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PhD Research

My doctoral research focuses on emergence of private modern education, business networks and intercommunal relations in the eastern Mediterranean cities: Constantinople, Salonica, Smyrna (1830-1923). I am working on these ‘cosmopolitan’ port cities, beyond and before nation-state paradigm, as cities of cultural exchange. (Supervision: Dr. Petra de Bruijn and Prof. Dr. Erik-Jan Zürcher)

Fields of interest

From the end of the so-called fin-de-siècle (19th century) to the resurgence of neoliberalism (1970s-80s):

• Education
• Network Analysis
• Urbanization
• Port Cities
• Cultural Heritage
• Minority Questions and Identity

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• PhD Candidate at Leiden University (since 2017)
• MA, Turkish Studies at Sabancı University (2015)
• BA, Sociology at Galatasaray University (2013)

Previous Teaching and Research Activity

• Project Executive at Ipsos, Qualitative Research (2014-5)
• Teaching Assistant at Sabancı University, History of Modern Turkey (2013-4)
• Research Intern at Galatasaray University (2012)
• Research Intern at GfK, Qualitative Research (2011)

Awards and Grants

• Leids Universiteit Funds, PhD Write-up Grant
• Leids Universiteit Funds Travel Grant
• Dean’s Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Sabancı University
• Sabancı University and Harvard Summer School, Tuition Waiver
   

Popular Publications

• “Politics of Heritage and Heritage of Politics: The Case of the Hagia Sophia” in Leiden Islam Blog. 27 July 2020. https://leidenislamblog.nl/articles/politics-of-heritage-and-heritage-of-politics-the-case-of-the-hagia-sophia
• ‘’Why does the History of Port Cities Matter? The case of Fin-de-siècle Salonica’’ in LDE PortCityFutures. 12 October 2020. https://www.portcityfutures.nl/news/why-does-the-history-of-port-cities-matter-the-case-of-fin-de-siecle-salonica

Publications