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Nükhet Varlık

Principal Investigator, Associate Professor of History, Rutgers University–Newark

https://sasn.rutgers.edu/nukhet-varlik Nükhet Varlık is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University–Newark. Her research focuses on disease, death, medicine, and public health in the Ottoman Empire. Her first book, Plague and


Akarsu Melike Demirkol

Project Coordinator - Boğaziçi University

  Akarsu Melike Demirkol is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Ottoman Literature at Boğaziçi University. She initially got involved with the SHIFA-ANA project through her interest in micro-environments of


Batuğhan Tatar

Project Member – Rutgers University

  Batuğhan Tatar holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ). He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in the Federated Department of History at Rutgers


İkbal Sezen Polat

Project Member – Middle East Technical University

İkbal Sezen Polat is an architect and PhD student in Architectural History at Middle East Technical University (METU), holding a BA from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. She is currently


Meyçem Ceren Ulu

Project Member – FreieUniversität Berlin

  Meyçem Ceren Ulu is a DAAD-funded M.A. student in Interdisciplinary Studies of the Middle East at FreieUniversität Berlin, holding a double B.A. in Psychology and History from Boğaziçi University.


Tarkan Görücü

Project Member – Middle East Technical University

  Tarkan Görücü holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ). His academic interests focus on the Ottoman presence in Hungary, particularly on development and transformation