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Indexes
Journal Boards
BAŞ EDİTÖR
Education Management, Philosophy of Education
EDİTÖRLER
Contemporary Military History, History of The Republic of Turkiye, Political History (Other)
SEKRETERYA
Rural and Regional Geography, Population Geography, Countries Geography
Labor Sociology, Industrial Sociology
ALAN EDİTÖRLERİ
Mustafa Günay, 1995 yılından bu yana Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Felsefe Grubu öğretmenliği bölümünde öğretim üyesi olarak çalışmaktadır. Araştırma ve ilgi alanları: Hermeneutik, insan ve kültür felsefesi, tarih felsefesi, felsefe-edebiyat ilişkileri, Cumhuriyet döneminde felsefe. Yazıları bu güne kadar Felsefe Tartışmaları, Doğu Batı, Kaygı, Cumhuriyet Kitap, Varlık, Kitaplık, Mesele gibi dergilerde yayınlandı. Çeşitli felsefe sempozyumlarında bildiriler sundu. 2004 yılından bu yana ÖZNE dergisinin genel yayın yönetmenliğini sürdürmektedir.
Kitapları:
Felsefe Tarihinde İnsan Sorunu(2003),
Süregiden Felsefe Üzerine Bir Deneme (2004),
Metinlerle Felsefeye Giriş (2004),
Arslan Kaynardağ’a Armağan-Türkiye’de Felsefenin Kurumlaşması Editör:(2006),
Cumhuriyet Döneminde Felsefe Tarihçiliği (2005),
Hierapolisli Bir Filozof Epiktetos, Editör. Haluk Erdem-Mustafa Günay (2014),
Felsefe ve Edebiyat, Editör. Mustafa Günay-Ali Osman Gündoğan (2014),
Felsefede Elli Yıl-Doğan Özlem Sempozyumu Bildirileri, Editör. (2016),
Urlalı Bir Filozof Anaksagoras, Editör. İoanna Kuçuradi-H.Haluk Erdem-M. Günay, (2018),
Eğitim Felsefesi, (2018),
Eğitimde Ahlak ve Etik, (2020),
Gezgin Filozof Uluğ Nutku, Editör. M. Günay, (2020),
Bir Felsefe Feneri: Vehbi Hacıkadiroğlu, Editör. M. Günay-Mehmet Akay (2021),
Felsefenin Aydınlık Yüzü Bedia Akasu, Editör. M. Günay, (2021),
Şiire Felsefeyle Yönelmek, (2022).
Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Philosophy of Human Being, Philosophy of Culture , Philosophy in Turkiye
Fine Arts Education, Creative Arts and Writing, Fine Arts, Plastic Arts, Painting
Ecocriticism, Modernist/Postmodernist Literature, Literary Studies (Other), Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field
Sport and Exercise Psychology, Exercise and Sports Psychology
Ecology, Ecological Applications, Ecological Impacts of Climate Change and Ecological Adaptation, Human Impacts of Climate Change and Human Adaptation, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation (Other), Environmental Economy, Türkiye Physical Geography, Ecology, Sustainability and Energy, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Planning, Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology, Physical Geography and Environmental Geology, Remote Sensing , Climatology
Social Work (Other), Welfare Studies, Sociology, Educational Sociology, Youth Sociology , Migration Sociology, Sociology of Child
Cognition, Psychology of Ageing, Experimental Psychology
Physical Anthropology and Paleoanthropology, Archaeology, Archaeological Science
Sociology, Urban Sociology and Community Studies, Sociology of Culture
Public Administration, Urban Policy, Political Science, Constitutional and Political Theories, Political Sociology, Participation and Governance
Political Sociology, Social Movement, Social Theory, Sociology of Aging
Asst. Prof. Dr.
Yunus BAYDAŞ
SİİRT ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, İŞLETME BÖLÜMÜ
Finance and Investment
Late Modern Balkan History, Late Modern Ottoman History
Prof. Dr.
Nilgün Çolpan ERKAN
Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, Mimarlık Fakültesi, Şehir ve Bölge Planlama Bölümü
Urban Planning and Health, Urban Design, Architecture and Environmental Psychology
Arabic Language and Rhetoric
Receiving his BA in English Language and Literature in 2009, Mehmet Galip Zorba completed his PhD at Gazi University’s English Language and Teaching program in 2019 with his dissertation on raising intercultural awareness through teaching English. He is employed at Akdeniz University’s Faculty of Letters, Department of English Language and Literature. His research interest mainly focuses on investigating ways to integrate literary texts into teaching for quality education.
British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture
Family and Household Studies, Counselling, Wellbeing and Community Services, Social Work (Other), Disabled Groups, Social Welfare Policies, Household Finance and Financial Literacy
Filmmaking and Directing, Cinema-Tv Production and Management
Turkish Political Life, Middle East Studies, Turkish Foreign Policy, History of The Republic of Turkiye, Political History
Environmental Sociology, Migration Sociology, Rural Sociology
Lisans: Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sanat Tarih: 2002
Yüksek Lisans: Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sanat Tarihi: 2010
Doktora: Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sanat Tarihi: 2016
Doçentlik: İslam Tarihi ve Sanatları: Türk İslam Sanatları: 2021
Islamic Arts, Art History, Archaeology
Turkish Folklore, Alawism Bektashism Studies, Turkish Folklore Outside Türkiye, Turkish Folklore in the Türkiye Field
2008 yılında Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Antropoloji Bölümü'nden mezun olan Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Sibel Önal, 2017 yılında Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Fizik Antropoloji programında doktorasını tamamladı. 2014 yılından beri mezun olduğu bölümde çalışmaktadır. Ergonomi, kent ergonomisi, beden algısı ve ekoloji üzerine dersler vererek çalışmalarını sürdürmektedir.
Anthropometry, Ecological Anthropology, Ergonomi, Physics Anthropology
Econometric and Statistical Methods, Mathematical Economics, Game Theory, Microeconomics (Other)
Ankara’da doğdu. İlk, orta ve lise öğrenimini Ankara’da tamamladı. 6 yaşında darbuka ile tanışarak babasının bağlama ile çaldığı melodilere eşlik etti. 10 yaşında uzun sap bağlama çalmaya başladı. Üniversiteye hazırlık dönemlerinde çeşitli sanatçılarla sahne aldı. 1998 yılında merhum Coşkun GÜLA ve Bircan PULLUKÇUOĞLU’ ndan bağlama ve Türk Halk Müziği şan dersleri aldı.
2003 yılında Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Müzik Öğretmenliği bölümünden mezun oldu.
2005 yılında Ankara’da özel bir okulun lise, ortaokul, ilkokul bölümlerinde müzik öğretmenliği yaptı. Sonraki yıllarda aynı okulun fen lisesi ve anaokulu biriminde müzik öğretmenliği, tören komitesi koordinatörü ve ritim grubu sorumlusu olarak görev yaptı.
2006 yılında 2010 yılında Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü Eğitimin Kültürel Temelleri Güzel Sanatlar Eğitimi tezli yüksek bölümüne girmeye hak kazandı.
Prof. Dr. Sedat SEVER ile Çocuk Edebiyatı Araştırmaları, Sanat Eğitimi Sürecinde Çocuk Yazını
Prof. Dr. Cahit KAVCAR ile Edebiyatta Eleştiri
Prof. Dr. Ayşe ÇAKIR İLHAN ile Sanat Akımları ve Kuramları, 1950 Sonrası Sanat Akımları
Prof. Dr. Nezihe ŞENTÜRK ile Türkiye’de Müzik Eğitimi ve Sorunları, Cumhuriyet Döneminde Müzik Eğitim Politikaları üzerine çalışmalar yaptı.
“İlköğretimde Uygulamalı Ritim Eğitiminin Öğrencilerin Müzik Derslerine İlişkin Tutumlarına Etkisi” adlı yüksek lisans tez çalışmasıyla mezun oldu.
