National Struggle & Republic
1919 - 1950 · A life rebuilt
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Covering 1919 - 1950, the National Struggle & Republic dossier is a reading point within the long transformation of settlement, movement, production and belief networks across the Aegean. A life rebuilt. Period boundaries are used to compare layers that changed at different speeds in different places, rather than to imply a clean historical break.
Records from the coast, valleys and inland areas are not reduced to one line of development. Region, place and narrative links are used to compare shared patterns with local differences.
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- The 1923 Population Exchange and Transformation of Ayvalık-Cunda Olive Industry
- 1923 Population Exchange and Evacuation of Kayaköy (Levissi) Greek Community
- From Afyonkarahisar Synnada Leo Telegraph to Halicarnassus Leochares Mausoleum and Knidos Chrysermus Pharmacology: Beacon Telegraphy, Mausoleum Sculpture, and Alexandrian Pharmacology
- From Atça Grid City Plan to Tepeköy Painted Mosque and Yeşilyurt Water Mills: 1926 Paris-Inspired Layout, 18th-Century Wall Murals, and Dandalas Water Wheels
- Reconstruction of Atça with Paris-Inspired Radial-Grid Master Plan (1926)
- From Aydın Alabanda Hermogenes' Architecture to Nysa Dionysius Thrax Grammar and Ephesus Apollonius Dyskolos Syntax: Classical Architecture, World Grammar, and Syntax Theory
- From Aydın Alabanda Menecles Oratory to Mastaura Diophanes Reform and Teos Androsthenes Astronomy: Roman Oratory, Agrarian Reform, and Geared Astronomy
- From Aydın Alabanda Papinianus Law to Tralles Metrodorus Geometry and Halicarnassus Timotheus Mausoleum: Roman Jurisprudence, Hagia Sophia Geometry, and Mausoleum Sculptures
- From Ayvalık Küçükköy Yenihori to Hacıaslanlar Yörük Village and Alaçam Mountains: Sarımsak Stone Studios, Kazdağı Ethnography, and 1,600m Timber Houses
- From Balıkesir Cyzicus Eudoxus Navigation to İzmir Smyrna Quintus Epic and Colophon Hermesianax Elegiacs: Indian Ocean Navigation, Trojan War Epic, and Elegiac Love Poetry
- Battle of Dumlupınar and Victory of Commander-in-Chief (30 August 1922)
- From Bodrum Queen Artemisia's Fleet to Knidos Eudoxus Observatory and Colophon Xenophanes Philosophy: First Female Admiral, Mathematical Astronomy, and Rational Theology
- From Bolayır Tomb to Bozcaada Castle and Gökçeada Dereköy: Conqueror of Rumelia Gazi Süleyman Pasha, Tenedos Moated Walls, and 1,950 Stone Houses
- From Cadianda Mountain City to Dalyan Radar Hill and Yaka Art Academy: 5th-Century BC Lycian Acropolis, 450m Delta Panorama, and Olive Press Conversion
- From Chalcetor Karian Walls to Hızırşah Mosque and Yaka Park Waterfalls: Archaic Stone Citadel, 14th-Century Menteşe Heritage, and Akdağ Springs
- From Çamlık Steam Locomotives to Şirince Stone Houses and Virgin Mary House: 1856 Industrial Heritage, Greek Stone Houses, and Bülbüldağı Shrine
- From Dinar Su Çıkan Springs to Sultandağı Ice Cave and Şuhut Headquarters: Birth of Maeander, 2,100m Summer Ice, and August 25 Command Post
- From Domatia Greek Stone Houses to Karina Pier and Thebae Walls: Mount Mykale Mansions, Lagoon Fisheries, and Hellenistik Fortresses
- Olives in the Edremit Gulf: Work from Harvest to Table across Three Districts
- From Erythrai Athena Temple to Bademler Village Theater and Özbek Stone Pier: Sea Theaters, Village Stages, and Stone Piers
- Population Exchange of Eski Doğanbey (Domatia) and Trade at Karina Customs Pier (1923 CE)
- Gediz Battle Victory and Construction of Abide Village Martyrdom Monument (October 1920)
- From Havran Koca Seyit Village to Marmara Island Marble Quarries and Manyas Bird Sanctuary: 275 kg Victory Shell, Proconnesian Quarries, and 266 Bird Species
- From İzmir Aelius Aristides' Smyrna Oratory to Magnesia Pytheos Architecture and Teos Theodosius Geometry: Imperial Oratory, Halicarnassus Mausoleum, and Spherical Geometry
- From İzmir Bergama Ctesibius' Water Organ to Knidos Androsthenes Ocean Voyages and Pergamon Apollonius Conics: Pneumatics, Ocean Navigation, and Planetary Conics
