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Murat YILMAZ serves as a full-time Lecturer at Kastamonu University's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of International Relations since 2022. He concurrently holds administrative positions including Department Head (2025-present), Deputy Dean (2024-present), and Director of the Middle East Research Center (2023-present).
- PhD in History from Karadeniz Technical University (2020)
- MA in History from Karadeniz Technical University (2013)
- BA in History from Karadeniz Technical University (2010)
His research centers on Ottoman political history with specialized focus on press history and modernization processes. His scholarly work examines Young Turk opposition movements, constitutional era humor magazines, and Ottoman perceptions of Europe. He analyzes how political legitimacy was constructed through media and propaganda during critical transition periods of the late Ottoman Empire.
His publication analysis reveals consistent thematic concentration on Ottoman media strategies (15 journal articles, 5 book chapters), particularly examining Young Turk propaganda techniques and Ottoman press during the Second Constitutional Era. His work bridges political history with media studies, demonstrating how humor magazines and multilingual publications served as political tools.
Dr. YILMAZ actively supervises graduate students, currently advising two master's theses on NATO's Eastern European security policy and Aliyev policies in Nagorno-Karabakh. His teaching portfolio includes undergraduate courses in Political History, Diplomatic History, and Western Thought History, alongside graduate-level Turkish Foreign Policy instruction.
He contributes to academic governance as a member of the Faculty Executive Board and serves on editorial boards for international journals including Asya Studies and Palestine Research Journal. His research is supported through institutional affiliations with Kastamonu University's Middle East Research Center where he examines contemporary geopolitical developments through historical frameworks.
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