The Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association
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The Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association
@andottoman.bsky.social
OTSA
Tomorrow!
Join OTSA for “Inhabiting Extended Transiency in Fikirtepe, Istanbul" with Francesco Pasta, Architecture Sans Frontières-UK/Istanbul Policy Center, on Friday, February 13, 2026 at 12pm CST via Zoom. Register here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 12, 2026 at 6:14 PM
This Friday, February 13!
Join OTSA for “Inhabiting Extended Transiency in Fikirtepe, Istanbul" with Francesco Pasta, Architecture Sans Frontières-UK/Istanbul Policy Center, on Friday, February 13, 2026 at 12pm CST via Zoom. Register here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 11, 2026 at 8:17 PM
The application deadline for the OTSA Undergraduate Scholarship, in the amount of $1,500, has been extended to March 1. Students with diverse academic interests related to Turkey are strongly encouraged to apply.

Please see: ottomanturkishstudiesassociation.org/awards-prizes/
Awards & Prizes – Ottoman & Turkish Studies Association
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February 11, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Register for next Friday, February 13! northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join OTSA for “Inhabiting Extended Transiency in Fikirtepe, Istanbul" with Francesco Pasta, Architecture Sans Frontières-UK/Istanbul Policy Center, on Friday, February 13, 2026 at 12pm CST via Zoom. Register here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Join OTSA for “Drones, Cartoons and Festivals: Techno-Nationalist Culture in Turkey" with Yohanan Benhaïm, IREMAM, CNRS/Aix-Marseille University on Friday, February 27, 2026 at 12pm CST via Zoom. Register here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 5, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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Applications for the Keyman Early-Career Scholars Article Workshop Spring 2026 are open until February 20. For more information, please visit: keyman.buffett.northwestern.edu/.../early-ca....
January 14, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Join OTSA for “Inhabiting Extended Transiency in Fikirtepe, Istanbul" with Francesco Pasta, Architecture Sans Frontières-UK/Istanbul Policy Center, on Friday, February 13, 2026 at 12pm CST via Zoom. Register here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 20, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Read more about the 2025 OTSA award winners on our website! Congratulations to the winners! www.ottomanturkishstudiesassociation.org/awards-prize...
Recent Winners (2017-2025) – Ottoman & Turkish Studies Association
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January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The 2026 OTSA Undergraduate Scholarship application is open until February 6. For more information, please visit: www.ottomanturkishstudiesassociation.org/awards-prizes/
Awards & Prizes – Ottoman & Turkish Studies Association
www.ottomanturkishstudiesassociation.org
January 14, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Happening now!
Join OTSA this Friday for W'OTSAp Friday “Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World” with Aslı Zengin, Rutgers University, at 12:30pm CST via Zoom! To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Tomorrow!
Join OTSA this Friday for W'OTSAp Friday “Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World” with Aslı Zengin, Rutgers University, at 12:30pm CST via Zoom! To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Join OTSA this Friday for W'OTSAp Friday “Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World” with Aslı Zengin, Rutgers University, at 12:30pm CST via Zoom! To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Join OTSA on October 24, 2025, for W'OTSAp Friday “Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World” with Aslı Zengin, Rutgers University, from 12:30-2:00 PM CT via Zoom! northwestern.zoom.us/j/97676602573
October 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN NOW!
Who Owns the Nation? Imperial Imaginaries and Cultural Resistance in Contemporary Turkey
CEST Symposium 2025/2026 | L’Orientale University, Naples | 14–16 January 2026
For more information, please visit cest-turkey.org/cest-symposi...
CEST Symposium 2025/2026, Naples – CEST
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September 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The deadlines for OTSA's Call for Submissions for the 2025 OTSA Graduate Student Paper Prize and the Müteferriqa Award for Digital Ottoman and Turkish Studies have been extended until JULY 18! Please visit our website for more information: www.ottomanturkishstudiesassociation.org/awards.../
July 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you missed today's W'OTSAp Friday session, you can now watch the recording on our Youtube Channel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UVO...
June 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Really looking forward to talking with my friend, @samueljhirst.bsky.social, about his excellent new book on Friday.
Join OTSA and Samuel J. Hirst, Bilkent University, for a WOT’SAp Friday event on June 20 at 12PM CST “Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey and Statist Internationalist 1919- 1939." To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Join us this Friday at 12PM CST via Zoom!
Join OTSA and Samuel J. Hirst, Bilkent University, for a WOT’SAp Friday event on June 20 at 12PM CST “Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey and Statist Internationalist 1919- 1939." To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Join OTSA and Samuel J. Hirst, Bilkent University, for a WOT’SAp Friday event on June 20 at 12PM CST “Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey and Statist Internationalist 1919- 1939." To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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For those interested but unable to attend last week here is the video of our presentation for @andottoman.bsky.social about the book @onurinal.bsky.social @serpilatamaz.bsky.social and I edited in tribute to our mentor Linda Darling: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9G_...
WOT'SAp Friday: “Transforming Empire: Ottomans from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean”
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June 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
OTSA's Call for Submissions for the 2025 Awards and Prizes are now open! For more information, please visit www.ottomanturkishstudiesassociation.org/awards-prizes/
May 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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This Friday👇
Join OTSA and Linda Darling, Serpil Atamaz, Onur İnal and Alexander Schweig on May 23, 2025, at 12PM CST via Zoom for “Transforming Empire: Ottomans from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean” A Tribute to Linda Darling.
To register, please visit northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Join us this Friday!
Join OTSA and Linda Darling, Serpil Atamaz, Onur İnal and Alexander Schweig on May 23, 2025, at 12PM CST via Zoom for “Transforming Empire: Ottomans from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean” A Tribute to Linda Darling.
To register, please visit northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Join OTSA and Linda Darling, Serpil Atamaz, Onur İnal and Alexander Schweig on May 23, 2025, at 12PM CST via Zoom for “Transforming Empire: Ottomans from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean” A Tribute to Linda Darling.
To register, please visit northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Join OTSA and Samuel J. Hirst, Bilkent University, for a WOT’SAp Friday event on June 20 at 12PM CST “Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey and Statist Internationalist 1919- 1939." To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM