M. Sükrü Hanioglu
Professor and Chair in Near Eastern Studies
Director of the Program in Near Eastern Studies
Princeton University

M. Sükrü Hanioglu is Professor and Chair in Near Eastern Studies and Director of the Program in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University.  He received his B.A. in Political Science and Economics and his Ph.D. in Political Science from Istanbul University. During his graduate years he taught late Ottoman diplomatic and political history as an instructor in the Political Science Department.  His Ph.D. thesis focused on the political activities and thought of one of the founders of the Committee of Union and Progress, Dr. Abdullah Cevdet.  Since 1981, he has taught courses on late Ottoman political and diplomatic history, late Ottoman history, and Turkish political life.  In addition to his appointment at Princeton University, he has taught and conducted seminars at Istanbul and Bosphorus Universities, the Turkish Naval Academy, Columbia University, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Michigan, and the University of Chicago.