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is an archaeologist specializing in Byzantine and Islamic archaeology. Her research focuses on the material culture of early Islamic Raqqa, and on the history of Ottoman archaeology by integrating archaeological, textual, and art historical sources in examining the discipline of archaeology as conceptualized and practiced in the late Ottoman Empire. Filiz received her BA in Japanese Language and Literature from Ankara University (Turkey) in 2003, following which she pursued a professional career as a trilingual tour guide. In 2008, she was awarded her MA degree in Archaeology and History of Art at Bilkent University, Ankara; her thesis on the archaeology of horse stables in Middle Byzantine Cappadocia is currently under revision for publication as a monograph. In 2017, Filiz was awarded her PhD in Art History and Visual Studies from the University of Victoria (Canada). Her doctoral thesis entitled, From Raqqa with Love: The Raqqa Excavations by the Ottoman Imperial Museum (1905-1906 and 1908), examines the Ottoman excavations at Raqqa within the broader context of the early history of Islamic archaeology.