Research Article
Issue Editorial Board
İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi
Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
English
Eğitim Bilgileri
Eğitim Bilgileri
2012 - 2019Doktora
Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Bölge Çalışmaları (Dr), Türkiye
2009 - 2012Yüksek Lisans
Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Siyaset Bilimi Ve Uluslararası İlişkiler (Yl) (Tezli), Türkiye
2004 - 2008Lisans
Tohoku Gakuin Üniversitesi, Hukuk Bölümü, Japonya
Yaptığı Tezler
2019Doktora
Living as ”North Caucasians” in Georgia: Identity and integration in Georgia among the Ossetian and the Chechen-Kist communities
Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Bölge Çalışmaları (Dr)
2012Yüksek Lisans
Türkiye’xxdeki Gürcü ve Çerkes Diasporasının gözüyle Abhazya meselesi ve kimlik sorunu
Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Siyaset Bilimi Ve Uluslararası İlişkiler (Yl) (Tezli)
Yabancı Diller
C1 İleriİngilizce
Issue Reviewers
Historian Amir Duranović, Associate Professor (University of Sarajevo), obtained his degree in history at the University of Sarajevo in 2007. Now holding a PhD in Modern Bosnian History, his main focus has been Church – State relations in Former Yugoslavia, especially Islam under Communism. So far Duranović has actively participated in dozens of conferences on modern Balkan history including history of political elites, nation building, religious communities, environmental history, diplomatic history etc. He has been involved as guest speaker at several European universities and in USA. Skilful in education capacity building, networking and research, Duranović is also fluent in English, Spanish and Turkish. Duranović's bibliography includes three books, four edited volumes and dozens of papers. Duranović has actively participated in different research and networking projects related to historiography, nationalism and history education. His papers have been published in Bosnian, English, German and Turkish.
Aim & Scope
Journal of Balkan and Black Sea Studies is the interdisciplinary journal on the humanities and social sciences of the Balkan countries and the former Soviet republics. The journal welcomes contributions in the fields of history, economics, politics, international relations, culture, art, geography, literature, theology, ethnography and environmental sciences. The idea behind this initiative is to extend a cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary approach over issues of regional importance. Under this light, the journal aspires to act as an academic forum for scholars in historical as well as contemporary context on a wide range of cross-regional issues and to provide the epistemological framework for a comparative investigation, which would enhance our understanding of the Balkan, and Black Sea societies, polities and communities. Furthermore, manuscripts connecting the region with wider scopes, such as technological applications, will be also considered.
The journal will be published online with two issues per year commencing in 2018 and themed issues are anticipated. Submitted manuscripts should be original and not published or under consideration for publication elsewhere. Their length should not exceed 8.000 words and will be subject to anonymous peer-review by at least two members of the scientific committee. The use of graphics and images in colour is encouraged and not subject to limitations (within reason). However, it is the responsibility of the individual authors to acquire copyright permission if needed. The language for submissions is English and Turkish. Articles, other than in English or Turkish, will be occasionally accepted. Articles must have an abstract of up to 150 words in English.
Author Guidelines
Guidelines for Submission
Each issue includes articles, review essays, and shorter book reviews. All articles are to be submitted in electronic form to the journal editorial board at dergipark.org.tr/balkar (and mehmethacisalihoglu@gmail.com or balkar@yildiz.edu.tr). Submissions are to be up to 8,000 words in length, and may be accompanied by footnotes and a bibliography (see below). Transliterations will be kept to a minimum, and when used will follow the standard adopted by the appropriate scholarly bodies in the respective language areas. Articles are expected to be written in English though submissions in other languages can also be considered.
Review essays are to be up to 4,000 words in length. They may review one or more books, and may also focus on multiple works of a single author, works in a series, or publications around particular historical sources. Book reviews are to be 1,000 words in length.
Review of Submissions
All submissions are evaluated through a double-blind review process, and include review both by editorial board members and external reviewers.
Publishable Copy
Articles are to be submitted via electronic means in Word format, and accompanied by a copy in pdf format. The pictures and figures should be sent separately in 200 dpi resolution in tif format.
