3rd International Conference
OTTOMAN ARCHAEOLOGY IN ROMANIA:
CHALLENGES, REALITIES, PERSPECTIVES

Conference organized by
the Center for Turkish Studies – Faculty of History, University of Bucharest with the support of
TIKA – Turkish Cooperation and Collaboration Agency.
Partners: Vasile Parvan Institute of Archaeology Bucharest & Faculty of History, “Al. I. Cuza” University of Iasi

FRIDAY, 5 JUNE 2026
BAIA TURCEASCĂ DIN IAȘI, ROOM 3, 16 ARH. G. M. CANTACUZINO STREET

10.00 – 11.15 OPENING SESSION
 Welcome address
 Keynote speech / Laurențiu Rădvan – Ottoman Influences on the Urban Environment in the Romanian Principalities (16th–18th centuries)

11.15-11.30 Coffee break

11.30 – 12.50 PANEL 1 MODERATOR: MUSTAFA ÇAĞHAN KESKIN
11.30-11.50 / Hasan Yılmazyaşar – Karacahisar Castle: Written Sources and Archaeological Evidence
11.50-12.10 / Adriana Gașpar – Timișoara under Ottoman Rule (1552–1716): A Story Told through Archaeology
12.10-12.30 / Silviu Iliuță – Form, Function, and Fabric: Pottery from Ottoman Çakova, Temeşvar Eyaleti (2015–2018)
12.30-12.50 Discussions
12.50-14.00 Lunch break

14.00 – 15.15 PANEL 2 MODERATOR: LAURENȚIU RĂDVAN
14.00-14.20 / Laurențiu Radu – Ismihan Sultan, Princess of Mangalia
14.20-14.40 / Tiberiu Vasilescu & Silvana Rachieru – Silent Witnesses of an Ottoman Past: Field Observations on the Muslim Cemeteries in Dobruja
14.40-15.00 / Radu-Alexandru Dragoman, Sorin Oanță-Marghitu & Cătălin Ion Nicolae – An Archaeology of the “Arman” Stones (Threshing Stones) in Rural Muslim Cemeteries of Dobruja, Southeast Romania
15.00-15.15 Discussions

15.15-15.30 Coffee break

15.30 – 16.50 PANEL 3 MODERATOR: METIN OMER
15.30-15.50 / Adelina Zemoiu – The Memory of a Lost Site: Heritage, Representation, and Reconstruction of Adakale
15.50-16.10 / Alexandra Mocioiu & Cezara Matei – Displaced Memory of the Submerged Island of Ada-Kaleh | the Turkish Cemetery
16.10-16.30 / Silvana Rachieru – Adakale on Display: An Archaeology of the Objects which Crossed the Danube
16.30-16.50 / Discusssions

16.50-17.20 Presentation of the book The Century of Harmony: Romanian – Turkish Relations 1923-2023 (coord. Silvana Rachieru) – Adrian Vitelaru, Metin Omer, Bogdan Popa

17.20-17.40 / Andrei Grigoraș – From Foundation to Restauration: The Three Lives of the Turkish Bath from Iași
17.40-18.00 Visit of the Turkish Bath

SATURDAY, 6 JUNE 2026
FERDINAND HALL – AL. I. CUZA UNIVERSITY, A BUILDING, BD. CAROL I NR. 11

10.00-11.40 PANEL 4 MODERATOR: AUREL STĂNICĂ
10.00-10.20 / Yasser Ismail Abdel Salam – Characteristics of Islamic Architectural Styles in Egypt
10.20-10.40 / Mohamed Abouseif Abdelazeim Khedr – Ottoman Architecture in Romania in the Light of the Writings of the Turkish Traveler Evliya Çelebi
10.40-11.00 / Mustafa Çağhan Keskin – Mystical Signs and Divine Revelation: The Imperial Construction of the Cult of Sarı Saltuk in Babadağ
11.00-11.20 / Metin Omer – Tekkes and Ottoman Religious Heritage on the Territory of Present-day Romania: Archaeology, Sacred Memory, and Historical Sources
11.20-11.40 Discussions
11.40-12.00 Coffee break

12.00-13.15 PANNEL 5: MODERATOR: SILVIU ILIUȚĂ
12.00-12.20 / Ghada Elgemaiey – Romanian Harbors in the Ottoman Era – Archaeological and Architectural Study
12.20-12.40 / Aurel Stănică – Ottoman Isaccea/İsakçı: Fortifications, Habitation and Daily Life (15th–19th Centuries)
12.40-13.00 / Niculina Dinu – Brăila in the Ottoman Age: Fragments of Urban History
13.00-13.15 Discussions
13.15–14.00 ROUNDTABLE: Ottoman Heritage in Romania between Oblivion and Research
Closing remarks

14.00 – 15.00 Lunch break

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