Mesut Uyar
@mesutuyar.bsky.social
Professor. Ottoman-Turkish Military Historian. University of New South Wales Canberra. Graduate of Turkish Military Academy & University of İstanbul Political Sciences, currently living in #Sydney 🇹🇷🇦🇺🎖
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Mesut Uyar
@mesutuyar.bsky.social
· Oct 18
As this is my first post, let me introduce myself. I'm a military historian specialized on late Ottoman and modern Turkish military history. I've published 4 books in English 6 in Turkish and numerous articles and book chapters
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For the last 3 years I have dedicated most of my time to organise and edit books. One book has been published and two in the process. But unfortunately labour intensive editorship does not get much academic credits. Time to focus on writing for indexed journals.
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(PDF) The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkish History
PDF | This handbook is an innovative recasting and reinterpretation of modern Turkish history centred on war and society. It covers much neglected... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:29 AM
For the last 3 years I have dedicated most of my time to organise and edit books. One book has been published and two in the process. But unfortunately labour intensive editorship does not get much academic credits. Time to focus on writing for indexed journals.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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"The ancient sites of Karahantepe and Göbeklitepe in Turkey are rewriting what we know about early human civilization. Older than the pyramids and Stonehenge, these settlements may mark the moment humans first began living together in permanent, peaceful communities."
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Secrets of a 10,000-year-old village uncovered | CNN
CNN’s Salma Abdelaziz visits the ancient sites of Karahantepe and Göbeklitepe in southeastern Turkey — two groundbreaking archaeological digs that are rewriting what we know about early human civiliza...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"The ancient sites of Karahantepe and Göbeklitepe in Turkey are rewriting what we know about early human civilization. Older than the pyramids and Stonehenge, these settlements may mark the moment humans first began living together in permanent, peaceful communities."
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Sadık Emre Karakuş ve Murat Babuçoğlu'nun yayına hazırladığı ama basıldığı halde TOBB'un bir türlü dağıtmadığı Tarih-i Cevdet internet arşivine yüklenmiş. Tavsiye ederim indirip okuyun. Çalışmalarınızda kullanın
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November 17, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Sadık Emre Karakuş ve Murat Babuçoğlu'nun yayına hazırladığı ama basıldığı halde TOBB'un bir türlü dağıtmadığı Tarih-i Cevdet internet arşivine yüklenmiş. Tavsiye ederim indirip okuyun. Çalışmalarınızda kullanın
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For the last 3 years I have dedicated most of my time to organise and edit books. One book has been published and two in the process. But unfortunately labour intensive editorship does not get much academic credits. Time to focus on writing for indexed journals.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkish History
PDF | This handbook is an innovative recasting and reinterpretation of modern Turkish history centred on war and society. It covers much neglected... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
www.researchgate.net
November 11, 2025 at 6:29 AM
For the last 3 years I have dedicated most of my time to organise and edit books. One book has been published and two in the process. But unfortunately labour intensive editorship does not get much academic credits. Time to focus on writing for indexed journals.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
If you are planning to visit Gallipoli/Dardanelles here is the official guidebook of the Directorate of Gallipoli Historical Site
Enjoy
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Enjoy
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November 9, 2025 at 8:33 AM
If you are planning to visit Gallipoli/Dardanelles here is the official guidebook of the Directorate of Gallipoli Historical Site
Enjoy
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Enjoy
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I was not aware that Asimov had been inspired by Tamerlane to create the infamous Mule character of the Foundation series. Though I knew the relation between Bizantine General Belisarius and Bel Riose.
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I was not aware that Asimov had been inspired by Tamerlane to create the infamous Mule character of the Foundation series. Though I knew the relation between Bizantine General Belisarius and Bel Riose.
Although this chapter was published in 2015, the publisher recently let me share it. So here it is
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(PDF) Ottoman Strategy and War Aims during the First World War
PDF | The Ottoman decision for war, followed by the Ottoman navy’s fateful naval attack on the Russian Black Sea ports on 29 October 1914 has attracted... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Although this chapter was published in 2015, the publisher recently let me share it. So here it is
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Türk Savaş Çalışmaları Dergisinin (Turkish Journal of War Studies) yani sayısı çıktı iyi okumalar.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Türk Savaş Çalışmaları Dergisinin (Turkish Journal of War Studies) yani sayısı çıktı iyi okumalar.
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#BargainHunting Sir Hew Strachan's first published book for a fiver. Not bad.
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
#BargainHunting Sir Hew Strachan's first published book for a fiver. Not bad.
Common phobia in Australia
October 30, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Common phobia in Australia
Yayınlanmasını uzun süredir beklediğim Şefik Aker biyografisi sonunda satışta. Haluk Oral hocanın titiz araştırması ihmal edilmiş bir kahramanı gün yüzüne çıkarmaktadır. Hocanın arşivinden belge ve fotoğraflar ise kitabın değerini arttırmaktadır. Hassaten tavsiye ederim.
