{"id":42621,"date":"2020-12-01T10:40:45","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T07:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ttk.gov.tr\/?page_id=42621"},"modified":"2025-01-23T10:18:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T07:18:52","slug":"brief-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ttk.gov.tr\/en\/brief-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Brief History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"42621\" class=\"elementor elementor-42621 elementor-25617\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a1e11de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a1e11de\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-37d2e771\" data-id=\"37d2e771\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aae9cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1aae9cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brief History<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b13f72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"0b13f72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/ttk.gov.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Tanitim-Filmi.mp4\" autoplay=\"\" controls=\"\" muted=\"muted\" playsinline=\"\" controlsList=\"nodownload\" poster=\"https:\/\/ttk.gov.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/web-banner-2024-5-kopya.jpg\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7c5b4e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c7c5b4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb3041e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb3041e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Turkish Historical Society is one of the leading institutions established in our country under the directives of Atat\u00fcrk. In response to negative portrayals of Turks, particularly in European textbooks where they are depicted as an invading tribe using the term &#8220;barbarian,&#8221; Atat\u00fcrk, who contested these inaccuracies, argued that the true historical role of the Turks and their contributions to civilization should be thoroughly investigated.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">For this reason, on April 28, 1930, at the last session of the VIth Assembly of the Turkish Hearths, which was attended by Atat\u00fcrk, a proposal with 40 signatures was presented by \u00c2fet \u0130nan with His directives, and it was stated that \u201cWe propose that a special and permanent board to study Turkish history and civilization in a scientific manner be established and that the power to elect the members of this board be left to the Central Committee\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">As a result of the discussion held at the Assembly on the same day, article 84 was added to the Law of the Turkish Hearths as: \u201cThe Central Committee shall establish a Turkish History Board to be charged with the duty of investigating and studying Turkish history and civilization in a scientific manner.\u201d Within the framework of this decision, a \u201cTurkish History Board\u201d consisting of 16 members was formed, and the board held its first meeting on June 4, 1930 and elected the Board of Directors and other members.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Board of Directors: President Tevfik B\u0131y\u0131kl\u0131o\u011flu, Vice-Presidents Yusuf Ak\u00e7ura and Samih R\u0131fat, Secretary General Dr. Re\u015fit Galip.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Members: \u00c2fet \u0130nan, \u0130smail Hakk\u0131 Uzun\u00e7ar\u015f\u0131l\u0131, H\u00e2mid Z\u00fcbeyir Ko\u015fay, Halil Edhem, Rag\u0131b Hul\u00fbsi, Re\u015fid Safvet Atabinen, Z\u00e2kir Kad\u00eer\u00ee, Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Mesaro\u015f (Ankara Ethnography Museum expert), M\u00fckrimin Halil Yinan\u00e7, V\u00e2s\u0131f \u00c7\u0131nar and Yusuf Ziya \u00d6zer.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This board published its first work titled <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Outlines of Turkish History<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">On March 29, 1931, when the decision of closing down the Turkish Hearths was taken at the VIIth Assembly, it was reorganized on April 15, 1931 under the name \u201cTurkish Historical Research Society\u201d and continued its activities based on the principles of 1930. The name of the organization was changed to \u201cTurkish Historical Research Institution\u201d in 1935, and later to \u201cTurkish Historical Society\u201d. During this period, the institution prepared four volumes of high school history books and these books were published as the Ministry of Education publications. The first book published by Turkish Historical Society was <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Birinci T\u00fcrk Tarih Kongresi: Konferanslar, M\u00fczakere Zab\u0131tlar\u0131 (1932)<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> that consisted papers of the First Congress. However, this book is also labeled as the Ministry of Education. On the work titled <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>P\u00eer\u00ee Reis Haritas\u0131 Hakk\u0131nda \u0130zahname (1935),<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> \u201cTurkish Historical Research Institution Publications No: 1\u201d is written.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Again, P\u00eer\u00ee Reis&#8217;s <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Kit\u00e2b-\u0131 Bahriye<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> (1935) was published with publication number 2. Later, reports of Alacah\u00f6y\u00fck excavation were published, and in 1937, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>BELLETEN,<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> named by Atat\u00fcrk, began its publication life.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><a name=\"__DdeLink__141_4126344831\"><\/a> <span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Until the end of his life, Atat\u00fcrk took a close interest in the work of the Society, determined the work plan many times and personally attended many meetings. The importance He gave to the Society and history is evident from the fact that he donated half of the income of his shares in \u0130\u015f Bankas\u0131 to the Turkish Historical Society in his will dated September 5, 1938. As a matter of fact, all Presidents who came after Atat\u00fcrk became the protective presidents of the Society as a tradition. Article 2 of the statute, which was revised according to the new law of societies approved by the Ministry of Interior on May 25, 1940, stipulates that the Institution is under the high patronage of the President \u0130smet \u0130n\u00f6n\u00fc, and Article 3 states that \u201cThe Minister of Education is the honorary head of this Society\u201d. The Society was included among the \u201cPublic Benefit Associations\u201d by the Council of Ministers&#8217; decree dated October 21, 1940 and numbered 2\/14556. The Turkish Historical Society, as a legal entity, was incorporated into the Atat\u00fcrk Supreme Council for Culture, Language and History, which was established by Article 134 of the Constitution of the Republic of T\u00fcrkiye adopted on November 7, 1982. Since then, the Turkish Historical Society has continued and continues to work in line with its initial founding objectives.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In addition to its scientific research and publications, the Turkish Historical Society periodically organizes international &#8220;Turkish History Congresses,&#8221; with the inaugural congress held from July 2-11, 1932, and up to the XIXth congress having been conducted to date. The Second Congress, held in Dolmabah\u00e7e on September 20-25, 1937, acquired an international character and foreign scientists also participated in this Congress. This Congress aimed to explain and document Turkish history. Furthermore, on the occasion of the Congress, an exhibition was organized. In this exhibition, the significant civilizations that emerged in our country and the Middle East from prehistory to the Republican era were represented through models, collages, paintings, and graphics. This exhibition remained in Dolmabah\u00e7e until the death of our Great Leader.