SYMPOSIUM INVITATION
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN IN WWI ON THE OCCASION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KUT AL AMARA
VICTORY
28 - 29 April 2016, MARDİN
An international symposium entitled “The Mesopotamian Campaign in WWI” is going to be held on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Kut Al Amara victory by Prime Ministry Ataturk Supreme Council for Culture, Language and History – Ataturk Research Center, with the collaboration of Mardin Artuklu University and Bağcılar Municipality in Mardin on 28 – 29 April 2016.
A lot of battles between the Ottoman Empire and Britain took place, particularly the Battle of Ctesiphon and the Siege of Kut Al Amara, during the Mesopotamian Campaign in which the Ottoman Empire fought during WWI. Following the victory in the Battle of Ctesiphon, the British division was besieged by the Ottoman army in November 2015 in Kut and the division was captured with the command echelon on April 29, 1916. The defeats suffered by the British who thought that they would certainly be victorious during the Mesopotamian Campaign made the British Empire fall into disfavor. Kut Al Amara Victory or briefly Kut Victory had a broad repercussion both in local and international press. Despite this historic victory, because the Ottoman general staff could not take enough advantage of this success and as a result of the fact that the majority of the troops in the region were sent to Galicia and Iran, the British invaded Baghdad in March 1917 by sending reinforcing units to the region.
This very region that is of great significance in terms of history, culture and sentiments for Turkey is now home to a great number of clashes just like it was 100 years ago during the course of WWI and the region is being reshaped politically. With the symposium to be held, it is aimed that the Kut Al Amara Victory, the details of which are not known much today, will be commemorated on the 100th anniversary and that the new information produced on the Mesopotamian Campaign during WWI will be introduced to scholars.
Below are the topics that are planned to be included in the symposium. However, the paper topics are not limited to these. Different topics may also be proposed on condition that one does not digress from the main theme and sticks to the general framework of the symposium.
Paper Topics:
WWI and the Reasons to Open the Mesopotamian Front
Economic and Military Status of the Ottoman Empire before the War
Staff of Ottoman Officers in the Mesopotamian Front
Britain’s Ambitions on the Persian Gulf
The Ambitions of Germany on the Region; German Influence on the Ottoman Army
Geographic, Economic and Geopolitical Importance of the Region; Oil, Water and Agriculture from the Past to Present
Logistics in the Mesopotamian Front
The Attitude of the People in the Region during the Campaign
The Mesopotamian Campaign in Letters and Diaries
The Mesopotamian Campaign in the Press: Cartoons and Photos
The Kut Al Amara Victory and the Developments in the Aftermath; Military Activities in the Front, Prison Camps and Prisoners of War, General Townshend and the Armistice of Mudros, Indian Muslim Officers and Soldiers
T E R M S O F PA R T I C I PAT I O N I N T H E SY M P O S I U M
Abstract Submission and Evaluation
Domestic and foreign academicians as well as researchers who study the relevant subjects are welcome to participate in the symposium. For participation, paper abstracts containing objectives, methods, resources used and possible findings with a minimum of 300 words must be sent as an attached file to irakcephesi@atam.gov.tr The deadline is the end of the working time on 29 January 2016. Paper abstracts will be evaluated by the members of the Organizing and Scientific Committees by taking their conformity with symposium topics and scientific conditions as well as the originality of the studies into account. Assessments by the committee members will be in the way of acceptance / correction / rejection. The accepted papers will be announced to the related people and they will be asked to send the full text until 24 March 2016 so that they can be involved in the final program. Official languages of the symposium are Turkish and English. The papers presented in the symposium will be published in the Book of the Symposium.
Papers are supposed to be original and it is required that they have not been presented or printed before and that they are not titles, subtitles or parts of a published book or a thesis even though the thesis has not been published.
Submission of the Full Text
The full texts of the accepted papers must be sent as a Word file in conformity with spelling rules and writing format to irakcephesi@atam.gov.truntil 24 March 2016. The papers the full texts of which have been sent will be involved in the symposium program after being examined by Organizing and Scientific Committees in terms of conformity with abstract and scientific terms.
FULL TEXT WRITING FORMAT FOR PAPERS
1. The heading of the study must be written in bold, using capital letters; the text- alignment should be central and the name of the author should be placed just below, to the right. The academic title, institution and e-mail should be given respectively in an unnumbered footnote at the bottom of the page.
2. Following the heading and author name, the Turkish and English summaries/abstracts should be written in size 10pt, each consisting of 300 words. The English summary should also include the heading in English.
3. The typeface should be Times New Roman, in size 12pt. Tables, footnotes and references should be relayed in size 10pt.
4. The study should be written in M. Word program, blocked according to an A4 paper size. Margins should consist of 2,5cm while the header and footer should be 1,25cm.
5. There must be spacing between paragraphs. The indent: 0 cm, 6pt space-before: 6pt space-after, using single line spacing.
6. Concerning references, the surname of the author, date of publication and page number should be given in this order in brackets as in the following example: (Çaycı, 2002:520). If referenced in a footnote, however, it should be expressed in a sequence following the name and surname of the author, the book title (in bold, articles expressed in quotation marks and italic), the publishing house, place and date of publication and page number. The sources used should be presented as in the format of footnotes, in alphabetical order according to surname at the end of the article.
7. Tables and graphics need to be individually numbered, giving their resources directly beneath the table or graphic in size 10pt.
8. Original documents, pictures (photos, images, etc.), maps which are not directly relevant to the study should not be presented within the article body but should be numbered and attached at the end of it. High-resolution images should be saved on a CD and submitted separately.
The paper is to be from 8 up to a maximum of 16 pages.
CONTACT INFORMATION Presidency of Ataturk Research Center
Hasan BALCI Orhan NEÇARE Didar Ezgi YALÇIN Ziyabey Cad. No: 19
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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN IN WWI 28 - 29 April 2016, MARDİN
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SYMPOSIUM CALENDAR
Announcement of the symposium invitation December 2015
Deadline for submitting paper abstracts January 29, 2016
Notification of the accepted abstracts Within 20 days
Deadline for submitting full texts of paper abstracts March 24, 2016
Announcement of the final program of the symposium April 08, 2016
Symposium 28 - 29 April 2016
Publication of the presented papers June - December 2016
