Prof. Dr. Gönül Öney

Prof. Dr. Gönül Öney was born in Berlin in 1933. She graduated from the Department of Art History in the Faculty of Language, History, and Geography at Ankara University in 1955. She completed her doctoral degree at her alma mater in 1961. She became Associate Professor in 1967 and full Professor in 1972. After teaching at Ankara University between 1957 and 1981, Öney served as a Department Chair, Senate member and Dean in the Department of Art History, the Faculty of Letters at Ege University until 2001. Between 1983 and 1987, she served as a board member in the High Commission of Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage of Turkey, which was nominated by the President of the Republic of Turkey. In 1988-1992, she served as a commission member of UNESCO Turkish National Commission. Between 1992 and 2000, she served as a vice-chancellor at Ege University.

Prof. Öney has received many awards including an eminent service medal from Ege University Senate, 2001 Service Award from Eczacıbaşı Izmir Culture Art and Education Foundation, and Honorary Member Award of Ataturk Culture Center. She has served as a national committee member, executive board member in many organizations and committees such as the International Congress of Turkish Art, ICOMOS Turkish National Committee, European Council, Aegean Social Research Foundation, Izmir Cultural Foundation, Aegean Modern Education Foundation, Elginkan Foundation, International Bursa Research Committee, Turkish Economic and Social Historical Foundation, Suna & İnan Kıraç Mediterranean Research Institute, and Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Art Committee. Prof. Öney has published numerous articles and books and has participated in various conferences and symposiums in Turkey and abroad.

