Yonca Köksal Özyasar is a Professor of History at Koç University. Her work focuses on the late Ottoman Empire, the Tanzimat reforms in the provinces, tribes and livestock trade in Anatolia, and Muslim minorities in Bulgaria and Romania. She has published several books and articles. Her most recent book is entitled The Ottoman Empire in the Tanzimat Era: Provincial Perspectives (Routledge, 2019). Her articles have appeared in journals such as European History Quarterly, American Behavioral Scientist, Nationalities Papers, Turkish Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Archiv Orientalni, and New Perspectives on Turkey.
Can Nacar is an Associate Professor of History at Koç University. His research centers on the lives of artisans and workers, transportation industries, trade networks, and the history of animals in the Ottoman Empire. His first book, entitled Labor and Power in the Late Ottoman Empire: Tobacco Workers, Managers, and the State, 1872-1912 was published in 2019. His publications have also appeared in journals such as the International Journal of Middle East Studies, Archiv Orientalni, Middle Eastern Studies, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association, Toplum ve Bilim, and Kebikeç.
