İsmail Yavuz Özkaya
Chairİsmail Yavuz Özkaya
İsmail Yavuz Özkaya received a Bachelor of Architecture in 1983 and a Master of Science in Restoration in 1987 from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara. Following graduation, he worked as an architect and project coordinator at various architectural design companies. He lived in Ithaca NY between 1991 and 1995 and attended the Graduate Program in Art and Art History Program of SUNY Binghamton. Özkaya started his office specializing in design and historic preservation in 1995. He prepared historic preservation projects for a wide range of sites and monuments in addition to his architectural design work. Since 2006, he is working at Ani archeological site, documenting and preparing historic preservation projects for its different monuments. Currently he is managing the conservation works of Surp Amenap’rkich Church and the Cathedral of Ani in collaboration with World Monuments Fund and the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism; and working on his contribution to a monograph of Surp Amenap’rkich Church by Armen Kazaryan.
Çağla Parlak
Vice ChairÇağla Parlak
After obtaining her bachelor’s degree from the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul University, she pursued further studies in the fields of Gender and Women’s Studies at METU and Museum Management M.A at Istanbul University. Her professional journey includes working at the Community Volunteers Foundation from 2007 to 2009 and at Dolmabahçe Palace from 2009 to 2015. Subsequently, she held the position of Projects Manager at the Association for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (KMKD) from 2015 to 2020.
Throughout her career, she actively participated in various research projects, notably contributing to the country-level assessment of the British Council Cultural Preservation Fund. In 2017, she was nominated from Turkey and took part in the prestigious International Visitors Leadership Program of the US Department of State, focusing on cultural heritage preservation. In 2022, she was honored as a Europa Nostra fellow in Brussels.
Since 2021, she has served as a capacity mapping specialist at the Heritage Management Organization and has also engaged as a freelance project manager for different organizations in the cultural heritage domain. Beyond her involvement with KMKD, she is the founder of the Silva Gender Studies Support Association and a dedicated member of the Karakutu Association.
Şehrigül Yeşil
SecretaryŞehrigül Yeşil
Şehrigül YEŞİL obtained her M.A. degree from Istanbul University in Classical Archaeology and Ph.D. degree from İstanbul University Department of Restoration and Conservation of Artifacts. Her dissertation is on the Reburial Systems for The Preservation of Mosaics Pavements. She has been working as a lecturer and the head of the department at FMV, Işık University Vocational School Department of Architectural Restoration since 2013. She has become an assistant professor as of 2020. She has experience as a field conservator over fifteen different sites in Turkey. Her research activity is mainly focused on conservation and maintenance programs for sites with mosaics and reburial for preservation of mosaics.
Özcan Geçer
TreasurerÖzcan Geçer
Born in 1976 in Diyarbakır, Özcan Geçer completed his higher education at Istanbul Technical University as a Management Engineer. In his 21 years of active working life in the capital markets, he finally worked as the general manager of a private bank’s investment firm. As one of the founding members of the cultural platform Suryaniler.com, Geçer works in various fields such as documentaries, books, exhibition projects about Syriac and other minority cultures, social memory research and commemoration events. As a member of the executive board of the İstanbul City Council, Geçer continues his professional career as a financial consultant in addition to his consultancy in European Union projects.
Evangelia Şarlak
MemberEvangelia Şarlak
1962 yılında doğan Prof. Dr. Eva ŞARLAK, İlkokulu Merkez Rum Kız Lisesinde okuduktan sonra Saint Pulcherie Fransız Kız Ortaokuluna devam etmiştir. Lise eğitimini Saint Benoit Fransız Lisesinde tamamlayarak 1981 yılında mezun olmuştur.
Lisans eğitimini İstanbul Üniversitesi, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Tarihi Bölümü Klasik Arkeoloji Ana Bilim Dalında gerçekleştirmiş ve İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sanat Tarihi alanında 1996 yılında ‘Ondokuzuncu Yüzyıl İstanbul Rum Ortodoks Kiliseleri ‘ başlıklı yüksek lisans tezini tamamlayarak mezun olmuştur. Lisans eğitimi döneminde Turizm Bakanlığının Profesyonel Turist Rehberliği kurslarına devam etmiş, lisans ve yüksek lisans eğitimi süresince Profesyonel Turizm Rehberi olarak çalışmıştır.
