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Prof. Dr. Onur Yildirim

Portrait of Onur Yildirim

Middle East Technical University, Ankara
History

External Senior Fellow
October 2017 – July 2018

Last Update: 31.08.2018

Curriculum Vitae

Onur pursued his undergraduate studies in history at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, and then completed his graduate degrees respectively in history at the State University of New York and in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. His PhD dissertation, “Diplomats and Refugees: Mapping the Turco-Greek Exchange of Populations, 1922-1934” explored the Turco-Greek Exchange of Populations with a focus on the diplomatic and socio-economic aspects of the event. After receiving his PhD in 2002 from Princeton University, he assumed a position in the Department of Economics of Middle East Technical University, Ankara where he has been teaching courses in global history, economic history and political economy. Onur has published on various aspects of Ottoman economic history and maritime history and he has also pursued research and published on historical and historiographical aspects of the Turco-Greek Exchange of Populations. He was a Postdoc fellow in the Department of Economic History at the London School of Economics and then he was a recipient of Fulbright award to teach and conduct research at Binghamton University. He spent six months in 2015 as a fellow at the Imre Kertész Kolleg, Jena. Most recently he was awarded a French state scholarship to conduct research at CETOBaC (Centre d’études turques, ottomans, balkaniques et centrasiatiques, CNRS-EHESS-Collège de France). He is currently professor in the Department of Economics at Middle East Technical University, Ankara.

Selected Publications

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