Historians are expected to do "empirical research"before conducting a theoretical / conceptual framework. Is it really the only "valid" way? Especially considering that "empirical-first" scholars even fall into misconceptions, unable to build logical connections between the data and the theory.

Sometimes we tend to overestimate our proficiency in languages. I mean, pre-Reform Russian Orthography turned out to be a real challenge that I initially ignored. Tracing "Ottoman names" through Russian gazettes is especially a difficult job.

It seems that throughout history, highly educated people from modest origins have almost always faced the same challenge: finding financial stability—be it in ancient China, the Ottoman Empire of the sixteenth century, or our own time.

(In Turkish) A rare post on bluesky outside my usual content of history, law, and politics. From my 20 years of engagement in music and 10 years of blogging, I've delved into the current struggles of Turkish pop through the example of a pop star: Hande Yener.

happy bday Russian writer Alexander Pushkin, b1799 “Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.” "My backwoods days dragged slow & quiet Dull fence around, dark vault above Devoid of God & uninspired, Devoid of tears, of fire, of love."

Happy bayram / Eid Al Adha Mubarak I hope that the social and political problems we're dealing with in Turkey, and the humanitarian issues in the Muslim world will come to an end soon.

Recently I've been delving into some books and I'd like to recommend one by Darin Stephanov, "Ruler Visibility and Popular Belonging in the Ottoman Empire, 1808–1908" One of the few works that inspired me a lot in terms of writing/planning and use of sources. #academicdiary #nocontexthistory

Some phenomenal "oppositional" discourses have been voiced by Turkish people in recent days. This one is really iconic. So, we did have a protest culture, after all!

📍İstanbul’daki meslektaşlara ve arkadaşlara: 24 Nisan Perşembe 18:00’de Minerva Han’da @MSCActions MAKEFRA projem çerçevesinde 17. ve 18. yüzyıllarda Osmanlı’ya Avrupalı göçü ve vatandaşlığıyla ilgili araştırmamı sunacağım. Hepinizi beklerim!

Being a lawyer or a law student has just become an irony of life in Turkey. Today, chief prosecutor's office in Turkey (I.e. başsavcılık) has launched an ex-officio investigation into those who participated in the "buycott". There's no such legal reson/basis behind it.

Completely batshit that Harvard has *removed* Cemal Kafadar as head of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies & so shitty to malign one of the great scholars of Ottoman history as antisemitic because the CMES dared to offer programming on ITS AREA OF FOCUS www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

SEMİNER Halil İnalcık’ı Anma Söyleşileri 4 On Yedinci Yüzyıla Ait Bir Risale Işığında Erken Modern Osmanlı Dünyasının İktisadi Ahlak Tartışmaları Konuşmacı: Oya İklil Selçuk, Özyeğin Üniversitesi Gün: 27 Mart 2025, Perşembe Zaman: 16:30 Yer: İİSBF A-130

İstanbul üniversitesinin aldığı karar... 1)Diplomayı veren rektörlüktür, yatay geçiş ile geçilen fakülte yönetim kurulu İİBF YK'dir. ÜYK bu organlardan biri değildir 2)Bu kararın yetki tecavüzü olmadığı senaryoda bile tartışma konusu yokluk değil butlan üzerinden yürür. 3) Üstelik+

Three or four months ago, this platform gained significant attention from various X (formerly Twitter) users, but then, gradually, its popularity declined. Today, as far as I can see, users have returned after Twitter's issues.

The idea of "Global History" and debates surrounding it feel both awkward and ironic when attending online seminars (broadcasting from the US,such as: NYU) for someone in Turkey is nearly impossible due to absurd time differences. We're 8 hours ahead of 'your' "prime time" so...

SEMINAR The Battle of Nicopolis (1396) From the Perspective of French Authors by Zeynep Kocabıyıkoğlu Çeçen, Royal Holloway, University of London Date: 20 February 2025, Thursday Venue: A-130 Seminar Room Time: 16:30

SEMINAR Fighting with our Shadows:Greek and Turkish Historiography by Evangelia Balta, Emerita Research Director, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Visiting Professor at Bilkent University Date: 13 February 2024, Thursday Venue: A-130 Seminar Room Time: 16:30

Justin Trudeau announces his intention to resign as prime minister

"The End of Ottoman Crete" via ottomanhistorypodcast "Violence" , "Civil War versus Rebels versus Revolution", "Abolishment of privileges" "Migration", "Identity", "Snails" open.spotify.com/episode/0LMD...

Exciting new publication (in open access)! --- Genealogical Manuscripts in Cross-Cultural Perspective, edited by Markus Friedrich and Jörg B. Quenzer With contributions from Kazuo Morimoto, @evrimbinbas.bsky.social and Devin DeWeese. doi.org/10.1515/9783...

✨ COVER REVEAL ✨ Translation Attached is overjoyed to share the cover of their upcoming title, Scenes of Life by Fatma Aliye (1862–1936). Written as a series of letters between five women and published in 1897-1898, this epistolatory novel explores love and marriage in the late Ottoman Empire.

