Art historian (b.
20 July 1923,
She
has published her articles on Turkish and Islamic Art in various journals such
as Belleten, Anadolu, Vakıflar Dergisi,
Yıllık Araştırmalar Dergisi, Selçuklu Araştırmaları Dergisi, Sanat Dünyamız,
Kültür ve Sanat, Sanatsal Mozaik Dergisi in Turkey and in various foreign publications such as Türkische Kunst, Archäologischer Anzeiger,
Anatolica, The Memorial Volume of the Vth International Congress Iranian Art
and Archeology Tahran-Asfahan-Shiraz, Deutsch-Türkische Gesellschaft E.V. Bonn
Mittellungen, The World of Tiles, Der Islam, Islamic Culture Forum, Österreichische Diplomatische
Korrespondez and also in the
publications İstanbul
Üniversitesi Sanat Tarihi Yıllığı, Türk Kültürünü Araştırma Enstitüsü Kıbrıs
Özel Sayısı, Türk Tarih Kurumu Malazgirt Anma Yıllığı, Antika Dergisi-Çini Özel
Sayısı and the Türkler
encyclopedia. Apart from in Anatolia, she has done research in Iran, Syria,
Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Morocco, Spain, Portugal, Pakistan, India and
Cyprus. She has participated in many
international congresses and seminars.
She has presented papers and done research at museums in the
Türk
Çini Sanatı (1976, Turkish Ceramic Tile Art, Tokyo 1975), Ceramic Tiles in Islamic Architecture (1987), Architectural Decoration and Minor Arts in Seljuk Anatolia (1988), Turkish Pottery (Tokyo 1985), Tiles
in Islamic Architecture (1977), The Church of Akdamar (1990), The Art and Architecture of Turkey ("Anatolian Turkish Minor
Arts and Decoration", 1980),
Prepared on the Occasion of the Age of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent
Exhibition ("Tiles and Ceramics", 1986), History of Humanity-Scientific and Cultural Development (From the
Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century) (“The Arts”, ed. Peter Burke, Halil
İnalcık, 1999), The Story of Ottoman
Tiles and Ceramics (“The Place of Çanakkale Pottery in Ottoman Ceramic
Art”, ed. Prof. Dr. Ara Altun, 1998), Fascinating
Turkish Ceramics-From Byzantine Era to Otoman Empire (“Çanakkale Pottery”,
2002).