General Style Rules
1. The text must be formatted with 1.5-inch margins and be double-spaced.
2. A separate cover sheet must be included with the manuscript title, author’s name, professional affiliation, complete mailing address and telephone number.
3. A short abstract of 70–100 words in English should accompany the article.
4. Capitalization: authors should be consistent in their use of capitalization.
5. Italics: the titles of works and periodicals should normally be italicized. Foreign words should also be italicized.
6. In general, foreign words and phrases, both in main text and footnotes should be provided in translation. All non-Roman alphabets should be transliterated following the style provided under the section ‘Transliteration’ of the guidelines.
7. All articles should include footnotes and bibliography at the end of the article.
8. Illustrations, tables, maps and figures must be numbered consecutively in the text and captions identifying the source of any image or data should be used.
Figure title: below the picture - Figure 1: Black Sea Region Map
Table title: above the table – Table 1: Demography of the Black Sea Region
9. For further reference, The Chicago Manual of Style Online (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org) is recommended.
Abbreviations
Well known journal titles to be kept in contracted form and less known in full form.
Footnote and bibliography style
The following conventions should be followed in footnotes and bibliographies (according to The Chicago Manual of Style Online). Please note articles from periodicals or titles of book chapters are printed within double quotation marks. Book and journal titles are in italics. Initial citations in the footnotes should initially be in full, and subsequent references in the notes omit publication data. Full publication data should be used in the bibliography. The following provide examples:
Journal article:
Footnote:
Suraiya Faroqhi, “Agricultural Activities in a Bektashi Center 1750-1826: The Tekke of Kızıldeli,” Südost-Forschungen 35 (1976): 69-96.
Shortened note:
Faroqui, “Agricultural Activities,” 78.
Bibliography:
Faroqui, Suraiya. “Agricultural Activities in a Bektashi Center 1750-1826: The Tekke of Kızıldeli.” Südost-Forschungen, vol. 35 (1976): 69-96.
Book with Single Author or Editor
Footnote:
Suraiya Faroqhi, Approaching Ottoman History: An Introduction to the Sources (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999), 83-88.
Shortened note:
Faroqhi, Approaching Otoman History, 83-88.
Bibliography:
Faroqhi, Suraiya. Approaching Otoman History: An Introduction to the Sources. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Book with Multiple Authors
Footnote:
Meliha B. Altunışık and Özlem Tür, Turkey: Challenges of Continuity and Change (London:
Routledge Curzon, 2005), 132-147.
Shortened note:
Altunışık and Tür, Turkey, 95.
Bibliography:
Altunışık, Meliha B., and Özlem Tür. Turkey: Challenges of Continuity and Change. London: Routledge Curzon, 2005.
Chapter in an Edited Book:
Footnote:
Magdalena Elchinova, “Alien by Default. The Identity of the Turks of Bulgaria at Home and in Immigration,” in Developing Cultural Identity in the Balkans: Convergence versus. Divergence. eds. Raymond Detrez and Pieter Plas (Brussels: PIE Peter Lang, 2005), 87-92.
Shortened note:
Elchinova, “Alien by Default”, 87-92.
Bibliography:
Elchinova, Magdalena. “Alien by Default. The Identity of the Turks of Bulgaria at Home and in Immigration.” In Developing Cultural Identity in the Balkans: Convergence vs. Divergence, eds. Raymond Detrez and Pieter Plas, 87-110. Brussels: PIE Peter Lang, 2005.
Theses and dissertations
Footnote:
Neriman Ersoy, “XIX. Yüzyılda Filibe Şehri 1839-1876” (PhD diss., İstanbul University, 2004), 48-50.
Shortened note:
Ersoy, “XIX. Yüzyılda Filibe”, 48-50.
Bibliography:
Ersoy, Neriman. “XIX. Yüzyılda Filibe Şehri 1839-1876.” PhD diss., İstanbul University, 2004.