I have to disagree. Studying humanities has nothing to do with intellectual growth or changing the ability to "think beyond". If it were the case, there wouldn't be similar patterns in humanities' writings in the same period(s). It cannot be explained with "the spirit of an era".

BOOK TALK Island and Empire: How Civil War in Crete Mobilized the Ottoman World by Uğur Zekeriya Peçe, Lehigh University Date: 12 December 2024, Thursday Venue: A-130 Seminar Room Time: 16:30 For more details about the seminar please visit our website or check the link in our bio.

TOBB ETU ombudsman society (TOBB ETU ombudsmanlık) and Bilkent Francophone Society (Société Francophone de Bilkent)are organizing a summit on current global political, economic, and legal debates. (In Turkish @TOBB ETU) #today docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

SEMINAR The Concept of the Persianate: What It Can and Cannot Tell Us! by Evrim Binbaş, University of Bonn Date: 05 December 2024, Thursday Venue: A-130 Seminar Room Time: 16:30

Please share: Call for Applications Winter School: Reading and Analysing Ottoman Manuscript Sources March 17-25, 2025, Rethymno (Greece), IMS/FORTH www.ims.forth.gr/en/news-item...

I was hoping to see an Ankara-based "academic network" to stay updated on related events, publications or organizations. Then I've decided to create a starter pack for this. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or if you prefer (not) to be included. go.bsky.app/SgD6rJv

I was hoping to see an Ankara-based "academic network" to stay updated on related events, publications or organizations. Then I've decided to create a starter pack for this. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or if you prefer (not) to be included. go.bsky.app/SgD6rJv

Ankara Tartışmaları'nda bu hafta! 29 Kasım Cuma günü 19'da Berke Torunoğlu'nun “Tābʿiyyet ve Tebʿīd Arasında Rumlar” başlıklı konuşmasına davetlisiniz. x.com/TarihVakfiAn...

Everyone here is trying to create a starter-packs. It's quite useful for networking. I was wondering if anyone has created one for "scholars of humanities and social sciences in Turkey" or even more specifically in Ankara

Everyone here is trying to create a starter-packs. It's quite useful for networking. I was wondering if anyone has created one for "scholars of humanities and social sciences in Turkey" or even more specifically in Ankara

“Osmanlı hükümdarlığının ‘mahiyetini’ tespit etmek mümkün müdür? Şayet mümkünse, 600 yılı aşkın ömrü boyunca hanedanlığı harekete geçiren başlıca ilkeler nelerdi ve bu ilkeler ne derece istikrarlı ve tutarlıydı?”

-Academic job alert- Assistant Professor, Full-time Tenure Track Position in Program in Cultures, Civilizations and Ideas @ Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey There's more in the post below. #storiansnetwork stars.bilkent.edu.tr/staffapp/CCI...

-Academic job alert- Assistant Professor, Full-time Tenure Track Position in Program in Cultures, Civilizations and Ideas @ Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey There's more in the post below. #storiansnetwork stars.bilkent.edu.tr/staffapp/CCI...

so here's the bsky starter pack that you didn't know you needed. wondering what grift kushner & ivanka tr*mp are pulling buying up property in the balkans? sarajevo on your mind? or just want some wholesome stories about an ottoman-era donkey? we have you covered! go.bsky.app/AcUhygT

自分の論文に間違いが見つかった。ある本の中で、書いた覚えがないことを私が言っていることになっていて、調べてみると、私がどうやら英語を間違えていたことが判明した。うーん、意味を汲み取ってほしかったよ。私がそこでだけそんな大事な指摘するはずはないんだから。 雑誌の方にerratumの掲載をお願いするか迷う（5年前の論文だし）が、とりあえずacademia.eduに書いておいた。 www.academia.edu/39325241/_Gi...

Jonathan Clark "The Enlightenment: An Idea and its History" open.spotify.com/episode/0ReN...

This week's reading stuff (via Vakıfbank kültür yayınları) Ottoman historiography, cultural history, intellectual history, discussions on primary sources, networks of important figures, city structures, identity, and more...

Becoming Beauvoir : A Life (Bloomsbury 2019) by Kate Kirkpatrick via New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social ) The interpretation of Simone de Beauvoir's life through her writings and her personal experiences. #feminism #writers #philosophy #biography open.spotify.com/episode/6UtN...

European State Formation through the conflicts between monarchs and church The foundations that shaped early roots of "state" Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, 2023. open.spotify.com/episode/6PUg...

Nationality on Trial in the 19th Century Mediterranean Examination of a case through the notions of citizenship and nationality. open.spotify.com/episode/36Ck...

open.spotify.com/episode/6q6I... #19thCentury #Nationalism #Colonization #Modernity & Different interpretations of sources Jeremy Black "A Brief History of History"

Reposez en paix Monsieur Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie🏛️ #annales 1929-2023

Brigid Cohen, "Musical Migration and Imperial New York: Early Cold War Scenes" Chicago Uni Press, '22 Global Migration, Clubs, Culture Boom, America's music institutions through migration... #newbooksnetwork open.spotify.com/episode/7qta...