Ideas in Play Seminar Series – 1
This seminar will offer a scholarly exploration of the political and social dynamics of the Hamidian era, followed by an interactive game session designed to deepen engagement with the historical themes discussed.
Registration: https://forms.office.com/r/kHXxU1FSEi
Speaker:
Asst. Prof. Akile Zorlu
Department of History, Middle East Technical University (METU)
Bio:
Akile Zorlu received her BA in Western Languages and Literatures from Boğaziçi University and her MA in European History from Bilkent University. She completed her PhD in Ottoman–Turkish history at the University of Wisconsin under the supervision of Prof. Kemal Karpat, where she later also taught. Since 2009, she has been a faculty member in the Department of History at Middle East Technical University. Her research focuses on late Ottoman and early Republican modernization.
İttihat is a multiplayer strategy board game set in the late Ottoman period, centered on the power struggle between Sultan Abdülhamid II and the Young Turks.
Players vie for influence, forge alliances, and maneuver through political intrigue to shape the future of empire.
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