2009 yılında Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı kadrolu müzik öğretmeni olarak Kastamonu’nun Araç ilçesine atandı. Aynı yıl İstanbul Kenan Evren Kışlasında kısa dönem erbaş olarak vatani görevini yerine getirdi.
2011 yılında Ankara’ya tayini çıktı. 2014 yılında girdiği seçme sınavlarını kazanarak Türkiye’nin ilk Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi olan Yasemin Karakaya Bilim ve Sanat Merkezine kadrolu öğretmen olarak atandı.
2014 yılında Ankara Üniversitesi İlâhiyat Fakültesi İslâm Tarihi ve Sanatları Türk Din Mûsikîsi bölümü doktora programına girmeye hak kazandı.
Prof. Dr. Bayram AKDOĞAN ile Türk Müziği Solfej
Yard. Doç. Dr. Ruhi KALENDER ile Türk Müziğinde Usûller, Beste ve İmlâ Çalışmaları
Doç. Dr. Cenk GÜRAY ile Türk Din Mûsikîsi Eserlerinin Analizi, Bağlamada İleri Düzey İcra Çalışmaları üzerine çalışmalar yaptı. “İmam Hatip Lisesi Öğrencilerinin Dinî Mûsikî Derslerine Yönelik Tutumları” adlı doktora tez çalışmasıyla mezun oldu.
Education, Education Policy, Religious Music, Music Education
Tourism, Gastronomy
YABANCI DİL EDİTÖRÜ
Quantum Computation
YAYIN KURULU
1977 yılında Manisa’nın Salihli ilçesinde doğdu. 2000 yılında Çukurova Üniversitesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü’nden mezun oldu. 2003’te bilim uzmanı, 2007’de aynı üniversitenin Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Yeni Türk Dili Anabilim Dalı’ndan Doktor unvanı aldı. Lisansüstü eğitimi devam ederken 7 yıl Millî Eğitim Bakanlığı’na bağlı ilköğretim okullarında Türkçe Öğretmeni olarak görev yaptı. 2014 yılında Türkçe Eğitimi alanında Doçent, 2020 yılında ise aynı alanda Prof. Dr. unvanını aldı.
Mersin Üniversitesi Türkçe Öğretimi Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi’nin (TUAM) kurucu müdürlüğünü yaptı. Aynı üniversitenin Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü Yabancı Dil olarak Türkçenin Öğretimi Yüksek Lisan Programı’nı kurdu.
TABİTAK – SOBAG’ın desteklediği 4 adet 1001, 1 adet 1002, 1 adet 1003 projesinde yürütücü; 2 adet 1001 projesinde danışman ve TÜBİTAK – EEEAG’nin desteklediği 1 adet 1005 projesinde ise yine yürütücü olarak görev aldı. TÜBİTAK – BİDEB’in 2224-A Yurt Dışı Bilimsel Etkinliklere Katılımı Destekleme Programı, 2229 ve 2237 Bilimsel Eğitim Etkinliklerini Destekleme Programları ile 2219 Yurt Dışı Doktora Sonrası Araştırma Burs Programı destekleriyle eğitimler düzenledi, koordinatör ve katılımcı olarak çok sayıda bilimsel çalışmalar yürüttü.
Çalışma konuları arasında sözlükbilimi, derlem dilbilimi ve Türkçenin öğretimi yer almaktadır.
Hâlen Mersin Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Türkçe Eğitimi Bölümü’nde akademik çalışmalarını yürütmektedir. (http://ozkanbulent.com)
Linguistics, Turkish Education
Macroeconomic Theory, Growth, Inflation, Employment, Development Economics, Disaster Economy
Prof. Dr. Cahit Epçaçan, Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı alanında lisans eğitimini İnönü Üniversitesinde, Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Eğitimi alanında yüksek lisans (1999) ve Türkçe Eğitimi alanında doktora (2010) eğitimlerini Atatürk Üniversitesinde tamamladı. 2014 yılında Türkçe Eğitimi alanında Doçent unvanını aldı. Hâlen İstanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Türkçe ve Sosyal Bilimler Eğitimi Bölümünde görev yapan Prof. Dr. Cahit Epçaçan'ın ulusal ve uluslararası dizinlerde taranan dergilerde yayımlanmış çok sayıda makalesi mevcuttur. Prof. Dr. Cahit Epçaçan'ın araştırma alanları arasında Türkçe eğitimi yer almaktadır.
Turkish and Social Sciences Education, Turkish Education
Development Economics - Macro, Policy of Treasury, Development Economics, Public Economy, Defence Studies, Public Finance
Education, Scale Development, Education Management, Supervision in Education, Education Planning, Inspection and Planning
Quantum Computation
Arabic Language and Rhetoric
Islamic Philosophy, Kalam
History of The Republic of Turkiye, Ataturk's Principles History of Revolution
Public Administration
History of The Republic of Turkiye, Ataturk's Principles History of Revolution
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FABIO L. GRASSI
ESSENTIAL CURRICULUM AND PUBLICATIONS
Born in Rome in 1963.
Summer scholarships to study in Turkey for the years 1985 and 1988. Degree in Arts with the highest final mark, 1986. Scholarship for PhD from 1990 to 1993.
PhD in Contemporary Italian History, 1994 (thesis on “Italy and the Turkish Question 1919-1923: public opinion and foreign policy”). Winner of post-doctoral scholarship, 1997.
From 2005 to 2008 courses of Contemporary Turkish History for the master program in Mediterranean Civilizations and Societies, “Gabriele D’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy.
From 2005 to 2009 Senior lecturer in the Department of Teaching of Foreign Languages (Faculty of Sciences of Education) of Yıldız Technical University - Istanbul;
In 2010 and 2011 Senior lecturer in the Department of Humanities and Social Studies (Faculty of Arts and Sciences), with courses of history in Turkish.
Since December 2011 Assistant Professor in History of Eastern Europe in Sapienza University - Roma. Courses of History of Eurasia, History of Cooperation and Development, Turkish Language and Contemporary History (the last one in English).
Enabled, in the session 2012-14, by the competent national commissions to be ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR in FOUR academic fields: Modern History, Contemporary History, Near East Cultures and History of International Relations;
Enabled, in the session 2016-18, by the competent national commissions to be ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR and FULL PROFESSOR in History of International Relations and to be ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR in Contemporary History.
From February 2013 to August 2015 Director of the BAU Center of Eurasian Studies in Sapienza University.
Since January 2015 Official Representative of the Rector of Sapienza University in the Executive Board of EURAS (Union of Eurasian Universities), later counselor for the relations with EURAS.
In September 2015 visiting professor by al-Farabi University of Almaty (course on “European History and Culture from the Middle Age to the present days”).
Since December 2016 Counselor for the Iranian and Turkic countries in the governance of Sapienza University.
Since March 2021 academic counselor of the Sapienza Istanbul Desk project.
Junior Research Fellow of the Sapienza Superior School of Advanced Studies for the academic years 2020-2023 and 2023-26.
Since June 2020 Editor in Chief of the double-blind peer reviewed “EURAS Journal of Social Sciences”.
Professorship honoris causa in Political Sciences from the International University of Struga (Macedonia).
Fully in service as ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR in History of Eastern Europe since 3 September 2019.
Some one hundred twenty publications in Italian - among them four great monographs, the first three translated in Turkish, one also in English, the fourth one published in September 2024 - and more than ten publications in English or Turkish; participation to and/or organization of many conferences and many lectures (in Italian, English, Turkish and French).
Member of the commission charged by the Turkish State school authorities to draw up a curriculum in the Italian language for Turkish high schools; interpreter and translator; supervisor/editor of the translation in Turkish of 3 Italian books (2 novels and 1 history book), published in 2007; member of scientific or editorial boards of scientific journals and conferences; referee for various Italian and Turkish journals; member of several scientific associations; participation to Sapienza University and joint research groups; member of several commissions; permanent member of the board of the PhD program of History and Cultures of Europe.
Since 1 May 2023 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR in History of International Relations.
KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES:
Italian – Mother tongue;
English – Very Good (experience of teaching in this language)
Turkish – Very Good (experience of teaching in this language);
Azerbaijani Turkish – Good;
French – Good;
Romanian – Fair;
Spanish - Fair
WORKS:
a) Monographs:
1. L’Italia e la Questione Turca 1919-1923. Opinione pubblica e politica estera, [Italy and the Turkish Question 1919-1923. Public Opinion and Foreign Policy], Torino Zamorani, 1996, pp. 270;
- İtalya ve Türk Sorunu 1919-1923. Kamuoyu ve dış politika, İstanbul, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2003, 2010 (Turkish translation);
2. Atatürk. Il Fondatore della Turchia Moderna [Atatürk. The Founder of Modern Turkey], Roma, Salerno, 2008, new edition 2020, pp. 444;
- Atatürk, İstanbul, Turkuvaz Kitap, 2009 (Turkish translation; reprint İstanbul, Doğan Kitap, 2018);
3. Noterelle sulla Lingua Turca [Short Notes about Turkish language], Vigevano, Micron, 2008, pp. 60;
4. Turchia e Balcani. Materiali per lo Studio degli Anni Recenti [Turkey and Balkans. Materials for the Study of the Recent Years], Cluj-Napoca, Napoca Star, 2012, p. 174;
5. Una Nuova Patria. L’Esodo dei Circassi verso l’Impero Ottomano [A new Homeland. The exodus of the Circassians towards the Ottoman Empire], Istanbul, ISIS, 2014, pp. 281;
- Yeni bir Vatan. Çerkeslerin Osmanlı İmparatorluğuna zorunlu Göçü (1864), İstanbul, Tarihçi Kitabevi, 2017 (shortened Turkish translation);
- A New Homeland. The massacre of the Circassians, their Exodus to the Ottoman Empire, their place in modern Turkey, Istanbul, Istanbul Aydın University Publications, 2018 (shortened English translation);
6. La Fine del Potere Ottomano. L’ultimo sultano, l’ultimo califfo, gli ultimi gran visir [The end of the Ottoman power. The last sultan, the last caliph, the last grand viziers], Bologna, Marietti1820, 2024.
b) Editings:
1. Traduzione e Didattica. Contributi per l’Insegnamento dell’Italiano in Turchia [Translation and Didactics. Contributions for the teaching of Italian language in Turkey], pp. 34;
2. (together with Esra Danacıoğlu), Italia e Turchia tra Passato e Futuro. Un Impegno Comune, una Sfida Culturale [Italy and Turkey between Past and Future. A Common Aim, a Cultural Challenge], Roma, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2009, pp. 308;
3. (together with Roberto Sciarrone), I Bulgari e la Bulgaria in Europa [Bulgarians and Bulgaria in Europe], Roma, Aracne, 2014, pp. 160;
4. Roma’ya Yürüşünün 100. Yılı. İtalya’da faşizmin iktidara gelişi [One hundred years after the March to Rome. The rise to power of fascism in Italy], monographic dossier, “Toplumsal Tarih” [Social History], n. 346, Ekim [October] 2022, pp. 44-60;
5. (together with Fulvio Bertuccelli and Mihaela Gavrila), Minorities and Diasporas in Turkey: public images and issues in education, Roma, Sapienza Università Editrice, 2023;
6. (together with Giuseppe Motta), Tra Passato e Presente. Dinamiche di cambiamento nello spazio ottomano [Between Past and Present. Dynamics of change in the Ottoman space], Roma, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2025.
c) Proceedings of conferences and contributions to collective books:
1. La Definizione dei Confini della Turchia, 1919-1974 [The Settlement of Turkey’s Borders, 1919-1974], in Marta Petricioli / Alberto Tonini (eds.), Identità e Appartenenza in Medio Oriente [Identity and Belonging in the Middle East], Firenze, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Studi sullo Stato, 1998, pp. 67-75;
2. L’Italia di fronte al Crollo della Pace di Sèvres: una Presunta Grande Potenza alla Prova (settembre-ottobre 1922) [Italy Facing the Collapse of the Peace of Sèvres: a Supposed Great Power Put to the Test (September-October 1922)], in George Cipaianu / Vasile Vesa (eds.), La fin de la Première Guerre mondiale et la nouvelle architecture gèopolitique européenne, Cluj-Napoca, Presses Universitaires de Cluj, 2000, pp. 95-106;
3. Turchia: Perdere un Impero, Sopravvivere come Stato [Turkey: to Lose an Empire, to Survive as a State], in Marco Dogo (ed.), Schegge d’Impero, Pezzi d’Europa. Balcani e Turchia fra Continuità e Mutamento 1804-1923 [Splinters of Empire, Pieces of Europe. The Balkans and Turkey Between Continuity and Change 1804-1923], Gorizia, Libreria Editrice Goriziana, 2006, pp. 215-241;
4. Sèvres e Losanna: Condanne Esplicite, Condanne Silenziose [Sèvres and Lausanne: Open Condemnations, Silent Condemnations], in Monica Ruocco (ed.), Pace e Guerra nel Medio Oriente in Età Moderna e Contemporanea. Atti del Convegno SeSaMO – Lecce 2004, Galatina, Congedo, 2008, vol. I, pp. 195-205;
5. Garibaldi e Garibaldini a Costantinopoli e nell’Impero Ottomano: Conoscenze Attuali, Piste per Future Ricerche [Garibaldi and Garibaldians in Costantinople and Ottoman Empire: Today Knowledge, Paths for Future Researches], in Stefania Bonanni (ed.), Garibaldi: Cultura e Ideali. Atti del LXIII Congresso di Storia del Risorgimento (Cagliari, 11-15 ottobre 2006) [Garibaldi: Culture and Idealities. Proceedings of the LXIII Congress of History of Risorgimento (Cagliari, 11-15 October 2006)], Roma, Istituto Per la Storia del Risorgimento Italiano, 2008, pp. 419-440;
6. Da un Altro Stretto. L’Eco del terremoto di Messina a Istanbul [From Another Strait. The Echo of Messina Earthquake in Istanbul], in Giovanna Motta (ed.), La Città Ferita. Il Terremoto dello Stretto e la Comunità Internazionale [The Wounded City. The Strait Earthquake and the International Community], Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2008, pp. 150-158;
7. Insegnare Insieme Lingua e Contenuti Letterari [Teaching Together Language and Literatury Texts], in Fabio L. Grassi (ed.), Traduzione e Didattica. Contributi per l’Insegnamento dell’Italiano in Turchia, İstanbul, Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2009, pp. 15-20;
8. Gli Ottomani e i Secoli delle Conquiste nelle Pagine degli Osservatori Occidentali [The Ottomans and the Centuries of the Conquests in the Pages of the Western Observers], in Esra Danacıoğlu / Fabio L. Grassi (eds.), Italia e Turchia tra Passato e Futuro. Un Impegno Comune, una Sfida Culturale, Roma, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2009, pp. 55-68;
9. Atatürk’ün Eserinin Yorunmlanmasına Yabancı Bilim Adamlarının Katkısı [The Contribution of the Foreign Men of Culture in the Intepretation of Atatürk], in Türkiye Barolar Birliği [Union of the Turkish Lawyers], Uluslararası Atatürk’ü Çağdaş Yorumlama ve Anma Programı – 1. XXI. Yüzyılda Atatürk’ü Düşünmek [International Program of Contemporary Interpretation and Remembrance of Atatürk 1 - Thinking Atatürk in 21th Century], Ankara, Türkiye Barolar Birliği Yayınları, 2010, pp. 24-29;
