Leyla Zoroğlu

Biography

Since 2020, Leyla Zoroğlu has been working as an Expert Archaeologist at the Cappadocia Area Stewardship Authority. The institution is dedicated to preserving and transmitting the historical, cultural, and natural heritage of the Cappadocia region to future generations, while implementing a destination management model that enhances the region’s global recognition and share in world tourism.

Between 2010 and 2020, Leyla served as the Director of the Sebahattin Yıldız Museum in Ankara. The museum houses one of the largest private collections in the city, featuring artefacts ranging from the Early Bronze Age to the Late Ottomon Period.

Leyla received her Bachelor’s degree in Archaeology from Selçuk University in Konya in 2000, and her master’s degree in Classical Archaeology from the Social Sciences Institute of the same University in 2010. Between 2001 and 2004, Leyla completed an internship with the Lagina Excavation and Research Project. In 2004, she joined at team from Selçuk University participating in the Çatalhöyük Research and Excavation Projects as an archaeologist. She later worked as an archaeologist in the Ankyra Roman Theatre Excavations and Restoration Project, conducted by the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in 2010.

Leyla’s main research interests are exhibition practices, museology, and private collections. In this context, she co-authored the paper “Determining the Authenticity of Gold Coins by P-XRF” with Mahmut Aydın, published in Anatolia Supplement Series 1.3 (2016).

In 2018, Leyla served as the editor of the book Hamidiye Regiments and Hüseyin Pasha by Prof. Dr. Vahdettin Engin. That same year, she contributed to the exhibition Understanding Abdülhamid on the 100th Anniversary of His Death.

At the British Museum
During her time on the International Training Programme in 2016, Leyla was based in the Department of Greece & Rome. Her UK Partner placement was spent at Lincoln Museum and University of Nottingham Museum.

In 2016, participants were asked to develop a proposal for an Asahi Shimbun Display – a temporary exhibition in Room 3 at the British Museum – based around a single ‘spotlight’ object.  Leyla’s exhibition project proposal was entitled Richard Worsley’s great books of antiquity.

Leyla’s place on the International Training Programme was generously supported by the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust.