Symposium Committees

1. Honorary President of the Symposium
• Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye: Mehmet Nuri ERSOY

2. Official Honorary Committee of the Symposium
• Governor of Kütahya: Musa IŞIN
• Rector of Kütahya Dumlupınar University: Prof. Dr. Süleyman KIZILTOPRAK

• Secretary General of TURKSOY (International Organization of Turkic Culture): Sultan RAEV

•President of The Turkish National Commission for UNESCO: Prof. Dr. M. Öcal OĞUZ

3. Honorary Guests
• Selim TERZİ – Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye, General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Events
• Abdullah EREN –  President of TİKA  (Turkish Cooperation and  Coordination Agency)
• Prof. Dr. Gülnur AYBET –  UNESCO Permanent Representative of Türkiye, Ambassador
• Nafi GÜRAL – Founder of NG Group
• Gülsüm GÜRAL – Founder of the Private Gülsüm Güral Museum (affiliated with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye)

4. Main Sponsor and Strategic–Honorary Supporter
• Sema GÜRAL SÜRMELİ – Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Kütahya Porselen A.Ş. (Main Sponsor of the International Symposium)

5. Academic Honorary President of the Symposium
• Prof. Dr. Süleyman KIZILTOPRAK (Rector of Kütahya Dumlupınar University)

6. Chair of the Symposium Organizing Committee
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pınar YAZKAÇ (Kütahya Dumlupınar University)

7. Vice-Chair of the Symposium Organizing Committee
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Birnaz ER CENGİZ (Kütahya Dumlupınar University)

8. Members of the Symposium Organizing Committee
• Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ali EROĞLU (Akdeniz University)
• Dr. Fırat BAŞBUĞ (Istanbul Medeniyet University)
• Lecturer Fikret AYDOĞDU (Kütahya Dumlupınar University)
• Lecturer Muhammet Tahir İYİOĞLU (Kütahya Dumlupınar University)
• Lecturer Nil TÜRK ATALAN (Kütahya Dumlupınar University)
• Lecturer Özkan TOKAÇ (Kütahya Dumlupınar University)
• Lecturer Sezin KARA (Kütahya Dumlupınar University)
• Surayyo KHODJOEVA (Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University)

9. Advisory Committee of the Symposium
• Prof. Dr. Aydın AYAN (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Retired Faculty Member)
• Prof. Dr. Ayşegül TÜREDİ ÖZEN (Anadolu University, Retired Faculty Member)
• Prof. Dr. Fatih BAŞBUĞ (Akdeniz University)
• Prof. Dr. Feriha AKPINARLI (Gazi University, Retired Faculty Member)
• Prof. Dr. Hüseyin ELMAS (Gazi University)
• Prof. Dr. Kıymet GİRAY (Ankara University, Retired Faculty Member)
• Prof. Dr. M. Öcal OĞUZ (Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University)
• Prof. Dr. Mustafa GENÇ (Süleyman Demirel University)
• Prof. Dr. Sitare TURAN (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University)
• Prof. Dr. Zehra ÇOBANLI (Anadolu University, Retired Faculty Member)
• Esengül BOYACIOĞLU İNALPULAT
• Hikmet BARUTÇU
• Mehmet GÜRSOY
• Mehmet KOÇER
• Neşe ERBEK ASLAN

