Symmetry and Crystallography in Turkish Art and Culture

Satellite Conference of the ECM-25

Istanbul, Turkey, 14-16 August 2009

On occasion of the XXV European Crystallographic Meeting in Istanbul, the IUCr MaThCryst commission, in cooperation with the CrysAC commission, has organized a Satellite conference on Art and Crystallography devoted to the analysis of the crystallographic aspects of Art and Culture in Turkey and neighbouring countries an regions like Middle Asia, Caucasus, Iran, Anatolia, Middle East, including carpet ornaments and kilim frames. The Satellite conference was completed by a workshop do it yourself and a short excursion.

Program

14 August

8:45 Welcome
9:00-10:30 Emil Makovicky: Islamic patterns of Seljuk and post-Seljuk era in Iran and Turkey
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Imameddin Amiraslan: Micro Art of Crystallizing; Background less Geometric Calligraphy
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Hacali Necefoğlu: Turkish Crystallographic Patterns: From Ancient To Present
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-18:00 Şahika Ünal: Symbolic Meanings and Characteristics of Anatolian Kilim Motifs

15 August

9:00-10:30 Izumi Nakai: X-ray diffraction and fluorescence analysis of archaeological anatolian artifacts by portable equipments
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Manfred Schreiner: The monetary history of the Ottoman Empire - The silver content of the Akce coins during the reigns of Murad III, Mehmed III, and Ahmed I
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Workshop, part 1: a. Lets Knot Together! (How to make a Turkish Knot for an Anatolian Carpet) b. Puzzle Out Together! (Jigsaw Puzzle, An Anatolian Kilim).
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-18:00 Workshop, part 2: Kaleidoscope from Crystallographic Patterns

16 August: Visit to the The Blue Mosque = Sultanahmet Camii, Turkish & Islamic Arts Museum and The Sokollu Mehmet Pahsa Camii.

Venue

The Satellite Conference was held at the Barbaros A room of the ECM Venue. For details see the ECM25 website.

Abstracts and didactic material

Program and Abstracts (PDF, 1.3 Mb)
Hacali Necefoğlu: Turkish Crystallographic Patterns: From Ancient to Present (text) (PDF, 4.5 Mb)
Hacali Necefoğlu: Turkish Crystallographic Patterns: From Ancient to Present (slides) (PDF, 10.5 Mb)
Şahika Ünal: Symbolic Meanings and Characteristics of Analtolian Kilims (PDF, 3.5 Mb)
Manfred Schreiner: The monetary history of the Ottoman Empire - The silver content of the Akce coins during the reigns of Murad III, Mehmed III, and Ahmed I (PDF, 16.2 Mb)
Izumi Nakai: X-ray diffraction and fluorescence analysis of archaeological anatolian artifacts by portable equipments (PDF, 2.0 Mb)
Imameddin Amiraslan: Micro Art of Crystallizing (PDF, 1.7 Mb)
Imameddin Amiraslan: Background Less Geomeric Calligraphy (PDF, 2.7 Mb)

Contact

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Photos from the workshop

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List of participants

Manfred	Schreiner	Austria
Imameddin	Amiraslan	Azerbaijan
Carolina	Santacruz Perez	Brasil
Jiří	Fuksa	Czech Republic
Vojtech	Kopský	Czech Republic
Emil	Makovicky	Denmark
Massimo	Nespolo	France
Wulf	Depmeier	Germany
Jürgen	Glinnemann	Germany
Annegret	Haake	Germany
Theo	Hahn	Germany
Holm	Kirmse	Germany
Wolfgang	Neumann	Germany
Peter	Paufler	Germany
Martin U.	Schmidt	Germany
Gabi	Schnackenberg	Germany
Andreas	Schoenleber	Germany
Ingrid	Vetter	Germany
Shelomo	Ben-Abraham	Israel
Izumi	Nakai	Japan
Takeo	Matsumoto	Japan
Alicja Rafalska	Lacosha	Poland
Nina L.	Smirnova	Russia
Hong	Sue	South Africa
Mois Ilia	Aroyo	Spain
Anke	Zürn	Switzerland
Ülkü	Dincer	Turkey
Arzu	Karayel	Turkey
Hacali	Necefoğlu	Turkey
Asli	Ozturk	Turkey
Didem	Rodoplu	Turkey
Şahika	Ünal	Turkey
Emiliana	D'oria	UK
Daniel B.	Litvin	USA

The Organizers of the ECM-25 Satellite Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography observed the basic policy of non-discrimination and affirms the right and freedom of scientists to associate in international scientific activity without regard to such factors as citizenship, religion, creed, political stance, ethnic origin, race, colour, language, age or sex, in accordance with the Statutes of the International Council for Science. At this conference no barriers existed which would have prevented the participation of bona fide scientists.

Last update:
20 October 2009

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