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Maritime Archaeology Periodical

The Executive Committee of the Turkish Foundation tion, Oğuz Aydemir, the Chairman of TINA presented
for Underwater Archaeology (TINA) and the Yenikapı a plaquet to Ufuk and Işıl Kocabaş for their scientif-
Shipwrecks Project Team of İstanbul University orga- ic works and contribution to the Yenikapı Shipwrecks
nized a meeting on May 30th, 2019 at the Rahmi Koç Project.
Museum. The participants were welcomed by Ertuğrul Afterwards, a visit was made to the Ship Conserva-
Duru, the Museum Director, and Selan İşyar, and a pre- tion and Reconstruction Laboratory of the Department
sentation was made by Işıl Özsait-Kocabaş on the of Conservation of Marine Archaeological Object at
reconstruction of the Yenikapı 12 shipwreck. İstanbul University. The Project Manager Ufuk
The YK12 shipwreck, which was discovered Kocabaş provided information about ongoing
during the salvage excavations in Yenikapı, works and the latest status of the project. The
and dated to the 9th century AD, is a small participants made evaluations on the lentic-
cargo ship with a single mast and a lateen ular animation of the Theodosian Harbour
sail. It has a full length of about 9.64 m, with and Yenikapı Excavation Site, which is being
the widest part of the hull measuring 2.64 m. displayed in the laboratory, and found the op-
Describing the building phases of the reconstruc- portunity to see the scaled models of the ship-
tion which was carried out in the RMK Marine wrecks, model workshop, and conservation
shipyard, Özsait-Kocabaş indicated that they equipment. After presenting project booklets
tried to use original types of wood as far as to the Board members, Ufuk Kocabaş sug-
they could. Providing all details on the recon- gested that the two institutions contributing
struction itself, she explained that they pro- to the development of underwater archaeolo-
vided solutions to the location of components gy in Turkey should work in joint projects. The
such as quarter rudders and sailing gear, how they meeting was held with the participation of Oğuz
were attached and how they worked based on the avail- Aydemir, Kenan Yılmaz, Jeff Hakko, Enes Edis, Metin
able evidence as well as findings from other studies Ataç, Ali Rıza İşipek, Ay Sanem Yükselsoy-Tekcan,
on shipwrecks, iconographic depictions and narratives and Mehmet Bezdan from TINA, and Ufuk Kocabaş
of the contemporary writers. Following her presenta- and Işıl Özsait-Kocabaş from the İstanbul University.

Prof. Dr. Ufuk Kocabaş Yenikapı
kurtarma kazılarında keşfedi-
len YK12 batığının rekonstrük-
siyonu üzerinde detay bilgiler
veriyor.
Prof. Ufuk Kocabaş is giving de-
tailed information on the YK12
shipwreck discovered during the
salvage excavations at Yenikapı.

TINA Türkiye Sualtı Arkeolojisi
Vakfı Başkanı Oğuz Aydemir ve
Prof. Dr. Ufuk Kocabaş.
Oğuz Aydemir, President, TINA
The Turkish Foundation for Un-
derwater Archaeology and Prof.
Ufuk Kocabaş.
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