10. Trablusgarp’tan Kurtuluş Savaşı’na İtalyan Politikasında İzmir [Smyrna in Italian Policy from Tripoli to the War of Liberation], in Oktay Gökdemir (ed.), Kuva-yı Milliye’nin 90. Yılında İzmir ve Batı Anadolu. Uluslararası Sempozyum Bildirileri 6-8 Eylül 2009 [Proceedings of the Symposium on Smyrna and Western Anatolia in the 90th Anniversary of the National Forces, 6-8 September 2009], İzmir, İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi, 2010, vol. I, pp. 94-106;
11. La perdita della Romania nella Memoria Storica Turca [The Loss of Romania in the Turkish Historical Memory], in G. Mandrescu / G. Altarozzi (coordinators), Imagine Reflectata. Momente de Istorie Comparata. Lucrările Sesiunii Italo-Române, Cluj-Napoca - Alba Iulia, 8-9 Septembrie 2008 [The Reflected Image. Moments of Compared History. Proceedings of the Italo-Romanian Session, Cluj-Napoca - Alba Iulia, 8-9 September 2008], Cluj-Napoca, Accent, 2010, pp. 54-61;
12. L’Adriatico per l’Impero Ottomano: un Limes e una Tentazione [The Adriatic Sea for the Ottoman Empire: a Limes and a Temptation], in Stefano Trinchese / Francesco Caccamo (eds.), Rotte Adriatiche. Tra Italia, Balcani e Mediterraneo [Adriatic Routes. Among Italy, Balkans and Mediterranean], Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2011, pp. 32-41;
13. In Turchia, Avventura e Incanto nella Steppa [In Turkey. Adventure and Spell in the Steppes] (editorial title), in Giovanna Motta (ed.), “Raccontami una Storia…”. Fiabe, Leggende e Miti nella Memoria dei Popoli [“Tell me Something…” Tales, Legenda and Myths in the Memory of the Peoples], Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2011, pp. 202-208;
14. Annotazioni sulla Storiografia Italiana in Tema di Turchia Contemporanea [Notes on Italian Historiography relating Contemporary Turkey], in Giovanna Motta (ed.), Studi sull’Europa Orientale. Un bilancio storiografico. Una nuova generazione di storici (1970-2010) [Essays on Eastern Europe. A historiographical balance. A new generation of historians (1970-2010)], Firenze, Passigli, 2012, pp. 73-79;
15. Nazione, Emancipazione, Modernizzazione. Halide Edip Adıvar e Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu di fronte alla Rivoluzione Kemalista [Nation, Emancipation, Modernization. Halide Edip Adıvar and Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu face to Kemalist revolution], in Giovanna Motta (ed.), L’Idea di Nazione e l’Impero fra Storia e Letteratura [Tha Idea of Nation and Empire between Hitory and Literature], Roma, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2013, pp. 109-116;
16. Niçin Trablusgarp? İtalyan Çıkarması arkasındaki Siyaset ve Kültür [Why Tripoli? Politics e Culture behind Italian landing], in Mehmet Ersan / Nuri Karakaş (eds.), Osmanlı Devleti’nin Dağılma Sürecinde Trablusgarp ve Balkan Savaşları 16-18 Mayıs 2011 / İzmir. Bildiriler [Tripoli and the Balkan Wars in the process of dissolution of the Ottoman State. 16-18 May Smyrna. Relations], Ankara, Türk Tarih Kurumu, 2013, pp. 37-47;
17. Le Guerre Balcaniche per i Turchi: “Non riaprire quella ferita!” [The Balkan Wars for Turks: “Don't reopen that wound!”], in Giuseppe Motta (ed.), Le Guerre Balcaniche e la Fine del “Secolo Lungo”. Atti del convegno di Târgu Mureş [The Balkan Wars and the end of the “Long Century”. Proceedings of the conference held in Târgu Mureş], Roma, Nuova Cultura, 2013, pp. 117-141.
18. L’Oriente Ottomano e la Politica Napoleonica [The Ottoman East and Napoleon’s policy], in Giovana Motta (a cura di), L’Imperatore dei Francesi e l’Europa Napoleonica [The Emperor of the French and Napoleon’s Europe], Roma, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2014, pp. 195-210;
19. L'irrisolto Fattore Turco [The Unsolved Turkish Factor], in Gabriele Jori (a cura di), Contributi alla Tavola Rotonda “Verso una Comunità Euro-Mediterranea. L'Università per l'Europa. Verso l'Unione Politica”. Sessione EuroSapienza [Contributions to the Round Table “Towards an Euro-Mediterranean Community. The University for Europe. Towards political union. EuroSapienza session], Roma, 20 marzo 2014, Roma, Università “La Sapienza”, 2014, pp. 43-49;
20. An Anti-Nationalistic Dream: Ottomanism, in Antonello Biagini / Giovanna Motta (eds.), Empires and Nations from the Eighteen to the Twentieth Century, Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014, vol. I, pp. 74-82;
21. Kurtuluştan Sonraki Haftalarda İzmir’e Dair İtalyan Görüş ve Projeleri [Italian opinions and projects on Smirne in the Weeks following the Liberation] in Murat Alper Parlak (ed.), Kurtuluş ve Kuruluşun Sembol Kenti İzmir [Smirne, Symbol city of the liberation and refoundation], Ankara, Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi, 2015, pp. 125-140;
22. The Turkish Intellectuals and the Great War, in Antonello Biagini / Giovanna Motta (eds.), The Great War. Analysis and Interpretation, Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015, vol. II, pp. 179-188;
23. Europe and the Greater Asia in the Past and Now, in Materials of International Scientific-Theoretical Conference on Actual Problems of World History, November 19-20th, 2015, Almaty, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 2015, pp. 38-39;
24. Il Cibo dei Popoli Turchi e La Tavola dei Sultani [Food of the Turkic peoples and the table of the sultans], in Giovanna Motta (ed.), I tempi e i Luoghi del Cibo [Times and places of food], Roma, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2016, pp. 213-224;
25. Jews and Hebraism in Republican Turkey, in Giuseppe Motta (ed.), Dall'Antigiudaismo all'Antisemitismo. Saggi sulla questione ebraica fra XIX e XX secolo [From anti-judaism to anti-semitism Essays on the Jewish questionin XIX-XX centuries], Roma, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2016, pp. 127-143;
26. Ernesto Buonaiuti: İman, Hürriyet, Yalnızlık [Ernesto Buonaiuti: faith, freedom, loneliness], in Fulya Bayraktar (ed.), Hikmetin İzinde. Kenan Gürsoy'a Armağan [On the path of wisdom. Tribute to Kenan Gürsoy], Ankara, Aktif Düşünce Yayıncılık, 2016, pp. 617-621;
27. La Situazione nel Medio Oriente [The situation in the Middle East], in Ufficio Storico dello Stato Maggiore della Difesa (ed.), L'Italia e la Grande Guerra. 1916. Evoluzione geopolitica, tattica e tecnica di un conflitto sempre più esteso [Italy and the Great War. 1916. Geopolitical, tactical and technical evolution of an increasingly spreading conflict], proceedings of the conference held in the Gendarmerie Academy, 6-7 December 2016, Roma, Stato Maggiore della Difesa, 2017, pp. 47-63;
28. The Burden of Memory. The emergence of the past in the art of Chalayan, in Giovanna Motta / Antonello Biagini (eds.), Fashion through History: Costumes, Symbols, Communications, Newcastle upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholards Publishing, vol. II, 2017, pp. 298-305;
29. Invisible Scapegoats: the Turkish dönmes, in Giuseppe Motta (ed.), Dynamics and Policies of Prejudice from the Eighteenth to the Twenty-first Century, Newcastle upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholards Publishing, 2018, pp. 123-133;
