Biography
M. Talha Çiçek is associate professor at Istanbul Medeniyet University. He studied Public Administration at Inonu University, Political Science at Sakarya University and received his Ph.D. from Sabancı University (Istanbul). He has been a visiting researcher at the Free University of Berlin (September 2009–August 2010) and learned Arabic at Kuwait University (September 2005–August 2006). He has done research in the Ottoman, Austrian, German, British, French and American state archives, focusing on the history of the Arab provinces under Ottoman rule at the end of the nineteenth and in the early twentieth centuries. He is the winner of Turkish Academy of Sciences' the High Achiever Young Academics Award (2015), The Science Academy, Turkey's The Young Scientist Award (2021), and The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey's (TUBITAK) Incentive Award (2021). He was the British Academy's Newton Fellow at SOAS, University of London between 2016-2018 and Humboldt Experienced Research Fellow at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin in 2019-2020 Academic year. He conducted short-term collaborative research at University of Oxford (2018) and LSE (2019) as Newton Alumnus Fellow. His research interests include the history of the modern Middle East, Islamic history, late Ottoman history and historiography, the socio-political history of Ottoman Syria and Arabia, Arab tribes under Ottoman rule, modern Turkish history, Empire Studies and World History. His articles have appeared in War and Society, New Perspectives on Turkey, Middle Eastern Studies and Die Welt des Islams. He is the author of the books, War and State Formation in Syria: Cemal Pasha’s Governorate during World War I (Routledge, 2014) and Negotiating Empire in the Middle East: Ottomans and Arab Nomads in the Modern Era, 1840-1914 (Cambridge UP, 2021), and editor of Syria in World War I: Politics, Economy and Society (Routledge, 2015). Currently, he is working on the relational and trans-local formation of the Modern Middle East.
Education Information
2016 - 2018
2016 - 2018Post Doctorate
University of London-School of Oriental and African Studies, Faculty Of Arts And Humanities, History, United Kingdom
2007 - 2012
2007 - 2012Doctorate
Sabanci University, Faculty Of Arts And Socıal Scıences, Tarih, Turkey
2003 - 2007
2003 - 2007Postgraduate
Sakarya University, Instıtute Of Socıal Scıences, Siyaset Ve Sosyal Bilimler Ana Bilim Dalı, Turkey
1999 - 2003
1999 - 2003Undergraduate
Inonu University, İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Kamu Yönetimi, Turkey
Dissertations
2012
2012Doctorate
"Cemal Pasha's Governorate in Syria, 1914-1917"
Sabancı Üniversitesi, Sanat Ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Tarih
2007
2007Postgraduate
"Şerif Hüseyin İsyanı'nın Türk ve Arap Kimlik İnşa Süreçlerine Etkisinin Analizi"
Sakarya Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Siyaset Ve Sosyal Bilimler
Foreign Languages
C1 Advanced
C1 AdvancedArabic
B2 Upper Intermediate
B2 Upper IntermediateFrench
B2 Upper Intermediate
B2 Upper IntermediateGerman
C1 Advanced
C1 AdvancedEnglish
Research Areas
Social Sciences and Humanities, History, Recent History, Middle East Research
Academic Titles / Tasks
2019 - Continues
2019 - ContinuesAssociate Professor
Istanbul Medeniyet University, Faculty Of Arts And Humanities, History
2013 - 2019
2013 - 2019Assistant Professor
Istanbul Medeniyet University, Faculty Of Arts And Humanities, History
2007 - 2012
2007 - 2012Research Assistant
Sabanci University, Faculty Of Arts And Socıal Scıences, Tarih
Managerial Experience
2019 - 2020
2019 - 2020Alexander von Humboldt Experienced Research Fellow
Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient
2016 - 2018
2016 - 2018Post-Doctoral Fellow
University of London-School of Oriental and African Studies, History
Courses
Advising Theses
2019
2019Postgraduate
Arap Kaynaklarına Göre Lübnan İç Savaşı'nda Filistin Kurtuluş Örgütü
Çiçek M. (Consultant)
H.al(Student)
2015
2015Postgraduate
Hadd-ı Hudud-ı Saltanat-ı Seniyye: Derviş Paşa'nın Tahdid-i Hudud-ı İraniye Adlı Eseri Işığında Osmanlı-İran Sınırı
ÇİÇEK M.
