Excited to take part in TIOL-3, albeit remotely, to present our co-authored paper "Blurring the Boundary between Heresy and Orthodoxy: Foreign Travellers’ Accounts on Everyday Religiosity in 19th Century Istanbul" with @eosayin.bsky.social www.travellersinottomanlands.com/next-seminar
Read a fringe theory somewhere that the person with the whirling dervish hat and a gas mask was commissioned by "Western media platforms" to create a cool photo to frame the protests -now that, the sheer commitment to craft an appealing narrative, would be impressive.
Imagine thinking Western perceptions on Turkish politics matter in this day and age.
memlekette ağaydım on bin kelleli köyüm vardı burada şöyle dolanıyoruz
Check out our new publication (it’s open access):
Rik J. Janssen and S. Berk Metin, “19th Century Ottoman Archery Records Among Leiden Miscellanea,” 𝐾𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑓: 𝐸-𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑂𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛-𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑀𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜-𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 3, no. 1 (Winter 2025): 40–53.
journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/ke...
The balance of power is changing vis-a-vis Turkey and Russia. Moscow has less leverage over Ankara's Syria policies, is weaker in the Black Sea, has lost influence in Armenia and elsewhere, and soon TurkStream will be the last pipeline Russia has to Europe.
One woman shoved a photograph of her missing son toward others walking by, hoping someone had found him. “Do you recognize him?” she pleaded. “Please, please, did you see him?”
SEMİNER
Halil İnalcık’ı Anma Söyleşileri 3
Geç Osmanlı Döneminde Kadın Güzelliği:
Estetik, Toplumsal Kodlar ve Moda
Konuşmacı: Berrak Burçak, Bilkent Üniversitesi
Gün: 19 Aralık 2024, Perşembe
Zaman: 16:30
Yer: İİSBF A-130
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.
Bilkent University Department of History is now on Bluesky. Please check out our other social media accounts via link in our bio to see our previous announcements. Do not forget to check our website for more information about us too!
