Selam!

I’m Göktuğ. I hold a BA in Italianistics from Istanbul University and an MA in Linguistics from Hacettepe University. I intend to continue my studies and research in the field of history, focusing on public space, housing, mobility (travel&immigration), and identity, primarily in an urban context, in the Late Modern and Contemporary periods, specifically, after Ottoman sultan Mahmud II’s accession in 1808, because of the enduring period of change his rule lead to, and spearheaded, in the Ottoman domain, and arguably, in the post-Ottoman world. I remain interested mainly in the question of how (marginalised and/or privileged) identity interacts with the city, in terms of access to its spaces, to the use of its amenities, and in terms of the discourse, ideology, and practice of belonging, i.e., belonging to, and ownership of, the city.

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