Dr Gul Sen
@guel-sen.bsky.social
Historian. Senior Lecturer. early modern & maritime history & forced labor & enslavement & Ottoman history & German local history & connected history || hiking 🌄
Congratulations, Amalia!🎉 It was the result of your extraordinary hard and disciplined work for your research. BTW: Welcome to the world of postdocs😉
December 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Congratulations, Amalia!🎉 It was the result of your extraordinary hard and disciplined work for your research. BTW: Welcome to the world of postdocs😉
This passage describes the blocking of the Dardanelles, a tactic frequently applied by the Venetians, and the resulting shortage of supplies from Istanbul for the Ottoman naval units that were already stationed on a part of the island. Source: Gül Sen "Making Sense of History .."(2022) p. 130
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This passage describes the blocking of the Dardanelles, a tactic frequently applied by the Venetians, and the resulting shortage of supplies from Istanbul for the Ottoman naval units that were already stationed on a part of the island. Source: Gül Sen "Making Sense of History .."(2022) p. 130
I’m pretty new on Bluesky and still figuring out how everything works.🧐 I mainly work on Ottoman maritime history, especially maritime labor - a lot of my research revolves around naval arsenals. Mabe, I can be added?
November 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I’m pretty new on Bluesky and still figuring out how everything works.🧐 I mainly work on Ottoman maritime history, especially maritime labor - a lot of my research revolves around naval arsenals. Mabe, I can be added?
It shows another similarity to the Ottoman society in the early modern world. Physiognomy (but not chiromancy, to best of my knowledge) was used in order to select the best officials for the ruling class. On this topic: www.jstor.org/stable/26569...
Physiognomy (ʿilm-i firāsat) and Ottoman Statecraft on JSTOR
Emin Lelić, Physiognomy (ʿilm-i firāsat) and Ottoman Statecraft, Arabica, T. 64, Fasc. 3/4 (2017), pp. 609-646
www.jstor.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It shows another similarity to the Ottoman society in the early modern world. Physiognomy (but not chiromancy, to best of my knowledge) was used in order to select the best officials for the ruling class. On this topic: www.jstor.org/stable/26569...