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Digital Turcology and Cultural Heritage (DTCH) is open to collaborative work with researchers, students, developers, cultural heritage specialists and institutions working on Turcology. Digital philology, data modelling, AI-supported research processes, open methodological exchange, training activities and sustainable digital scholarly outputs are among the main areas around which such collaborations may develop.

Participation and collaborative work are considered in line with principles of documentation, visibility of scholarly labour, ethical responsibility, data protection and reuse. For further details, please see the Principles and Policies page.

How the Process Works

Collaborative work is planned by clarifying aims, role distribution, forms of contribution, expected outputs and timeline. At the beginning of the process, responsibilities, visibility principles and the nature of the outputs to be produced are defined jointly. Each proposal is assessed with regard to its research aims, source context, methodological suitability, ethical conditions and feasibility. Approved collaborations are expected to support the production of versioned, traceable, documented and reusable outputs.

Forms of Participation and Collaboration

Research collaboration
Joint research processes may be developed for digital editions, terminology and lexical studies, data modelling, methodological development, case studies and cultural heritage-oriented research projects.

Training and workshops
Online sessions, applied methodology workshops, reading groups, short training programmes and open learning activities may be organised.

Open materials and methodological exchange
Guides, templates, sample datasets, TEI examples, workflow documents and reusable method packages may be prepared.

Data and infrastructure-oriented partnerships
Collaborative work may be developed around data models, standards, metadata schemas, interoperability practices, versioned publication, open data preparation and research infrastructure.

Outreach and community
Joint events, seminar series, announcement networks, mentoring practices, community-oriented production processes and open calls may be developed.

Funding partnerships and joint applications
DTCH may consider acting as an official partner in funding applications where the proposed initiative aligns with its research aims and is based on a shared development process. Application processes are carried out in line with shared ownership, clear contribution definitions and mutual responsibility. Each application is assessed separately.

Current Calls and Announcements

New calls, collaborative work proposals and programme announcements are shared on the Agenda page. Work in preparation may initially proceed through discussion or planning; mature collaborations are announced on the relevant pages.

How to Contact Us

You can share your proposal by sending a short message. Including the following three points will help the review process:

Contact: dtch@digitalturcologych.com