A.Fener(Student)
Articles Published in Journals That Entered SCI, SSCI and AHCI Indexes
2021
2021From the “notable Syrians” to “ordinary Anatolians”: the politics of “normalization” and experiencing the exile during World War I
Çiçek M. T.
New Perspectives On Turkey, no.20, pp.1-29, 2021 (Journal Indexed in SSCI)
2020
2020Relocating the Arabs in Turkish Historiography: A Review of the Book Series Arap Gözüyle Osmanlı
Çiçek M. T.
Archiv Orientalni, vol.88, no.3, pp.605-614, 2020 (Journal Indexed in AHCI)
2017
2017The tribal partners of empire in Arabia: the Ottomans and the Rashidis of Najd, 1880-1918
ÇİÇEK M.
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON TURKEY, no.56, pp.105-130, 2017 (Journal Indexed in SSCI)
2016
2016Negotiating power and authority in the desert: the Arab Bedouin and the limits of the Ottoman state in Hijaz, 1840-1908
ÇİÇEK M.
MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES, vol.52, no.2, pp.260-279, 2016 (Journal Indexed in SSCI)
2016
2016The Holy War in Syria: Cemal Pasha and the Ottoman Plan to conquer Egypt in the First World War
ÇİÇEK M.
WAR & SOCIETY, vol.35, no.1, pp.39-53, 2016 (Journal Indexed in SSCI)
2014
2014Visions of Islamic Unity: A Comparison of Djemal Pasha's al-Sharq and Sharif Husayn's al-Qibla Periodicals
ÇİÇEK M.
WELT DES ISLAMS, vol.54, pp.460-482, 2014 (Journal Indexed in AHCI)
Articles Published in Other Journals
2018
2018Birinci Dünya Savaşı'nda Suriye'de Pan-İslamist Propaganda: Eş-Şark Gazetesi Örneği
Çiçek M. T.
Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları, no.17, pp.107-126, 2018 (Other Refereed National Journals)
2015
2015The Three Lives of Muhammed Lutfi Bey: Under Ottoman, Syrian and Turkish States
ÇİÇEK M.
Jerusalem Quarterly, no.60, pp.77-91, 2015 (Refereed Journals of Other Institutions)
2013
2013İttihatçılar ve Şerif Hüseyin: Mekke İsyanı'nın Nedenleri Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme
ÇİÇEK M.
Tarih ve Toplum. Yeni Yaklaşımlar, vol.8, no.16, pp.41-57, 2013 (Other Refereed National Journals)
2012
2012The Impact of Sharif Hussein's Revolt on the Nation -Building Processes of Turks and Arabs
ÇİÇEK M.
Journal of Academic Approaches, vol.3, no.2, pp.98-111, 2012 (National Refreed University Journal)
2012
2012Osmanlıcılık İdeolojisi ve OSmanlı Sonrası Türk-Arap İlişkilerinde Değişim ve Süreklilik
ÇİÇEK M.
DİVAN: DİSİPLİNLERARASI ÇALIŞMALAR DERGİSİ, vol.17, no.33, pp.173-192, 2012 (Other Refereed National Journals)
2012
2012Erken Cumhuriyet Dönemi Ders Kitapları Çerçevesinde Ulus Kimliği İnşası ve "Arap İhaneti"
ÇİÇEK M.
DİVAN: DİSİPLİNLERARASI ÇALIŞMALAR DERGİSİ, vol.17, no.32, pp.169-188, 2012 (Other Refereed National Journals)
Books & Book Chapters
2021
2021Negotiating Empire in the Middle East: Ottomans and Arab Nomads in the Modern Era, 1840-1914
Çiçek M. T.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (MA), USA , Cambridge, 2021
2020
2020'Food for Liberty, Tolerance for Loyalty': The Ottomans and the Druze of Syria during World War I
Çiçek M. T.
in: Not All Quiet on the Ottoman Fronts: Neglected Perspectives on a Global War, 1914-1918, Mehmet Beşikçi,Selçuk Akşin Somel and Alexandre Toumarkine, Editor, Ergon Verlag, Berlin, pp.119-131, 2020
2015
2015Syria in World War I: Politics Economy and Society
ÇİÇEK M.