30. I Fronti Mediorientale e Anatolico-caucasico [The Middle East and Anatolia-Caucasus fronts], in Ufficio Storico dello Stato Maggiore della Difesa (ed.), Il 1917. L'anno della svolta. Congresso di studi storici internazionali. Roma 25 - 26 ottobre 2017 [1917. The turning point year. Conference of international historical studies. Rome, 25-26 October 2017], Stato Maggiore della Difesa - CASD - Centro Alti Studi per la Difesa, 2018, pp. 347-362;
31. Russia e Turchia. Un passato non solo di inimicizia [Russia and Turkey. A past not consisting only in feud], in Gabriele Natalizia (ed.), La Russia e l’Occidente. Dinamiche politiche a cento anni dalla Rivoluzione d’Ottobre [Russia and the West. Political dynamics one hundred years after the October revolution], Milano, Vita e Pensiero, 2018, pp. 59-65;
32. On Turkish Historiography, in Andrea Ciampani / Romano Ugolini (eds.), The Great War. A European commitment of research and reflection, Roma – Soveria Mannelli, Istituto Storico del Risorgimento Italiano – Rubbettino, 2019, e-book, pp. 151-167;
33. La Moda lungo la Via della Seta [Fashion along the Silk Road], in Giovanna Motta (ed.), La Forza della Moda. Potere, rappresentazione, comunicazione [The force of fashion. Power, representation, communication], Roma, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2019, pp. 279-288;
34. Intellettuali Turchi e Dimensione Mediterranea [Turkish Intellectuals and Mediterranean Dimension], in Alberto Aghemo / Rossella Pace (eds.), Mediterraneo. Tradizione, patrimonio, prospettive. Una proposta per l’innovazione e lo sviluppo [Mediterranean. Tradition, heritage, perspecives. A proposal for innovation and development], Roma, Fondazione Giacomo Matteotti, 2019, pp. 115-125;
35. L'Italia e i Rapporti Interalleati nella Questione Turca [Italy and Inter-Allied Relations in the Turkish Question], in Ufficio Storico dello Stato Maggiore della Difesa (ed.), Il 1919. Un’Italia vittoriosa e provata in una Europa in trasformazione [1919. A victorious and wounded in an Europe under transformation], Roma, Ministero della Difesa, Roma, pp. 349-361;
36. Costantinopoli, Mosca e Dintorni. Dalla peste storica alle epidemie più recenti [Costantinople, Moscow and surroundings. From the historical plague to the most recent epidemic], in Giovanna Motta (ed.), Pandemie [Pandemics], Roma, Fondazione Giacomo Matteotti, pp. 85-95;
37. The Cultural and Political Claims of the Caucasian Minorities in Turkey, in Carlo Frappi / Paolo Sorbello (eds.), Eurasiatica 15. Armenia, Caucaso e Asia Centrale. Ricerche 2020, Venezia, Edizioni Ca' Foscari, 2020, pp. 224-236;
38. Ottoman Demographic Engineering before and during WWI, in Aleksandar Rastović / Andrea Carteny / Biljana Vučetić, War, Peace and Nation Building (1853-1918), Belgrade, The Institute of History Belgrade and Sapienza University of Rome, 2020, pp. 225-237;
39. Dove si Combatte: Anatolia [Where people fight: Anatolia], in Alessandro Vagnini (ed.), Tra il Bosforo e l'Egeo. La marina italiana e la fine dell'Impero Ottomano 1919-1923 [Between Bosphorus and Aegean. The Italian navy and the end of the Ottoman Empire 1919-1923], Roma, Ufficio Storico della Marina Militare, 2021, pp. 84-196;
40. La questione degli Stretti nel quadro delle relazioni turco-sovietiche tra 1919 e 1923 [The Question of the Straits in the frame of the of the Turkish-Soviet relations between 1919-1923], in Gianluca Borzoni / Barbara Onnis / Christian Rossi (a cura di), Momenti di Storia Internazionale del Novecento. Diplomazia geopolitica, soft power, cooperazione [Pages of international history in the XXth century. Geopolitical diplomacy, soft power, cooperation], Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2021, pp. 39-55;
41. Galatasaray, non solo una squadra di calcio [Galatasaray, not only a football team], in Giovanna Motta (ed.), Raccontare il Cambiamento. Cultura politica, contesti economico-sociali, casi di studio nella moda [Telling the change. Political culture, economic-social contexts, case studies in the field of fashion], Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 2022, pp. 115-122;
42. Lo scambio di comunità tra Grecia e Turchia e l’azione di Nansen per conto della SdN [The exchange of communities between Greece and Turkey and Nansen’s action on behalf of the League of Nations], in Alessandro Vagnini (ed.), L’Italia e la Società delle Nazioni (1919-1929). Dinamiche di un nuovo sistema internazionale [Italy and the League of Nations (1919-1929). Dynamics of a new international system], Roma, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2022, pp. 63-92;
43. Brevi Note sugli Archivi in Turchia, con particolare riferimento alle relazioni internazionali [Short notes on the archives in Turkey, with particular reference to internatioanl relations], in Giovanna Motta (ed.), Documenti d’Archivio e Altre Fonti. La ricerca, il metodo, la memoria del passato [Archival documents and other sources. Research, method, memory of the past], Roma, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2022, pp. 115-121 and 261-263 (notes);
44. Un Burbero Poliedrico: Arnoldo Foà [A multifaceted curmudgeon], in August Ammerlaan et alii (eds.), Un Letterato in Viaggio: liber amicorum per Raniero Speelman [A traveling man of culture: liber amicorumin honor of Raniero Spellman], Rotterdam, Ridderprint, 2023, pp. 258-265;
45. The Founder of the Republic, in Behçet Kemal Yeşilbursa (ed.), The Centenary of the Republic of Turkey (1923-2023), Çanakkale, Paradigma Akademi Yayınları, 2023, pp. 1-26;
46. Lotta e letteratura: il percorso politico e culturale di İsmail Bozkurt [Struggle and literature: İsmail Bozkurt’s political and cultural route], in Tina Maraucci / Ilaria Natali / Letizia Vezzosi (eds.), Ognuno Porta dentro di sé un Mondo Intero. Saggi in onore di Ayşe Saraçgil [Everyone brings inside a whole world. Essays in honor of Ayşe Saraçgil], Firenze, Firenze University Press, 2024, pp. 63-71;
47. Giovanni and Smyrna: a love affair, in Melih Tomak / Ragıp Taranç / Mehmet Koştumoğlu (ed.), Bir Filim İzleniyor. “Sinema yazıları” [Watching a film “Essays on Cinema”], Çanakkale, Paradigma Akademi, 2024, pp. 168-169;
48. Rome’s Attitude: The First Mussolini’s Government and the Last Phase of the Turkish National Revolution, in AA.VV., Cumhuriyet’in İlanının 100. Yıldönümü uluslararası Sempozyumu Bildirileri / Papers of the International Symposium on the Centenary of the Proclamation of the Turkish Republic, Ankara, Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Başkanlığı, 2025, pp. 220-237;
49. I Tentativi di Riabilitazione dell’Ultimo Sultano Ottomano nella Turchia repubblicana [The rehabilitation attempts of the last Ottoman sultan in the Republican Turkey], in Fabio L. Grassi / Giuseppe Motta (eds.), Tra Passato e Presente. Dinamiche di cambiamento nello spazio ottomano [Between Past and Present. Dynamics of change in the Ottoman space], Roma, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2025, pp. 139-155.
