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Maritime Archaeology Periodical

Ottoman shipbuilding, history of submarine build- centuries by the Academician roberto junco from
ing, history of shipbuilding in Portugal, archaeolog- Mexico.
ical ships and harbors, and history of shipbuilding Prof. İdris Bostan, rD Admiral Nadir Kınay, Mr.
technology, with a closing panel at the end of the Oğuz Aydemir, Prof. Oktay Alnıak, Prof. Dejanirah
congress. The studies carried out by very important Couto, Prof. Filipe Castro, and Ali rıza İşipek co-
academicians such as Prof. Mari Pia Pedani and Prof. chaired sessions of the Congress. The responsibility
Marco Morin, who had planned but failed to partic- for preparation of the proceedings book has been giv-
ipate due to ilness will take place in the Conference en to Prof. Djanirah Couto, Prof. Filipe Castro and
Proceedings Book. Dr. Aydın Şıhmantepe of Pîrî reis University.
It is certain that the paper by Maria Pia Pedani on The idea is to produce a document in international
the two Venetian submarines built during the 1645 standards on the history of shipbuilding in order to
Cretian Battle would be of interest. Another paper have an overwhelming impression in the academic
that will take part in the book is on the “Cannon in- world which will substantiate the success of the Con-
stallation on Mediterranean galleys” by Prof. Morin, gress.
reknown for his studies on firearms. The closing session was chaired by Piri reis Uni-
Among other original papers presented were the versity Trustee Admiral (r) Metin Ataç, where Prof.
submarine Turtle, an invention of David Bushnell Dejanirah Couto, Prof. Filipe Castro and Prof. Nur-
constructed during the Civil War by john Littlefield, han Kahyaoğlu contributed as speakers to make a
and “Sultan’s Submarine Guards” on the Abdülham- general evaluation of the Congress, while Admiral
it and Abdülmecit submarines by Dr. Evren Mercan. Metin Ataç gave the good news about the upcoming
The papers on the recent history of Turkish ship- congress that will take place in Monaco in june 2019.
building had also a wide coverage. The paper titled The main theme of the congress will be “History of
“Cumhuriyet Dönemi’nde Askeri Tersaneler” (Naval measurement of World Oceans”, which will be focus-
ing mainly on the history of cartography. The con-
Shipbuilding Docks during the republic Period)” by gress in Monaco will also be co-chaired by Prof. Oral
rear Admiral Aydın Eken, current Commander of the Erdoğan and r Admiral Metin Ataç.
Shipbuilding Dock in Gölcük, is among the papers The first congress carried out by the Piri reis Uni-
that left its mark on the Congress. The Pereme tech- versity took place in İstanbul in 2012, while the sec-
nology presented by Prof. Nurhan Kahyaoğlu, Ber- ond one was held in St. Petersburg. The third con-
kay Çilli, and Onur Yurdakul as a tribute to Ata Nut- gress took place in the University’s premises for the
ku, and the presentation by Dr. Nazmi Çeşmeci on first time. The gala dinner of the congress that was
the recent history of Turkish shipbuilding were also in Piri reis school ship was an added value for the
of great interest. organization. In addition to the three congresses, two
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“Wooden Portuguese Shipbuilding in 16 Centu- workshops were already organized, one in Venize and
ry” by Prof. Dejanirah Couto; “Dana Adası Tersane- the other one in Cyprus. We believe that the maritime
si Tarihi” (History of the Dana Island shipbuilding history is dynamic, and therefore more research needs
dock) by Assoc. Prof. Hakan Öniz; “Burcu Zafer” by to be done to find out more about the history, which
İbrahim Başak Dağgülü; “Dicle ve Fırat nehir gemi- will naturally lead to changes in history. We are pur-
leri inşa tarihi” (History of riverboat building in Eu- suing the truth by encouraging researchers, acade-
phrates and Tigris rivers) by Prof. Ahmet Taşdemir, micians for doing further researches. All our current
Dr. Oktay Çetin, and Serkan Nohut; 18 century Ot- struggle is to access new and unpublished informa-
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toman ship building by Ali rıza İşipek; and Ottoman tion. We have founded the Maritime History Practice
sailing battleships before Nizam-I Cedid (the New and research Center at the Piri reis University for
Order) Era by Emir Yener were among other popular this purpose. We believe the more we find out about
presentations. the unknown facts about maritime history, the more
Other notable presentations included “Ahşap gemi dependable we can plan our future. We sincerely con-
inşa teknolojisindeki değişiklikler” (Changes in the gratulate the Piri reis University for organizing such
construction technique of wooden ships) by Dr. Mat- a successful international academic research con-
thew Harpster of Koç University; and “The history gress, and we also would like to thank our generous
shipbuilding in the Pacific during the 16 and 18 sponsors for their support.
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