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Süleyman YELOCAĞI is a Researcher at Artvin Coruh University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences (Department of History, Division of Ancient History) and concurrently serves in the Rectorate's Department of Atatürk Principles and Revolution History since 2022. His academic career at the institution spans from 2009 to present, encompassing teaching and research in Ottoman and modern Turkish historical studies.
His educational qualifications include:
- PhD in Atatürk's Principles and Revolution History from Yildiz Technical University (2011-2019)
- Master's in History from Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University (2007-2011)
- Bachelor's in History from Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University (2003-2007)
Dr. YELOCAĞI specializes in analyzing Turkish historical narratives through literary sources, particularly novels from the early Republican period. His research examines intersections of nationalism, women's history, and ideological transformations within Ottoman and Turkish contexts. He employs interdisciplinary methodologies combining historical analysis with literary criticism to explore how fiction shapes collective memory and national identity construction.
His publication trends (2012-2023) reveal consistent focus on Ottoman-Turkish novels as historical evidence, with increasing emphasis on gender studies and ideological discourse analysis in recent works. Key thematic clusters include women's emancipation narratives, representations of Abdulhamid II's era, and nation-building processes in early Republican literature. His methodological approach treats novels as primary sources for understanding societal transformations.
Dr. YELOCAĞI has taught undergraduate courses including Turkish Revolution History, Contemporary History of the Islamic World, and Press History across associate and bachelor programs since 2013. He participated as scholarship holder in the TUBITAK national project 'Education in Salonica Province (1850-1912)' (2014-2019), contributing to regional educational history research. His language certifications in Macedonian and Bulgarian (Yildiz Technical University, 2011) support his Balkan-focused historical investigations.