d) Essays and articles:
1. Sokollu Mehmed Pascià, il Gran Visir di Solimano [Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, the Grand Vizir of Soliman], “Islàm”, year VII, January-March 1988 (editorial title), pp. 25-33;
2. Tentativo Cinquecentesco di un Canale Volga - Don nel Quadro dei Rapporti tra la Russia e l’Impero Ottomano [An Attempt to Build a Volga-Don Canal in the Context of Relations between Russia and the Ottoman Empire], “Islàm”, year VIII, October-Dicember 1989 (editorial title), pp. 253-263;
3. La Strana Alleanza: Turchia Kemalista e Russia Sovietica 1919-1922 [The Strange Alliance: Kemalist Turkey and Soviet Russia 1919-1922], “Annali dell’Istituto Ugo La Malfa”, volume V, 1989 (summary of degree thesis), pp. 173-196;
4. Il Kemalismo: un’Esperienza fuori dagli Schemi [Kemalism: an Experience outside the Pattern], “Annali dell’Istituto Ugo La Malfa”, volume VI, 1990-91, pp. 203-283;
5. Da qui si Ricomincia: una Lettura di “Fuori dall’Occidente” di Alberto Asor Rosa [It Recommences from Here: a reading of “Outside the West” by Alberto Asor Rosa],”Annali dell’Istituto Ugo La Malfa”, volume VIII, 1993, pp. 365-384;
6. Verso la Quinta Sponda: la Gestione degli Affari Turchi da Parte Italiana durante la Prima Guerra Mondiale [Towards the Fifth Shore: the Italian running of Turkish affairs during the First World War], “Annali dell’Istituto Ugo La Malfa”, volume IX, 1994, pp. 233-246;
7. Le Battaglie Diplomatiche Relative alle Occupazioni Italiane in Turchia nel 1919 [The Diplomatic Conflicts Relating to the Italian Occupations in Turkey in 1919], “Annali dell’Istituto Ugo La Malfa”, volume X, 1995, pp. 277-304;
8. Il Ruolo dell’Italia nella Crisi Balcanica del 1912-13 [The Role of Italy in the Balkan Crisis of 1912-13], “Annali dell’Istituto Ugo La Malfa”, vol. XII, 1997, pp. 375-381;
9. Roma - Ankara, che Fare dopo il Grande Freddo? [Rome – Ankara, What is to Be Done After the Big Chill?], “liMes”, n. 1/1998, “L’Italia Mondiale nella Sfida tra le Nazioni” [Mondial Italy in the Challenge among the Nations], March 1998 (editorial title), pp. 191-200;
10. E se Fosse Haydn…, “Cenobio”, year L, April-June 2001, pp. 158-169;
- The Best Composer? Why not Haydn..., “Haydn Society of Great Britain”, 2002 (summary in English), pp. 15-25;
- En İyi Besteci mi? Niye Haydn Olmasin?, “Andante”, January-February 2005, year 2 n. 14 (a Turkish version, with supplementary inset on the oratorio “The Seasons”), pp. 2-6;
11. Unione Europea, Turchia e Questione Armena - European Union, Turkey and Armenian Question, “Storia Politica e Cooperazione Internazionale - International History Politics and Cooperation”, year I n. 2, September 2001, pp. 27-29 (with the pseudonym Mario Rossi);
12. Diplomazia Segreta Italo-Turca dopo la Prima Guerra Mondiale; Convergenze ed Equivoci (1919-1920) [Secret Diplomacy Between Italy and Turkey following the First World War; Convergences and Misunderstandings (1919-1920)], “Clio”, year XXXIX, n. 1, January-March 2003, pp. 51-83;
13. I Profitti di un Fallimento: Politica e Affari Segreti dell’Italia in Turchia tra 1920 e 1923 [The Gains of a Failure: Politics and Secret Affairs of Italy in Turkey between 1920 and 1923], “Rassegna Storica del Risorgimento”, year XC, fasc. I, January-March 2003, pp. 47-86;
14. La Turchia nella Politica Francese e Italiana tra le due Guerre [Turkey in the Policy of France and Italy Between the two World Wars], “Transylvanian Review”, vol. XV, N. 1, Spring 2006, pp. 129-140;
15. Sardinya Krallığı’nın Kırım Savaşına Katılması [The Participation of the Kingdom of Sardinia in the Crimean War], “Toplumsal Tarihi” [Social History], n. 151, Temmuz [July] 2006, pp. 80-86;
16. La Turchia e la Scelta Occidentale [Turkey and her pro West Choice], “Nike. La Rivista delle Scienze Politiche”, Numero Unico 2008, “La fine della Seconda Guerra Mondiale e il Conflitto Est-Ovest” (Monographic Issue 2008, “The End of WWII and the Clash East-West”), pp. 181-197;
17. Il Grande Condottiero è sempre in Sella! [The Great Warlord is always on his saddle!], “Limes”, n. 4/2010, “Il Ritorno del Sultano” [The Sultan is Coming back], September 2010 (editoral title), pp. 175-181;
18. Lo Sguardo Turco sul Caucaso dalla Fine dell’Unione Sovietica ad Oggi [The Turkish View on Caucasus from the End of Soviet Union to Present Times], “Eurostudium3W”, digital review of Roma Sapienza University, n. 28, July-September 2013 (actually issued in January 2014), http://www.eurostudium.uniroma1.it/rivista;
19. Gallipoli cento Anni dopo. La vicenda e il retaggio [Gallipoli one hundred years after. The event and the heritage], “Il Nodo di Gordio”, anno IV, n. 9, September 2015, pp. 76-85;
20. La Libertà in Turchia, ovvero Avventure e Disavventure di una bella Ragazza [Freedom in Turkey, or adventures and misadventures of a beautiful girl], “Il Nodo di Gordio”, year V, n. 12, September-December 2016, “Il Valzer delle Potenze. Danzando sul Titanic” [The Walz of the Powers. Dancing on Titanic], pp. 138-143;
21. Smirne dopo il Grande Incendio del 1922. Speranze italiane e concreti sviluppi [Smyrna after the 1922 Great Fire. Italian Hopes and Actual Developments], “Dimensioni e problemi della Ricerca Storica. Rivista del Dipartimento di Storia, Culture, Religioni di Sapienza Università di Roma”, n. 2.2016, printed in March 2017, pp. 255-272;
22. Contro la “malizia dei dotti”. Radici e sviluppi dell'erdoğanismo [Against the “malice of the learned people”. Roots and developments of Erdoğanism], “Passato e Presente” (A-rated scientific journal), n. 103, January-April 2018, pp. 5-16;
23. Islam Ribelle nei Balcani Ottomani: vita, morte ed eredità spirituale dello sceicco Bedreddin [Rebel Islam in the Ottoman balkans: life, death and spiritual heritage of the sheikh Bedreddin], “SMSR - Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni” (A-rated scientific journal), n. 84/1 - 2018, pp. 350-366;
24. Erdoğan non perderà il potere a causa della crisi valutaria [Erdoğan will not lose his power due to the currency crisis] “Il Nodo di Gordio”, year VII n. 17, May-August 2018, “La Forza di Demetra. Il grande gioco dell'alimentare nel XXI secolo” [Demetra's force. The great game on food in XXI century], pp. 151-157;
25. (with Kalkaman Zhumagulov), Integration of the East and West in the History, “Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Journal of History”, n. 2(89), 2018, pp. 4-12;
26. (with Andrea Marcigliano) La Russia è vicina. Le prospettive delle relazioni italo-russe nell'ottica dell'attuale situazione geopolitica [Russia is near. The perspectives inItalo-Russian relations in the frame of the current geopolitical situation], “Il Nodo di Gordio”, year VIII n. 18, January-April 2019,”Dialoghi Mediterranei. Strategie per energie, infrastrutture ed agroalimentare”, pp. 137-142;
27. Molti Nodi Nascosti nella Terra di Gordio [Many hidden knots in the land of Gordion], “Il Nodo di Gordio”, year VIII n. 20, May-August 2019, “Olympia. L'eco delle Alpi”, pp. 142-147;
28. Italy’s Intervention to WWI. The “Home Front” and the Psychological Heritage, in әл-Фараби Атындағы Қазақ Ұлттық Университеті Хабаршы Тарих Сериясы - Казахский Национальный Университет Имени aль-Фараби Вестник Серия Историческая, “al-Farabi Kazakh National University Journal of History, n. 2 (97), Алматы «Қазақ университеті», 2020, pp. 4-11;
29. Tra gli Altri: turchi balcanici, esuli, aleviti [Among the “others”: Balkan Turks, exiles, alevis] (contribution to a monographic issue on the aboliton of the Caliphate), “Rivista Italiana di Storia Internazionale”, n. 1/2021 (January-June), pp. 107-124;
30. La Diaspora Caucasica in Turchia, 1914-1923. Uno Stato nello Stato? [The Caucasian Diaspora in Turkey, 1914-1923. A state within the state?], “Nuova Rivista Storica” (A-rated scientific journal), year CV, fasc. III, September-December 2021, pp. 907-935;
31. Dal Silenzio alla Mobilitazione: la diaspora caucasica nella Turchia Repubblicana [From Silence to Mobilization: the Caucasian diaspora in republican Turkey], “Passato e Presente” (A-rated scientific journal), n. 114, September-December 2021, pp. 41-56;
32. Alcune Osservazioni su un Noto Libro di Marcello Flores [Some remarks on a well-known book by Marcello Flores], “Il Nodo di Gordio”, anno IX n. 23, May-August 2020 (actually issued in November 2021), “Sol Invictus. The green challenge”, pp. 133-142;
