Bahar Bayraktaroğlu 

Enslaved and Dependent Children in Late Ottoman Constantinople (1880-1910s)

My dissertation examines the experiences of children subjected to enslavement and dependency in the city of Ottoman Constantinople during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Focusing on selected urban settings, imperial complexities, affluent households, and entertainment venues, my research explores how enslaved and dependent children maintained their presence in these spaces, even after the Ottoman state engaged in the international abolition movement of the 1880s. I address concepts such as gender, intersectionality, agency, and ownership. By employing the notion of asymmetrical dependency as an analytical framework, I aim to provide a deeper understanding of slavery and slavery-like conditions during this period.

since 2021
Ph.D. in Oriental and Asian Studies, University of Bonn, Germany

2019–2021 
M.A. in History, Sabanci University, Turkey

2016–2019
B.A. in International Relations, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey

2013–2019
B.A in History, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey

since 2022
Research Associate, Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

2022–2023
Ph.D. Representative, Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, University of Bonn

2021
Erasmus+ Intern, Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany                                                                                               

2019–2021
Teaching Assistant, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey

Summer 2018
Erasmus+ Intern, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands                      

Summer 2017
Erasmus+ Intern, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands                       

2019–2021
The Turkish Historical Association Scholarship for Master’s                      

2019–2021
Sabanci University, %100 Tuition and Dormitory Fund                      

Winter Semester 2024/5
BCDSS  "Slaveries in the Ottoman World "

Spring and Fall 2021
SPS 101 (Society and Human I), Sabanci University, Turkey            

Spring 2020
HIST 192 (Principles of Atatürk and the History of the Turkish Revolution I, Sabanci University, Turkey

Fall 2020
HIST 192 (Principles of Atatürk and the History of the Turkish Revolution I, Sabanci University, Turkey