Selected publications:
-Ankara′da Türk Devri Dini ve Sosyal Yapıları (The Turkish Period Buildings in Ankara), Ankara: Ankara University, 1971.
-Türk Devri Çanakkale Seramikleri (Turkish Period Çanakkale Ceramics), Ankara: Çanakkale Seramik Fab. A.Ş., Ankara 1971.
-Turkish Ceramic Tile Art, Tokyo: Heibonsha Ltd., 1975.
-Türk Çini Sanatı (Turkish Tile Art), Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Bank, 1976.
-"İslam Süsleme ve El Sanatlarına Türklerin Katkısı", İslam Sanatında Türkler, ("Turkish Contribution to Islamic Minor Arts", Turks in Islamic Art), Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Bank, 1976, pp. 118-129.
-Tiles in Islamic Architecture, Kyoto: Shino Toseki, 1977.
-Anadolu Selçuk Mimari Süslemesi ve El Sanatları (Architectural Decoration and Minor Arts in Seljuk Anatolia), Ankara: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 1978.
-"Anatolian Turkish Minor Arts and Decoration", The Art and Architecture of Turkey, (Edited by  Ekrem Akurgal), Fribourg: Office du Livre, 1980.
-Turkish Pottery, Tokyo: Shobunsha Ltd., 1985.
-"Tiles and Ceramics" (prepared on the Occasion of the Age of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent Exhibition), Istanbul: Turkish Republic Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 1986.
-İslam Mimarisinde Çini, Istanbul: Ada Press Publishers, 1987.
-Ceramic Tiles in Islamic Architecture, Istanbul: Ada Press Publishers, 1987.
-Anadolu Selçuklu Mimari Süslemesi ve El Sanatları (Architectural Decoration and Minor Arts in Seljuk Anatolia), Ankara: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 1988.
-The Church of Akdamar (Aght′amar), Ankara: Ministry of Culture Publications, 1990.
-Beylikler Devri Sanatı XIV.-XV. Yüzyıl (1300-1453), Ankara: Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu-Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, 1989.
-Ankara Arslanhane Camii, Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, 1990.
-"Çanakkale Ceramics", Turkish Tiles and Ceramics-Sadberk Hanım-Museum, Istanbul: Sadberk Hanım Museum, 1991, pp. 103-144.
-Anadolu Selçuklu Mimari Süslemesi ve El Sanatları (Architectural Decoration and Minor Arts in Seljuk Anatolia), Ankara: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 1992.
-"Türk Çini ve Seramik Sanatı", Başlangıcından Bugüne Türk Sanatı, Ankara: İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları Yayınları, 1993, pp. 281-310.
-"The Enameled Wall tiles of Bursa", Bursa, Ankara: Publications of Ministry of Culture, 1996, pp. 108-117.
-“The Arts”, History of Humanity-Scientific and Cultural Development (From the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century), (ed. Peter Burke and Halil İnalcık), Unesco 1999, pp. 228-230.
-“The Place of Çanakkale Pottery in Ottoman Ceramic Art”, The Story of Ottoman Tiles and Ceramics, (ed. Prof. Dr. Ara Altun), Istanbul: Stock Exchange Publication, 1998, pp. 270-279.
-“Anatolian Seljuk Tiles and Pottery”, The Story of Ottoman Tiles and Ceramics, (ed. Prof. Dr. Ara Altun), Istanbul: Istanbul Stock Exchange Publication, 1998, p. 33-51.
-“The Importance of Çanakkale Ceramics in the Ottoman Ceramic Art”, Ottoman Ceramics and Tiles, Tokyo: The Middle Eastern Culture Center, 2000, pp. 62-67.
-“Çanakkale Pottery”, Fascinating Turkish Ceramics-From Byzantine Era to Ottoman Empire, Okayama: Orient Museum, 2002, pp. 85-91.
-“Çini ve Seramik”, Osmanlı Uygarlığı ,Cilt 2., (Ed. Halil İnalcık-Günsel Renda), Istanbul: T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı Yayını,  2002. pp. 699-736
-“Otoman Tiles and Pottery”, Ottoman Civilization, Volume 2, (ed. Halil İnalcık, Günsel Renda), Istanbul: Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture,  2002, pp. 698-735.
-“Anadolu Selçuklu Sanatı” Türkler, Cilt 7, Kırkikinci Bölüm. Ankara: Yeni Türkiye Yayınları, 2002, pp.805-818.
-“Figural Motifs in Seljuk Religious Architecture” Cathedral Workshops on Religious Arts and Crafts (Proceedings), Rome: Edindustria, 2003, pp.183-188.
-“Anadolu Selçuk Seramik Sanatı” ve “Selçuklu Figür Dünyası”, Selçuklu Çağında Anadolu (ed. Doğan Kuban), Istanbul, 2002, pp.355-362, 401-418.
-“Islamic Art in the Mediterranean”, Islamic Art in the Mediterranean -Early Ottoman Art- The Legacy of the Emirates (with Jamila Binous, Mahmoud Hawari, Manulea Marín), Madrid: Archaeology and Art Publications, 2002, pp. 15-34.
-“Early Ottoman Art- The Legacy of the Emirates”, “Art and Social Life in the Emirates and Early Ottoman Periods”, Islamic Art in the Mediterranean -Early Ottoman Art- The Legacy of the Emirates, Madrid: Archaeology and Art Publications, pp. 35-37, 44-66.
-“Islamic Art in the Mediterranean”, Islamic Art In The Mediterranean –Ifriqiya- Thirteen Centuries Of Art And Architecture In Tunisia (with Jamila Binous, Mahmoud Hawari, Manulea Marín), Madrid, 2002, pp. 15-34.
-“L`art  islamique en Méditerranée”, L`Art Mudéjar L’Esthétigue Islamique Dans L’art Chrétien (with Jamila Binous, Mahmoud Hawari, Manulea Marín), Madrid 2002, pp. 15-34.
-“Islamic Art In The Mediterranean”, In The Lands Of The Enchanted Moorish Maiden Islamic Art In Portugal (with Jamila Binous, Mahmoud Hawari, Manulea Marín), Madrid 2002, pp. 15-34.
-“Islamic Art In The Mediterranean”, Islamic Art In The Mediterranean Andalusian Morocco A Discovery In Living Art (with Jamila Binous, Mahmoud Hawari, Manulea Marín), Madrid 2002, pp. 15-34.
-“Islamic Art In The Mediterranean”, The Umayyads -The Rise Of Islamic Art (with Jamila Binous, Mahmoud Hawari, Manulea Marín), Madrid 2002, pp. 13-34.
-“Islamic Art In The Mediterranean”, Mamluk Art -The Splendor And Magic Of The Sultans  (with Jamila Binous, Mahmoud Hawari, Manulea Marín), Madrid 2002, pp. 15-34.
-“Doğu’dan Batı’ya, İslam Sanatından Türk Çini ve Seramiklerine Uzanan Miras”, Anadolu’da Türk Devri Çini ve Seramik Sanatı (ed. Gönül Öney-Zehra Çobanlı), Istanbul: T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Yayınları, 2007, pp.11-23.
-“Çanakkale Seramikleri”, Anadolu’da Türk Devri Çini ve Seramik Sanatı (Ed. Gönül Öney-Zehra Çobanlı), Istanbul: T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Yayınları, 2007, pp.365-375.
-Akdenizle Kucaklaşan Osmanlı Seramikleri ve Günümüze Ulaşan Yansımaları (Ottoman Ceramics Embracing The Mediterranean and Their Reflections to the Present), Antalya: Suna-İnan Kıraç Akdeniz Medeniyetleri Araştırma Enstitüsü, (Ed. Sevinç Gök Gürhan), 2009.