History

This field examines the political, social, economic, and cultural transformations of the late Ottoman and early Republican periods, alongside the various intellectual currents that interacted with these transformations. It also explores global transformations, the rise and dissolution of empires and modern nation-states, colonial expansion, and regional balances of power from a comparative perspective.

Beginning with the political climate preceding the establishment of the Republic of Türkiye as a nation-state, this field examines the struggle for independence and the process of state formation. It also explores political developments in the post-Atatürk period, particularly military coups, within the broader context of Republican history. Turning points in political movements are likewise examined in relation to the history of the Republic of Türkiye and political developments worldwide.

This field examines the changing meaning and significance of history across different periods, its relationships with other disciplines, and methods of evaluating historical questions and sources. It addresses the central concerns of history and historical scholarship as a modern discipline, as well as the processes of planning, researching, and writing a historical work.

This field examines Seljuk and Ottoman political, social, and cultural life through topics such as Turkish-Islamic Sufism, futuwwa and the Akhi tradition, Alevi-Bektashi culture, nomadism, written and oral culture, Muslim–non-Muslim relations, and heterodoxy. It explores the intellectual and religious transformations of these societies, alongside their literary, artistic, and scientific activities, within the context of their administrative, social, and economic structures.

This field examines the Balkans, whose conceptualization as a geographical region emerged with modernity, both through their own political and social history and within the broader framework of European, Byzantine, and Ottoman history. Its scope extends from the social and political transformations of the late Middle Ages and the region’s incorporation into the Ottoman world to the shifting social and political balances of the nineteenth century and the language, cultural, and historical policies of nation-states.