Engin Akyürek

Oral History Interview

Location: Sarıyer/Istanbul Date: 11 December 2018 Duration: 2 hours 46 minutes

Engin Akyürek graduated from the Department of International Relations at Middle East Technical University in 1982. He completed his master's program in the Department of Art History at Istanbul University in 1991. After completing his doctoral degree in the Department of Art History at Istanbul University in 1995, he started working as a faculty member in the same department. Since 2014, he has been a faculty member in the Department of Archaeology and Art History at Koç University. In 2015, he took part in the establishment of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies Center (GABAM) at Koç University. He continues to serve as the director of GABAM, which now operates as the Koç University Sevgi Gönül Byzantine Studies Center.