My scholarship bridges history, sociology, and political science through area studies and theoretical inquiry. Combining intellectual, biographical, and transnational approaches, I focus on the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Caucasus and the broader MENA region within comparative and interdisciplinary frameworks that connect these contexts to global debates. I am dedicated to cultivating critical perspectives on the dynamics of the modern era, while pursuing research that traces how intellectuals and political actors navigated the transformations they experienced. Beyond academia, I draw inspiration from creative writing and mountaineering.

I am a PhD candidate in History and Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Arizona. My current project examines the life and writings of Mehmed Murad Bey, a Dagestani émigré who became a historian, journalist, novelist, teacher of history, and public figure in late Ottoman Istanbul.

My academic training has taken me through Istanbul, Paris, and Tucson. I received my BA in History from Boğaziçi University, studied political science at Sciences Po, completed an MA at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris, and continued my doctoral work at the University of Arizona. Across these places, my work has remained centered on Ottoman intellectual life, historical writing, biography, and the relationship between texts, institutions, and public life.

This website brings together my research, teaching, publications, presentations, CV, and public writing. My Blog is a separate space for essays, notes, videos, podcasts, and fragments.

For more details, see my CV.