Arka Oda Toplantıları (Chamber Talks) Resumes Its Journey With a view to adding a fresh perspective to İstanbul studies, the "Arka Oda Toplantıları (Chamber Talks)" resumes its journey into the secret history of the city with conferences centered on the Byzantine, Ottoman and Republican periods of the city. Designed to promote the cultural elements of urban history that have been brought to the day of life, the conferences also include a thorough interpretation of the cultural images the early Republic produced with respect to architecture.