Prof. ÖZLEM SİR GAVAZ

Özlem SİR GAVAZ completed her undergraduate education at Ankara University, Language and History- Geography Faculty, Department of Ancient Languages ​​and Cultures, Hittitology, in 2002. In 2007, she prepared her master's thesis titled "Relations with Syria and Mesopotamia in the Period of I Šuppiluliuma" under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Turgut Yiğit. She received her doctorate in 2011 with his thesis titled "Cult Trips of the Hittite Kings and the Ceremonies They Organized for the Gods" under the supervision of Dr. Sedat ERKUT.
Sir Gavaz, who started working as a Lecturer in the Department of Archeology at Hitit University, Faculty of Science and Letters in 2008, was appointed as Assistant Professor in 2012. She received the title of Associate Professor in 2018, and since 2020, she has been working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Hittitology at Ankara University, Language and History- Geography Faculty, Department of Ancient Languages and Cultures.

Özlem SİR GAVAZ, who has many academic studies on the Hittite language, history and culture, also has a doctoral study, and her book titled "Cult Trips of the Hittite Kings, New Observations on Rites, Visitation Centers, Roads and Localization" was published in 2012. In addition, the book "Studies in honor of Ahmet Ünal", co-edited with Sedat Erkut, was published in 2016, and the book "Epidemics and Diseases in Ancient Times", co-edited with Gülgüney Masalcı Şahin, was published in 2021. In addition to national and international book editing, book chapters, articles, projects and papers that contributed to the field, she took part in many social and cultural events to promote the Hittite Civilization. Sir Gavaz participated as a team member in the Kaman-Kalehöyük excavations carried out by the Japanese Anatolian Archeology Institute since 2009, and then served as the Deputy Head of Excavations in the Yassıhöyük excavations carried out under the direction of Dr Masako Omura within the same institute during the 2016 and 2017 excavation periods. Sir Gavaz was deemed worthy of the "Award of the Young Researcher of the Year" award by Al-Quds Universitiy- Gazi University- Turkish Studies in 2018. In 2019, she was presented with an honorary citizenship certificate by Boğazkale Municipality. She carried out the scientific consultancy of the first phase of the "3D Scanning of Cuneiform Tablets in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations and Reading of Boğazköy Tablets by Artificial Intelligence" project, which was carried out in cooperation with Ankara University and Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2021-2022. In addition, she continues to lead the project "Reading Hittite Tablets with Artificial Intelligence", which is the second phase of the project in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Ankara University. Sir Gavaz continues to read, transliterate, join and translate the 250 unpublished Hittite tablets in the archives of the Anatolian Civilizations Museum, for which the publishing rights have been granted to her.