Engin Bolat
@histlaw.bsky.social
TOBB ETU alumnus BA Hist'22 & LLB
Bilkent History MA (c)
Interested in 19th century Ottoman & Canadian Intellectual History & Ottoman Balkans, Migration, Identity
Music critic & pianist
Bilkent History MA (c)
Interested in 19th century Ottoman & Canadian Intellectual History & Ottoman Balkans, Migration, Identity
Music critic & pianist
Pinned
Engin Bolat
@histlaw.bsky.social
· Nov 26
I was hoping to see an Ankara-based "academic network" to stay updated on related events, publications or organizations. Then I've decided to create a starter pack for this.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions or if you prefer (not) to be included.
go.bsky.app/SgD6rJv
Please let me know if you have any suggestions or if you prefer (not) to be included.
go.bsky.app/SgD6rJv
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It seems that throughout history, highly educated people from modest origins have almost always faced the same challenge: finding financial stability—be it in ancient China, the Ottoman Empire of the sixteenth century, or our own time.
October 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It seems that throughout history, highly educated people from modest origins have almost always faced the same challenge: finding financial stability—be it in ancient China, the Ottoman Empire of the sixteenth century, or our own time.
(In Turkish)
A rare post on bluesky outside my usual content of history, law, and politics.
From my 20 years of engagement in music and 10 years of blogging, I've delved into the current struggles of Turkish pop through the example of a pop star: Hande Yener.
A rare post on bluesky outside my usual content of history, law, and politics.
From my 20 years of engagement in music and 10 years of blogging, I've delved into the current struggles of Turkish pop through the example of a pop star: Hande Yener.
September 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
(In Turkish)
A rare post on bluesky outside my usual content of history, law, and politics.
From my 20 years of engagement in music and 10 years of blogging, I've delved into the current struggles of Turkish pop through the example of a pop star: Hande Yener.
A rare post on bluesky outside my usual content of history, law, and politics.
From my 20 years of engagement in music and 10 years of blogging, I've delved into the current struggles of Turkish pop through the example of a pop star: Hande Yener.
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happy bday Russian writer Alexander Pushkin, b1799
“Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.”
"My backwoods days dragged slow & quiet
Dull fence around, dark vault above
Devoid of God & uninspired,
Devoid of tears, of fire, of love."
“Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.”
"My backwoods days dragged slow & quiet
Dull fence around, dark vault above
Devoid of God & uninspired,
Devoid of tears, of fire, of love."
June 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
happy bday Russian writer Alexander Pushkin, b1799
“Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.”
"My backwoods days dragged slow & quiet
Dull fence around, dark vault above
Devoid of God & uninspired,
Devoid of tears, of fire, of love."
“Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.”
"My backwoods days dragged slow & quiet
Dull fence around, dark vault above
Devoid of God & uninspired,
Devoid of tears, of fire, of love."
Happy bayram / Eid Al Adha Mubarak
I hope that the social and political problems we're dealing with in Turkey, and the humanitarian issues in the Muslim world will come to an end soon.
I hope that the social and political problems we're dealing with in Turkey, and the humanitarian issues in the Muslim world will come to an end soon.
June 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Happy bayram / Eid Al Adha Mubarak
I hope that the social and political problems we're dealing with in Turkey, and the humanitarian issues in the Muslim world will come to an end soon.
I hope that the social and political problems we're dealing with in Turkey, and the humanitarian issues in the Muslim world will come to an end soon.
Recently I've been delving into some books and I'd like to recommend one by Darin Stephanov, "Ruler Visibility and Popular Belonging in the Ottoman Empire, 1808–1908"
One of the few works that inspired me a lot in terms of writing/planning and use of sources.
#academicdiary #nocontexthistory
One of the few works that inspired me a lot in terms of writing/planning and use of sources.
#academicdiary #nocontexthistory
May 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Recently I've been delving into some books and I'd like to recommend one by Darin Stephanov, "Ruler Visibility and Popular Belonging in the Ottoman Empire, 1808–1908"
One of the few works that inspired me a lot in terms of writing/planning and use of sources.
#academicdiary #nocontexthistory
One of the few works that inspired me a lot in terms of writing/planning and use of sources.
#academicdiary #nocontexthistory
Some phenomenal "oppositional" discourses have been voiced by Turkish people in recent days. This one is really iconic. So, we did have a protest culture, after all!
April 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Some phenomenal "oppositional" discourses have been voiced by Turkish people in recent days. This one is really iconic. So, we did have a protest culture, after all!
