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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


Zeynep Akçakaya

Project Manager, Postdoc Researcher

Zeynep Akçakaya is a historian of agriculture, economy, and environment in the Ottoman Empire of the 19th Century. Her scholarly focus includes global environmental history, Ottoman agricultural history, and rural


Akarsu Melike Demirkol

Project Coordinator & M.A. Candidate (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul)

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 historical


Tunahan Durmaz

Researcher & PhD Candidate (EUI, Florence)

Tunahan Durmaz is a Ph.D. candidate in Department of History at European University Institute, Florence. Prior to his doctoral studies, he earned his B.A. in History with a minor in


Batughan Tatar

Project Assistant & M.A. Student (Rutgers University-Newark)

  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


Alper Kerem Koşar

Project Assistant, Undergraduate Student (Boğaziçi University)

Alper Kerem Koşar is an undergraduate student in the Department of History, Boğaziçi University.


Fatma Nur Karaaslan

Project Assistant & M.A. Student (Bahçeşehir University)

                Fatma Nur Karaaslan holds a Bachelor’s degree in History with a minor in Architecture from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) and is


Fatma Elcan

Project Assistant

Fatma Elcan received her B.A. and M.A. degrees in Turkish Language and Literature from Boğaziçi University. She completed her M.A. in 2025 with the thesis 06 Mil Yz A 6163/1


Caner Yıldız

Project Assistant, Undergraduate Student (Trakya University)

Caner Yıldız is an undergraduate student in the Faculty of Medicine,Trakya University