Zeynep Ahunbay

Leading Turkish scholar of antiquities (born 1946)

Zeynep Ahunbay (born 1946 in Ünye, Ordu Province) is a leading Turkish scholar of antiquities.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Dr. Ahunbay was born in Ünye, Ordu Province, a small town in the Black Sea region of Turkey.

She received her PhD in architectural history in 1976 from Istanbul Technical University, where in 1988 she became a professor of Architectural History and Preservation.

She has published numerous books on restoration and conservation of cultural heritage. Dr. Ahunbay's best-known works are the restoration of the Zeyrek Mosque (Monastery of the) Pantocrator) with the art historians the professors Metin Ahunbay and Robert Ousterhout, as well as the restoration of Istanbul's city walls.

She was also member of the Commission to preserve national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from December 2001 to February 2016, when new board was elected for period since 2016.^[3]

At the present, she is working on a conservation project for the Haghia Sophia museum in Istanbul and rescue work for the ancient city of Hasankeyf.

References

^ "Konkur İstanbul | Zeynep Ahunbay". konkur.istanbul. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
^ "Kız Kulesi'nde incelemede bulunan Prof. Dr. Ahunbay: Sökülmesi gereken kısım sökülmüş". DHA | Demirören Haber Ajansı (in Turkish). 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
^ "DECISION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION TO PRESERVE NATIONAL MONUMENTS". old.kons.gov.ba (in English and Serbo-Croatian). Commission to preserve national monuments. Retrieved 4 May 2020.