THE PROTOHISTORIC TIMES OF ISTANBUL IN THE LIGHT OF NEW EVIDENCE

Number: 21 December 5, 2017
  • Şevket Dönmez
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THE PROTOHISTORIC TIMES OF ISTANBUL IN THE LIGHT OF NEW EVIDENCE

Abstract

Paralel to the rising number of the archaeological excavations in Istanbul, our knowledge on the Prehistoric and the Protohistoric periods are becoming clearer. It is understood that the settlement in the city started in Neolithic Age and continued without disruption until the Greek Colonization Period despite the relocations and restructuring. In spite of this in the important excavations like Old Prison of Sultanahmet, Yenikapı and Beşiktaş no evidence attesting to the “Byzas – Megarans – Byzantion – 669/658 BC” structure which has been tried to be accepted as the “Official Ancient History of Istanbul”. On the contrary, the evidence pointing towards the Thracian presence of Early Iron Age started appearing in Beşiktaş besides the Sultanahmet – Hagia Sophia flats. In this article where new evidence as well as the old ones are evaluated, the theory that the Istanbul being an Iron Age settlement belonging the local Pre-Byzantion people

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APA
Dönmez, Ş. (2017). THE PROTOHISTORIC TIMES OF ISTANBUL IN THE LIGHT OF NEW EVIDENCE. TÜBA-AR Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi, 21, 93-115. https://izlik.org/JA99XY46NB
AMA
1.Dönmez Ş. THE PROTOHISTORIC TIMES OF ISTANBUL IN THE LIGHT OF NEW EVIDENCE. TÜBA-AR. 2017;(21):93-115. https://izlik.org/JA99XY46NB
Chicago
Dönmez, Şevket. 2017. “THE PROTOHISTORIC TIMES OF ISTANBUL IN THE LIGHT OF NEW EVIDENCE”. TÜBA-AR Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi, nos. 21: 93-115. https://izlik.org/JA99XY46NB.
EndNote
Dönmez Ş (December 1, 2017) THE PROTOHISTORIC TIMES OF ISTANBUL IN THE LIGHT OF NEW EVIDENCE. TÜBA-AR Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi 21 93–115.
IEEE
[1]Ş. Dönmez, “THE PROTOHISTORIC TIMES OF ISTANBUL IN THE LIGHT OF NEW EVIDENCE”, TÜBA-AR, no. 21, pp. 93–115, Dec. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA99XY46NB
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Dönmez, Şevket. “THE PROTOHISTORIC TIMES OF ISTANBUL IN THE LIGHT OF NEW EVIDENCE”. TÜBA-AR Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi. 21 (December 1, 2017): 93-115. https://izlik.org/JA99XY46NB.
JAMA
1.Dönmez Ş. THE PROTOHISTORIC TIMES OF ISTANBUL IN THE LIGHT OF NEW EVIDENCE. TÜBA-AR. 2017;:93–115.
MLA
Dönmez, Şevket. “THE PROTOHISTORIC TIMES OF ISTANBUL IN THE LIGHT OF NEW EVIDENCE”. TÜBA-AR Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi, no. 21, Dec. 2017, pp. 93-115, https://izlik.org/JA99XY46NB.
Vancouver
1.Şevket Dönmez. THE PROTOHISTORIC TIMES OF ISTANBUL IN THE LIGHT OF NEW EVIDENCE. TÜBA-AR [Internet]. 2017 Dec. 1;(21):93-115. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA99XY46NB

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