Routledge, London/New York , Londra, 2015
2015
2015Myth of the Unionist Triumvirate: The Formation of the CUP Factions and their Impact in Syria during the Great War
ÇİÇEK M.
in: Syria in World War I: Politics, Economy and Society, Cicek MT, Editor, Routledge, London/New York , Londra Ve Newyork, pp.9-36, 2015
2014
2014War and State Formation in Syria: Cemal Pasha's Governorate during World War I
ÇİÇEK M.
Routledge, Londra Ve New York, 2014
Episodes in the Encyclopedia
2015
2015International Encyclopedia of World War I
Çiçek M.
Freie Üniversitaet-Berlin, pp.1-5, 2015
2015
2015International Encyclopedia of World War I
ÇİÇEK M.
Freie Universitaet-Berlin, pp.1-5, 2015
Other Publications
2019
2019Book Review: Yiğit Akın, When the War Came Home: The Ottoman’s Great War and the Devastation of an Empire, (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2018), IJMES, 50/5
Çiçek M. T.
Other, pp.506-508, 2019
2018
2018Book Review: Cemil Aydin, The Idea of the Muslim World, (Cambridge:MA, Harvard University Press, 2017)
Çiçek M. T.
Other, pp.1-5, 2018
2018
2018Book Review: Abdurrahman Atçıl, Scholars and Sultan in Early Modern Ottoman Empire, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016), Journal of World History, 29/1 (2018).
Çiçek M. T.
Other, pp.135-137, 2018
2017
2017Book Review: Benjamin Fortna, The Circassian: the Life of Eşref Bey, Late Ottoman Insurgent and Special Agent, (London: Hurst, 2016), Divan Disiplinlerarası Çalışmalar Dergisi, 42 (2017),
Çiçek M. T.
Other, pp.150-153, 2017
2016
2016Book Review: Ahmed Selahaddin Bey, Kabe Yollarında: Sürre Alayı Hatıraları, (İstanbul: Dergah Yayınları, 2015), İstanbul Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi
Çiçek M. T.
Other, pp.272-276, 2016
2015
2015Book Review: Lynn Hunt, Writing History in the Global Era, W&W Nortons,
Çiçek M.
Other, pp.178-181, 2015
2014
2014Book Review: Ebubekir Ceylan, The Ottoman Origins of Modern Iraq, (London:I.B. Tauris, 2014), Insight Turkey
ÇİÇEK M.
Other, pp.232, 2014
2014
2014Book Review: Eyal Ginio and Elie Podeh eds., The Ottoman Middle East: Studies in Honor of Amnon Cohen, (Leiden:Brill, 2014), IJTS
ÇİÇEK M.
Other, pp.136-138, 2014
2011
2011Book Review: "Yadigar-ı Meşrutiyet: Tarık Zafer Tunaya Anısına"
Çiçek M.
Other, pp.5, 2011
Supported Projects
2019 - 2022
2019 - 2022
Tribes and Politics in the Middle East, 1920-2018
TUBITAK Project
Çiçek M. T. (Executive)
2019 - 2020
2019 - 2020The Stubborn Mobility: Tribes and Politics in the Middle East
Other Supported Projects
Çiçek M. T. (Executive)
2018 - 2019
2018 - 2019Bordering Mobilities: The Arab Nomads and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Newton Programme Project
Çiçek M. (Executive)
2018 - 2019
2018 - 2019"Kardeşliğin Bedeli": Suriye, Irak ve Kuzey Arabistan Çöl Bölgelerinde Osmanlı Vergi Toplama Uygulaması
Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions
ÇİÇEK M. T. (Executive)
2016 - 2018
2016 - 2018Negotiating Empire in the Desert: the Ottomans and the Arab Bedouin
Newton Programme Project
Çiçek M. (Executive)
2013 - 2015
2013 - 2015Arabistan'da Osmanlı İdaresi: Suudiler, Reşidiler ve Osmanlılar, 1870-1924
Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions
ÇİÇEK M. T. (Executive)
Activities in Scientific Journals
2015 - Continues
2015 - ContinuesDivan Disiplinlerarası Çalışmalar Dergisi
Publication Committee Member
Memberships / Tasks in Scientific Organizations
2016 - Continues
2016 - ContinuesMiddle East Studies Association
Member
Scientific Refereeing
May 2020
May 2020TUBITAK Project
1001 - Program for Supporting Scientific and Technological Research Projects, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey
February 2020
February 2020NEW PERSPECTIVES ON TURKEY
Journal Indexed in SSCI
February 2019
February 2019JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HISTORY
