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Gül Aktürk

Ph.D. candidate at Delft University of Technology

Areas of expertise

  • - Cultural heritage
  • - Cultural landscapes
  • - Impacts of climate change on cultural heritage
  • - Vernacular architecture

Major works

Aktürk, G., & Fatorić, S. (2021). Roundtable III: Climate Change Adaptation of Cultural Heritage. In U. Pottgiesser, S. Fatoric, C. Hein, E. de Maaker, & A. Pereira Roders (Eds.), LDE Heritage Conference on Heritage and the Sustainable Development Goals: Proceedings (pp. 521-523). TU Delft Open.

Aktürk, G. (2020). Remembering traditional craftsmanship: conserving a heritage of woodworking in Rize, Turkey. International Journal of Intangible Heritage, 15.

Aktürk, Gul, "The Rural Landscape as Heritage in Turkey Under Changing Climate // Le Paysage Rural Turque, un Patrimoine Soumis au Changement Climatique" (2019). Rural Heritage - Landscapes and Beyond / PATRIMOINE RURAL: Paysages et au-delà. 4. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/icomos_isccl/2019/posters/4

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About me

Gül Aktürk is a Ph.D. in the Department of Architecture at TU Delft in the Netherlands. Her Ph.D. research deals with the impacts of climate change on rural built heritage. Her research interest lies in the intersection of climate change and cultural heritage. Prior to starting her Ph.D. research, Gül has worked in several architectural conservation, restoration projects, and archaeological excavations for over 5 years. She holds MSc in Architectural Conservation from the University of Edinburgh in the UK with a master's thesis titled "The Conservation of Ottoman Era Neighborhoods in Istanbul: A Case Study of Arnavutköy, Besiktas." She is a member of the ICOMOS Netherlands, ICOMOS-IFLA ISSCL and the Centre for Global Heritage and Development under heritage & environment. She is a visiting fellow at The Arctic Institution for the period of 2020 and 2021. As a recent Ph.D. candidate, she worked as a teaching assistant, published papers in peer-reviewed journals, reviewed articles, attended conferences, symposiums, and presentations in the field of cultural heritage and climate change.