Electronic Sources
Footnote:
Irène Beldiceanu-Steinherr, “Abdal, l’Étrange Destin d’un Mot: Le problem Abdal Vu à Travers les Registres Ottomans,” Turcica 36 (2004): 50-72, doi: 10.2143/TURC.36.0.578724.
Shortened note:
Beldiceanu-Steinherr, “Abdal,” 87.
Bibliography:
Beldiceanu-Steinherr, I. “Abdal, l’Étrange Destin d’un Mot: Le problem Abdal Vu à Travers les Registres Ottomans.” Turcica 36 (2004): 37-90. doi: 10.2143/TURC.36.0.578724.
Unpublished Conference papers
Footnote:
Mehmet Hacisalihoglu, “The Young Turk Policy in Macedonia: Cause of the Balkan Wars?” (conference paper, Lasting Socio-Political Impacts of the Balkan Wars, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 4-7 May 2011).
Bibliography:
Hacisalihoglu, Mehmet. “The Young Turk Policy in Macedonia: Cause of the Balkan Wars?.” Paper presented at the Conference Lasting Socio-Political Impacts of the Balkan Wars of the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 4-7 May 2011.
Transliteration
Transliteration of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish words should follow the style indicated in the International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (IJMES). Transliterations of Cyrillic or Greek scripts should follow the standard set by ISO 9 and Südost-Forschungen Zeitschrift.
Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
Journal of Balkan and Black Sea Studies follows international principles of transparency and best prctice in scholarly publishing as indicated in the “Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing” by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) on https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing
Responsibilities of the Authors:
- Submitted papers must be original and unpublished, or under review of any other publication.
- The articles must be in accordance with scientific and ethical rules.
- The authors must follow the copyright laws and conventions. Copyright objects can only be used with permission.
- For all ideas and information taken from other studies the author must give the referance with full title of quoted source including the page number where the information is taken.
Responsibility of the Editors:
- Editor-in-Chief and managing editors evaluate the submissions only according to their scientific content without taking into consideration the “ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, religious belief or political philosophy of the authors.”
- They provide a double-blind peer review of the research articles.
- They must ensure the anonymity of the reviewers.
- They are responsible to treat the manuscripts confidential before publishing.
- They are responsible for the quality of articles published in the journal.
- They are responsible to prevent any conflict between the authors and reviewers. The Editor-in-Chief is also responsible to prevent any conflict between the editors and authors.
- The Editor-in-Chief has the right to share the evaluation of one reviewer with other reviewer in case of necessity (for example to clarify a specific point).
- The Editor-in-Chief has the full authority to decide the publication of the articles in the journal.
Responsibility of the Reviewers:
- If a reviewer feels that she/he is not qualified should refuse the review and inform the Editor-in-Chief.
- If a reviewer recognize the author of the article to be evaluated, she/he must inform the Editor-in-Chief and refuse the evalution.
- The reviewers must be objective in their evaluation of the research articles.
- They are responsible to keep all information in the articles as confidential.
- They must inform the editors when they reconize any plagiarism or copyright violation.
Research Ethics
Cited from the website: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/ppil/policy
“The journal adheres to the highest standards in research ethics and follows the principles of international research ethics as defined below. The authors are responsible for the compliance of the manuscripts with the ethical rules.
- Principles of integrity, quality and transparency should be sustained in designing the research, reviewing the design and conducting the research.
- The research team and participants should be fully informed about the aim, methods, possible uses and requirements of the research and risks of participation in research.
- The confidentiality of the information provided by the research participants and the confidentiality of the respondents should be ensured. The research should be designed to protect the autonomy and dignity of the participants.
- Research participants should participate in the research voluntarily, not under any coercion.
- Any possible harm to participants must be avoided. The research should be planned in such a way that the participants are not at risk.
- The independence of research must be clear; and any conflict of interest or must be disclosed.
- In experimental studies with human subjects, written informed consent of the participants who decide to participate in the research must be obtained. In the case of children and those under wardship or with confirmed insanity, legal custodian’s assent must be obtained.
