Biography
I was born in Istanbul in 1986. After graduating from Pertevniyal High School, I got my LL.B. degree (2008) from Istanbul Law School, and LL.M. (2010) and S.J.D. (2019) degrees from Marmara Law School. My postdoctoral research focuses on the comparative law of endowments.
Education Information
2010 - 2019
2010 - 2019Doctorate
Marmara University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Public Law, Turkey
2008 - 2010
2008 - 2010Postgraduate
Marmara University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Public Law, Turkey
2004 - 2008
2004 - 2008Undergraduate
Istanbul University, Faculty Of Law, Hukuk Pr., Turkey
Foreign Languages
A1 Beginner
A1 BeginnerGerman
A1 Beginner
A1 BeginnerFrench
C1 Advanced
C1 AdvancedEnglish
B2 Upper Intermediate
B2 Upper IntermediateArabic
Certificates, Courses and Trainings
2019
2019BİLİRKİŞİLİK TEMEL EĞİTİMİ / BASIC EXPERT WITNESS TRAINIG
Vocational Training
ISTANBUL MEDIPOL UNIVERSITY
2019
2019ARABULUCUK EĞİTİMİ / MEDIATION TRAINING
Vocational Training
ISTANBUL MEDIPOL UNIVERSITY
2004
2004OSMANLI TÜRKÇESİ / OTTOMAN TURKISH
Foreign Language
KUBBEALTI ACADEMY
Research Areas
History of Law
Academic Titles / Tasks
2021 - Continues
2021 - ContinuesAssistant Professor
Marmara University, Faculty of Law, Public Law
2019 - 2021
2019 - 2021Research Assistant PhD
Marmara University, Faculty of Law, Public Law
2009 - 2019
2009 - 2019Research Assistant
Marmara University, Faculty of Law, Public Law
Managerial Experience
2021 - Continues
2021 - ContinuesVice Dean
Marmara University, Faculty of Law, Public Law
Courses
Advising Theses
Continues
ContinuesPostgraduate
Supervisor in Ottoman Law of Waqf
Bursalı O. S. (Advisor)
H.ORHAN(Student)
Articles Published in Other Journals
2024
2024Consul in Ottoman Law: The Case of Euboea (1714-1815)
Bursalı O. S.
İstanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi dergisi , no.basımda, 2024 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2024
2024Fiqh in Turkish: A Partial Translation on Classical Ottoman Trial and Criminal Law in a Mecmua
Bursalı O. S.
Sakarya Hukuk Dergisi (SHD)
, vol.12, no.1, pp.377-428, 2024 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2024
2024Regulating Non-Muslim Communities in the Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Empire: Catholics and Capitulations (Radu Dipratu)
Bursalı O. S.
HIPERBOREEA
, vol.11, no.1, pp.101-103, 2024 (Scopus)
2022
2022Non-Muslims Before the Qadi of Naxos: Lawsuits and Complaints on Interpersonal Relations (17th-18th Centuries)
Bursalı O. S.
Adalet Dergisi
, vol.69, no.213-248, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2022
2022Standing as a Candidate in Ottoman Parliamentary Elections: The Development of Laws and Regulations (1876-1919)
Bursalı O. S.
Hukuk ve Adalet Eleştirel Hukuk Dergisi
, vol.32, pp.125-180, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2021
2021Some Disputes over the Usufruct of Property in the Eighteenth-Century Northern Aegean Islands
Bursalı O. S.
Türk Hukuk Tarihi Araştırmaları
, vol.31,32, pp.41-63, 2021 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2017
2017What is Waqf? Seeking for the Semantic Stratum of Waqf with a Multidisciplinary Approach
Bursalı O. S.
Türk Hukuk Tarihi Araştırmaları
, vol.24, pp.85-98, 2017 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2010
2010Aspects of Suretyship in Galata and Istanbul Courts (1791-1795)
Bursalı O. S.
Türk Hukuk Tarihi Araştırmaları
, vol.9, pp.37-87, 2010 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2009
2009Crossing Borders: Jews and Muslims in Ottoman Law, Economy and Society (Haim Gerber)
Bursalı O. S.
