Turkish Cultural Foundation organizes Lecture Series to promote Turkey's rich cultural, historical and artistic heritage. In this section, you will find videos of some of these lectures on a variety of topics related to Turkey. The lectures can be streamed online and can help enhance your understanding of Turkey and supplement your classroom instruction by bringing world-renowned Turkey experts directly to your students.

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Surname-i Humayun
by Prof.Dr.Nurhan Atasoy (65 min)

The Gun of Sultan Mahmud I in Baltimore
by Dr.Tim Stanley (66 min)

The Ottoman heritage in Sweden
by Dr. Karin Adahl (45 min.)

Alexander as Mehmed II: A Visual Documentation
by Serpil Bağcı (50 min)

Turkish Works of Art in Poland
by Dr.Beata Slota (42 min.)

Costumes in Harem
by Prof.Dr. Nurhan Atasoy (51 min.)

Tracing the Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania
by Stefano Ionescu ( 59 min.)

Origins and the role of trade in designs of Kutahya ceramics
by Y.Crowe(33min)

Tulip
by Prof. Dr. Nurhan Atasoy (56 min.)

Ottoman Jewelry
by Prof. Dr. Gül Irepoğlu (58 min.)

Life in Istanbul in 1582
by Prof. Dr. Nurhan Atasoy (66 min.)

Ottoman Arts and Japanese Arts
by Prof.Dr. Minako Yamanlar (54 min.)

The Lost Turkish Pavilion of Expo ’58
by Dr.Johann Pillai (76 min)

Turkish Felt Making Culture
by Selçuk Gürışık (52 min.)

Turkish Lifestyle at the Dolmabahce Palace
Prof.Dr.Nurhan Atasoy (44 min)

Dolmabahce Palace
by Prof.Dr. Nurhan Atasoy ( 47 min.)

Conserving Turkey’s Biodiversity
by Çağan Şekercioğlu (66 min.)

Peace with Nature
by Dr. Nihat Gökyiğit (34 min.)

Turkish-Speaking Christians in Modern Greek Literature
by E.Balta (41 min)

The Motif of the Sun and Sword in Divan Literature
by Dr.Gonul Tekin (53min.)

Studies on the Karamanlis and the Karamanlidika Printing
by E.Balta (55 min.)

Shakespeare, the Turk
by Prof.Dr.Talat Halman & Defne Halman (59 min.)

Tios: Ancient City on the Turkish Black Sea Coast
by S.Atasoy (30 min)

The Byzantine Shipwrecks at Yenikapi
by Ufuk Kocabas ( 25 min.)

Early Chinese-Turkic Encounters in East Asia
by Isenbike Togan (57 min.)

Seljuk Royal Women
by Prof. Dr. Scott N. Redford (74 min.)

Christian Art under Ottoman Rule
by Prof. Dr. Machiel Kiel (61 min.)

The Imperial Processions of the Ottoman Sultans
by Dr. G.Börekçi (59 min.)

On the path of Evliya Çelebi and Matrakçı Nasuh
by Prof.Dr. N.Atasoy (41min)

From Prousa to Bursa
by Asst. Prof. Dr. Suna Çağaptay (44 min.)

Turkish Coffeehouse Culture
by Prof. Dr. Cemal Kafadar (72 min.)

Ottoman Confectionary
by Priscilla Mary Işın (56 min.)

An American In Ankara (1921)
by Prof. Dr. Heath Lowry ( 57 min.)

Turkey and Germany in the Thirties
by Prof. Norman Stone (45 min.)

European Music in Ottoman Istanbul
by Evren Kutlay (59 min.)

Istanbul in Byzantium Period
by Prof.Dr. Engin Akyurek (35 min.)

Italian Architecture in Istanbul
by Dr. Paolo Girardelli (46 min.)