10. Scientific and Artistic Committee of the Symposium
• Prof. Dr. Ahmet Adil TIRPAN (Selçuk University, Retired Faculty Member)
• Prof. Dr. Akmaral SMANOVA (Abay Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Kazakhstan)
• Prof. Dr. Aleksandra RISTOVSKA (Balkan University, North Macedonia)
• Prof. Dr. Ayşegül ALPER KARAKELLE (Hatay Mustafa Kemal University)
• Prof. Dr. Ayşegül KOYUNCU OKCA (Pamukkale University)
• Prof. Dr. Darman KURYAZOVA (Kamoliddin Behzod National Institute of Art and Design, Uzbekistan)
• Prof. Dr. Elvan ÖZKAVRUK ADANIR (Izmir University of Economics)
• Prof. Dr. Erol KILIÇ (Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University)
• Prof. Dr. Fatma Nur BAŞARAN (Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University)
• Prof. Dr. Fehim HUSKOVİ (International University of Novi Pazar, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Prof. Dr. Filiz Nurhan ÖLMEZ (Kırşehir Ahi Evran University)
• Prof. Dr. Gülten KURT (Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University)
• Prof. Dr. H. Nurgül BEGİÇ (Izmir Democracy University)
• Prof. Dr. Hande KILIÇASLAN (Kırşehir Ahi Evran University)
• Prof. Dr. Hatice Kübra ERGİN (Kütahya Dumlupınar University)
• Prof. Dr. Kamola AKILOVA (Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan, Director of Uzbekistan Art Gallery)
• Prof. Dr. Katarina DORDOVIC (University of Niš, Serbia)
• Prof. Dr. Lazzat SATTAROVA (Almaty Technological University, Kazakhstan)
• Prof. Dr. Lela GELEISHVILI (Georgia Academy of Art, Georgia)
• Prof. Dr. Levan SILAGADZE (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia)
• Prof. Dr. Melek HİDAYETOĞLU (Selçuk University)
• Prof. Dr. Melda ÖZDEMİR (Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University)
• Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ali EROĞLU (Akdeniz University)
• Prof. Dr. Mine CAN (Kocaeli University)
• Prof. Dr. Münevver ÜÇER (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University)
• Prof. Dr. Mustafa TALAS (Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University)
• Prof. Dr. Necati DEMİR (Gazi University)
• Prof. Dr. Nurşen ÖZKUL FINDIK (Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University)
• Prof. Dr. Oya SİPAHİOĞLU (Dokuz Eylül University)
• Prof. Dr. Selda MANT MENAY (Kütahya Dumlupınar University)
• Prof. Dr. Selvihan KILIÇ ATEŞ (Balıkesir University)
• Prof. Dr. Sema ÖZKAN TAĞI (Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University)
• Prof. Dr. Serkan İLDEN (Kastamonu University)
• Prof. Dr. Sin-Ying HO (Queens College, City University of New York, USA)
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Songül ARAL (Malatya İnönü University)
• Prof. Dr. Şirin BENUĞUR ŞENGEL (Eskişehir Osmangazi University)
• Prof. Dr. Zeliha AKÇAOĞLU (Anadolu University, Retired Faculty Member)
• Prof. Dr. Zeynep ERDOĞAN (Ankara University)
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşem YANAR (Ankara University)
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Feryal SÖYLEMEZOĞLU (Ankara University)
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gökhan KUZUCANLI (Kütahya Dumlupınar University)
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gülsevim CAN GÜRBÜZ (Kütahya Dumlupınar University)
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kaya ÜÇER (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University)
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhterem KOÇ (Kütahya Dumlupınar University)
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat ATEŞLİ (Anadolu University)
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurhan ÖZKAN (Selçuk University)
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Terlan MEHDIYEVA AZIZZADE (Akdeniz University)
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zukhra EZIEVA (North Caucasus State Academy, Russian Federation)
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Amine TUĞ KIZILTOPRAK (Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University)
• Dr. Dilafruz QURBANOVA (Kamoliddin Behzod National Institute of Art and Design, Vice-Rector, Uzbekistan)
• Dr. Hatice ESEDOVA (Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum, Azerbaijan)
• Dr. Mahliyo KHOLIKOVA (Kamoliddin Behzod National Institute of Art and Design, Uzbekistan)
• Dr. Mehmed KUJOVIC (Director of Culture, Municipality of Rožaje, Montenegro)
• Salihov OMONULLA (Rector, Kamoliddin Behzod National Institute of Art and Design, Uzbekistan)