International Symposium on Ottoman Economic History

The International Symposium of Ottoman Economic History, organized by Güngören Municipality (Istanbul) and Marmara University, aims at providing a scholarly setting to discuss the significance of economic history and the current scholarly works in this field, as well as at increasing the general interest in economic history. This international symposium shall be the first scholarly event of this kind within our district and will be dedicated to the memory of our greatly esteemed teacher and colleague Mehmet Genç, whom we lost a short time ago. He was one of the pioneers of Ottoman economic history and much deservedly, had acquired international acclaim on the account of the originality of his scholarly work. We hope that our scholarly community shall express great interest in this international symposium dedicated to the memory of the late Mehmet Genç.

It is evident that our history and geography offer rich material to scholars who specialize in economic history, both in terms of theory and practice. Scholarly events of this kind thus possess immense importance in proliferating our existing knowledge in economic history and creating settings that shall inspire new scholarly work. As such, we believe that it is of uttermost significance for us all that such events should be continued, while also gaining in depth and becoming more diversified.

The proceedings of this symposium on Ottoman economic history, presented by expert scholars in their fields, shall be also published as a book.

Notice: Turkish and English papers will be accepted for the symposium. Those who wish to participate can apply by filling out the form that can be accessed on our website. The travel and accommodation expenses of scholars who will be traveling from abroad or from outside Istanbul, shall be covered by the organizing committee.