Erhan BEKTAŞ, Ph.D (Part Time)

Erhan Bektaş is an assistant professor in the Department of History of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Üsküdar University in Istanbul. Bektaş has a PhD in in the Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History from Boğaziçi University, an MA degree in the Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History from Boğaziçi University, and a BA degree in History from Boğaziçi University. He finished his doctoral dissertation in April 2019. The title of his dissertation was “The Ulema in the Late-Ottoman Empire (1880-1920): The Formation of Professional Ulema Identity.” The courses he taught include “Modern Turkish History” and “Ottoman Turkish/Paleography .” He also worked as a research assistant at Boğaziçi University Social Policy Forum.  His fields of interest include History of Middle East, Late-Ottoman History, Modern Turkish History and Ottoman Intellectual History.