History

Historiography and Methodology This field examines the definition and importance of history, its relationship with other disciplines, and the methods of evaluating historical events and sources, and addresses the process of preparing, researching, and writing a scholarly historical work.

This field examines the political, social, economic, and cultural changes that occurred in the late Ottoman and Republican periods, as well as the intellectual movements that emerged in connection with these changes and the individuals who represented them.

Drawing on archival documents, this field examines the events that occurred during the deportation process, the policies pursued by the state, and the causes and consequences of the deportation.

This field aims to incorporate women into historiography both as individuals and as a social category, and comparatively examines women’s contributions to politics, society, the economy, and culture across different regions throughout history.

This field examines the history of nation-states that emerged in the region after World War I, their relations with one another and with Western countries, and the political, social, and economic transformations they experienced. It addresses topics such as Zionism, imperialism, nationalism, pan-Arabism, secularism, and political Islam, as well as the policies shaped by these ideologies and the events they generated.

This field examines the methods of using archives, which constitute primary sources for historians, and studies the various collections and conditions of use in archives located in Türkiye and, in particular, in those of England, France, Venice, the Netherlands, Austria, and Russia that are significant for Turkish history.

This field examines Seljuk and Ottoman political and social life within the framework of topics such as Turkish-Islamic mysticism, futuwwa and Ahi organizations, Alevi-Bektashi culture, nomadism, written and oral culture, and heterodoxy.

This field examines the intellectual and religious development of Islamic society and its activities in literature, art, and science within the framework of administrative, social, and economic structures, and addresses the relationships of Islamic civilization with other civilizations as well as the changes and transformations it has undergone.

In this field, the migrations from the Balkans to Anatolia since the 1877–78 Ottoman–Russian War, along with their political, social, and cultural consequences, are examined in light of archival documents and field studies.

Eurasia, spanning a vast geography from Poland to Mongolia, holds a highly significant place on the global agenda today as it has throughout history. There is a greater need than ever in our country for specialists on the history, culture, politics, and economy of Eurasia.

The policies pursued to date by our country, which holds a highly significant geopolitical position at the intersection of three continents, its areas of concern, the perspectives of foreign policy decision-makers, and preparatory measures for existing and potential foreign policy crises constitute the main subjects of this field.

The societies and states that emerged in the geography of Europe from Antiquity to the present, the development of religious and political movements, international relations, and Europe’s policy of global dominance based on economic and military power constitute the main subjects of this field.