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Elizabeth Zachariadou has been Professor of Turkish Studies in the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Crete from 1985 to 1998. Since 1987 she has been responsible for the Programme of Turkish Studies at the Institute of Mediterranean Studies. In 1990 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Ankara. Since 1993 she has been a member of Academia Europaea. She is the author of the following books:
- - The Chronicle of the Turkish Sultans and its Italian model (in Greek) Thessaloniki, 1960
- - Trade and Crusade: Venetian Crete and the Emirates of Menteshe and Aydin (1300-1415), Venice, 1983
- - History and Legends of the Old Sultans, 1300-1400 (in Greek), Athens, 1991 (2nd edition, Athens, 1999)
- - Ten Turkish Documents concerning the Great Church (1483-1567) (in Greek), Athens, 1996
Prof. Zachariadou edited the proceedings of the first four international symposia of the Programme of Turkish Studies of the Institute of Mediterranean Studies:
- - The Ottoman Emirate, 1300-1389, Rethymno, 1993
- - The Via Egnatia under Ottoman Rule, 1380-1699, Rethymno, 1996
- - Natural Disasters in the Ottoman Empire, Rethymno, 2000
- - The Kapudan Pasha: His Office and His Domain, Rethymno, 2002
She is the author of about 80 papers in Greek and international journals, seventeen of which were collected in a single volume entitled: - Romania and the Turks (c. 1300 - c.1500), London, 1985
Prof. Zachariadou has contributed entries and chapters in the following works:
- - History of the Greek Nation (in Greek)
- - Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
- - Encyclopedia of Islam
- - Lexicon des Mittelalters
- - The New Cambridge Medieval History
- - The Ottoman World
Vassilis Demetriades
Vassilis Demetriades has been Professor of Turkish Studies in the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Crete from 1984 to 1998. Since 1987 he has been responsible for the Programme of Turkish Studies at the Institute of Mediterranean Studies. He is the author of the following books:
- - Central and Western Macedonia according to the Evliya Celebi (Introduction-
Translation-Commentary) (in Greek), Thessaloniki, 1973
- - Topography of Thessaloniki during the period of Turkish Rule (1430-1912) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1983
- - Thessaloniki in Decline (in Greek), Herakleio, 2000
He is the author of about 30 papers in Greek and international journals.
Antonis Anastasopoulos
Antonis Anastasopoulos is a graduate of the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Athens. He holds an M.Phil and a PhD in Islamic Studies from the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the University of Cambridge. His dissertation was entitled “Imperial Institutions and Local Communities: Ottoman Karaferye, 1758-1774”.
His publications deal with the social history of the Ottoman Empire, focusing on the Balkans of the 18th century.
Antonis Anastasopoulos is Lecturer in Turkish Studies in the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Crete and research fellow of the Programme of Turkish Studies of the IMS.
Elias Kolovos
Elias Kolovos is a graduate of the Department of History and Archaeology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He holds a PhD in Turkish Studies from the same Department. His dissertation was entitled “Peasants and Monks in Ottoman Halkidiki, 15th - 16th c.” (in Greek).
His publications deal with the history of monasteries, rural and town history, focusing on the Ottoman Balkans of 15th-17th century. Elias Kolovos is Lecturer in Ottoman History in the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Crete and research fellow of the Programme of Turkish Studies of the IMS.
