Assoc. Prof. Dr. Birten Çelik

Contact

Social Sciences Building, #Z 22

+90 312 210 31 70

birten(at)metu.edu.tr

Education

Ph. D., Dokuz Eylül Unversity, 1999

M. A., Dokuz Eylül University, 1992

B.A., Middle East Technical University, 1988

Areas of Interest

19th and 20th Centuries Social and Political History of the Ottoman Empire; History of Modern Turkey; Ottoman and Turkish Labor History; Military History; History of Ottoman and Turkish Press

Courses

HIST 113 Readings in History I

HIST 114 Readings in History II

HIST 345 History of the Turkish Press

HIST 360 Ottoman Labor History (19th Century)

HIST 401 Readings in the History of the Turkish Revolution

HIST 402 Readings in the History of the Turkish Revolution

HIST 419 Undergraduate Historical Research

HIST 515 History of the Ottoman Press and Publications

HIST 2201 History of the Turkish Revolution I

HIST 2202 History of the Turkish Revolution II

HIST 2205 History of the Turkish Revolution I

HIST 2206 History of the Turkish Revolution II

HST 201 History of the Turkish Revolution I (METU Northern Cyprus)

HST 202 History of the Turkish Revolution II (METU Northern Cyprus)

HST 205 History of the Turkish Revolution I (METU Northern Cyprus)

HST 206 History of the Turkish Revolution II (METU Northern Cyprus)

Selected Publications

"Labor Battalions, Ottoman", Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World:Historical Encyclopedia (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood, 2011): 507-508.

"Ereğli Kömür Havzası'nda Bir Baskın ve Etkileri," Osmanlı'nın Peşinde Bir Yaşam, Suraiya Faroqhi'ye Armağan (İstanbul: İmge Yayınları, 2008), 271-326.

"The Impact of European Revolutions on the Ottoman Empire," The Consortium on Revolutionary Europe 1750-1850. Selected Papers, 2004 (High Point, NC: High Point University, 2008), 92-103.

"Osmanlı İşçi Tarihi ve Türkiye: Genel Bir Değerlendirme" XIV.Türk Tarih Kongresi, Ankara:9-13 Eylül 2002, Kongreye Sunulan Bildiriler, vol. 2 (Ankara: TTK Yayınevi, 2006),1059-79.

"Osmanlı İmparatorluğu ve Savaş," Felsefe Yazın 8 (Eylül-Ekim 2006): 35-40.

"Not One of Them Ever Came Back": What Happened to the 1/5 Norfolk Battalion on 2 August 1915 at Gallipoli?" The Journal of Military History 66: 3 (2002): 389-40 (with Tim Travers).

"Web-based History Education in Turkey," Journal of the Association for History and Computing IV: 3 (2001).