GIS Mapping

Anatolia's Toponymy Atlas

Another vital element of the project is the systematic mapping of settlements from the period.

Mappa Anatolicorum has created a unique Anatolian toponymy map covering the mentioned 1200-1450 time period by collecting the valuable data scattered in primary sources about settlements in the Anatolian geography under a single roof.

Thanks to this innovative map, researchers will be able to quickly and effectively identify the centers where important works were produced in Medieval Anatolia and the settlements most frequently referenced in these works, thus saving significant time in their valuable research processes.

This detailed toponymy map created is also a pioneering work in its field in terms of collecting very small settlement units such as villages and districts in a single map. Thanks to the unique data it provides for a period that extends even before the early 15th century Ottoman tahrir records, the historical adventure of some settlement units, the names they changed under different cultural or power centers can be traced precisely to earlier dates.