Ali Çifçi is an Associated Professor of Ancient History specialising in the Near East's archaeology, -the second and first Millennium BC. He finished his MA and PhD in Archaeology at the University of Liverpool Department of Archaeology Classics and Egyptology and was a Senior Fellow between 2015-2016 at the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations at Koç University in Istanbul. He conducts extensive fieldwork in eastern and central Turkey and has been the assistant director of Elbistan-Karahöyük and Hamzatepe archaeological excavations since 2015 and has also been conducting archaeological surveys in the northern districts of Kahramanmaraş province.

Notable publications include: The Socio-Economic Organisation of the Urartian Kingdom (Brill, 2017), “The Economy of the Urartian Kingdom” in Archaeology and History of Urartu (Biainili), G.R. Tsetskhladze, Ed. (Peeters, 2021); “Urartian Studies during the Foundation of Modem Nation States: Archaeological Traditions, Ideologies and Perceptions” (Ancient West & East 19, 2020); “Urartian Irrigation Systems: A Critical Review” (Ancient Near Eastern Studies 50, 2013) with A.M. Greaves; “‘I Have Made A Highway of Biainili’: Transportation and Road Networks in the Territories of the Urartian Kingdom” with B. Gökce (Altorientalischen Forschungen 48/2, 2021), “Elbistan Karahöyük and Hamzatepe Excavations 2015-2020: A Hittite Settlement and Cemetery in the Elbistan Plain” in The Archaeology of Anatolia, Volume IV: Recent Discoveries (2018–2020) S. Steadman, G. McMahon, Ed. (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021) with B. Uysal. 

2015 - 2016

Post Doctorate

Koc University, Anatolıan Cıvılızatıons Applıcatıon And Research Center, Turkey

2008 - 2014

Doctorate

University of Liverpool, Department of Archaeology Classics and Egyptology, England

2006 - 2008

Postgraduate

University of Liverpool, Department of Archaeology Classics and Egyptology, England

1997 - 2001

Undergraduate

Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Faculty Of Arts And Scıences, Department Of Hıstory, Turkey

2014

Doctorate

Interpretations of the Socio-Economic Structure of the Urartian Kingdom

University of Liverpool, Department Of Archaeology Classics And Egyptology

2008

Postgraduate

A Study of Elbistan Plain: with References to Assyrian Colony, Hittite and Neo-Hittite Periods

University of Liverpool, Department Of Archaeology Classics And Egyptology

2020 - Continues

Deputy Head of Department

Marmara University, Faculty Of Humanities And Social Sciences, History Department

2017 - 2021

Erasmus Program Institutional Coordinator

Marmara University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, History

Undergraduate

Eskiçağ'da Dini İnanışlar ve Tanrılar

Undergraduate

Eskiçağ Tarihi ve Medeniyeti II

Undergraduate

Eski Mezopotamya Tarihi

Undergraduate

Anadolu'nun İlk İmparatorluğu: Hititler

Undergraduate

Eski Anadolu ve Mezopotamya Tarihi

Undergraduate

Eskiçağ Tarihi ve Medeniyeti I

Undergraduate

Eskiçağ'da Dini İnanışlar ve Tanrılar

Çifçi A.

Undergraduate

Anadolu'nun İlk İmparatorluğu: Hititler

Çifçi A.

2024

Çifçi A.

Anadolu Araştırmaları , vol.30, pp.287-290, 2024 (ESCI)

2023

Çifçi A., Başpınar G.

ANATOLICA , vol.49, no.49, pp.81-91, 2023 (Scopus)

2023

ÇİFÇİ A.

ANADOLU ARASTIRMALARI-ANATOLIAN RESEARCH , no.28, pp.159-162, 2023 (ESCI)

2023

Çifçi A.

ANADOLU ARASTIRMALARI-ANATOLIAN RESEARCH , no.29, pp.51-66, 2023 (ESCI)

2023

ÇİFÇİ A., GÖKCE B.

ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES , vol.60, no.60, pp.149-165, 2023 (ESCI)

2022

Çifçi A., Başpınar G.

Colloquium Anatolicum , vol.21, pp.119-129, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

2021

Çifçi A., Gökce B.

ALTORIENTALISCHE FORSCHUNGEN , vol.48, no.2, pp.221-232, 2021 (Scopus)

2021

Çifçi A.

ANADOLU ARASTIRMALARI-ANATOLIAN RESEARCH , vol.0, no.25, pp.149-152, 2021 (ESCI)

2020

Çifçi A.

ANCIENT WEST AND EAST , vol.19, pp.1-42, 2020 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

2020

Çifçi A.

ANADOLU ARASTIRMALARI-ANATOLIAN RESEARCH , no.23, pp.123-134, 2020 (ESCI)

2020

Çifçi A.

ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES , vol.57, pp.343-347, 2020 (ESCI)

2019

Çifçi A.

Colloquium Anatolicum , vol.18, pp.1-14, 2019 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

2019

Çifçi A.

