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 University-Newark. His research focuses on the political and cultural history of Eurasian communities. Particularly the migration routes and journeys of Turkic tribes from Inner Asia to Anatolia, incorporating genetics, archaeology, and linguistics into his future studies. In addition to researching the transmission of diseases and their treatments from the Eurasian steppes to Europe, his responsibility in the project also includes ongoing bibliographic work about death and diseases.