S. Berk Metin (صدرالدين)
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S. Berk Metin (صدرالدين)
@nitemkreb.bsky.social
PhD candidate in History at SFU. Ottoman Empire, 18th-19th c. Archery; Esotericism; Material Culture; Religion. Leiden (MA'20) & Sciences Po (BA'18). (Şevketlü/Mehābetlü/Kerāmetlü)
https://www.sfu.ca/history/graduate/grad-students/phd/berk-metin.html
The sultan’s men (and some of the provincial notables) wore the same type of fez in the 1830s (Excluding the ‘ulama).
See the pictures of the sultan’s son-in-law Gürcü Halil Rıfat Pasha, Prince Miloš Obrenović, and Koca Hüsrev Pasha:
September 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I think Mahmudi(ye) was the best-looking, though its use seems to have disappeared as soon the sultan died.
September 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
We had a very successful panel at the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) Annual Conference! Many thanks to my friends & colleagues Furkan Sarılıcan and Seán Silvia.
September 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
September 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Her: so what are your interests?

Me:
September 14, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Some light summer reading 🤪
June 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A record stone supposedly belonging to the mythic archery champion Tozkoparan (‘Dust-Breaker’) in Istanbul:

Ṣāḥib’ül-Menzil fī'l-Meydān /
Elleḏī ismuhu Tozḳoparan
May 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Mahmud II’s calligraphy practice (meşk) and his teacher’s note:

Māşā-Allāh āferīn efendim
April 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Excited to take part in TIOL-3, albeit remotely, to present our co-authored paper "Blurring the Boundary between Heresy and Orthodoxy: Foreign Travellers’ Accounts on Everyday Religiosity in 19th Century Istanbul" with @eosayin.bsky.social www.travellersinottomanlands.com/next-seminar
April 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Check out our new publication (it’s open access):

Rik J. Janssen and S. Berk Metin, “19th Century Ottoman Archery Records Among Leiden Miscellanea,” 𝐾𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑓: 𝐸-𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑂𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛-𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑀𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜-𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 3, no. 1 (Winter 2025): 40–53.

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March 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
BOUN History+’ın davetlisi olarak 5 Aralık’ta Boğaziçi Üniversitesi’de olacağım. İlgilenenleri beklerim.
November 27, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Many thanks to Mustafa Akyol for citing my research in his new book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. Congratulations on publishing this important work which aims to build bridges in these divisive times.
September 29, 2024 at 11:40 AM