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">After that, Turkish Historical Society organized the following congresses:<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">15-20 November 1943, IIIrd <\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">10-14 November 1948, IVth <\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">12-17 April 1956, Vth<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">20-26 October 1961, VIth<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">25-29 September 1970, VIIth<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">11-15 October 1976, VIIIth<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">21-25 September 1981, IXth<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">22-26 September 1986, Xth<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">5-9 September 1990, XIth<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">12-16 September 1994, XIIth<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">4-8 October 1999, XIIIth<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">9-13 September 2002, XIVth<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">11-15 September 2006, XVth<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">20-24 September 2010, XVIth<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">13-15 September 2014, XVIIth<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">1-5 October 2018, XVIIIth<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">3-7 October 2022, XIXth<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The papers presented at these congresses were published in 65 volumes, including the XVIIth Congress.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Starting from its foundation, the Society carried out its activities in the former Turkish Hearth Public Houses building and moved to a section allocated in the Faculty of Language and History-Geography at the end of 1940. However, due to its ever-increasing library, activities and developing printing house, this place became insufficient, and on November 12, 1967, it moved to its modern building, the project of which was drawn by Mr. Turgut Cansever. This building received the \u201cInternational Agahan Architecture Award\u201d in 1980.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Turkish Historical Society, as stated in its Law No. 2876, has continued to work on the purpose of its establishment in 1931, which was to scientifically examine, research, promote, disseminate and publish the history of Turkey and Turkish history and related issues, the contributions of Turks to civilization, and to write Turkish history and the history of Turkey based on these, and has collected its publications in a total of XXXI series (Old series). These series were renewed by the Publication Committee of the Turkish Historical Society. Since the beginning, within the old and new series, a total of nearly 1400 works, including journals, have been published. As of April 2024, the 311th issue of Belleten, which has been published since 1937, was published. The 43rd issue of the journal Belgeler was published. The Yearbook of History, which we published for the first time, was published in 2 volumes under the name of Turkish Historical Society &#8211; K\u0131rkambar 2013.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Another important development in terms of journal publishing is the resumption of H\u00f6y\u00fck, which was published for a single issue in 1988 and discontinued. The H\u00f6y\u00fck Journal, in which articles on archaeology, art history, etc. will be evaluated was planned to be published twice a year. Accordingly the last issue (No: 13) has been published in 2024.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Apart from the &#8220;Alacah\u00f6y\u00fck Excavation&#8221;, which was the first excavation initiated by the Society with its own budget and staff on August 22, 1935, with the directives of Atat\u00fcrk, archaeological researches were continued in various regions of Thrace and Anatolia. The artifacts from these excavations grace many of our museums. Nowadays, financial support is given to approximately 40-50 excavations every year. In addition, Turkish Historical Society, in accordance with its aims, also supports projects prepared to shed light on many issues of Turkish history.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It is possible to list extensive ones such as &#8220;Social and Cultural History of Turkey&#8221;, &#8220;History of the Turkish World from the Beginning to the Present&#8221;, &#8220;History of Turkish Sufism&#8221;, &#8220;Social and Economic History of Yozgat and Its Surroundings&#8221;, &#8220;Economic History of Ordu and Its Region Using the Exploration Method&#8221;. On the other hand, Turkish Historical Atlas studies continue. Within the scope of the &#8220;Turkish Cultural Heritage Inventory&#8221; studies, five books and eight volumes have been published and this series continues.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">You can obtain our publications from the book stores located in Ankara central building, K\u0131z\u0131lay Bay\u0131nd\u0131r Street and Istanbul \u00dcsk\u00fcdar district, as well as electronically from https:\\\\emagaza-ttk.ayk.gov.tr, and from our contracted dealers in various provinces throughout Turkey. Our publications are exclusively distributed to readers through these authorized sales points. The sale of our institutional publications through unauthorized channels, such as street vendors, is prohibited by law. In accordance with the demands, it is planned to open book stores in centrally located provinces of Anatolia such as Erzurum, Izmir, Kayseri and Konya.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Library established by the Turkish Historical Society for scientific studies is one of the richest specialized libraries in our country. The library, housing approximately 250,000 volumes, regularly acquires the latest publications through exchanges and purchases. It maintains exchange agreements with 220 institutions and organizations abroad and 60 within the country. Our library offers services that align with the most current technological advancements. Our library provides a service for electronic catalogue scanning. Rare materials (works in Western languages, especially the Ottoman, Arabic and Persian reference sources in our library) whose copyright has expired under international copyright regulations have been digitized. The texts of these works can also be accessed through the detailed search section of the TTK Library online catalogue. Approximately 7500 of the rare works and manuscripts have been digitized so far and the digitization process is continuing. Consequently, these works have been made globally accessible through electronic means via the catalogue scanning program.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Efforts have been initiated to enable visually impaired scholars to benefit from library services.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Society is also quite rich in terms of archives and documentation. There are important archival documents in terms of recent history and a rich collection of Atat\u00fcrk photographs. Recently, exhibitions such as the Liberation of Izmir, the Hagia Sophia Exhibition, the Atat\u00fcrk Photographs Exhibition, the Hala Sultan Exhibition in Cyprus, and the 100th Anniversary of Jerusalem Exhibition have been organized using materials from the photograph and document collections. Additionally, exhibition catalogues have been published. The process of digitizing and classifying the materials in the archive continues. 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