Ph.D. Candidate (ABD) in History,

Thesis title: “Fetva as a Source for Ottoman Studies.” Thesis supervisor: Dr. Evgenia Kermeli.

Department of History, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.

Education:

2000-Present: Ph. D. Candidate in History, Bilkent University, Ankara. Expected graduation in August 2005.

1997-2000: M. A. in History, Bilkent University, Ankara. Thesis title: “Iltizam in the Fetvas of Ottoman Şeyhülislams.” Thesis supervisor: Dr. Evgenia Kermeli.

1996-1997: Ph. D. Student in Applied Physics, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), MD, USA.

1994-1996: M. S. Student in Physics, Bilkent University, Ankara.

1990-1994: B. S. in Physics, Bilkent University, Ankara.

Translations:

2002: Translated three articles from Turkish for The Turks (Ankara: Yeni Türkiye Dergisi Yay., 2001); the titles of the translations and the original authors were: “Science in the First Muslim Turkish States” by E. Kahya and H. G. Topdemir; “The Effects of the State Radio on the Turkish Music in the Republican Period” by B. Aksoy; “The Republic of Kazakhstan” by M. Kazıbaev and S. Majitov.

2001: Translated three articles from English for Türkler, (Ankara: Yeni Türkiye Dergisi Yay., 2001); the titles of the translations and the original authors were: “Slavlar ile Avarlar Aras ındaki İlişkiler, 579-626” by T. Zivkovic; “Göktürkler’de Türk Olmayan Bazı Unsurlar (MS 6 ila 8nci Yüzyıllar)” by D. Sinor; “Osmanlıların Otranto ve Apulia Seferi (1480-1481)” by K. Giakoumis.

1999: Translated the article “The Turks of Croatia,” by Yusuf Hamzaoglu, from Turkish, in The Great Ottoman, Turkish Civilization, (Ankara: Yeni Türkiye Dergisi Yay., 2000)

Travels:

1994, June-August: Overland trip through Iran, Pakistan, and India. Visited three “Golden Temples:” the tomb of Imam Riza in Mashhad, the Sikh temple in Amritsar, and the Hindu temple in Varanasi.

1995, July-August: Traveled to Egypt via Syria and Jordan, returning through Israel to visit Jerusalem.

1996-1997: Traveled extensively in the northeastern US, visiting Boston, Philadelphia, Niagara Falls, and Washington DC.

1998, June-August: Overland trip to ex-Soviet Union, starting from St Petersburg to Irkutsk in Russia, and journeying through Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. Returned via Iran, visiting Mashhad, Isfahan, and Tebriz.

In addition, traveled extensively at various times within Turkey.

Talks:

April 8, 2004: “The Ottoman Fetva: An Introduction to the Sources, Topics and Uses” in Social Science Seminar series at Koc University.

April 9, 2003: “Tarihi Kim Yazar, Nasıl Yazar?” in Gerçek Seminerleri series.

March 5, 2003: “Uses of Ottoman Şeyhülislam Fetvas as seen in the Court Records and Ahkam Registers” in Graduate Seminar series at the Department of History, Bilkent University.

October 27, 1999: “Travel from Istanbul to Dogubeyazıt (via St. Petersburg and Bukhara)” in History Meetings series at the Department of History, Bilkent University.