Listing of Publications & Activities

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS and LECTURES

2003 - "Urban Ceramics", Lecture, Bahcesehir University Architecture Department, Istanbul

        - "From Transformation to Displacement - Presentation of Personal Works", Presentation as an anvited artist, International Ceramic Congress, Oslo, Norway

2002 - "New Generation of Turkish Artists", Article, Catalogue of Balkan Artists, Athens, Greece

1998 - “Art/Industry/Education” 3rd Design Congress, Istanbul

1997 - “Contemporary Ceramic Artist in Urban Design”, Anadolu University, Eskisehir

1996 - “About my art”, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA

        - “Art, Artist and Environment”, Article, Arizona, USA

        - “Design Problems in Tile Manufacture”, Panel Discussion, Anadolu University, Eskisehir

        - “Thousand Faces of Ceramics”, Essay, Art and Decor Magazine, Istanbul

        - “Competitions in Art”, Panel discussion, Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Istanbul

1994 - “Role of Art in The Development of a Country”, Paper, 5th International Symposium on Arts, Hacettepe University, Ankara

        - Jury Member, Second International Cairo Ceramics Biennial, Egypt

        - "East and West Influences in Ceramic Art”, Paper, Second International Cairo Ceramics Biennial, Egypt

1993 - "Ceramics", Author and Editor, Encyclopedia of Arts, Istanbul

        - “Importance of History on Contemporary Arts”, International Ceramics Symposium, Syracuse, NY, USA

1992 - "URB-MED-VIE", Panel Discussion, Rotterdam, Holland

        - Workshop, Posio, Finland

        - Interview, Vizyon Magazine, Istanbul

        - “Artistic Approach in Industrial Production-Tiles”, Paper, Ankara

1991 - “The Last 10 Years and Thought Structure of Ceramic Art”, Panelist, The Çanakkale Ceramic Art Gallery, Istanbul

        - "The Influence of Our Country’s Ceramic Art in Our Time”, Panel Discussion, Ceramic Artists Association, Istanbul

        - Ceramic Symposium Participant, Shigaraki, Japan

        - “The Definition of Ceramics and Its Relationship with Related Disciplines”, Lecture, Istanbul

1990 - "Japanese Ceramic Art”, Lecture, Kadiköy Culture and Art Center, Istanbul

1989 - “The Method of Making Iznik Enameled Wall Tiles", Translation, for the "Book of Iznik" by Raby & Atasoy, Istanbul

1988 - “The Importance of Art Establishments within the Social Structure”, Article, Sanat Çevresi Magazine, Istanbul

        - “Dynamics in Education” and “Modern Turkish Ceramic Artists”, Papers, 5th National Ceramics Congress, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia

1987 - “Traditional Art and Contemporary Internations”, Paper, Ser-Po-Cam Symposium, Istanbul

        - “The Relationship between Form and Essence in the Maintenance of our Traditional Art Today”, Panel Discussion, the Society for the Preservation of Historic Turkish Houses in Yildiz Palace, Istanbul

        - "Contemporary Ceramic Art", Panel Discussion, Board of International Ceramics Academy, Valencia, Spain

1986 - “The Function of Tradition in an Artistic and Cultural Environment”, Paper, 1st International Turkish Enameled Tile and Ceramics Congress, Kutahya

1985 - “The Past and Present of Ceramic Education”, Article, First National Art Symposium, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Ankara

        - “Art Ceramics in Architecture”, Article, Ceramic and Glass Materials in Construction Seminar, Construction Industry Center, Istanbul

        - “Youth - Contemporary Art, Contemporary Education”, Article, “Art and Youth” symposium, Mimar Sinan University 5th Art Festival, Istanbul

1984 - “Turkish Ceramic Art and Artists in the Republican Period”, Article, Encyclopedia of Yurt, Vol. 11, P. 9002-9003, Istanbul

        - “Modern Tendencies in Ceramic Art”, Article, presented at Panel discussion organized by Ser-Po-Cam (The Evolution of Ceramic Art and Present Day Applications)

1982 - “The Past and Present of Ceramics Art in Anatolia”, Article, Bilim, Birlik, Basari Magazine, October, No: 36, Istanbul

        - “Views on the Technical Language of Ceramics”, Article, 2nd National Handicrafts Symposium, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir

        - New Methods in Ceramics Education, Article, Sanat Çevresi Magazine, No: 44, Istanbul

1977 - "Pottery Methods in Villages in the Western Anatolia", 4 month Research, Turkey

1976 - “Ceramic Raw Materials”, thesis

        - “Tile Manufacturing Methods in Industry”, eight months research carried out in Ina Seito Co. and Nagoya Research Institute

        - "Japanese Ceramics", Research, in Kyoto, Igaueno, Chugokv and Kyushu provinces

1974 - “Islamic Ceramic Art, 9th - 12th Centuries ”, thesis

INTERNATIONAL ART ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED

2003 - "European Ceramics Society (ECERS)", International Ceramic Congress, Istanbul

1999 - "Interaction", International Ceramic Symposium, Istanbul

1995 - “Coffee Ceramics”, Istanbul /with Gallery Westeinde, Holland

1994 - “Modern Tulip Vases”, Haarlem, Holland /with Gallery Westeinde

1992 - "By the World Language of Ceramist", International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) Members' Exhibit, Istanbul

        - "Exhibition of Modern Turkish Ceramics", Istanbul

        - "36th Assembly of International Academy of Ceramics", Istanbul

1983 - "Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics", Anatolian Civilizations, Istanbul

1970 - "Contemporary French Art", Istanbul