When in 1943 the core of the newly created Museum of Anatolian Civilizations opened in the Bedesten (market hall) of Mahmut Paşa, the idea was to celebrate the recently discovered preclassical civilization of the Hittites, which Atatürk wanted to promote as one of the most significant segments of a national discourse about collective historical identity of the young Republic.

Marchetti, N., Alagoz, U., Metin, M. (2026). The new arrangement of the Karkemish sculptures in the central hall of the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations. Bologna : Ante Quem [10.12878/orientlab3].

The new arrangement of the Karkemish sculptures in the central hall of the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations

Nicolò Marchetti;
2026

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When in 1943 the core of the newly created Museum of Anatolian Civilizations opened in the Bedesten (market hall) of Mahmut Paşa, the idea was to celebrate the recently discovered preclassical civilization of the Hittites, which Atatürk wanted to promote as one of the most significant segments of a national discourse about collective historical identity of the young Republic.
2026
Karkemish of the Hittites on the Euphrates. New Discoveries and New Acquisitions
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Marchetti, N., Alagoz, U., Metin, M. (2026). The new arrangement of the Karkemish sculptures in the central hall of the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations. Bologna : Ante Quem [10.12878/orientlab3].
Marchetti, Nicolò; Alagoz, Umut; Metin, Mustafa
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