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📍İstanbul’daki meslektaşlara ve arkadaşlara:
24 Nisan Perşembe 18:00’de Minerva Han’da @MSCActions MAKEFRA projem çerçevesinde 17. ve 18. yüzyıllarda Osmanlı’ya Avrupalı göçü ve vatandaşlığıyla ilgili araştırmamı sunacağım. Hepinizi beklerim!
24 Nisan Perşembe 18:00’de Minerva Han’da @MSCActions MAKEFRA projem çerçevesinde 17. ve 18. yüzyıllarda Osmanlı’ya Avrupalı göçü ve vatandaşlığıyla ilgili araştırmamı sunacağım. Hepinizi beklerim!
April 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
📍İstanbul’daki meslektaşlara ve arkadaşlara:
24 Nisan Perşembe 18:00’de Minerva Han’da @MSCActions MAKEFRA projem çerçevesinde 17. ve 18. yüzyıllarda Osmanlı’ya Avrupalı göçü ve vatandaşlığıyla ilgili araştırmamı sunacağım. Hepinizi beklerim!
24 Nisan Perşembe 18:00’de Minerva Han’da @MSCActions MAKEFRA projem çerçevesinde 17. ve 18. yüzyıllarda Osmanlı’ya Avrupalı göçü ve vatandaşlığıyla ilgili araştırmamı sunacağım. Hepinizi beklerim!
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Being a lawyer or a law student has just become an irony of life in Turkey. Today, chief prosecutor's office in Turkey (I.e. başsavcılık) has launched an ex-officio investigation into those who participated in the "buycott". There's no such legal reson/basis behind it.
April 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Being a lawyer or a law student has just become an irony of life in Turkey. Today, chief prosecutor's office in Turkey (I.e. başsavcılık) has launched an ex-officio investigation into those who participated in the "buycott". There's no such legal reson/basis behind it.
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Completely batshit that Harvard has *removed* Cemal Kafadar as head of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies & so shitty to malign one of the great scholars of Ottoman history as antisemitic because the CMES dared to offer programming on ITS AREA OF FOCUS www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Dismisses Leaders of Center for Middle Eastern Studies | News | The Harvard Crimson
Interim Harvard Dean of Social Science David M. Cutler ’87 dismissed the director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, professor of Turkish Studies Cemal Kafadar, and its associate director, Hist...
www.thecrimson.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Completely batshit that Harvard has *removed* Cemal Kafadar as head of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies & so shitty to malign one of the great scholars of Ottoman history as antisemitic because the CMES dared to offer programming on ITS AREA OF FOCUS www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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SEMİNER
Halil İnalcık’ı Anma Söyleşileri 4
On Yedinci Yüzyıla Ait Bir Risale Işığında Erken Modern Osmanlı Dünyasının İktisadi Ahlak Tartışmaları
Konuşmacı: Oya İklil Selçuk, Özyeğin Üniversitesi
Gün: 27 Mart 2025, Perşembe
Zaman: 16:30
Yer: İİSBF A-130
Halil İnalcık’ı Anma Söyleşileri 4
On Yedinci Yüzyıla Ait Bir Risale Işığında Erken Modern Osmanlı Dünyasının İktisadi Ahlak Tartışmaları
Konuşmacı: Oya İklil Selçuk, Özyeğin Üniversitesi
Gün: 27 Mart 2025, Perşembe
Zaman: 16:30
Yer: İİSBF A-130
March 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
SEMİNER
Halil İnalcık’ı Anma Söyleşileri 4
On Yedinci Yüzyıla Ait Bir Risale Işığında Erken Modern Osmanlı Dünyasının İktisadi Ahlak Tartışmaları
Konuşmacı: Oya İklil Selçuk, Özyeğin Üniversitesi
Gün: 27 Mart 2025, Perşembe
Zaman: 16:30
Yer: İİSBF A-130
Halil İnalcık’ı Anma Söyleşileri 4
On Yedinci Yüzyıla Ait Bir Risale Işığında Erken Modern Osmanlı Dünyasının İktisadi Ahlak Tartışmaları
Konuşmacı: Oya İklil Selçuk, Özyeğin Üniversitesi
Gün: 27 Mart 2025, Perşembe
Zaman: 16:30
Yer: İİSBF A-130
İstanbul üniversitesinin aldığı karar...
1)Diplomayı veren rektörlüktür, yatay geçiş ile geçilen fakülte yönetim kurulu İİBF YK'dir. ÜYK bu organlardan biri değildir
2)Bu kararın yetki tecavüzü olmadığı senaryoda bile tartışma konusu yokluk değil butlan üzerinden yürür.