Journal Indexed in SSCI
June 2018
June 2018I.B. Tauris
Scientific / Professional Book Published by Renowned Publishing Houses
February 2018
February 2018Newton Programme Project
Newton Fund, Advanced Fellowships Project, The British Academy, United Kingdom
November 2016
November 2016Journal of Terrorism and Political Violence
Journal Indexed in SSCI
November 2016
November 2016Divan
National Scientific Refreed Journal
October 2016
October 2016Stanford University Press
Scientific / Professional Book Published by Renowned Publishing Houses
March 2016
March 2016Divan
National Scientific Refreed Journal
Awards
April 2021
April 2021The Young Scientist Award
The Science Academy, Turkey
May 2015
May 2015Promising Young Scientist Awar
Turkish Academy Of Sciences
Edit Congress and Symposium Activities
2016
2016Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting
Attendee
Massachusetts-United States Of America
2015
2015Uluslararası Osmanlı Araştırmaları Kongresi
Attendee
Sakarya-Turkey
Invited Talks
September 2020
September 2020‘The Ottoman Expansion into the Desert and the Nomadic Justice, 1840-1914’
Workshop
Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient-Germany
June 2019
June 2019The Ottoman state formation and the Arab nomads in the Middle East, 1840-1914
Conference
University of London (The London School of Economics and Political Science)-United Kingdom
November 2018
November 2018Liberty in Return for Loyalty: Cemal Pasha and the Druze in the Great War
Conference
American University of Beirut-Lebanon
May 2018
May 2018The Hijaz Railroad: Planning, Construction, Reactions and Impact
Conference
American University of Beirut-Lebanon
November 2017
November 2017Empire and Its Nomads: Ottomans and the Arab Bedouin in the Modern Era
Conference
Princeton University-United States Of America
October 2017
October 2017The Ottoman Response to the Balfour Declaration
Workshop
Universitaet Basel (University of Basel)-Switzerland
November 2016
November 2016Ottoman Governance of the Arab Bedouin, 1840-1914
Conference
University of London-School of Oriental and African Studies-United Kingdom
October 2016
October 2016Exiling Empire: The Deportation of the Syrian-Arab Elites into Anatolia in light of the memoirs of Issa al-Issa
Workshop
Universitaet Potsdam-Germany
April 2016
April 2016The holy war in Syria: The Ottoman plan to conquer Egypt during the First World War
Conference
British Institute of Archeology at Ankara-Turkey
March 2015
March 2015Syrian Lands during the Great War: Readjustment of the Ottoman State under Cemal Pasha’s Governorate
Conference
Georgetown University-United States Of America
March 2015
March 2015Cemal Pasha’s Expedition of Egypt and Pan-Islamist Propaganda in Syria during the Great War
Workshop
Harvard University-United States Of America
Scholarships
2019 - 2020
2019 - 2020Alexander von Humboldt Experienced Researcher Fellowship
Humboldt Program
2019 - 2019
2019 - 2019The British Academy Alumni Fellowship
Other International Organizations
2016 - 2018
2016 - 2018Newton International Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Other International Organizations
2007 - 2012
2007 - 2012Tuition Waive and Teaching Assistantship
University
2009 - 2010
2009 - 2010Erasmus
Other International Organizations
Citations
Total Citations (WOS): 6
h-index (WOS): 1
Jury Memberships
August-2015
August 2015Post Graduate
Yüksek Lisans Tez Savunma Jürisi - Sabancı Üniversitesi
March-2015
March 2015Post Graduate
Yüksek Lisans Tez Savunma Jürisi - Sabancı Üniversitesi
Scientific Research / Working Group Memberships
2020 - 2020
2020 - 2020Environment And Justice
https://www.zmo.de/en/research/mainresearchprogram/environment-and-justice
Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Germany
2019 - 2020
2019 - 2020