An international conference titled “Istanbul 1914-1922: War, Collapse, Occupation, and the History of Resistance” was held at the Hrant Dink Foundation’s Havak Hall on November 4-5, 2022 with the participation of academics, researchers, students, as well as those interested in history from Turkey and abroad.
At the conference, organized in a hybrid format and live streamed in Turkish and English, 22 participants from nine countries presented papers. For two days, subjects such as the social and economic transformation that Istanbul went through during World War I and the armistice period afterwards, relief activities in the city, and the situation of orphans were discussed. Different themes such as immigration, diplomacy, literature, cinema as well as theater were also discussed in the presentations prepared on the basis of various state archives and personal narratives.
You can watch the videos of the papers presented at the conference, which attracted great interest, on this page.
Click to download the conference program.
1.DAY
Opening Remarks:
Rakel Dink
Chair:
Ayşe Kadıoğlu
Kent Schull - Prisons in Occupied Istanbul (1918-22): Politicized Sites of Civilizational Fitness
Chair:
Mehmet Polatel
Alexandros Makris - Transnational Welfare during the Armistice Period: The Activities of the Ministry of Relief of Greece in Occupied Istanbul
Konstantina Andrianopoulou - Greek Orthodox Orphans, with Special Reference to the Ones Adopted by the Turkish Families and Institutions (online presentation)
Chair:
Ayfer Bartu Candan
Andreas Baltas - Sports and National Ideologies in Istanbul during “the Armistice” Period (1918-1922): The Case of Local Greek Sports Clubs
Sona Baldrian - Armenian Women in Post-Genocide Turkey (1919-1921) from the Standpoint of the Hay Gin Periodical
Chair:
Ayşe Ozil
Claire Le Bras - Representing Constantinople and Ankara: Ottoman Diplomats Facing Governmental Duality in Turkey (1920–1922)
Eden Naby Frye - An Assyrian-Iranian Family in Istanbul Negotiates Passage to New York: Currencies, Political Sectors and Safe Passage (online presentation)
2.DAY
Chair:
Kent Schull
Allison Panelas - Stateless and Helpless
Ali Okumuş - The Footprints of the Gulbenkians in Istanbul after the First World War
Chair:
Ahmet Kuyaş
Talat Ulusoy - Touching the Truth: Revisiting Ali Kemal’s Writings on Peyam
Baki Tezcan - From Compassion to Oblivion: Ottoman Armenians in Halide Edib’s Newspaper Articles during the Armistice Period
Chair:
Ayhan Aktar
Anush Hovhannisyan - "Microcosm" of Post-War Istanbul and the Fate of the White Russian Emigration
Chair:
Engin Kılıç
Nesim Ovadya İzrail - The Rise of Armenian Theater Activities in Istanbul during the Armistice Years
This event has been organized with the co-funding of European Union Etkiniz Programme. The content of this event are the
sole responsibility of Hrant Dink Foundation and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union.
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