Team Members
2026
Assist. Prof. Dr. Peter Talloen
Excavation Director
Prof. Dr.
Murat Fırat
Assistant Director
Dr. Sevingül
Bilgin Kopçuk
Assistant Director
Prof. Dr. Inge Uytterhoeven
Archaeologist
Assist. Prof. Dr.
Ralf Vandam
Survey Director
Prof. Dr.
Jeroen Poblome
Ceramics Specialist
Assist. Prof. Dr. Dries Daems
Ceramics Specialist
Nerina de Silva
Archaeological Conservator
Prof. Dr.
Arzu Güngör
Head Anthropologist
Prof. Dr.
Fatih Onur
Epigraphist
Prof. Dr. Jane Fejfer
Sculpture Specialist
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emma Louise Baysal
Archaeologist
Dr. Senem
Özden Gerçeker
Ceramics Specialist
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Troels Kristensen
Archaeologist
Dr. Johan Claeys
Archaeologist
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Uzunoğlu
Epigraphist
Dr. Niels
Bargfeldt
3D Specialist
Dr. Salih
Okan Akgönül
Numismatist
Dr. Ebru
Gizem Ayten
Zooarchaeologist
Leyla Aydın
Government Excavation Representative
Danny Veys
Photographer
Nina Troosters
Illustrator
Jeff Swinnen
Illustrator
Architects
Ömer Yer
Head Architect
Bengi İnak
Architect
Merve Dönmez
Architect
İlke Nilsu Durukan
Architect
İrem Arslantürk
Architect
Interns
Anna Minor
Archaeologist
Bjarke Bach Cristensen
History
Doğa Oral
Archaeology
Ebrar Sinmez
Paleobotany
Elif Aze Bol
Bioarchaeology
Eloise Jones
Archaeology
Esma
Demiryürek
Public Archaeology
Ezgi Erdoğan
Archaeology
Ezgi Öztürk Akgönül
Archaeology
Dilara Uysal
Archaeology
İlknur Ünsel Gümüştekin
Archaeology
Kadir
Soyyılmaz
Archaeology
Ömer Faruk
Yigit
Archaeology
Francis Leung
Archaeology
Volga Zengin
Archaeology
Zeynep Kurt
Archaeology
Undergraduate Interns
Arda Gürer
Archaeology
Bedirhan Bal
Archaeology
Bedriye Ceyda Göktepe
Conservation
Bilgealp Eren Fığlalı
Archaeology
Ecesu Oto
Architecture
Göksu Barkal
Graphic Design
İlkay Ayıkol
Archaeology
Jonas Vilain Dybro
Archaeology
Julia Van Zutphen
Archaeology
Kaan Duran
Archaeology
Lucas Jespersen
History
Manouk Vervorst
Archaeology
Melisa Çınar
Archaeology
Mustafa Can Öner
Archaeology
Naz Özkurt
Archaeology
Nuriyen Çakmak
Archaeology
Rüzgar Can
Archaeology
Sinenur Beştepe
Architecture
Sude Can
Archaeology
Tim Sondervan
Archaeology
Timur Sipahi
Archaeology
Zain Ahmed
Archaeology
