{"id":835,"date":"2024-08-31T10:22:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T14:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/?page_id=835"},"modified":"2024-12-25T23:43:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T04:43:38","slug":"blog-posts-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/?page_id=835","title":{"rendered":"Blog Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-814b2e75\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns has-1-columns has-desktop-twoOne-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-collapsedRows-layout has-vertical-unset\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-fc8977da\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-raft-bg-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ca21e7af wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-constrained wp-block-query-is-layout-constrained\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-959 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-academic tag-bestiality tag-biopolitics tag-colonialism tag-early-modern-travelers tag-elias-ibn-hanna-al-mawsuli tag-ilyas-ibn-hanna-al-mawsuli tag-monstrous-bodies tag-ottomanization tag-race tag-race-theory tag-renaissance-studies tag-reverend-elias tag-spanish-americas tag-subaltern-studies tag-the-ottoman-world tag-vampire\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7918c2e5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/?p=959\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1834\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/beyon-beasts-and-borders.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Beyond Borders and Beasts\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/beyon-beasts-and-borders.png 1834w, https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/beyon-beasts-and-borders-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/beyon-beasts-and-borders-1024x401.png 1024w, https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/beyon-beasts-and-borders-768x301.png 768w, https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/beyon-beasts-and-borders-1536x601.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1834px) 100vw, 1834px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-raft-bg-alt-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-455aa0f5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-cb46ffcb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"taxonomy-category has-text-align-center wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/?cat=179\" rel=\"tag\">Academic<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-02-07T13:27:00-05:00\">02\/07\/2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/?p=959\" target=\"_self\" >Beyond Borders and Beasts<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-ef539e3c334efcd91ad9b874e43b2ac6 wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This article is an expanded version of a final paper I wrote during my first year for Olimpia E. Rosenthal&#8217;s graduate course, &#8220;Race, Biopolitics &amp; Colonialism,&#8221; at Indiana University in Fall 2022. While developing the piece, I presented it at the second annual Michael Gordon Memorial History Graduate Conference on April 28\u201329, 2023, at the<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/?p=959\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-640 post type-post status-publish format-image has-post-thumbnail hentry category-academic tag-court-culture tag-early-modern-era tag-edirne-palace tag-history-of-france tag-louis-xiv tag-mehmed-iv tag-the-ottoman-empire tag-waste-economy post_format-post-format-image\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7918c2e5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/?p=640\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fatih-torun-Absolutist-Displays-1000x288.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Absolutist Displays: Ottoman\u00a0s\u00fbr-\u0131 h\u00fcm\u00e2yun\u00a0versus French\u00a0grande f\u00eate\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-raft-bg-alt-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-455aa0f5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-cb46ffcb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"taxonomy-category has-text-align-center wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/?cat=179\" rel=\"tag\">Academic<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2024-07-01T12:03:40-04:00\">07\/01\/2024<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/?p=640\" target=\"_self\" >Absolutist Displays: Ottoman\u00a0s\u00fbr-\u0131 h\u00fcm\u00e2yun\u00a0versus French\u00a0grande f\u00eate<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-ef539e3c334efcd91ad9b874e43b2ac6 wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">This research paper was presented at Early Modern Ottoman Studies Conference II (EMOS) on June 27-28, 2024, at Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey. Recent scholarly discussions on royal weddings and princely festivals in the early modern era have predominantly centered on the European context. While contemporary research has notably enriched our understanding of Ottoman dynastic celebrations,<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/?p=640\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-636 post type-post status-publish format-image hentry category-academic tag-army-artisans tag-artisans tag-auxiliary-artisans tag-edirne tag-guild-artisan-pageants tag-imperial-festival-sur-i-humayun tag-ottoman-circumcision-festival-of-1675 tag-sultan-mehmed-iv post_format-post-format-image\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7918c2e5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-raft-bg-alt-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-455aa0f5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-cb46ffcb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"taxonomy-category has-text-align-center wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/?cat=179\" rel=\"tag\">Academic<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2024-05-01T11:51:40-04:00\">05\/01\/2024<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/?p=636\" target=\"_self\" >The Role of Artisans in the Circumcision Festival of 1675 during the Reign of Sultan Mehmed IV<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-ef539e3c334efcd91ad9b874e43b2ac6 wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In 1675, the Ottoman state held an imperial festival (sur-\u0131 h\u00fcmayun) in Edirne to celebrate the military achievements, the circumcision of the sons of Sultan Mehmed IV (r. 1648-1687) and the marriage of his daughter. Drawing from seventeenth-&nbsp;century official and non-official sources concerning the festival, this essay focuses&nbsp;mainly on the role of the artisans. 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