Izmir Institute of Technology
Digital Humanities and AI Laboratory

Digital Humanities
and AI Laboratory

"Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence at Türkiye's Technology Base"

TUBITAK 1001 Project
TUBITAK 1001

A Socio-Political Network Analysis from the Late Ottoman Empire to Early Republican Periods

Re-evaluating Personal Narratives through Artificial Intelligence

Workshop
Workshop

Applications of Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models in Ottoman and Turkish Historical Research

See Announcements Section for Application and Details

October 10, 2025

Historical Social Network Analysis
Conference

New Perspectives in Historical Social Network Analysis Studies

May 13-14, 2026

AI-Powered Course Evaluation System
System

AI-Powered Course Evaluation System

Evaluation system for courses offered under the General Culture Courses Department

Announcements

New Perspectives in Historical Social Network Analysis Studies

Stay tuned for conference program and participation details.

May 13-14, 2026

News

AI-Powered Course Evaluation System

A comprehensive evaluation system developed using artificial intelligence technologies for end-of-term evaluations of courses offered under the General Culture Courses Department has been implemented. The system provides objective and fair evaluation opportunities by analyzing student performance multi-dimensionally.

AI-Powered GIS Training Begins

Our training programs in the GEOAI field will be conducted at Master's and Doctoral levels, focusing on the integration of geographical information systems with artificial intelligence technologies. The training programs include remote sensing data, spatial analysis, and machine learning methods.

3+
Active Projects
and
Ongoing Studies
7+
Expert Team

About Us

Learn about our laboratory

Izmir Institute of Technology (IYTE) Digital Humanities and AI Laboratory is an innovative research center that aims to transcend the boundaries between technology and humanities.

By combining traditional humanities research methods with digital technologies, we aim to provide research projects, academic publications, and collaborations in both digital humanities and artificial intelligence fields, as well as offer education and consultancy services for graduate students in this area. We also provide support in developing AI-powered educational infrastructure and evaluating educational outcomes.

Our laboratory brings together experts from history, computer science, linguistics, literature, geographical information systems, and many other fields to create versatile and innovative projects. Our laboratory provides researchers with opportunities to develop and implement innovative ideas.

We also encourage knowledge sharing and networking through seminars, workshops, and conferences that we regularly organize. As IYTE Digital Humanities and AI Laboratory, we aim to contribute to shaping a future where technology merges with humanities.

Our Research Areas

Machine Learning and Historical Analysis
Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Text Mining
Historical Social Network Analysis
Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GEOAI)

Our Team

Meet our expert staff

Dr. Mustafa İLTER

PhD: Boğaziçi University, Institute of Atatürk's Principles and History of Turkish Revolution, 2021

History Digital Humanities NLP

Dr. Yasemin ÖZCAN GÖNÜLAL

PhD: Dokuz Eylül University, Turkish Language and Literature Department, 2012

Modern Turkish Language Sociolinguistics

Dr. Doğan EVECEN

PhD: Kocaeli University, Turkish Language and Literature Department, 2021

Classical Turkish Literature Sufism

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Selma TEKİR

PhD: Ege University, Computer Engineering, 2010

Deep Learning Text Analysis

Prof. Dr. Hülya YÜCEER

PhD: Izmir Institute of Technology, Architecture, 2005

Cultural Heritage

Dr. Buket ERŞAHİN

PhD: Dokuz Eylül University, Computer Engineering, 2021

Text Mining Software Engineering

Dr. Taygun UZELLİ

PhD: Hacettepe University, Geological Engineering, 2019

Geographic Information Systems GEOAI

Projects

Our ongoing research projects

Ongoing 2024-2026

TUBITAK 1001 - A Socio-Political Network Analysis from the Late Ottoman Empire to Early Republican Periods: Re-evaluating Personal Narratives through Artificial Intelligence (1900-1940)

This project aims to analyze the socio-political structures during the critical period from the last period of the Ottoman Empire to the founding years of the Republic of Turkey using artificial intelligence technologies.

TUBITAK 1001 Social Network Analysis NLP History

Contact

Get in touch with us

Address

Izmir Institute of Technology
General Culture Courses Department
Gülbahçe Campus, 35430 Urla/Izmir

Email

dbb@iyte.edu.tr

Phone

+90 232 750 7800