- If the study is to be carried out in any institution or organization, approval must be obtained from this institution or organization.
- In studies with human subject, it must be noted in the method’s section of the manuscript that the informed consent of the participants and ethics committee approval from the institution where the study has been conducted have been obtained.”
Price Policy
The journal is an open access journal (without any fee). Dergi erişime açıktır ve hiç bir erişim ücreti talep edilmemektedir.
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Editorial Board
He has participated in several research projects in Germany, including Southeast European Toponymies and Comparison of Empires, and led the project The Image of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey in Contemporary History Textbooks in the Balkan and Black Sea Countries in Turkey.
Prof. Hacısalihoğlu is the founding director of the Center for Balkan and Black Sea Studies (BALKAR) at Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul. His primary research interests include the history of the Balkans in the 19th and 20th centuries, Russia, the Caucasus, and the Black Sea region—particularly the history of notables (ayans) in the Black Sea area.
He has published books, edited volumes, and numerous articles on a wide range of topics related to the Ottoman Empire, Balkan history, and the Black Sea region.
Scientific Board
BIRTH PLACE AND YEAR :TURKEY-SAMSUN-ÇARŞAMBA / 01 MAY 1969
EDUCATION:
1. PH.D.: 1995-2002, ISTANBUL UNİVERSITY, THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCİENCES, THE INSTİTUTE FOR GRADUATE STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF MODERN HISTORY.
2. M.A.: 1992-1995, ISTANBUL UNİVERSITY, THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCİENCES, THE INSTİTUTE FOR GRADUATE STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF MODERN HISTORY.
3. UNDERGRADUATE: 1988-1992, ISTANBUL UNİVERSITY, THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCİENCES, DEPARTMENT OF MODERN HISTORY.
ACADEMİC TİTLES AND OFFİCES
1. ASSOC. PROF., 2009-2024: ISTANBUL UNİVERSITY, THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCİENCES, DEPARTMENT OF MODERN HISTORY.
2. ASSIST.PROF., 2004-2008: ISTANBUL UNİVERSITY, THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCİENCES, TARİH BÖLÜMÜ, DEPARTMENT OF MODERN HISTORY
3. DR., 2002-2004: ISTANBUL UNİVERSITY, THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCİENCES, DEPARTMENT OF MODERN HISTORY.
4. ASSISTANT, 1993-2002: ISTANBUL UNİVERSITY, THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCİENCES, DEPARTMENT OF MODERN HISTORY.
ACADEMİC ACTIVITIES AND STUDIES
A- NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
1. BOOKS
• ÖRENÇ, A. F.,
Balkanlarda İlk Dram: Unuttuğumuz Mora Türkleri ve Eyaletten Bağımsızlığa, Yunanistan, İstanbul 2008.
• Örenç, A. F., İ. Bostan, Ali Kurumahmut, M. Oğuz ve Y. A. Aydın,
Trablus ve Balkan Harplerinde İşgal Edilen Ege Adaları ve İşgal Telgrafları, , Ankara 2003.
• ÖRENÇ, A. F., F. Emecen, İ. Şahin ve Ö. İşbilir,
Türk Hakimiyetinde Ege Adaları'nın Yönetimi, (Ed. C. Küçük), Ankara 2002.
• ÖRENÇ, A.F., İ. Bostan, F. Emecen, V. Engin, Ö. İşbilir, M. Oğuz, F. Yılmaz ve İ. Şahin,
A Short History Of The Period Of Ottoman Sovereignty Of The Aegean Islands, Ankara 2002.
• ÖRENÇ, A. F., F. Emecen, İ. Bostan, İ.Şahin, V. Engin, M. Oğuz, Ö. İşbilir ve F. Yılmaz,
Ege Adalarının Egemenlik Devri Tarihçesi, Ankara 2001.
• ÖRENÇ, A. F.,
Yakındönem Tarihimizde Rodos ve Oniki Ada, İstanbul 2006.
