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Prof. Dr. Sitare Bakır Turan graduated from the Department of Traditional Turkish Art at Mimar Sinan University in 1986. She continued her study and completed her master’s degree at SOAS in London (1987) and doctoral degree at Istanbul University (1994). Prof. Bakır started to work as a research assistant at the Department of traditional Turkish Art in the Faculty of Fine Art of Mimar Sinan University. She participated in the 5th Competition of Turkish Decorative Art which was organized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and won the first prize in the tile category. In the same year, her tile designs were awarded at a private mansion named Al-Haret in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. In 1995 she became an assistant Professor and served as a head of tile and ceramic program. In the same year, she participated in the “Hüsn-ü Aşk” Sheikh Galip Exhibition and M.S.U teacher’s exhibition in Istanbul. Prof. Bakır also participated in the exhibition under the seminar titled “Arabesque in Traditional Crafts of OIC countries”, which was held by IRCICA and Syrian Ministry of Culture. In 2000 she received a title of associate professor and became a Vice Director of Social Science Institute in 2001. Between 2002 and 2006 Prof. Bakır served as a head of the Department of traditional Turkish Art in the Faculty of Fine Arts. In 2007 she received a title of tenured professor. Prof. Dr. Bakır has attended at many international congresses and symposiums and participated in research and international meetings on Turkish Art. She has numerous publications on Turkish tiles and ceramics. Prof. Dr. Bakır is a member of: Executive Committee Member of MSGSÜ, Research and Application Center for Turkish Art History (09.07.1997-), Society of Art History (07.05.2003-), Türk Kültürüne Hizmet Vakfı (as a trustee) (27.05.2004-), Sanat Yazarları ve Eleştirmenleri Derneği (SAYED) (22.07.2005-) and Mimar Sinan Research Center (as an executive committee member), (04.10.2007-).
Selected important articles and books:
“Estetik Anlayışın Çarpıcı Bir Yaklaşımla Sunulduğu Slip Tekniğinde Seramikler”, Antik Dekor, 13
(Istanbul 1992), p. 110-113.
“İznik Çini Desenlerinde Renklendirme”, Antik Dekor, 41 (Istanbul 1997), p. 104-109.
“Composition Schemes of İznik Tiles in the Gulbenkian Museum Collection”, First International
Seminar in Damascus, Syria, IRCICA-OIC, 5th-10th January. (Istanbul 1997).
“Geçmişten Günümüze Türk Çini Sanatında Tasarım”, 2000′li yıllarda Türkiye′de Geleneksel Türk El
Sanatlarının Sanatsal, Tasarımsal ve Ekonomik Boyutu Sempozyumu Bildirileri-D.E.Ü., İzmir, 25-27
Kasım 1998, (Ankara 1999), p. 75-81.
“The Art of Turkish Tiles and Ceramics” Interactive Museum of Turkey, 1999,
(http:// interactive.m2.org/Handicraft/sitare.1.html).
İznik Çinileri ve Gülbenkyan Koleksiyonu, Kültür Bakanlığı Yayını, Osmanlı Eserleri Dizisi, (Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basım Evi, 1999).
“İznik Çinilerinde Ulama Karo Tasarımları”, Osmanlı, 11 (Kültür ve Sanat), (Ankara: Yeni Türkiye
Yayınları, 1999), p. 220-226.
“Günümüz Kent Uygulamalarında Çini Tasarımı”, Design Seminar in Turkish Tile Art, 10th May, M.S.Ü.,
Oditoryum, (Istanbul 2001).
“Traditional Border Compositions on Carpets and Tiles in the 16th Century”, Traditional Carpets and
Kilims in the Muslim World: Past, Present and Future Prospects, Proceedings of the International
Seminar held in Tunis, 19-25 Nov., 1999, (Istanbul: IRCICA-OIC, 2002), p. 355-362.
“Osmanlı Döneminde Şam Üretimi Çiniler”, Türkler, 12, (Ankara: Yeni Türkiye Yayınları, 2002), p. 358-365.
“Geleneksel Türk Sanatlarında Eğitim Serüveni”, Sanat Çevresi, (Istanbul, 4 March 2003), special issue, p. 90-93.
“Ottoman Ceramics with Animal Figures”, Seramik Türkiye, Journal of Turkish Ceramics Federation, 4, (Istanbul, April-June 2004), p. 70-78.
“Vase Motif in Multi-Coloured Iznik Ceramics”, Seramik Türkiye, Journal of Turkish Ceramics Federation, 8, (Istanbul, Mart-Nisan 2005), p. 112-119.
“İznik Çinilerinde “Şemse" Formu”, Sanat Dergisi, Atatürk Üniversitesi, Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Dergisi, 10th anniversary special issue, (Erzurum 2005), p. 96-104.
“The Turkish Tiles and Ceramics”, Turkish Art and Architecture in Anatolia & Mimar Sinan, ed. Prof. Dr. Selçuk Mülayim, (Istanbul: Akşit Turizm ve Yayıncılık, 2005), p. 233-253.
“Traditional Turkish Tiles and Ceramics of Today”, International Conference on Tourism and Handicrafts, Riyad-Suudi Arabistan. IRCICA-OIC, 7-14 Nov. (Istanbul 2006).
“Osmanlı Sanatında Bir Zirve: İznik Çini ve Seramikleri”, Anadolu′da Türk Devri Çini ve Seramik Sanatı, ed. Gönül Öney-Zehra Çobanlı, (Istanbul: Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 2007), p. 279-305.
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