring their transmission to future generations. This program also trains students to compile historical data from written documents and classified cultural artifacts, enabling them to draw analogies between historical and contemporary life. These objectives emphasize the need for a comprehensive education in Art History within the country and reflect the growing interest in this field domestically.


Graduates of the Art History program can pursue careers in the following fields:

  1. Specialists in the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums, including its Central Organization, Museums, Cultural Preservation Boards, and Restoration and Monuments Directorates.
  2. Academic positions in universities.
  3. Specialists in private museums.
  4. Experts in the General Directorate of Foundations.
  5. Specialists in restoration companies.
  6. Experts in companies that provide services for archaeological and art history excavations.
  7. Art historians in archaeological and art history excavations.

History

The proposal by the Rectorate of our university to establish a department and subfields within the Faculty of Science and Letters was examined during the Higher Education Executive Board meeting on June 16, 2011. Following this, the Department of Art History was established under three subfields in accordance with Article 7/d-2 of Law No. 2547, amended by Law No. 2880. 

Areas of Study

    1. ​Prehistoric Art (Paleolithic Cave Art and Neolithic Art and Architecture)
    2. Protohistoric Art (Art of Ancient Egypt, Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians)
    3. Art of Anatolian Civilizations (Hittite, Phrygian, Lydian, Lycian, and Urartian Arts)
    4. Art of Aegean Civilizations (Minoan, Mycenaean, Ancient Greek, and Roman Art)
    5. Byzantine and Medieval European Art (Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic Movements)
    6. Renaissance and Post-Renaissance Art (Baroque, Rococo, Classicism, Romanticism, Expressionism, etc.)
    7. Turkish-Islamic Arts (Miniature, Tile Art, Calligraphy, Illumination, Marbling, Papercutting, Hilya, Tughra, Firmans, Bookbinding, Carpets, Rugs, Textiles, Architecture, Copper Work, Leather Craft, Glassware, Stone Carving, Caravansaries, Tombstones, Inscriptions, Music, etc.)
    8. Modern Arts