3) Üstelik+
1)Diplomayı veren rektörlüktür, yatay geçiş ile geçilen fakülte yönetim kurulu İİBF YK'dir. ÜYK bu organlardan biri değildir
2)Bu kararın yetki tecavüzü olmadığı senaryoda bile tartışma konusu yokluk değil butlan üzerinden yürür.
3) Üstelik+
March 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
İstanbul üniversitesinin aldığı karar...
1)Diplomayı veren rektörlüktür, yatay geçiş ile geçilen fakülte yönetim kurulu İİBF YK'dir. ÜYK bu organlardan biri değildir
2)Bu kararın yetki tecavüzü olmadığı senaryoda bile tartışma konusu yokluk değil butlan üzerinden yürür.
3) Üstelik+
1)Diplomayı veren rektörlüktür, yatay geçiş ile geçilen fakülte yönetim kurulu İİBF YK'dir. ÜYK bu organlardan biri değildir
2)Bu kararın yetki tecavüzü olmadığı senaryoda bile tartışma konusu yokluk değil butlan üzerinden yürür.
3) Üstelik+
Three or four months ago, this platform gained significant attention from various X (formerly Twitter) users, but then, gradually, its popularity declined.
Today, as far as I can see, users have returned after Twitter's issues.
Today, as far as I can see, users have returned after Twitter's issues.
March 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Three or four months ago, this platform gained significant attention from various X (formerly Twitter) users, but then, gradually, its popularity declined.
Today, as far as I can see, users have returned after Twitter's issues.
Today, as far as I can see, users have returned after Twitter's issues.
The idea of "Global History" and debates surrounding it feel both awkward and ironic when attending online seminars (broadcasting from the US,such as: NYU) for someone in Turkey is nearly impossible due to absurd time differences.
We're 8 hours ahead of 'your' "prime time" so...
We're 8 hours ahead of 'your' "prime time" so...
March 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The idea of "Global History" and debates surrounding it feel both awkward and ironic when attending online seminars (broadcasting from the US,such as: NYU) for someone in Turkey is nearly impossible due to absurd time differences.
We're 8 hours ahead of 'your' "prime time" so...
We're 8 hours ahead of 'your' "prime time" so...
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SEMINAR
The Battle of Nicopolis (1396) From the Perspective of French Authors
by
Zeynep Kocabıyıkoğlu Çeçen, Royal Holloway, University of London
Date: 20 February 2025, Thursday
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30
The Battle of Nicopolis (1396) From the Perspective of French Authors
by
Zeynep Kocabıyıkoğlu Çeçen, Royal Holloway, University of London
Date: 20 February 2025, Thursday
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30
February 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
SEMINAR
The Battle of Nicopolis (1396) From the Perspective of French Authors
by
Zeynep Kocabıyıkoğlu Çeçen, Royal Holloway, University of London
Date: 20 February 2025, Thursday
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30
The Battle of Nicopolis (1396) From the Perspective of French Authors
by
Zeynep Kocabıyıkoğlu Çeçen, Royal Holloway, University of London
Date: 20 February 2025, Thursday
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30
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SEMINAR
Fighting with our Shadows:Greek and Turkish Historiography
by
Evangelia Balta, Emerita Research Director, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Visiting Professor at Bilkent University
Date: 13 February 2024, Thursday
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30
Fighting with our Shadows:Greek and Turkish Historiography
by
Evangelia Balta, Emerita Research Director, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Visiting Professor at Bilkent University
Date: 13 February 2024, Thursday
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30
February 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
SEMINAR
Fighting with our Shadows:Greek and Turkish Historiography
by
Evangelia Balta, Emerita Research Director, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Visiting Professor at Bilkent University
Date: 13 February 2024, Thursday
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30
Fighting with our Shadows:Greek and Turkish Historiography
by
Evangelia Balta, Emerita Research Director, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Visiting Professor at Bilkent University
Date: 13 February 2024, Thursday
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30
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Justin Trudeau announces his intention to resign as prime minister
January 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Justin Trudeau announces his intention to resign as prime minister
"The End of Ottoman Crete" via ottomanhistorypodcast
"Violence" , "Civil War versus Rebels versus Revolution", "Abolishment of privileges" "Migration", "Identity", "Snails"
open.spotify.com/episode/0LMD...
"Violence" , "Civil War versus Rebels versus Revolution", "Abolishment of privileges" "Migration", "Identity", "Snails"
open.spotify.com/episode/0LMD...
The End of Ottoman Crete
Ottoman History Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
December 29, 2024 at 8:12 PM
"The End of Ottoman Crete" via ottomanhistorypodcast
"Violence" , "Civil War versus Rebels versus Revolution", "Abolishment of privileges" "Migration", "Identity", "Snails"
open.spotify.com/episode/0LMD...