TARIH INCELEMELERI DERGISI , vol.34, no.2, pp.369-386, 2019 (ESCI)

2018

Çifçi A.

Arkeoloji ve Sanat , vol.159, pp.19-30, 2018 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

2018

Çifçi A.

ANCIENT WEST AND EAST , vol.17, pp.119-141, 2018 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

2016

ÇİFÇİ A.

Heritage Turkey , vol.6, pp.24, 2016 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

2016

ÇİFÇİ A.

Türk Eskiçağ Bilimleri Enstitüsü Haberler , pp.13-14, 2016 (Non Peer-Reviewed Journal)

2013

Çifçi A., Greaves A. M.

Ancient Near Eastern Studies , vol.50, no.1, pp.191-214, 2013 (Scopus)

2012

ÇİFÇİ A.

Aktüel Arkeoloji , pp.148-152, 2012 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

2012

Çifçi A.

Aramazd: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies , vol.2, pp.36-48, 2012 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

2010

Çifçi A., Greaves A. M.

ANATOLICA , vol.36, pp.89-110, 2010 (Scopus)

2009

ÇİFÇİ A.

Türk Arkeoloji ve Etnografya Dergisi , pp.9-18, 2009 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

2023

Uysal B., Çifçi A.

43 Uluslararası Kazı, Araştırma ve Arkeometri Sempozyumu, Ankara, Turkey, 16 - 23 November 2023, vol.43, pp.223-231

2022

Uysal B., Çifçi A.

42. Uluslararası Kazı, Araştırma ve Arkeometri Sempozyumu, Denizli, Turkey, 23 May 2022, vol.41, pp.471-480

2019

UYSAL B., ÇİFÇİ A.

41. Uluslararası Kazı, Araştırma ve Arkeometri Sempozyumu, Diyarbakır, Turkey, 17 - 21 June 2019

2014

Çifçi A.

Urartians: A Civilization in the Eastern Anatolia, İstanbul, Turkey, 13 - 15 October 2014, pp.215-231

2018

Uysal B., Çifçi A.

40. Uluslararası Kazı, Yüzey Araştırması ve Arkeometri Sonuçları Toplantısı, Çanakkale, Turkey, 7 - 11 May 2018

2017

Uysal B., Çifçi A.

39. Uluslararası Kazı, Yüzey Araştırması ve Arkeometri Sonuçları Toplantısı, Bursa, Turkey, 22 - 26 May 2017, vol.39, pp.569-578

2016

Uysal B., Çifçi A.

38 Uluslararası Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, Ankara, Turkey, 23 - 27 May 2016, vol.38, pp.35-46

2013

Çifçi A.

Early Professional Interdisciplinary Conference, University of Liverpool: 8-10 Nisan 2013, Liverpool, England, 8 - 10 April 2013, pp.130-141

2012

Çifçi A.

Uluslararası Doğu Anadolu –Güney Kafkasya Kültürleri Sempozyumu, International Symposium On East Anatolia - South Caucasus Cultures, Atatürk Universitesi & ESRUC Konsorsiyumu, Erzurum, Turkey, 10 - 13 October 2012, vol.2, pp.214-218

2022

UYSAL B., ÇİFÇİ A.

in: 2019-2020 Yılı Kazı Çalışmaları, , Editor, Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Ana Yayın No: 3714/1, Ankara, pp.355-366, 2022

2021

Çifçi A.

in: Anadolu'nun Eski Çağlarında İnanç Olgusu ve Yönetim Anlayışı, L. Gürkan Gökçek,Ercüment Yıldırım,Okay Pekşen, Editor, Değisim Yayınları, İstanbul, pp.451-467, 2021

2021

Çifçi A., Uysal B.

in: The Archaeology of Anatolia, Volume IV: Recent Discoveries (2018–2020), Sharon Steadman,Gregory McMahon, Editor, Cambridge International Science Publishing , Newcastle Upon Tyne, pp.96-107, 2021

2021

Çifçi A.

in: Archaeology and History of Urartu (Biainili), Gocha Tsetskladze, Editor, Peeters Publishers , Leuven, pp.111-144, 2021

2017

Çifçi A.

Brill, Leiden , Leiden, 2017

2013

Çifçi A.

in: Tarhan Armağanı M Taner Tarhan a Sunulan Makaleler Essays in Honour of M Taner Tarhan, Oğuz Tekin,Mustafa H. Sayar ve Erkan Konyar, Editor, Ege Yayınları, İstanbul, pp.143-156, 2013

2020 - 2020

Karahöyük ve Hamzatepe 2021 Kazıları

Culture and Tourism Ministry

Çifçi A., Uysal B.(Executive)

2019 - 2019

Kahramanmaraş İli Kuzey İlçeleri (Elbistan, Afşin ve Göksun) Bronz ve Demir Çağları Yüzey Araştırması

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions

Çifçi A. (Executive)

2019 - 2019

Elbistan Karahöyük Kazısı 2019

Culture and Tourism Ministry

Çifçi A., Uysal B.(Executive)

