Zeynep Ertugrul

SSC Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University – Intellectuals and popular education in early republican Turkey

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days.

ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

[Zeynep Ertugrul @zepertug]

@AmnestyAustria @ShouraHashemi

[Zeynep Ertugrul @zepertug]

Bystanders trying to film, which is 100% legal, were blocked, with a random passerby (a pastor!) helping the police do it. What a shame.

[Zeynep Ertugrul @zepertug]

Vienna, such a delight to visit. On one of its busiest streets, I watched police racially profile and violently take down a delivery worker for no apparent reason. They then called in backup — five or six police cars and around 20 officers — for a single, visibly non-violent man.

[Zeynep Ertugrul @zepertug]

Vienna, such a delight to visit. On one of its busiest streets, I watched police racially profile and violently take down a delivery worker for no apparent reason. They then called in backup — five or six police cars and around 20 officers — for a single, visibly non-violent man.

[Zeynep Ertugrul @zepertug]

Vienna, such a delight to visit. On one of its busiest streets, I watched police racially profile and violently take down a delivery worker for no apparent reason. They then called in backup — five or six police cars and around 20 officers — for a single, visibly non-violent man.

[Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies-Columbia @CU_SakipSabanci]

TOMORROW!

[Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies-Columbia @CU_SakipSabanci]

Next week: SSC Annual Lecture 2026 — registration is still open!

📣 “The Republic of Angora (The Medieval One)”
with Prof. Cemal Kafadar (Harvard)
🗓️ Thursday, April 16, 2026
📍 Faculty House, Columbia University
⏰ 4:30 PM
🔗 Register here: https://t.co/hu0UoOxSlW

[Hafıza Merkezi @hakikatadalet]

📌 Zorla Kaybedilenler Veritabanı yeniden erişime açıldı!

1980’lerden bugüne zorla kaybedilen kişilere dair veriler; tanıklıklar, farklı kaynaklar ve çapraz doğrulama ile derlenerek kamuya sunuluyor.
🔍 Bugün itibarıyla 500 kişinin profili veritabanında yer alıyor.

Bu veritabanı, kayıpların görünür kılınması ve toplumsal hafızanın güçlendirilmesi için bir kaynak niteliğinde.

🔗 Detaylar ve veritabanı için: https://t.co/djntdEYYk4
#hakikat #adalet #hafıza

[Zeynep Ertugrul @zepertug]

İlber Ortaylı'nın diğer bir katkısı da öğrenci ve genel olarak toplumu aşağılayan tarihçi imajını popülerleştirmek. İyi bir tarihçi olduğunu kanıtlamak için üstten konuşması, birilerini taciz etmesi gerektiğine inanan bir sürü oğlan çocuğu tarih mesleğine girdi arkasından...

[Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies-Columbia @CU_SakipSabanci]

Only a few days remaining! Don’t forget to register. See you next Tuesday!

[Zeynep Ertugrul @zepertug]

Join us on Tuesday !

[Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies-Columbia @CU_SakipSabanci]

Coming up:

Founding Acts: Historical Perspectives on State Violence from the Late Ottoman Empire to the Early Turkish Republic
Convened by Dr. Zeynep Ertuğrul
🗓️ March 3 | 9:45 AM–4:30 PM
📍 Columbia University, Fayerweather 413
🔗 Register: https://t.co/UH8u4BHjVU

[Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies-Columbia @CU_SakipSabanci]

Coming up:

Founding Acts: Historical Perspectives on State Violence from the Late Ottoman Empire to the Early Turkish Republic
Convened by Dr. Zeynep Ertuğrul
🗓️ March 3 | 9:45 AM–4:30 PM
📍 Columbia University, Fayerweather 413
🔗 Register: https://t.co/UH8u4BHjVU

[Zeynep Ertugrul @zepertug]

If you’re attending the ASEEES, join us for our roundtable “Remembering the Ottomans across Post-Ottoman Spaces,” featuring Leyla Amzi Erdogdular, Milena Methodieva, Lediona Shahollari, Hannes Grandits (chair), and me!
Thu, Nov 20, 5:00 to 6:45 pm
Floor: Terrace, Fairchild East

[Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies-Columbia @CU_SakipSabanci]

📢 Join us to meet our new & returning fellows—explore their work and connect with our community at the SSC Fellows & Scholars Showcase!

🗓️ Tue, Oct 14 | ⏰ 4:30–5:30 PM
📍 IAB 707, Columbia Univ.

🔗 Register here: https://t.co/cIjOQEGGs3

[Zeynep Ertugrul @zepertug]

The section goes beyond a single article; it includes several pieces and a short introduction. This project is the result of years of effort and collaboration with Emmanuel Szurek. I am very happy to see it published.

[Zeynep Ertugrul @zepertug]

This special issue of the European Journal of Turkish Studies features a section called “Le Meurtre et la Langue,” which explores how early republican popular educators discussed the genocide in 1930s Turkey.

https://t.co/xwHRnPCclo

[Zeynep Ertugrul @zepertug]

This special issue of the European Journal of Turkish Studies features a section called “Le Meurtre et la Langue,” which explores how early republican popular educators discussed the genocide in 1930s Turkey.

https://t.co/xwHRnPCclo

[Zeynep Ertugrul @zepertug]

My article about the category of "münevver" in 1930s Turkey is finally published. I dedicate it to my cat Nuri—who always politically intervened in the name of his enlightenment.
https://t.co/Ynzx6iQirZ

[Zeynep Ertugrul @zepertug]

https://t.co/AfDk7k084H

[Ohannes Kılıçdağı @ohannes_klcdg]

.@eczozgurozel benim babam Öcalan’ınki gibi değil, gerçekten Ermeni. Belediye başkanınızın bununla bir sorunu varsa gelsin bana anlatsın. Peki siz utanmıyor musunuz böyle bir ırkçıyı partide tutmaya, üstelik ihraç etmişken tekrar almaya?