About
In 2019, I graduated from the History Department at Boğaziçi University. I continued my master’s degree at the same university. At the Atatürk Institute at Boğaziçi, I prepared the thesis entitled “Under Mehmed ‘Ali’s Impact: Dispatching Students to Europe In the Reign of Mahmud II (1830-1839)”. In 2021, I started my doctorate studies in the History Department at Koç University. And I am here. In the year 2023, I also began to work on the project at the University of Toronto as a research assistant under the supervision of Asst. Prof. Adrien Zakar. For my studies, please visit: https://ku.academia.edu/muratcanzorcuEducation
Korfez Ataturk Anatolian High School, Kocaeli, Turkey: high school diploma.
Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, bachelor’s degree.
Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, master’s degree.
Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, doctorate (in progress). Publications
Zorcu, Muratcan. “Venedik Balyos Raporlarının Işığında Çoban Mustafa Paşa.” Journal of Turkish Studies 42, (2014): 395–410. [According to the Bailo Reports, Coban Mustafa Pasha]
Zorcu, Muratcan. “Tarih-i Liva’ Örneğinde Disiplinler Arası Bilgi Paylaşımı.” Journal of Turkish Studies 46, (2016): 471–491. [Daily Weather Conditions in Istanbul’s late-1820s]
Zorcu, Muratcan. “Sultan II. Mahmud Dönemi’nde ‘Avrupa’ya Yüz Elli Öğrenci Gönderilme’ Meselesi.” Journal of Turkish Studies 56, (2021): 449–455. [‘Sending One Hundred and Fifty Students to Europe’ in the Reign of Mahmud II]
Zorcu, Muratcan. “Under Meḥmed ‘Alī’s Impact: Dispatching Students to Europe in the Reign of Maḥmūd II (1830–1839).” MA thesis, Boğaziçi University, 2021.
Zorcu, Muratcan. “A Collection on the Russo-Japanese War at the Atatürk Library” Global Perspectives on Japan 5 (2022): 105-116.
Projects
Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey: Research Assistant in TUBITAK Project (03/2022 – 12/2022) – Animal Trade from Anatolia to Istanbul and Meat Provisioning (1783-1920)
Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey: Teaching Assistant in different courses, HUM 131, HIST 337, CSHS 517, and HIST 335 by Assoc. Prof. Yonca Koksal (09/2021 – 02/2022; 03/2023 – 06/2023; 09/2023 – 01/2024)
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada: Research Assistant in the Project (06/2023 – present) – Ottoman Geocracy Territory, Society, and the Instruments of Empire (1850–1950) by Asst. Prof. Adrien Zakar
