The Making of the Modern Ottoman Monarchy, 1820–1920

Hakan T. Karateke, Professor of Ottoman and Turkish Studies, University of Chicago

Hakan T. Karateke is Professor of Ottoman and Turkish Studies at the University of Chicago. He studied at Bo?aziçi University in Istanbul, Bamberg University in Germany, and the University of Vienna, where he earned his degrees. He taught at Harvard University from 2002 to 2008 and, since 2009, has been a member of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on the social and cultural history of the Ottoman world, and he is currently preparing a book on the cultural history of the Turkish language, tracing its development from its Inner Asian origins to the twentieth century.