Biography
M. Fatih Çalışır specializes in early modern Ottoman history and environmental history. He received his BA from Fatih University (2005), MA from Bilkent University in 2009, and Ph.D. from Georgetown University in 2016. Before embarking on his Ph.D. journey, Çalışır served as an assistant specialist at the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, where he assisted in the preservation of cultural heritage at the Topkapı Palace Manuscripts Library and the Istanbul Museum of Islamic Science and Technology History (2009-2010). During his academic career, Çalışır has held various positions. From 2017 to 2019, he was affiliated with Ibn Haldun University, and from 2019 to 2023, he was a faculty member at the Department of History at Kırklareli University. In 2024, he was a visiting researcher at the Harvard University Center for Middle Eastern Studies (Harvard-CMES), supported by the TÜBİTAK 2219 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Abroad. He is the author of a monograph on Mehmed I and has edited several works, including volumes on the era of Suleiman the Lawgiver (with Suraiya Faroqhi and M. Şakir Yılmaz), the history of the Turkish war industry (with A. Sefa Özkaya), and the Köprülü era in Ottoman history. Çalışır is also known for his translations from English into Turkish of academic works on environmental history, military history, and the Baburid Empire. He is the founder of the Bilkent History Society and the Environmental History Society of Turkey. He has also spearheaded the biennial Süleymaniye International Symposium, which has promoted scholarly exchange and collaboration in the field of history. Since February 2023, he has been a full-time faculty member at the Institute of Islamic Studies at Istanbul University.