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ARIT Newsletter. American Research Institute in Turkey

Volume 47, Spring 2009
- ARIT Mellon Fellows contributions.
- New tours and sites in Turkey
- Machteld J. Mellink remembered in Ankara
- Research report: A study of Ottoman deeds in Çorum yields detailed histories.

Volume 46, Fall 2008
- ARIT Ankara director changes: farewell to Baha Yildirim, greetings to Elif Denel.
- Turkish Language programs and fellowships program grow
- ARIT continues to seek new facilities for the Istanbul center
- Research reports: Ottoman military levies; Little Ice Age crisis in Ottoman lands.

Volume 45, Spring 2008
- ARIT begins building a library endowment with the help of the NEH Endowment Challenge grant.
- Kress Foundation fellows cited; Turkish fellowships program grows
- ARIT seeks new facilities for the Istanbul center
- Research reports: Turkish Alevism; Greek pottery at Gordion.

Volume 44, Fall 2007
- ARIT wins NEH Endowment Challenge grant to upgrade libraries.
- Joukowsky Family Foundation supports publication of fellows' research.
- Research reports: Suleyman the Lawgiver; Cultural Debates in Istanbul Recording Studios.

Volume 43, Spring 2007
- Ankara Library receives Mellink collection and expands.
- Expanded intensive Department of State Turkish language programs continue.
- Research reports: The Making of the National Identity in Ottoman Macedonia; The Tektaş Burnu Shipwreck.

Volume 42, Fall 2006
- The Council of American Overseas Research Centers marks twenty-five years.
- New Department of State funding supports advanced language study in Turkey for U.S. beginning students.
- List of ARIT Fellowships for 2006-2007.
- Research report: The Architectural Patronage of Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad

Volume 41, Spring 2006
- Machteld Johanna Mellink remembrance.
- New legal status for ARIT in Turkey in process.
- Annual Fund drive.
- Research reports: Thracian Names and the Greek Epigraphic Evidence in East Thrace and Asia Minor; Secularizations and their Discontents: a Cross-National Study; The Civil Basilica of Aphrodisias.

Volume 40, Fall 2005
- George and Ilse Hanfmann Fellowship Program.
- Increased research activities in libraries and hostels in both Ankara and Istanbul.
- List of ARIT Fellowships for 2005-2006.
- Research report: Roman urbanism in southwestern Turkey; history of the Sabbatian communities.

Volume 39, Spring 2005
- The Turkish Cultural Foundation offers new support for Turkish fellows in Turkey.
- Increased support means more Turkish fellows supported in the program administered by the Istanbul Dernek.
- Aegean Exchange fellows plan their research projects in Greece.
- Annual fund drive.
- Research Report: Byzantine-Ottoman 'overlap' architecture in Turkey.

Volume 38, Fall 2004
- William D. E. Coulson - Toni M. Cross Aegean Exchange gains permanent funding through the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
- Changes in the laws guiding applications for research permissions occupy directors in both centers.
- List of ARIT Fellowships for 2004-2005.
- Research report: ancient wine-making in Turkey.

Volume 37, Spring 2004
- Interest in U.S.-based research in Turkey on the increase; research are programs thriving.
- New Turkish law changes the process for foreigners applying for research permissions.
- Hanfmann Fellows travel abroad to carry out varied research projects; the Public Affairs Office of the U.S. Consulate in Ankara continues to support the Aegean Exchange Program.
- Research report: prehistoric dietary habits examined through micro-wear analysis.

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