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Hakan Tarhan

Dr. Hakan Tarhan – Cultural Heritage Postdoctoral Fellow at British Institute at Ankara (BIAA), specializing in Byzantine heritage and community archaeology research in Turkey and Greece.

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Jul 22, 2026

Heritage Türkiye

Heritage Türkiye

Living with Byzantium: Heritage of the "Other" with Dr Hakan Tarhan

Jul 22 · 29m

Işılay GürsuHOST

9:03

So can you tell us a little bit more about how people are engaging with the Byzantine heritage in these two countries?

Hakan TarhanGUEST

9:10

I think it's a good and exciting comparison, but I wouldn't say it is an exact match, let's say.

Hakan TarhanGUEST

9:18

But the difference actually stands in the official historiographies of how they treat Byzantine heritage.

Hakan TarhanGUEST

9:27

So in the beginning of the modern Greek state, it was the ancient Greek heritage, the golden ages of the Athenian democracy, what they choose as the ancestors, the glorious past of the nation.

Hakan TarhanGUEST

9:42

So the Byzantine heritage back then was not included in the official heritage narratives.

Hakan TarhanGUEST

9:46

Towards the end of the 19th century, it was also included.

Hakan TarhanGUEST

9:51

And now we can see that it is part of the common Greek heritage.

11 MINS LATER

Işılay GürsuHOST

20:44

Can you talk us a little bit about the public perception about this change in the use of this monument in Turkey?