International Collaborations

German Archaeological Institution (DAI)

• Properties and Manufacturing Technologies of Historical Building Materials Used in Red Hall Basilica, Pergamon (Continuing)
• Characterization of the Lime Mortars Used in the West and East Baths of the Upper Gymnasium at Pergamon (Continuing)

Projects Supported by Foreign Financial Sources

European Research Council (ERC)

• HOMEACROSS (Space, Memory and the Legacy of the 1923 Population Exchange Between Greece And Turkey) (Continuing)

USA National Science Foundation

• IRES: U.S.-Turkey Research Collaboration in Conservation Engineering, National Science Foundation, USA (Completed)

Projects Supported by National Financial Sources

TÜBİTAK

• Determination of Characteristics and Structural Behavior of Hydraulic Mortars Produced with Slaked Lime or Quicklime to be used in the Restoration of Historical Buildings (Completed)
• Protection of Marble using Biodegradable Polymers in Historical Buildings (completed)
• Investigation of a Photogrammetric Method for the Documentation and Archiving of Alterations in Historical Architectural Objects (completed)
• Investigation of the Pozzalonic Additives Used in Horasan Mortars and Plasters (completed)
• Investigation of Methodology for the Classification of Deterioration Types and Problems in Historical Building Materials (completed)

İYTE AÜDP

• A Regional Heritage-oriented Approach in the Urbanization Process: Karaburun Georoute Example (Continuing)

• An Approach for the Conservation of Izmir Historical Port City Area from Natural and Human-Caused Threats (Continuing)

İYTE BAP

• A Cultural Heritage Assessment Model for Underground Water Resources (Completed)

• Structural Conservation Problems of Traditional Houses in Eryeri, Artuklu, Mardin (Completed)

• Assessments on the Conservation of the Multicultural Settlement Around Agios Ioannis Theologos Church and Greek School, Izmir (Completed)
• Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Bergama Bedesten (Completed)
• Historical Cinemas Of İzmir: Documentation And Oral History Study (Completed)
• Evaluation of Conservation Interventions In Bouleuteria In Archaeological Sites (Completed)
• Sustaining Cultural Memory in Cultural Landscapes: Examples From Eastern Black Sea Region (Completed)
• Evaluation of Postwar Approaches for the Recovery of Immovable Cultural Heritage (Completed)
• Evaluation of the Castle Towns of South Western Anatolia and a Framework for Their Preservation (Completed)
• Assessment of İzmir Halkapınar Water Pump Station for its Conservation as Industrial Heritage (Completed)
• Assesment of Relationship Between Construction Characteristics and Failure State of Dry Masonry Walls with Header Stones in Ancient Karia (Completed)
• Thermal Behavior of Traditional Buildings: Muğla Traditional Houses (Completed)
• Properties of Lime Binder and Fine Aggregates Used in Roman Mortars (Completed)
• Settlement History of Ildırı: Analysıs of Spatial Transformations of an Old Greek Village Adjacent to Erythrai Archaeological Site (Completed)
• A Research on Conservation in Western Stoa of Agora in İzmir (Completed)

İYTE

• Characteristics of Byzantine Period Building Bricks Used in Western Anatolia (Completed)
• Examination of the Interface Relations between Structural Brick and Mortars for the Purpose of Suitable Repairs in Historical Structures (completed)
• Analysis of Architectural Alterations in Historical Buildings via Three Dimensional Modeling (completed)
• Investigation of Characteristics of Mortars and Plasters in the Historical Buildings of Western Anatolia (completed)
• A Systematic Analysis of Spatial Characteristics in Anatolian Seljuk Monumental Buildings (completed)
• Survey and Analysis of Mortar Properties in Principalities Period Monumental Buildings of Aegean Region (completed)

State Planning Organization (DPT)

• Characterization of Original Mortars used in Emirate Period Historical Buildings of Aegean Region, and their Laboratory Reproduction for Restoration (completed)