I am broadly interested in changes and transformations in the legal and religious institutions in the Late Ottoman Empire. I work on the changing legal apparatus in relation to modern-state institutions and Islamic law with a specific focus on legal practice and practitioners. My research explores the impact of modern-state formation and secularization on the legal domain. 

For my research, I mainly focus on Ottoman archival sources, such as court registers, to understand the legal concepts and interactions in different layers. In my master's thesis, I worked on the transformation of the Ottoman judiciary office during the second half of the nineteenth century, by underlining growing state control in the judiciary domain.

Before joining Princeton, I received my B.A. with a double major in History and Political Sciences and International Relations and my M.A. in History from Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, where I also worked as a graduate research assistant.