Akademik yaşamına İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sanat Tarihi bölümünde devam etmiş ve ‘Post-Bizans Döneminde Duvardan Bağımsız İkonalar’ başlıklı doktora çalışmasıyla 2001 yılında doktor ünvanı almıştır. 1996 yılında Feyziye Mektepleri Vakfı Işık Üniversitesinde öğretim görevlisi ve 1998 yılında Yardımçı Doçent ünvanıyla akademik kariyerine başlamıştır. Doçentlik ünvanını 2006 yılında Batı Sanatı ve Çağdaş Sanat Bilim Alanında alarak Işık Üniversitesi İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Bölümünün Sanat Kültür ve Toplum programının kuruluş çalışmalarına katılmıştır.
2012 yılında Profesörlük ünvanını alarak halen öğretim üyesi olarak yer aldığı Işık Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Görsel Sanatlar Bölümü kadrosunda akademik görevine devam etmiştir. 2018 – 2021 yılları arasında Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesine Dekan olarak atanan Prof.Dr.Eva Şarlak Tasarım Tarihi Mitoloji ve İkonografi, Tarih Öncesinden Rönesans Dönemine dek Sanat, İstanbul Kent, Kültür ve Mimarlık, Rönesans’tan Modernizm Dönemine Sanat adlı halen vermekte olduğu dersler dışında History of Architecture, History of Art, History of Architecture, History of Civilization. İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsünde Byzantine and European Iconography konulu lisans ve yüksek lisans dersleri vermiştir
Amerikan Birleşik Devletleri Dış İşleri Departmanı tarafından “Cultural Heritage Preservation” Bizans çalışmaları nedeniyle 2004 yılında International Visitors Programına seçilmiş ve ABD’de restorasyon çalışmalarını gözlemlemiştir. Fransa’da Havre Universitesinde Avrupa Birliği tarafından tarafından 2003 yılında gerçekleştirilen “L’Union Européenne: des racines et un heritage culturel commun, facteur de cohésion et de de solidarité” adlı kültür çalışmalarına katılmıştır.
Sanat ve Mimarlık Tarihi alanında uluslararası ve ulusal platformlarda kitap, makale, bildirileri bulunan Prof.Dr.Eva Şarlak’ın hakemli dergi kurullarında hakemlik, kitap danışmanlığı gibi akademik faaliyetleri dışında Kültürel Mirası Koruma çalışmalarına ilişkin birçok projede yer almış ve yer almaya devam etmektedir.
2010 Yılında İstanbul Avrupa Kültür Başkenti döneminde Adalar Müzesi küratoryal ekibinde bulunarak müze kuruluşunda yer almış, Batılılaşan İstanbul’un Rum Mimarları Sergisinde çalışmalarda bulunmuştur.
2014 yılında Kültürel Mirası Koruma Derneğinin kuruluş çalışmalarına başlayarak derneğin 4 yıl süreyle KMKDnin Kurucu Başkanı olarak görev almıştır.
Yunanca, Fransızca ve İngilizce dillerini bilen Prof. Dr. Eva Şarlak evli ve ikiz kız annesidir.
Rubi Asa
MemberRubi Asa
Rubi Asa was born in Istanbul in 1956. He completed his high school education in Jewish High School in 1974. Between the years 1974/1979, he continued to the Faculty of Architecture of the State Academy of Fine Arts. Later, he studied in Physics Department in the Architectural Faculty of Yıldız Technical University with an exchange year at the Technion University in Israel. He graduated in 1982 with a postgraduate diploma.
He transformed his Architectural Office, which he had carried out as a sole proprietorship from 1985 to 1994, into Habitat Architecture Ltd.Com. In 1987, he married Rozi Levi, who is also an architect. Until 2017, they worked together in many professional fields within the scope of land evaluation and development projects and implementation works.
In addition to architectural and application projects, he especially designed industrial constructions, tourism buildings, historical buildings restoration, and conservation projects, and he also continued professional consultancy and feasibility studies for foreign companies planning to invest in Turkey. Additionally, he carried out projects on lighting, acoustics, and security construction in buildings, which is his specialty.
He worked on the documentation of the historical city of Istanbul within the framework of the project ‘Istanbul Capital of Culture’ in 2010 with the cooperation of Unesco. Thus, he had the opportunity to combine photography with his profession.
He has received many awards in various photography contests. He continues writing art and classical music criticism articles for various magazines and publications.
He has been serving as a Board of Directors member and taking charge of various duties in various non-governmental organizations and professional institutions.
Classical music, painting, literature and tennis are his hobbies.
He has two daughters named Ruti and Suzi who were born in 1989 and 1993.