IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Digital Humanities and AI Laboratory
Digital Humanities
and AI Laboratory
"Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence at Türkiye's Technology Base"
Announcements
Application
Call for Workshop: Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models in Ottoman and Turkish Studies
The Digital Humanities and AI Laboratory at Izmir Institute of Technology is organizing a research workshop on Ottoman-Turkish historical studies and natural language processing applications. This workshop will cover the digital analysis of historical texts, artificial intelligence technologies in historical research, and large language model applications on historical data.
New Perspectives in Historical Social Network Analysis Studies
Stay tuned for the conference program and participation details.
News
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND INTERMEDIA STUDIES SYMPOSIUM I : A NEW CANON: DIGITAL LITERATURE
Hosted by Mersin University, with our laboratory contributing scientifically as the Symposium Advisory Board, the symposium themed "Digital Literature" will be held on October 15-16, 2026. Abstracts for the symposium, which aims to bring together researchers to discuss current studies and innovative approaches in digital literature, are accepted until September 1, 2026.
Sakarya Journal of Digital Humanities Editorial Board Membership
Dr. Yasemin ÖZCAN GÖNÜLAL from our team has been elected to the Editorial Board of the newly established "Sakarya Journal of Digital Humanities." We hope this new publication will leave a lasting mark in contributing significantly to the digital humanities literature; we congratulate our esteemed researcher on this new role and wish her continued success.
Sentiment Analysis and Named Entity Recognition (NER) models published!
We have published our Sentiment Analysis and NER models for Ottoman and Turkish texts on Huggingface! You can try and download our sentiment analysis models, which are the first BERTurk-based models specifically trained for sentiment analysis in Ottoman texts, by visiting our Huggingface page.
AI-Supported Course Evaluation System
A comprehensive course evaluation system developed using artificial intelligence technologies has been implemented for the end-of-term evaluations of courses offered within the Department of General Cultural Courses. The system analyzes student performance multi-dimensionally to provide fair and objective evaluation.
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About Us
Learn more about our laboratory
Izmir Institute of Technology (IYTE) Digital Humanities and AI Laboratory provides an innovative research environment that aims to transcend the boundaries between humanities and technology.
By combining traditional research methods in the humanities with digital technologies, we aim to produce research projects and academic publications in digital humanities and artificial intelligence, foster collaborations, and provide education and consulting services to graduate students. We also offer services in developing AI-supported educational infrastructure and evaluating educational outcomes.
Our team consisting of experts in history, linguistics, literature, computer sciences, geographic information systems, and cultural heritage designs multifaceted and innovative projects. Our laboratory also provides researchers with opportunities to develop and implement innovative ideas. Furthermore, we encourage knowledge sharing and networking by organizing seminars, workshops, and conferences.
As the IYTE Digital Humanities and AI Laboratory, we aim to contribute to shaping a future where technology merges with the 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
Coordinator
PhD: Boğaziçi University, Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History, 2021
Dr. Yasemin ÖZCAN GÖNÜLAL
Member
PhD: Dokuz Eylül University, Turkish Language and Literature, 2012
Dr. Doğan EVECEN
Member
PhD: Kocaeli University, Turkish Language and Literature, 2021
Assoc. Prof. Selma TEKİR
Member
PhD: Ege University, Computer Engineering, 2010
Prof. Dr. Hülya YÜCEER
Member
PhD: Izmir Institute of Technology, Architecture, 2005
Dr. Buket ERŞAHİN
Member
PhD: Dokuz Eylül University, Computer Engineering, 2021
Dr. Taygun UZELLİ
Member
PhD: Hacettepe University, Geological Engineering, 2019
Projects
Our ongoing research projects
Ongoing
2024-2026
TUBITAK 1001 - Socio-Political Network Analysis from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic: Re-reading Period Testimonies through Artificial Intelligence (1900-1940)
This project aims to analyze the socio-political structures in the critical period from the end of the Ottoman Empire to the founding years of the Republic of Turkey using artificial intelligence technologies.
Contact
Get in touch with us
Address
Izmir Institute of Technology
Department of General Cultural Courses
Gulbahce Campus, 35430 Urla/Izmir, Türkiye
genelkultur@iyte.edu.tr
Phone
+90 232 750 7801
+90 232 750 7817