33. 21 Mayıs 1864. 157. yılında Çerkes sürgünü [21 May 1864. The exile of the Circassians in the 157th anniversary], “Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Balkan ve Karadeniz Araştırma Merkezi - Bülten”, sayı [n.] 5, Güz [Fall] 2021, pp. 98-113;
34. I Turchi della Tracia tra la Fine della Prima Guerra Mondiale e la Pace di Sèvres [The Turks of Thrace between the end of the First World War and the peace of Sèvres], “Ricerche di Storia Politica” (A-rated scientific journal), vol. 2/2022, pp. 131-152;
35. İtalya’da faşizmin iktidara gelişi [The rise to power of fascism in Italy], introduction to Fabio L. Grassi (ed.), Roma’ya Yürüşünün 100. Yılı. İtalya’da faşizmin iktidara gelişi [One hundred years after the March to Rome. The rise to power of fascism in Italy], dossier monografico, “Toplumsal Tarih” [Social History], n. 346, Ekim [October] 2022, pp. 44-45;
36. Colonialismo britannico in Terra Ottomana. Riflessioni e approfondimenti [British colonialim in Ottoman lands. Reflections and insights], “Nuova Rivista Storica” (A-rated scientific journal), year CVII, fasc. I, January-April 2023, pp. 297-319;
37. Mongolic and Turkic Peoples: What They Actually Were, What They Imagined, in “SMSR - Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni” (A-rated scientific journal), n. 89/1 - 2023, theme section “Retelling Priester John. Objects. Routes, and Emotions”, pp. 169-177;
38. Ankara 1920: una grande assemblea musulmana [Ankara 1920: a grand Muslim assembly], “Nuova Rivista Storica” (A-rated scientific journal), year CVIII, fasc. II, May-August 2024, pp. 495-512;
39. 1921-1939 Evresinde İtalya’nın Gözünde İngiliz Kıbrıs Yönetimi [English rule of Cyprus as viewed from Italy in the period 1921-1939], “Tarih ve Günce - Atatürk ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi Dergisi / Journal of Atatürk and the History of Turkish Republic”, sayı (n.) 15, Yaz (Summer) 2024, pp. 239-257;
40. Losanna: contesto, retaggio, interpretazioni [Lausanne: context, heritage, interpretations], “Annali della Fondazione Ugo La Malfa” (A-rated scientific journal), vol. XXXVIII, 2023 (actually December 2024), pp. 187-202.
e) Reviews in scientific journals of the following books:
1. Feroz Ahmad, The Making of Modern Turkey, London-New York, Routledge, 1993, “Ricerche di Storia Politica”, n. 9, 1994, pp. 212-213;
2. Stefano Trinchese (ed.), Mare Nostrum. Percezione Ottomana e Mito Mediterraneo in Italia all’Alba del ‘900 [Mare Nostrum. Ottoman perception and Mediterranean myth in Italy at the Dawn of the 20th century], Milano, Guerini e Associati, 2005, “Nuova Storia Contemporanea”, year X, n. 2, March-April 2006, pp. 167-168;
3. Alessandro Pannuti, La Comunità Italiana di Istanbul nel XX secolo: Ambiente e Persone [The Italian Community in Istanbul in 20th Century: Environment and Individuals], Istanbul, Edizioni ISIS, 2006, “Rassegna Storica del Risorgimento”, year XCIII, fasc. IV, October-December 2006, pp. 607-608;
4. Vincenzo Greco, Greci e Turchi tra Convivenza e Scontro. Le Relazioni Greco-Turche e la Questione Cipriota [Greeks and Turks between Cohesistence and Clash. Greek-Turkish Relations and Cyprus Issue], Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2007, “Il Mestiere di Storico. Annale IX della SISSCO”, 2008, p. 329;
5. Erich J. Zürcher, Turkey. A Modern History, Italian translation, Roma, Donzelli, 2007, “Il mestiere di storico. Annale IX della SISSCO”, 2008, p. 537;
6. Giovanna Motta, “In Bona Salute de Animo e de Corpo”. Malati, Medici e Guaritori nel Divenire della Storia [“In Good Health of Soul and Body”. Sick Persons, Phisicians and Healers through History], Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2007, “Medicina Nei Secoli. Arte e Scienza. Giornale di Storia della Medicina – Journal of History of Medicine”, vol. XX n. 1, 2008, pp. 388-392.
7. Centre d’Histoire Diplomatique Ottomane / Center for Ottoman Diplomatic History, L’Empire Ottoman et l’Europe. II. Documents Diplomatiques sur l’Unification Italienne, réunis et publiés par Sinan Kuneralp, 2 tomes, Istanbul, Les Editions Isis, 2009, “Storia e Problemi Contemporanei”, n. 52, vol. XXII, September-December 2009.
8. On Sekizinci Yüzyıldan bir İtalyanca-Türkçe Sözlük [An Italian-Turkish Vocabulary of 18th Century], “Türk Dili Dergisi” [Review of Turkish Language], Year 23, n. 136, Ocak-Şubat [January-February] 2010, pp. 18-19;
9. Alberto Fabio Ambrosio, Pouvoir et secret dans l'Empire Ottoman. L'initiation dans la confrérie Bektaşîe, Paris, CNRS Editions, “SMSR - Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni” (A-rated scientific journal), n. 83/2 - 2017, pp. 630-633.
10. Murat R. Şiviloğlu, The Emergence of Public Opinion. State and Society in the Late Ottoman Empire, Cambrige, Cambridge University Press, 2018, “Ricerche di Storia Politica” (A-rated scientific journal), vol. 3/2019, p. 405;
11. Caner Yelbaşı, The Circassians of Turkey. War, violence and nationalism from the Ottomans to Atatürk, London, Tauris, 2019, “Ricerche di Storia Politica” (A-rated scientific journal), vol. 1/2021, pp. 110-111;
12. Richard E. Antaramian, Brokers of Faith, Brokers of Empire. Armenians and the politics of reform in the Ottoman Empire, Stanford, Stanford University Press, 2020, “Ricerche di Storia Politica” (A-rated scientific journal), vol. 2/2021, pp. 245-246;
13. Gert Brojka, Nascita della Turchia Moderna [Birth of Modern Turkey], Aprilia, Novalogos, 2020, “Ricerche di Storia Politica” (A-rated scientific journal), vol. 1/2022, pp. 90-91;
14. Eugenio Di Rienzo, D’Annunzio Diplomatico e l’Impresa di Fiume [D’Annunzio as a diplomat and the Fiume enterprise], Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 2022, https://www.nuovarivistastorica.it/dannunzio-a-fiume-e-le-contraddizioni-delle-destre-il-libro-di-eugenio-di-rienzo/ (published on 8 December 2022);
15. Luis Miguel Selvelli, Antenati a Costantinopoli. Esuli italiani negli anni del riformismo ottomano 1828-1878 [Ancestors in Constantinople, Italian exiles in the years of the Ottoman reformism 1828-1878], Padova, Il Poligrafo, 2022, “EuroStudium3w”, online review of Università di Roma “La Sapienza” (now in https://rosa.uniroma1.it/), vol. 2 n. 59, July-December 2022 (actually issued in February 2023), pp. 116-120;
16. Giuseppe Motta, La Comunità Internazionale e i Rifugiati Ebraici fra le due Guerre Mondiali [The international community and the refugee Jews between the two world wars], Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 2022, “Ricerche di Storia Politica” (A-rated scientific journal), vol. 2/2023, pp. 218-219;
17. Fulvio Bertuccelli, Il Movimento Socialista in Turchia (1960-1971). Ideologia e politica tra due colpi di Stato [The socialist movement in Turkey (1960-1971). Ideology and politics between two coup d’état], Roma, Aracne, 2023, “Ricerche di Storia Politica” (A-rated scientific journal), vol. 3/2023, pp. 361-362;
18. Eugenio Di Rienzo, Sotto Altra Bandiera. Antifascisti italiani al servizio di Churchill [Under another flag. Italian antifascists at the service of Churchill], Vicenza, Neri Pozza, 2023, “Nuova Rivista Storica” (A-rated scientific journal), Anno CVIII, fasc. I, January-April 2024, pp. 290-292;
19. Eugenio Di Rienzo, L’Ora delle Decisioni Irrevocabili. Come l’Italia entrò nella seconda guerra mondiale [The hour of the irrevocable decisions. How Italy entered WWII], Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 2024, “Nuova Rivista Storica” (A-rated scientific journal), Anno CVIII, fasc. 3, September-December 2024, pp. 1102-1105;
20. Pietro Della Valle il Pellegrino, Grammatica della Lingua Turca [Grammar of the Turkish Language], critical edition by Nevin Özkan, Raniero Speelman and Melek Özyetgin, Firenze, Accademia della Crusca, 2023, “Occhialì – Rivista sul Mediterraneo Islamico” (A-rated scientific journal), n. 14/2024, pp. 69-72;
21. James Cotton, Il Generale Avitabile [General Avitabile], Nocera Superiore, D’Amico Editore, 2024, “Nuova Rivista Storica” (A-rated scientific journal), Anno CIX, fasc. 1, January-April 2025, pp. 470-471;
22. Adam Mestyan, Modern Arab Kingship. Remaking the Ottoman political order in the interwar Middle East, Princeton - Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2023, “Nuova Rivista Storica” (A-rated scientific journal), Anno CIX, fasc. 1, January-April 2025, pp. 481-487.
