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Academic Profile
Received his undergraduate degree in political sciences at the University of Ankara, master’s degree in Middle East History at the University of Texas at Austin and doctoral degree in Ottoman and Iranian history from the University of Freiburg. He was a guest researcher at Bilkent, Boğaziçi, Damascus, Tehran, EHESS, Freie and Rowan universities. He is currently an associate professor at the Social Sciences University of Ankara.
Sample Publications
“ ‘Land of the Kurds’ or ‘Land of the Rocks’? Changing Perceptions of Kurdistan in Ottoman and European Sources,” in A. Alemdaroğlu and F. M. Göçek, eds.,Kurds in Dark Times: New Perspectives on Violence and Resistance in Turkey (Syracuse UP, 2023), 33-62
Current Position
Associate Professor,
Social Sciences University of Ankara