File Gurney MSS 2.19 - Turkey

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Gurney MSS 2.19

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Turkey

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  • 1974 - 1996 (Creation)

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1 folder

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(1911-2001)

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Turkey:

Correspondence:

  • Correspondence from Anlağan, Tanju (1 letter / 20 July 1978).
  • Correspondence from Dönmez, Ahmet (1 letter / 25 August 1974).
  • Correspondence from Ertem, Hayri (1 letter / undated).
  • Correspondence from Gümrükçüoğlu, Rahmi (1 letter / 9 December 1982).
  • Correspondence from Ireland, Stanley (1 letter / 15 June 1995).
  • Correspondence from Özgen, Engin (1 letter / 14 February 1992).
  • Correspondence to/from Sevin, Veli (2 letters / 12 December 1995 - 15 February 1996).
  • Greetings card from Süel, Aygül.
  • Correspondence to Teikinoz, ? (1 letter / 31 May 1979).
  • Correspondence from Yardimci, Nurettin (1 letter / 18 November 1983).

Notes and Miscellaneous:

  • Gurney’s notes ‘Report on a Visit to Yazilikaya’ (26 September 1981).
  • Gurney’s application form (30 May 1979).
  • Contact details for Farouk El Omari.
  • Visitor pamphlet to ‘Ankara and its Environs’.
  • Flight details from London to Istanbul for Summer 1986.
  • Circular from the ‘International Symposium on Settlement and Housing in Anatolia Through the Ages,’ Istanbul, 5-7 June 1996.
  • Bibliography titled ‘Alevi/Alaouites’.
  • Booklet on ‘Atatürk Supreme Council for Culture, Language and History’, Ankara 1986.
  • Visitor pamphlet on ‘Turquie Anatolie Centrale’.

Offprints:

  • Caneva, Isabella (1994), “Mersin-Yumuktepe 1993”, Orient Express 1994 (1), p. 7-8.

Newspaper and magazine cuttings:

  • Acar, Özgen and Melik Kaylan (1988), “The Hoard of the Century”, Connoisseur, p. 74-83.
  • Acar, Özgen and Suzan Mazur (1989), “The Dig that is Shaking Ancient History”, Connoisseur, p. 148-151.
  • Alpay, Şahln (5 January 1994), “Şeriat gelsin diyen tek”, SABAH.
  • Barchard, David (24 April 1993), “Turkey’s unlikely hero”, The Tablet, p. 506.
  • Bretschneider, Joachim (October 2000), “Nabada: The Buried City”, Scientific American, p. 62-69.
  • Davis, Derek (18 May 1996), “The cave dweller of Capadoccia”, Weekend Telegraph, p. 28.
  • Finkel, Andrew (13 November 1993), “Ankara claims treasures in British Museum”, The Times.
  • Kaylan, Melik (1987), “Who Stole the Lydian Hoard? A Case History Involving the Hottest Issue Confronting American Museums Today”, Connoisseur, p. 66-73.
  • Mortimer, Edward (?), “Friend when in need: The west holds Turkey at arm’s length but relies on its support”.
  • Saray, Thrace (February 1995), “Simulators of the Lost Ark”, The Economist.
  • Tarhan, Taner (1993), “Yumuktepe’nin Karar Günü”, Mozaik, p. 21-2.
  • Ward, Diane (August 1990), “In Anatolia, a massive dam project drowns traces of an ancient past”, The Smithsonian, p. 28-40.

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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford

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