PhD
History

University of Arizona  |  2005
I completed my graduate education in Tucson, Arizona with a PhD from the Department of History and a minor from the Department of Near Eastern Studies (now the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies), having fulfilled requirements in both Arabic and Persian.

• Dissertation:  The politics of Late Ottoman education: Accommodating ethno-religious pluralism amid imperial disintegration.
  
• Co-Advisers: Linda T. Darling and Julia Clancy-Smith

MA
History

University of Wisconsin-Madison  |  1994
I initiated my overseas graduate education (i.e., in the United States) in Madison, Wisconsin, earning my second MA from the Department of History.

• Thesis: The abolishment of the Caliphate in 1924.
• Adviser: Kemal H. Karpat

PhD ABD, MA, BA
History

Atatürk Üniversitesi  |  1994
After completing my MA at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I returned to Turkey and advanced to the status of a doctoral candidate (i.e., PhD ABD) before returning to the U.S. to complete my PhD at the University of Arizona.

Atatürk Üniversitesi  |  1990
I earned my first graduate degree in history.

• Thesis: II. Meşrutiyet'ten Cumhuriyet'in İlanına Kadar Türkiye’de Kadın Cemiyetleri: 1908-1923 [English translation: Turkish women's associations between the 2nd Constitution & the Turkish republic: 1908-1923]
  

Atatürk Üniversitesi |  1987
After completing my BA, I taught history for one year in Adana, Turkey before returning to pursue graduate studies.