Asst. Prof. MEHMET TUĞRUL

Born in 1986 in Samsun, he completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Samsun. In 2011, he graduated from Gazi University, Department of History Education. In 2013, he completed his Master's degree with the thesis titled "Ottoman Period Plovdiv Waqfs (XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries)" in Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Department of History, where he started as a Research Assistant. In 2020, he completed his Master's degree at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Department of History and Civilization Studies with a thesis titled "A Comparative Example of the Relationship between City and Waqf in the Balkans: Thessaloniki and Sofia" in the Department of History and Civilization Studies at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University. He has studies on Ottoman History, Waqfs, City History and Balkans. He is currently working as a faculty member at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History. He is also the advisor to the President of TÜBA. In addition to the books edited by Mehmet Tuğrul, he has articles and papers in academic journals. He is a board member of the Writers' Union of Turkey and ADAM Foundation. Tuğrul is married and has two children.