In Turkey, the Directorate of State Archives () was established in 1984 as an institution according to the Prime Ministry Organization Law No. 3056 to control the Republic Archives, Ottoman Archives and Departmental Documentations.
History In 1922, the Reservoir of Documents () was established in Istanbul, affiliated to Directorate of the Board of Chief Executive Offices (). Its name was changed to the Examining Office of Document Resources () in 1923. In 1927, it became affiliated to the Prime Undersecretariat () under the name of Managing Office of Document Resources (). In May 1933, pursuant to the Organization Law, the Document Management () in Ankara and the Document Resources Management () in Istanbul were merged under the name of Prime Documents and Document Resources Management (). In 1937, the name of the Document Resources Office was changed into the Archives Department Management (). In 1943, the General Directorate of Public Archives () was established.
In 1976, the Republic Archives Department () was established under the Prime Ministry Undersecretariat (). According to the Law No. 3473, the task of this department was to record documents related to different governmental organizations and institutions after the establishment of the republic, including the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, and to keep an archive of documents related to the Turkish War of Independence and other historical events preceding the republic era (see Ottoman Archives). On 10 July 2018, it became affiliated with the Presidential Office with the Presidential Decree No. 1 and its name was changed to the "Directorate of State Archives".
List of general managers and presidents No. Name Tenure started Tenure ended Documents Examiner 1 Mahmut Nedim Bey 1925 23 May 1933 Documents Manager 1 Hıfzı Berkan 23 May 1933 16 February 1938 Archives Department Manager 1 Halid Altan 16 February 1938 29 June 1943 Archives Public Managers 1 Kenan Tuna 29 June 1943 28 April 1956 1 Prof. Dr. Halil Demircioğlu 28 April 1956 18 April 1960 1 Mithat Sertoğlu 18 April 1960 15 August 1973 Archives General Managers 1 Fazıl Işıközlü 15 August 1973 15 October 1974 1 Rukiye Bulut 15 October 1974 3 January 1975 1 Feyyaz Gürkan 3 January 1975 28 December 1978 1 Prof. Dr. Nejat Göyünç 28 December 1978 27 January 1980 1 Atilla Çetin 27 January 1980 13 May 1980 1 Lütfü Ergün 13 May 1980 30 February 1981 1 Bahaddin Alpkan 30 February 1981 14 May 1985 State Archives General Managers 1 Haluk Pekar 14 May 1985 11 May 1987 1 Prof. Dr. İsmet Miroğlu 11 May 1987 13 February 1992 1 İsmet Binark 13 February 1992 5 August 1997 1 İsa Özkul 5 August 1997 8 September 2000 1 Prof. Dr. Yusuf Sarinay 8 September 2000 5 January 2012 1 Prof. Dr. Uğur Ünal 5 January 2012 10 July 2018 State Archives President 1 Prof. Dr. Uğur Ünal 8 August 2018 Incumbent
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External links Directorate of State Archives