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The CMES Sohbet-i Osmani Lecture Series is pleased to present
Günhan Börekçi
Assistant Professor, Department of History, İstanbul Şehir University
After completing his B.A. and M.A. studies at Boğaziçi University (1991-1999), Günhan Börekçi received his Ph.D. degree in history from the Ohio State University in 2010. His main areas of research and teaching include early modern Ottoman political, dynastic and social history, 17th-century crisis, military history and traditional archery. In addition to his numerous articles and encyclopedia entries on Ottoman history, he has published with Ahmet Arslantürk a facsimile edition of Feridun Ahmed Bey’s illustrated chronicle, Nüzhet-i Esrârü’l-Ahyâr der Ahbâr-ı Sefer-i Sigetvar [Topkapı Palace Museum Library, MS Hazine 1339], on Suleyman the Magnificent’s last Hungarian campaign in 1566 (Istanbul, 2012). His study on the Ottoman imperial campaign against the Habsburgs in 1596 is forthcoming under the title, Yeni Kaynakların Işığında Sultan III. Mehmed’in 1596 Seferi (March 2015). Börekçi is currently working on two book projects: Factions and Favorites at the Ottoman Imperial Court (1580-1640) and A Biography of Sultan Ahmed I (1590-1617).
Contact: Akif Yerlioglu