• ÖRENÇ, A. F.,
Osmanlı Diplomasi Tarihi, İstanbul 2023
• ÖRENÇ, A. F.,
Osmanlı Tarihi (1789-1908), İstanbul 2023.
• ÖRENÇ, A. F.,
Miralay Ahmed Muhtar, bahriyede zafer rehberi (rehber-i muzafferiyat-ı bahriyye), II. Abdülhamid Devrinde Zırhlı Gemiler ve Deniz Muharebe Doktrinleri, İstanbul 2018
• ÖRENÇ, A. F.,
Yakınçağ Tarihi Giriş 1789 1918, İstanbul 2013.
• ÖRENÇ, A. F., DÜZCÜ LEVENT,
Fevzi Kurtoğlu Birinci Dünya Savaşında ve Çanakkalede Türk Donanması, İstanbul 2015.
2. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
• ÖRENÇ, A. F.,
Yakındönem Tarihimizde Rodos ve Oniki Ada, İstanbul 2006.
• , A. F.,
"Ege Adalarının İdarî Yapısı (18301923)", Ege Adaları'nın İdarî, Malî ve Sosyal Yapısı, p. 32-57, Ankara 2003.
• ÖRENÇ, A. F.,
Yakındönem Tarihimizde Rodos ve Oniki Ada, İstanbul 2006.
• ÖRENÇ, A. F.,
Yakındönem Tarihimizde Rodos ve Oniki Ada, İstanbul 2006.
• ÖRENÇ, A. F.,
Yakındönem Tarihimizde Rodos ve Oniki Ada, İstanbul 2006.
• ÖRENÇ, A. F.,
Yakındönem Tarihimizde Rodos ve Oniki Ada, İstanbul 2006.
• ÖRENÇ, A. F.,
"Sisam Emâreti Tuz İnhisarı Mukavelenâmesi", Tuz Kitabı, p. 216-223, İstanbul 2004.
• ÖRENÇ, A. F.,
Yakındönem Tarihimizde Rodos ve Oniki Ada, İstanbul 2006.
• ÖRENÇ, A. F.,
"Research on Turkish Monuments of the Ottoman Period in Rhodes Island", Istanbul Universitiy's Contributions to Archaeology in Turkey 1923-2000,p. 445-447, İstanbul 2001.
• ÖRENÇ, A. F.,
"Mutasarrıflık Teşkilatından Vilayet İdaresine Siverek (1908-1926)", Mezopotamya Ve Anadolu’nun Kavşağında Bir Kent: Siverek Tarih - Toplum - Kültür, İstanbul 2022
• ÖRENÇ, A. F.,
"1821 Mora İsyanı Sürecinde İzmir", Şehir Kültür Medeniyet Çaka Bey'den Günümüze İzmir, İzmir 2022
• ÖRENÇ, A. F.,
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Milena Petkova-Roberg is a graduate of Sofia university “St. Kliment Ohridski” and at present is an Assoc. Prof. at the Department of Bulgarian History, Faculty of History at the university St. “Kliment Ohridski”. She has specialized at the American Research Institute in Turkey, 2011 (Istanbul) and with experience in the field of international relations being International officer at the State Archives Agency of Bulgaria. At present she is taking the position of Vice-Dean at the Faculty of History, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, with main fields of interest in Ottoman economic and demographic history during the Early modern times.
Cigdem Nas is an associate professor of international relations and a member of staff at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul. She graduated from the Political Sicence Department of Bosphorous University in 1988, completed her Masters on European Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science and her Doctorate athe Marmara University EU Institute on the minority rights regime in Europe in 2000. She worked as a researcher at the Istanbul Chamber of Industry between 1992-94, then joined the EU Institute of the Marmara University as a research assistant. She became an associate professor in 2007 and transferred to the Yildiz Technical University. She is the author or several books and articles on the EU and Turkey-EU relations including Turkey and the EU: Processes of Europeanization ve Turkey and EU Integration: Achievements and Obstacles published by Routledge. She is a member of the Turkish University Studies Association on EU Studies (TUNAECS), Academic Network of European Studies in Turkey (A-NEST), the Europe Team of the Delegation of the EU in Ankara, Jean Monnet Scholars Association, Global Relations Forum, and International Political Science Association (IPSA).