2017 - 2019

Doğu Anadolu’daki Basamaklı Kaya Tünellerinin Kökeni

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions

Çifçi A., Köroğlu K. (Executive)

2018 - 2018

Elbistan Karahöyük Kazısı 2018

Culture and Tourism Ministry

Çifçi A., Uysal B.(Executive)

2017 - 2017

2017 Yılı Malatya İli Geç Bronz Çağı ve Demir Çağı Yüzey Araştırması

Culture and Tourism Ministry

Çifçi A., Dönmez S.(Executive)

2017 - 2017

Elbistan Karahöyük Kazısı 2017

Culture and Tourism Ministry

Çifçi A., Uysal B.(Executive)

2016 - 2017

Sakçagözü in context: Garstang’s 1908–1911 Excavations Revisited

Other International Funding Programs

Çifçi A. (Executive)

2016 - 2016

Elbistan Karahöyük Kazısı 2016

Culture and Tourism Ministry

Çifçi A., Uysal B.(Executive)

2015 - 2015

Elbistan Karahöyük Kazısı 2015

Culture and Tourism Ministry

Çifçi A., Uysal B.(Executive)

2023 - Continues

Colloquium Anatolicum

Editor

2022 - Continues

TÜRK ESKİÇAĞ BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ

Principal Member

April 2021

COLLOQUİUM ANATOLİCUM

National Scientific Refreed Journal

September 2020

Anadolu Araştırmaları

Other Journals

August 2020

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

Other Indexed Journal

May 2017

Anadolu Araştırmamaları

Other Journals

June 2019

Sosyal Bilimler - Tebliğ

Marmara Üniversitesi

04 September 2023 - 08 September 2023

XII. International Congress of Hittitology

Invited Speaker

İstanbul-Turkey

October 2019

Eski Gurgum ve Melid Krallıklarının İzinde: K.Maraş Çalışmalarında Geç Hitit Dünyası

Conference

Marmara Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi XIII. Bilim ve Kültür Günleri-Turkey

October 2018

Elbistan Karahöyük Kazıları 2015-2018

Conference

Marmara Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi XII. Bilim ve Kültür Günleri-Turkey

May 2017

Urartu Krallığı’nın Sosyo-Ekonomik Organizasyonu

Conference

Hititoloji Anabilim Dalı Konferansları 2016-2017, İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi-Turkey

April 2016

A Critical Review of Trade in Urartian Kingdom

Conference

Foundations of Empire, 2016 RCAC Fellows’ Symposium, Koç Üniversitesi, Anadolu Medeniyetleri Araştırma Merkezi -Turkey

November 2015

Urartu between East and West: Ideologies and Interpretations / Doğu ile Batı arasında Urartu: İdeolojiler ve Tercümeler

Conference

New Research Projects: History and Archaeology in Anatolia / Yeni Araştırma Projeleri: Anadolu’da Tarih ve Arkeoloji, Vehbi Koç ve Ankara Araştırmaları Merkezi (VEKAM)-Turkey

October 2015

Kings of the Mountain: A New Socio-Economic History of the Urartian Kingdom

Conference

” Koç Üniversitesi, Anadolu Medeniyetleri Araştırma Merkezi (ANAMED)-Turkey

September 2014

The Role of Metallurgy in the Urartian Kingdom

Conference

The 20th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi-Turkey

June 2014

The God Haldi and Urartian Monarch: the deployment of religion in the creation of a unifying Urartian Identity: archaeological, textual and iconographic evidence

Conference

Embodied Identities: Figural and Symbolic Representation of the Self in Anatolia, Koç Üniversitesi Anadolu Medeniyetleri Araştırma Merkezi (ANAMED)-Turkey

May 2014

Questioning Assumptions about Urartian Trade

Conference

Socio-Economic Interactions between the Mediterranean and Anatolia, Postgraduate Workshop, University of Liverpool-United Kingdom

May 2013

Urartian Kingdom and Trade: Revisited

Conference

Anatolian Interaction PG Workshop, University of Liverpool-United Kingdom

March 2011

Some Considerations on the Socio-Economic Aspects of Urartian Society

Conference

University of Liverpool, The Faculty of Art, Archaeology Classics and Egyptology, PG Seminar Series-United Kingdom

February 2011

A New Model for the Socio-Economic Study of Urartian Society

Conference

University of Oxford, NearEastmed: Archaeology Group; Institute of Archaeology-United Kingdom

2016 - 2017

Sakçegözü in Context: Garstang’s 1908-1911 Excavations Revisited

Other International Organizations

2016 - 2017

Honorary Research Fellow

University

2015 - 2017

Kings of the Mountain: A New Socio-Economic History of the Urartian Kingdom

University

2012 - 2012

HLC Postgraduate Award

University

2011 - 2011

HLC Postgraduate Award

University

2010 - 2010

International Peet Travel Grant

University

2009 - 2009

International Peet Travel Grant

University

Total Citations (WOS): 9

h-index (WOS): 2

September-2019

Post Graduate

Post Graduate - Atatürk Üniversitesi