"Violence" , "Civil War versus Rebels versus Revolution", "Abolishment of privileges" "Migration", "Identity", "Snails"
open.spotify.com/episode/0LMD...
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Exciting new publication (in open access)!
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Genealogical Manuscripts in Cross-Cultural Perspective, edited by Markus Friedrich and Jörg B. Quenzer
With contributions from Kazuo Morimoto, @evrimbinbas.bsky.social and Devin DeWeese.
doi.org/10.1515/9783...
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Genealogical Manuscripts in Cross-Cultural Perspective, edited by Markus Friedrich and Jörg B. Quenzer
With contributions from Kazuo Morimoto, @evrimbinbas.bsky.social and Devin DeWeese.
doi.org/10.1515/9783...
Genealogical Manuscripts in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Situating the history of genealogy in the ambit of manuscript studies, this volume explores how handwriting practices influenced the development of genealogies. It shows how lineages used handwritten ...
doi.org
December 4, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Exciting new publication (in open access)!
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Genealogical Manuscripts in Cross-Cultural Perspective, edited by Markus Friedrich and Jörg B. Quenzer
With contributions from Kazuo Morimoto, @evrimbinbas.bsky.social and Devin DeWeese.
doi.org/10.1515/9783...
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Genealogical Manuscripts in Cross-Cultural Perspective, edited by Markus Friedrich and Jörg B. Quenzer
With contributions from Kazuo Morimoto, @evrimbinbas.bsky.social and Devin DeWeese.
doi.org/10.1515/9783...
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✨ COVER REVEAL ✨ Translation Attached is overjoyed to share the cover of their upcoming title, Scenes of Life by Fatma Aliye (1862–1936). Written as a series of letters between five women and published in 1897-1898, this epistolatory novel explores love and marriage in the late Ottoman Empire.
December 6, 2024 at 3:26 PM
✨ COVER REVEAL ✨ Translation Attached is overjoyed to share the cover of their upcoming title, Scenes of Life by Fatma Aliye (1862–1936). Written as a series of letters between five women and published in 1897-1898, this epistolatory novel explores love and marriage in the late Ottoman Empire.
I have to disagree. Studying humanities has nothing to do with intellectual growth or changing the ability to "think beyond".
If it were the case, there wouldn't be similar patterns in humanities' writings in the same period(s). It cannot be explained with "the spirit of an era".
If it were the case, there wouldn't be similar patterns in humanities' writings in the same period(s). It cannot be explained with "the spirit of an era".
Students should study the humanities not because it makes them better workers but because it rips you open and breaks your brain and changes everything you thought you knew. I *promise* you this. I *promise* it has this ability, no matter how smart you think you are. I have seen it countless times.
Hearing the president of KU say that the way the humanities can protect itself - a question asked by a humanities professor of Spanish - is that her field should direct its public voice to how the Spanish language can impact AI versus the third study of an obscure play…. Just sigh.
December 5, 2024 at 11:23 PM
I have to disagree. Studying humanities has nothing to do with intellectual growth or changing the ability to "think beyond".
If it were the case, there wouldn't be similar patterns in humanities' writings in the same period(s). It cannot be explained with "the spirit of an era".
If it were the case, there wouldn't be similar patterns in humanities' writings in the same period(s). It cannot be explained with "the spirit of an era".
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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.
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.
December 5, 2024 at 10:19 AM
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.
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.
TOBB ETU ombudsman society (TOBB ETU ombudsmanlık) and Bilkent Francophone Society (Société Francophone de Bilkent)are organizing a summit on current global political, economic, and legal debates. (In Turkish @TOBB ETU) #today
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 3, 2024 at 10:12 AM
TOBB ETU ombudsman society (TOBB ETU ombudsmanlık) and Bilkent Francophone Society (Société Francophone de Bilkent)are organizing a summit on current global political, economic, and legal debates. (In Turkish @TOBB ETU) #today
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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SEMINAR
The Concept of the Persianate:
What It Can and Cannot Tell Us!
by
Evrim Binbaş, University of Bonn
Date: 05 December 2024, Thursday
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30
The Concept of the Persianate:
What It Can and Cannot Tell Us!
by
Evrim Binbaş, University of Bonn
Date: 05 December 2024, Thursday
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30
December 1, 2024 at 12:07 PM
SEMINAR
The Concept of the Persianate:
What It Can and Cannot Tell Us!
by
Evrim Binbaş, University of Bonn
Date: 05 December 2024, Thursday
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30
The Concept of the Persianate:
What It Can and Cannot Tell Us!
by
Evrim Binbaş, University of Bonn
Date: 05 December 2024, Thursday
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room
Time: 16:30