October 21, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Yayınlanmasını uzun süredir beklediğim Şefik Aker biyografisi sonunda satışta. Haluk Oral hocanın titiz araştırması ihmal edilmiş bir kahramanı gün yüzüne çıkarmaktadır. Hocanın arşivinden belge ve fotoğraflar ise kitabın değerini arttırmaktadır. Hassaten tavsiye ederim.
Recycling controversial Civil War statues
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Holy crap Kara Walker chopped up a Stonewall Jackson statue and revealed a monster
October 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Recycling controversial Civil War statues
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Our (I & Alexander Morrison) article on Kars is out.
The stronghold of strongholds: Kars and the Russian military, 1807-1878
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The stronghold of strongholds: Kars and the Russian military, 1807-1878
@routledgehistory.bsky.social @crimeanwar.bsky.social @mesutuyar.bsky.social @mhafhs.bsky.social
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The stronghold of strongholds: Kars and the Russian military, 1807-...
On the morning of 25th June 1829, a young Russian poet gazed with awe at the supposedly impregnable Ottoman fortress of Kars, which had been captured by the Russian Army of the Caucasus just a year...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Our (I & Alexander Morrison) article on Kars is out.
The stronghold of strongholds: Kars and the Russian military, 1807-1878
@routledgehistory.bsky.social @crimeanwar.bsky.social @mesutuyar.bsky.social @mhafhs.bsky.social
journals.openedition.org/chreecc/15443
The stronghold of strongholds: Kars and the Russian military, 1807-1878
@routledgehistory.bsky.social @crimeanwar.bsky.social @mesutuyar.bsky.social @mhafhs.bsky.social
journals.openedition.org/chreecc/15443
My book review of Ian Burns's work Float Planes over the Desert.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
My book review of Ian Burns's work Float Planes over the Desert.
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This was a real enterpreneurship. Opening bookshop/newsstand with the NAAFI for the British troops in Turkey during the Allied occupation.
October 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
This was a real enterpreneurship. Opening bookshop/newsstand with the NAAFI for the British troops in Turkey during the Allied occupation.
The Turkish adventure with military sociology
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Turkish Military Sociology: Exploring the Evolution of an Early Starter but Latecomer - Barış Ateş, 2025
This article explores the reasons for the late development of Turkish military sociology. Although the relationship between the Turkish military and society has...
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October 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The Turkish adventure with military sociology
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#BookoftheDay Casual reading. Breaking bad Nazi style.
October 2, 2025 at 5:28 AM
#BookoftheDay Casual reading. Breaking bad Nazi style.
Yeni yazım. İyi okumalar
"Askeri teknoloji sadece silah sistemleri demek değildir"
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"Askeri teknoloji sadece silah sistemleri demek değildir"
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Prof. Dr. Mesut Uyar | Askeri teknoloji sadece silah sistemleri demek değildir
Ukrayna savaşı, modern askeri teknolojinin önemini kimsenin inkâr edemeyeceği bir şekilde ortaya koydu. Dünya kamuoyu savaşın başladığı Şubat 2022'den bu yana televizyon, bilgisayar ve akıllı telefon ...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Yeni yazım. İyi okumalar
"Askeri teknoloji sadece silah sistemleri demek değildir"
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"Askeri teknoloji sadece silah sistemleri demek değildir"
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Thanks to current developments I have started to understand and appreciate Caligula and his times more.
September 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Thanks to current developments I have started to understand and appreciate Caligula and his times more.
France; the new sick man of Europe.
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Why France is at risk of becoming the new sick man of Europe
The country is at the conjuncture of several crises at once - but is it fair to blame Macron for 'this shipwreck'?
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September 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
France; the new sick man of Europe.
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Interesting.
"Trump admin has been quietly pushing to retake Afghan base from the Taliban for months, sources say"
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"Trump admin has been quietly pushing to retake Afghan base from the Taliban for months, sources say"
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Trump admin has been quietly pushing to retake Afghan base from the Taliban for months, sources say | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has been quietly pushing his national security officials for months to find a way to get Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan back from the Taliban, three people familiar with the mat...
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September 19, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Interesting.
"Trump admin has been quietly pushing to retake Afghan base from the Taliban for months, sources say"
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"Trump admin has been quietly pushing to retake Afghan base from the Taliban for months, sources say"
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"20,000 members of the American Nazi Party once rallied in Madison Square Garden. Could it happen again?"
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20,000 members of the American Nazi Party once rallied in Madison Square Garden. Could it happen again?
On October 10, The Atlantic premiered 'A Night at the Garden', an unsettling seven minutes and five seconds long video made of film footage that American documentary filmmaker Marshall Curry had accid...
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September 18, 2025 at 7:07 AM
"20,000 members of the American Nazi Party once rallied in Madison Square Garden. Could it happen again?"
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You can download and read my new edited book The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkish History from the link below
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkish History
PDF | This handbook is an innovative recasting and reinterpretation of modern Turkish history centred on war and society. It covers much neglected... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
www.researchgate.net
September 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
You can download and read my new edited book The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkish History from the link below
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Come across this pamphlet of Nesta Webster. She had all the ingredients to be an ideal right wing social media troll.
September 13, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Come across this pamphlet of Nesta Webster. She had all the ingredients to be an ideal right wing social media troll.