Baş Editör-Sorumlu Yazı İşleri ve Dergi İmtiyaz Sahibi
International Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. Abdullah Gündoğdu
Abdullah Gündoğdu graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography, Department of General Turkish History in 1986. He completed his master's degree in 1989 at the Department of History (General Turkic History) at the A.Ü. Institute of Social Sciences. In 1995, he received his doctorate with his thesis titled "History of the Khiva Khanate (Yadigâr Şibanileri Era: 1512-1740)". He started working as a research assistant at the Department of General Turkish History at the A.Ü. Faculty of Language, History and Geography between 1987-1998. He was promoted to Assistant Professor in the same department in 1998 and Associate Professor as of January 25, 2001. He was appointed Professor on February 12, 2008. He continues his duty at the same faculty. He speaks English, Russian and Persian as well as Modern Turkish languages. He worked in Uzbekistan, RF Tatarstan Autonomous Republic, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan. He participated in many scientific meetings in Turkey and abroad.
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emund Aarbakke studied philosophy, history of religions and ancient Greek at the University of Bergen, Norway. During his postgraduate studies on Balkan political history, which took place at the University of Copenhagen, he also attended courses at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Istanbul University, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, and Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. He spent the academic year 1994-1995 at the Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University on a Fulbright Scholarship. He received his PhD in history from the University of Bergen 2001. He has worked as researcher at the Chr. Michelsens Institute (Bergen), Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (Bergen) and the International Peace Research Institute (Oslo). He has been teaching at the School of Political Sciences of the Aristotle University since 2004 with subject area modern Balkan politics. He has participated in several research projects and during the period 2014-15 he headed the research programme: Modernity battling tradition: the introduction of Kemalism to the Muslim minority of Western Thrace, 1920-1930. His research focuses on the study of minorities, refugees, Islam, democratisation and nationalism. His publications include: The Muslim Minority of Greek Thrace (University of Bergen, 2000); Ethnic Rivalry and the Quest for Macedonia 18701913 (East European Monographs, Boulder, 2003); Pomak Language Usage and the Spell of Nationalism—The Case of the Pomaks in Greece,” Slavia Islamica : language, religion and identity, edited by Robert D. Greenberg, Motoki Nomachi, Slavic Eurasian studies; no. 25, 2012, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University (http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/coe21/publish/no25_ses/contents.html,“Internationalisation of the Muslim Minority Issue,” Südost-Forschungen, Band 71, 2012. The report of Petar Chaulev to Prime Minister Vasil Rodoslavov about the situation in Western Thrace in February 1914’, Balkan Studies, 49, 2015, http://www.imxa.gr/bsfiles/49/Aarbakke.pdf , “Die Region Makedonien” in Oliver Jens Schmitt – Michael Metzeltin (Hg.), Das Südosteuropa der Regionen, Wien, 2015, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. “Urban space and Bulgarian-Greek antagonism in Thrace, 1870-1912” in Maria Couroucli & Tchavdar Marinov (Eds.), Balkan Heritages – Negotiating History and Culture, Routledge 2015.
1968 yılında İstanbul – Fatih'te doğdum. Babam Asım Ağanoğlu Yugoslavya'nın Prijepolje (Sancak) şehrinde doğmuştur. Dedem Ahmet Ağanoğlu ve Babaannem Münire Hanım 1932 yılında İstanbul'a göç etmiştir.
Annem Leman Ağanoğlu Yugoslavya'nın Üsküp şehrinde 1934 yılında doğmuştur. Anneannem Havva hanım Üsküp'ün Blatza köyünden, Dedem Mecit Bey ise Üsküp'ün Kopanitza köyündendir. Annemlerin ailesi ise 1955 yılında İstanbul'a göç etmişlerdi. Annem ve babam 1967 yılında İstanbul'da evlendikten sonra, ailenin ilk çocuğu olarak ben ve daha sonra 1974 yılında kardeşim Yıldıray Ağanoğlu dünyaya gelmiştir.