- From İzmir Ephesus Rufus Neuroanatomy to Magnesia Hegesias Oratory and Bergama Telephus Grammar: Ancient Neuroanatomy, Asianism Rhetoric, and Imperial Tutoship
- From İzmir Ephesus Soranus Medicine to Aydın Tralles Apollonius Sculpture and Germencik Menesthes Architecture: Gynecological Medicine, Farnese Bull Sculpture, and Ionic Architecture
- From İzmir Ephesus Xenophon's Romantic Novel to Priene Isidore Hagia Sophia and Halicarnassus Bryaxis Serapis: Romantic Literature, Dome Architecture, and Monumental Sculpture
- From İzmir Epicurus' Teos Garden to Nysa Aristodemus Library and Miletus Hecataeus Map: Epicureanism, Roman Rhetoric, and World's First Map
- From İzmir Erythrai Sibyl Oracles to Teos Hermogenes Architecture and Tralles Apollonius Sculpture: Roman Capitol Oracles, Pseudodipteral Layout, and Farnese Bull
- From İzmir Homer's Meles Valley to Priene Bias Justice and Urla Anaxagoras Philosophy: Iliad and Odyssey Epics, Seven Sages Law, and Birth of Astrophysics
- From İzmir Colophon Mimnermus Poetry to Teos Nausiphanes Philosophy and Knidos Chrysippus Medicine: Lyrical Poetry, Atomist Philosophy, and Experimental Dietetics
- From İzmir Smyrna Hermippus Biography to Teos Boëthos Sculptures and Knidos Ctesias Persica: Classical Biography, Bronze Sculptures, and Persian History
- From Kayaköy Levissi to Gemiler Island and Afkule Cliffs: 500 Stone Houses, St. Nicholas Pilgrimage Tunnel, and Cliff Monastery
- From Kayalıoğlu Agricultural School to Körez Stone Mansions and İnebey Mosque: 1860 Or Yehuda Academy, Volcanic Basalt Mansions, and 14th-Century Germiyanid Mosque
- From Menemen Taşhan Caravanserai to Kozak Yukarıbey Mosque and Göbeller Weaving Homes: 17th-Century Ottoman Inn, Floral Wood Paintings, and Granite Mansions
- From Muğla Bodrum Scylax Explorations to Balıkesir Xenocles Oratory and Aydın Nysa Strabo Geography: Maritime Exploration, Roman Oratory, and World Geography
- From Muğla Knidos Agatharchides Geography to Tralles Alexander Medicine and Halicarnassus Hegesander Laocoön: Red Sea Geography, Imperial Medicine, and Vatican Sculptures
- From Muğla Knidos Erasistratus' Physiology to Ephesus Artemidorus Dream Science and Tire Xenocrates Pharmacology: Experimental Neuroanatomy, Dream Psychology, and Imperial Pharmacology
- From Muğla Knidos Sosigenes Calendar to Yatağan Metrodorus Philosophy and Aydın Nysa Menestheus Grammar: Julian Calendar Astronomy, Academic Philosophy, and Classical Philology
- From Selçikler Tumuli to Avgan Mills and Karayakuplu Canyon: 6th-Century BC Lydian Chamber Tombs, Banaz Water Wheels, and 100m Vertical Cliffs
- From Simav Gölcük Crater to Gediz Abide Village and Hisarcık Aqueducts: 1,450m Volcanic Lake, 1920 Gediz Battle, and Roman Channels
- From Şaphane Alunite Mines to Emet Thermal Springs and Dumlupınar Victory: Alum Mines, Boron Waters, and August 30 Battle
- From Tabea Rock Citadel to Serinhisar Roasted Chickpeas and Acıpayam Yazır Mosque: Hellenistik Walls, 500-Year Ovens, and 1801 Painted Mosque
- From Tokalı Canyon to Yunus Emre Shrine and Bayat Kilims: 500m Cliffs, 13th-Century Mysticism, and Turkmen Dyes
- Establishment of Turkey's First Village Theater at Bademler (1932 CE)
- From Ulamış Mills to Birgivi Madrasa and Dağkızılca Aqueducts: Karakılçık Wheat, 1563 Ottoman Center, and Nif Mountain Bridges
- From Uşak Palace Carpets to Hacım Sultan Lodge and Takmak Kilims: Renaissance Medallions, 1321 Bektashi Lodge, and Yörük Motifs
- From Yağcıbedir Carpets to Hisarköy Roman Springs and Dursunbey Cave Waters: Wool Knots, 98°C Baths, and Cave Springs
- From Yatağan Swords to Hırka Timber Mosque and Yeşildere Waterfall: 800-Year Forged Steel Workshops, 18th-Century Floral Paintings, and 55m Cascade
- From Yörük Ali Efe House to Cihanoğlu Tower and Karacasu Potters: 1919 Malgaç Victory, 1756 Ayan Tower, and 5,000-Year Red Clay Kilns
- Yörük Ali Efe's Malgaç Railway Bridge Raid and Kuva-yı Milliye Resistance (June 16, 1919)
- Scent of Olives and Exchange Memory: Ayvalık Stone Oil Mills, Cunda Streets, and Roots of Antandros