As part of the “Science, Culture, and Art Conferences” series organized by our Society, Prof. Dr. Feridun Emecen will deliver a lecture titled “A Defeatist Treaty and Its Contemporary Perceptions: The Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca as Portrayed by Ottoman Historians”. We cordially invite all members of the community to attend this conference, which will be held at our Sıhhiye campus.
PROF. DR. FERİDUN M. EMECEN
He completed his doctorate in Ottoman History at Istanbul University in 1985 with a thesis titled “Social and Economic History of Manisa and its region in the 16th Century”. He became an associate professor in 1989 and a professor in 1995. Emecen, who has held various administrative positions at Istanbul University, is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Letters at Istanbul 29 Mayıs University. Emecen, who has many works and researches in various fields of Ottoman History, is one of the few experts especially on the Ottoman Classical Period and before. Emecen’s being an Honorary Member of the Turkish Historical Society and a Member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences also indicate his distinguished position in historical studies. Emecen was awarded the Turkish Culture Research Award by the Elginkan Foundation in 2014. Some of his published books are as follows: Fetih ve Kıyamet 1453, Yavuz Sultan Selim, Osmanlı’nın İzinde, İlk Osmanlılar ve Batı Anadolu Beylikler Dünyası, Osmanlı Klasik Çağında Hanedan, Devlet ve Toplum, Osmanlı Klasik Çağında Savaş, Osmanlı Klasik Çağında Siyaset.
