Egemen Yılgür
Biographic Data
| ID | 4428503 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Egemen Yılgür |
| GIVEN NAMES | Egemen |
| FAMILY NAME | Yılgür |
| SIGNATURE | YILGÜR E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yeditepe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6269-6523 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Turcoman Gypsies: The intersectional/multiple identities of a peripatetic group and its historical segmentation
The early eighteenth-century Ottoman state correspondences reference a peripatetic group in Rumelia identified as the “Turcoman Gypsies” ( Türkmān Ḳibṭīleri ). This group originated from Southern Anatolia and actively engaged with Turkic tribal organizations, notably the Zulkadriyye spin-offs ( ifrāz-ı Ẕūlkadriyye ). In response to discontent with Ottoman policies that sought to settle mobile populations in the late seventeenth century, they modi…
A Tale of a “Gypsy” Couple: Contested Ottoman Identity, Property Rights and the State
This article provides a microhistorical case study centered on a Roma couple residing in Istanbul’s renowned Romani settlement, Sulukule. It sheds light on three significant historical processes related to modernity that influenced the interactions of the individuals involved: land commodification, the 1881 census reform, and the rise of both inclusive and conservative Orientalist discourses within the Ottoman ruling elite. At the heart of the na…
The 1858 tax reform and the ‘other nomads’ in Ottoman Asia
The Ottoman state governed its mobile subjects with various policies. While the Ottoman historiography is pretty illuminating on state-pastoralist relations, studies on the other nomads, peripatetics, are still rare. Existing studies are almost exclusively Roma-centred and focused mainly on the empire’s European territories. Moreover, the gap in the literature is more profound regarding nineteenth-century modernisation policies and their effects …
Formation of Informal Settlements and the Development of the Idiom Teneke Mahalle in the Late-Ottoman Istanbul
A teneke mahalle, mostly consisting of shacks constructed of collected waste materials, is a late Ottoman and early Republican phenomenon that parallels its global counterparts such as the Corralones in Peru or the Indian slums. Although occasionally mentioned in the pioneer studies, the long history of the teneke mahalles has been overlooked until recent times, and in the mainstream discussions on urban poverty, these neighborhoods have almost w…
Teneke mahalles in the late Ottoman capital: A socio-spatial ground for the co-inhabitation of Roma immigrants and the local poor
The term teneke mahalle, literally “tin can neighbourhood,” has been widely used since the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 to describe a specific kind of urban fabrication, possibly poor and physically dilapidated, but also the sole, cheapest, and undoubtedly creative solution for the urgent housing needs of the poorest segments of the urban population. Even though these neighbourhoods were initially built at least partly by Muslim refugees, the R…
Ethnicity, class and politicisation: Immigrant Roma tobacco workers in Turkey
Roma tobacco workers participated in the Turkish labour force after the Turkish– Greek population exchange in the 1920s. They had already been well represented in the labour organisations of Ottoman Macedonia and had developed solid relations with the Jewish, Greek and non-Roma, Muslim tobacco workers. They had a political culture and experience with labour organisation, which would form the basis for their struggle after they came to Turkey. Up …
A Tale of a “Gypsy” Couple: Contested Ottoman Identity, Property Rights and the State
This article provides a microhistorical case study centered on a Roma couple residing in Istanbul’s renowned Romani settlement, Sulukule. It sheds light on three significant historical processes related to modernity that influenced the interactions of the individuals involved: land commodification, the 1881 census reform, and the rise of both inclusive and conservative Orientalist discourses within the Ottoman ruling elite. At the heart of the na…
Teneke mahalles in the late Ottoman capital: A socio-spatial ground for the co-inhabitation of Roma immigrants and the local poor
The term teneke mahalle, literally “tin can neighbourhood,” has been widely used since the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 to describe a specific kind of urban fabrication, possibly poor and physically dilapidated, but also the sole, cheapest, and undoubtedly creative solution for the urgent housing needs of the poorest segments of the urban population. Even though these neighbourhoods were initially built at least partly by Muslim refugees, the R…
Ethnicity, class and politicisation: Immigrant Roma tobacco workers in Turkey
Roma tobacco workers participated in the Turkish labour force after the Turkish– Greek population exchange in the 1920s. They had already been well represented in the labour organisations of Ottoman Macedonia and had developed solid relations with the Jewish, Greek and non-Roma, Muslim tobacco workers. They had a political culture and experience with labour organisation, which would form the basis for their struggle after they came to Turkey. Up …
Ethnicity, class and politicisation: Immigrant Roma tobacco workers in Turkey
Roma tobacco workers participated in the Turkish labour force after the Turkish– Greek population exchange in the 1920s. They had already been well represented in the labour organisations of Ottoman Macedonia and had developed solid relations with the Jewish, Greek and non-Roma, Muslim tobacco workers. They had a political culture and experience with labour organisation, which would form the basis for their struggle after they came to Turkey. Up …
Teneke mahalles in the late Ottoman capital: A socio-spatial ground for the co-inhabitation of Roma immigrants and the local poor
The term teneke mahalle, literally “tin can neighbourhood,” has been widely used since the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 to describe a specific kind of urban fabrication, possibly poor and physically dilapidated, but also the sole, cheapest, and undoubtedly creative solution for the urgent housing needs of the poorest segments of the urban population. Even though these neighbourhoods were initially built at least partly by Muslim refugees, the R…
Formation of Informal Settlements and the Development of the Idiom Teneke Mahalle in the Late-Ottoman Istanbul
A teneke mahalle, mostly consisting of shacks constructed of collected waste materials, is a late Ottoman and early Republican phenomenon that parallels its global counterparts such as the Corralones in Peru or the Indian slums. Although occasionally mentioned in the pioneer studies, the long history of the teneke mahalles has been overlooked until recent times, and in the mainstream discussions on urban poverty, these neighborhoods have almost w…
The 1858 tax reform and the ‘other nomads’ in Ottoman Asia
The Ottoman state governed its mobile subjects with various policies. While the Ottoman historiography is pretty illuminating on state-pastoralist relations, studies on the other nomads, peripatetics, are still rare. Existing studies are almost exclusively Roma-centred and focused mainly on the empire’s European territories. Moreover, the gap in the literature is more profound regarding nineteenth-century modernisation policies and their effects …
Turcoman Gypsies: The intersectional/multiple identities of a peripatetic group and its historical segmentation
The early eighteenth-century Ottoman state correspondences reference a peripatetic group in Rumelia identified as the “Turcoman Gypsies” ( Türkmān Ḳibṭīleri ). This group originated from Southern Anatolia and actively engaged with Turkic tribal organizations, notably the Zulkadriyye spin-offs ( ifrāz-ı Ẕūlkadriyye ). In response to discontent with Ottoman policies that sought to settle mobile populations in the late seventeenth century, they modi…
A Tale of a “Gypsy” Couple: Contested Ottoman Identity, Property Rights and the State
This article provides a microhistorical case study centered on a Roma couple residing in Istanbul’s renowned Romani settlement, Sulukule. It sheds light on three significant historical processes related to modernity that influenced the interactions of the individuals involved: land commodification, the 1881 census reform, and the rise of both inclusive and conservative Orientalist discourses within the Ottoman ruling elite. At the heart of the na…
Sociology (6 works) · Balkans: History, Politics, Society (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Romani and Gypsy Studies (5 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works)