BURAK BAŞARANLAR

Assistant Professor BURAK BAŞARANLAR

D BLOK 2. KAT 305

+90 (212) 5336532 - 1595

CV

Academia

Academia

Education

Doctorate

State University of New York at Binghamton
History

Master's Degree

Middle East Technical University
History

Bachelor's Degree

State University of New York at Binghamton
History

Research Areas

  • History of Modern Turkey
  • Subaltern Studies
  • Nationalism and Minorities
  • State & Society Relations in Single-Party Political Settings
  • The History of the Soviet Union

Work Experience

2021 / 2021 Middle East Technical University
Part-Time Visiting Assistant Professor (HIST-413 History of Modernity in the Middle East)

2020 / 2020 State University of New York
Lecturer- HIST-130 Modern World History since the 1500s

2020 / 2020 State University of New York at Binghamton
Lecturer- HIST-591 Teaching College History

2020 / 2020 State University of New York
Teaching Assistant- HIST 385- Palestinian History

2019 / 2019 State University of New York
Teaching Assistant- The Foundations of America

2017 / 2018 Journal of Ottoman and Turkish Studies Associations (JOTSA)
Yardımcı Editör

Administrative Duties

Görev Adı Görev Yeri Başlangıç tarihi Bitiş Tarihi
KHAS-103 Savaş ve Holokost Modül Koordinatörü Kadir Has Üniversitesi 01.09.2022 25.01.2023

Publications

  • Başaranlar, Burak (2022), "Pragmatic Coexistence: Local Reponses to the Growing Presence of the Turkish State in Dersim During the early Republican History of Turkey (1923-1950).", Taylor & Francis , Vol.58, No.5, 931-949 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2022.2028623
  • Başaranlar, Burak (2019), "Kitap Değerlendirmesi (Book Review)", The Political Economy of the Kurds of Turkey: From the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic, by Veli Yadırgı. Nationalities Papers , Vol.47, No.1,

Projects

Project Name Role in the Project Project Type Fund Establishment Project Date
"Cumhuriyet'in Borçluları: 1929 Büyük Buhranı?nın Küçük Toprak Sahipleri Üzerindeki Etkileri ve Toplumsal Hoşnutsuzluk 1929-1939 Yürütücü Ulusal Proje TÜBİTAK ARDEB 26.09.2024
26.03.2027

Courses Offered

Course Name Course Code Period
The Red Century: The Entangled Histories of Soviet Union, Communism and Cold War KHAS1346 2023/24 Spring
History of Modern Turkey II HST102 2023/24 Spring
History of Humankind KHAS103 2023/24 Fall
History of Humankind KHAS103 2024/25 Fall

Burak Basaranlar received his Ph.D. from the History Department of Binghamton University in Fall 2020. His expertise centers around the Ottoman Empire and the Modern Middle East, in addition to his training and interest in the History of the Soviet Union and Historical Sociology. His doctoral dissertation focuses on the state-building policies of the Republic of Turkey from 1925 to 1950, analyzing how the Republic’s nationalist agenda influenced the state-building process on the local level in Eastern Thrace and inner Eastern Anatolia. He was awarded merit-based grants and scholarships by the Turkish History Association, Fulbright, and Binghamton University. In 2020, he received Binghamton University’s Research in Excellence award. He presented his work at various international conferences. His works appeared in academic journals such as Middle Eastern Studies and Nationalities Papers. He previously worked at Binghamton University and Middle East Technical University, where he taught courses as a teaching assistant and an adjunct instructor. He also holds editorial experience since he worked as the graduate editor of the Journal of Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association (JOTSA).