Yenikapı Documentary

Yenikapi Emine

2011 yılına tarihlenen bağımsız Yenikapı Belgeselim. Kazıların neredeyse başından itibaren gerek yazılarım gerek Akademi İstanbul'da ders verdiğim sürede Belgesele Giriş öğrencileriyle ziyaretimizlerimizde olsun kazı alanında çok özel anlara tanık oldum. Sevgili Ufuk Kocabaş Hoca, belgeselde Yenikapı batıklarının nasıl korunduğunu anlatıyor. 

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A city, witnessed to different cultures, almost in every corner... In Istanbul, one of the most important commercial centers in the world, hundreds of ships are passing by today, as they did in the past. Ships brought mainly food yesterday, today carrying petrol and freight. "Marmaray" project was built just on this line to solve traffic problem of Istanbul and these excavation works for a tube passage which will connnect the two continents with a undersea tunnel revealed the most important harbour which was in a deep sleep through the ages : This harbour named after Eastern Roman Empire Theodosius, excited everyone. With these excavations, history of Istanbul went 8500 years back. When tracing daily life of the past, archeologists found 37 ship wreckage. These ships seems nearly protected in a time capsule to help us to understand Byzance ship building art. How are these works going ? How these ships are protected and how are they going to be put together ? Where are they going to be exhibited ? In this documentary, Ufuk Kocabaş, leader of a team from Istanbul Univercity who are responsible for the excavation, tells us detailed information about the works.