AHMET SEZGİN

Ahmet Sezgin acquired his undergraduate degree at METU Faculty of Architecture in 2000. After his graduation he had work experience at the architectural offices and the construction sites. Beginning with his professional career as an architect he also had active role in projects of the ÇEKÜL Foundation. He had been the project coordinator of the project ‘Respect to Sinan’ (Sinan’a Saygı) that covers research on Sinan era Ottoman architecture and conversion of this research into popular publications. He got his graduate degree from World Heritage Studies at Brandenburg Technical University (BTU Cottbus) in 2007. He completed his PhD studies in Art History and Visual Studies at the University of Manchester in 2014. Pursuing his PhD research, his current research interests cover architectural history, geography and their relationship with political history.

Architecture, Architectural history, Geography and Political history, Identity and architecture, Commemorative culture and architecture, Ottoman architecture