f) Translations from Turkish to Italian:
1. Mario Levi, Città Vietate [Forbidden Cities], in Necdet Adabağ (ed.), Racconti dell’Anatolia [Tales from Anatolia], Roma, Gremese, 2008, pp. 259-273;
2. Demet İlkbahar, L’Identità Nazionale e Religiosa in Albania nel Contesto Tardo Ottomano [The National and Religious Identity in Albania in the Late Ottoman Context], in Stefano Trinchese / Francesco Caccamo (ed.), Rotte Adriatiche. Tra Italia, Balcani e Mediterraneo, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2011, pp. 71-81;
3. Alla Scoperta dell'Arcipelago Gülenista. Intervista al Giornalista turco Nedim Şener [To the discovery of the Gülenist archipelago. Interview with the Turkish journalist Nedim Şener], “Il Nodo di Gordio”, year V, n. 12, September-December 2016, “Il Valzer delle Potenze. Danzando sul Titanic” [The Walz of the Powers. Dancing on Titanic], pp. 149-152.
g) Other:
1. Atatürk: luci ed ombre dell’occidentalizzazione. Intervista con Fabio L. Grassi [Atatürk: lights and shadows of the Westernization. An interview with Fabio L. Grassi]. “L’Acropoli”, Year XI, n. 5, 2010, pp. 497-504;
2. Türk-İtalyan İlişkilerinde az Bilinenler [Little known aspects of the Turkish-Italian relations], İstanbul, Tarihçi Kitabevi, 2014 (collection in Turkish translation of essays and articles of mine on this topic);
3. Prefazione [Preface] of Fabio L. Grassi / Roberto Sciarrone (eds.), I Bulgari e la Bulgaria in Europa [The Bulgars and Bulgary in Europe], Roma, Aracne, 2014, pp. 9-13;
4. Önsöz [Preface] of Murat Erdin, Dünya hâlâ Büyük, Yaşam hâlâ Kısa [World is still great, life is still short], İstanbul, Tarihçi Kitabevi, 2018, pp. 11-12;
5. Maria Pia Pedani (obituary), “Atti e Memorie della Società Dalmata di Storia Patria”, n. 8, 3rd series (vol. XLI), 2019, pp. 203-205;
6. Prefazione [Preface] of Riccardo Mandelli, Dieci giorni in aprile. La Conferenza di Sanremo del 1920 e la spartizione del Medio Oriente [Ten days in April. The 1920 Sanremo conference and the partition of the Middle East], Sanremo, Lo Studiolo, 2020, pp. 7-8;
7. Prefazione [Preface] of Roberto Valli, L'Atomica. Come, dove, perché [The atomic bomb. How, where, why], Roma, Edizioni Culturali Internazionali, 2020, pp. 7-10;
8. Preface of Fulvio Bertuccelli / Mihaela Gavrila / Fabio L. Grassi (eds.), Minorities and Diasporas in Turkey: public images and issues in education, Roma, Sapienza Università Editrice, 2023;
9. Postfazione [Afterword] a Roberto Sciarrone, 1923, la Nascita della Repubblica di Turchia. Da Costantinopoli ad Ankara, quale futuro? [1923, the birth of the Republic of Turkey. From Constantinople to Ankara, what future?], Roma, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2023, pp. 309-312.
10. Afterword of Fulvio Bertuccelli (ed.), Toward a Cultural History of the Cold War in Turkey. Ideological dynamics, cultural production, media, Roma, Sapienza Università Editrice, 2024, pp. 239-241.
Politics in International Relations, History of The Republic of Turkiye, Late Modern Balkan History, Late Modern Ottoman History, Ottoman history
DANIŞMA KURULU
Social Studies Education
Public Administration, Local Administrations , Rural Development
Doç. Dr. Elife AKİŞ
1999 yılında İstanbul Üniversitesi, İktisat Fakültesi, İktisat Bölümü’nden mezun oldu. 2000 yılında İstanbul Üniversitesi’nde İktisat Fakültesi, İktisat Bölümü, İktisat Politikası Anabilim Dalı’nda Araştırma Görevlisi olarak çalışmaya başladı. İstanbul Üniversitesi İktisat Politikası Yüksek Lisans Programı’ndan 2002 yılında mezun oldu. İstanbul Üniversitesi İktisat Ana Bilim Dalı’nda “Küreselleşme Sürecinde Türkiye’nin Uluslararası Rekabet Gücü: Türk Beyaz Eşya Sanayii İçin Bir Uygulama” konulu tez çalışması ile 2008 yılında doktorasını tamamladı. 2021 yılı Mart ayında Makro İktisat doçentlik bilim alanından Doçentlik ünvanını aldı. Halen İstanbul Üniversitesi İktisat Fakültesi İktisat Bölümü’nde öğretim üyesi olarak çalışmalarına devam etmektedir.
Growth, Inflation, Employment, Development Economics - Macro, Informal Economy, Cyclical Fluctuations, Circular Economy, Migration Economics, Development Economics
Asst. Prof. Dr.
Keisuke WAKİZAKA
İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü
Caucasian Language, Literature and Culture, Political Science, International Relations, Regional Studies
Human Geography, City in Human Geography, Rural and Regional Geography, Recreation, Leisure and Tourism Geography
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
İsmail SÖYLEMEZ
Ankara Üniversitesi, Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi, Fars Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü
Language Studies (Other), African Language, Literature and Culture, Persian Language, Literature and Culture
Kalam
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Okur Editor-in-Chief of Kocaeli Journal of Theology Kocaeli University Faculty of Theology, Department of Islamic Law huseyin.okur@kocaeli.edu.tr 0505 233 94 64
Islamic Law
Islamic Sects, Kalam
Dialectology, New Turkish Language (Turkish of Old Anatolia, Ottoman, Turkiye), Anatolian Languages
Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field
Speech Production, Dialectology, Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax), Turkish Language and Literature
Eğitim, Eğitim Yönetimi, Eğitimde Liderlik Öğretmen Eğitimi ve Eğitimcilerin Mesleki Gelişimi.
Education, Education Management, Higher Education Management
Late Modern Russian History