İlk orta ve lise İstanbul’da bitirdikten sonra, 1985 yılında girdiğim İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Tarih Bölümü'nden 1989 yılında mezun oldum. 1988 yılında T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Osmanlı Arşivi Daire Başkanlığı'nda resmi olarak göreve başladım. Çeşitli birimlerinde çalışmaktan gurur duyduğum kurumumda 2004 yılından itibaren Rumeli Araştırmaları Grup Başkanı olarak görev yapmaktayım.
1989-1991 yılları arasında askerlik vazifemi Piyade-Asteğmen olarak Tekirdağ'da tamamladım. 1991 yılında evlendim ve iki erkek iki kız dört çocuk sahibiyim.
1996 yılında İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi Anabilim Dalında Yüksek Lisansa başladım. “Türkiye'de Göç ve Göçmen Meselesi, Balkan Harbi Sonrası Örneği(1912-1914)” adlı tezimle yüksek lisansımı başarı ile bitirdim. Rumeli kökenli bir ailenin çocuğu olmam hasebiyle annem ve babamın anlattığı göç hatıraları daima ilgimi çekti. Bu olay tez konumu seçmemdeki en önemli sebeplerden birini teşkil etmiştir. 2000 yılında Marmara Üniversitesi Türkiyat Enstitüsü Cumhuriyet Tarihi Anabilim Dalı'nda başladığım doktora eğitimime, ara vermek zorunda kaldım.
İlim ile uğraşmak için illa da akademik kariyer gerekmiyor düşüncesiyle, Balkanlar ve Göç ile ilgili kaleme aldığım tebliğlerim ile ulusal ve uluslar arası birçok panel ve sempozyuma katılmaya devam ediyorum. Balkanlar ile ilgili tarihten günümüze bir kültür köprüsü oluşturmak ana gayesiyle yazdığım yazılarım çeşitli dergi ve günlük gazetelerde yayınlanmıştır. Ayrıca çeşitli radyo ve tv programlarına katılarak Balkanlar'daki gelişmelerden Türkiye kamuoyunu haberdar etmeye çalışıyorum. Ayrıca Türkiye Yazarlar Birliği İstanbul Şubesi’ne ve İstanbul’da bulunan Türk Arşivciler Derneği'ne de üyeyim.
Osmanlı’dan Cumhuriyete Balkanların Makus Talihi: Göç, Üsküp Kitabı, Arka Bahçemiz Üsküp, , II. Dünya Savaşı’nda Yugoslavya’da Bir Direniş Mücadelesi Yücel Teşkilatı, Tuna Nehrinde Yitik Bir Vatan Adakale, Ohri Gölünde Bir İnci: Struga, Ohri Halveti Hayati Asitanesi, Ohri-Struga Benim Vatanım, Bir Tasfiye ve Örtülü Sürgün Metodu olarak Balkanlardan Türkiye’ye Göçler (1923-2004), Balkanlarda Yetim Türkler, Bosna-İstanbul Yolunda Bir Sancak Şehri Priyepolye, Sultan II. Abdülhamid’den Günümüze Sancak ve Priyepolye adlı kitapların yazarıyım. Ayrıca 1896 Kosova Vilayeti Salnamesi, Türklerin Rumeli’ye Çıkışının 650. Yıldönümü 650. Yıl Sempozyumu, Köprüler Kurduk Balkanlara Sempozyumu adlı eserleri de yayına hazırladım.
TRT’de yayınlanan Balkanlar ve Göç adlı 14 bölümlük belgeselin danışmanlığını yaptım. Tek Rumeli tv’de İstanbul’dan Rumeli’ye ve Balkan Savaşı’ndan Balkan Barışına programlarını hazırlayıp sundum.
İstanbul Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi, Çağdaş Türk Lehçeleri ve Edebiyatları bölümü öğretim üyesi.
