EARLY BRONZE AGE DAGGERS IN CENTRAL ... - Bilkent University
EARLY BRONZE AGE DAGGERS IN CENTRAL ... - Bilkent University
EARLY BRONZE AGE DAGGERS IN CENTRAL ... - Bilkent University
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
First of all, I am grateful to my thesis supervisor Dr. Thomas Zimmerman for<br />
his inspiration, enthusiasm, guidance and support for the completion of my thesis,<br />
from the beginning to the end. I was fortunate enough to have Dr. Marie-Henriette<br />
Gates and Dr. Tayfun Yıldırım as my examining committee members. Dr. Gates<br />
suggestions for research material have been nothing short of amazing since my first<br />
day at <strong>Bilkent</strong> <strong>University</strong>. The value of Dr. Yıdırım’s insightful comments and<br />
assistance for the final outcome of this thesis is unquestionable.<br />
I would also like to acknowledge the rest of the <strong>Bilkent</strong> faculty for giving me<br />
valuable tools and the knowledge for acquiring my educational goals.<br />
There are no words to express my gratitude to my family and my fiancée Laura<br />
Justice. All can be said is that I am the most fortunate person to have such parents, a<br />
brother and a life partner.<br />
My friends Leyla, Aysen, Humberto and Bahattin in the Archaeology<br />
Department; Emre, Nuran, Ebru and Servet in the Turkish Literature Department;<br />
Nimet Kaya from the dormitory management have been my family in <strong>Bilkent</strong>. I<br />
especially like to thank Nuran and Ebru who had been on my side in my happy and<br />
difficult days in these last three years. Today, tomorrow and the next day, you will<br />
always be like a family to me.<br />
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