Türk Hukuk Tarihi Araştırmaları
, vol.7, pp.57-62, 2009 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2008
2008The Ottoman Law of War and Peace: The Ottoman Empire and Tribute Payers (Viorel Panaite)
Bursalı O. S.
Türk Hukuk Tarihi Araştırmaları
, vol.6, pp.117-125, 2008 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Refereed Congress / Symposium Publications in Proceedings
2024
2024Endowments in Cyprus and Legal Traditions: A Comparative Legal Perspective
Bursalı O. S.
Hukuki Boyutlarıyla Kıbrıs Türk Vakıfları, Lefkoşa, Cyprus (Kktc), 7 - 09 November 2024
2024
2024Legal Education in the Anatolian Principalities: The Case of Aydinids (14th Century)
Bursalı O. S.
I Uluslararası İyonya Bilimsel Araştırmalar Kongresi, İzmir, Turkey, 18 - 20 May 2024
2024
2024A General Framework for Ottoman Local Government Law
Bursalı O. S.
Yerel Yönetimler ve Demokrasi Sempozyumu, İstanbul, Turkey, 13 March 2024
2023
2023Legal Relationships in Dede Korkut Stories from a Comparative Legal Historical Perspective
Bursalı O. S.
I Uluslararası Güncel Hukuki Meseleler Sempozyumu, Konya, Turkey, 13 - 14 October 2023
2023
2023What Does Ahkam al-Awqaf Mean in Cyprus? Reading a 2021 Rule on Endowments by the Supreme Court of Northern Cyprus from a Comparative Legal Approach
Bursalı O. S.
XI Global Waqf Conference, İstanbul, Turkey, 7 - 09 September 2023, pp.47-49
2022
2022Judicial and Administrative Organization of the Island of Crete According to the Nizamname of Crete (1868)
Bursalı O. S.
I Uluslararası Ege Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Kongresi, İzmir, Turkey, 2 - 04 September 2022
2022
2022Inan Practices in Eighteenth Century Istanbul
Bursalı O. S.
I Uluslararası Ankara İnsani ve Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi, Ankara, Turkey, 14 - 15 May 2022, pp.4
2019
2019Repairing Waqf Property, Reconstructing the City: Double Leasing in XVIII Century Ottoman Rumelia
Bursalı O. S.
Turkologentag 2018: III European Convention on Turkic, Ottoman & Turkish Studies, Nuremberg, Germany, 19 - 21 September 2019
2018
2018What is Waqf? Seeking for the Semantic Stratum of Waqf with a Multidisciplinary Approach
Bursalı O. S.
III Türk Hukuk Tarihi Kongresi, İstanbul, Turkey, 5 - 06 November 2018
2017
2017Hanafi Legal Scholars of Hijaz Are in: A Treatise on Restoration and Reconstruction of Waqf Property and Its Appreciations (Taqarid)
Bursalı O. S.
IV Sahn-ı Seman’dan Darülfünun’a Osmanlı’da İlim ve Fikir Dünyası: Alimler, Müesseseler ve Fikri Eserler Sempozyumu, İstanbul, Turkey, 22 - 23 December 2017
2017
2017Olive Garden, Butcher Shop, and Dairy Farm: Legal Disputes on the Possession and Succession of Waqf Property in XVIII Century Aegean Islands
Bursalı O. S.
Uluslararası Ege Adaları Sempozyumu, İzmir, Turkey, 19 - 20 October 2017
2016
2016The Calm After the Storm: Remnants of the Debate over Istibdal (Exchange of Waqf Property) in XVIII Century Ottoman Law
Bursalı O. S.
ANAMED Fellows’ Symposium 2016, İstanbul, Turkey, 20 - 22 April 2016
2015
2015Ottoman Law at the Crossroads of Academic Divisions: Four Key Concepts to Study Ottoman Legal History
Bursalı O. S.
New Research Projects: History and Archaeology in Anatolia, Ankara, Turkey, 20 November 2015
Books & Book Chapters
2024
2024Constitutional Interpretations of the Law of Endowments in Northern Cyprus: A Comparative Legal Approach
Bursalı O. S.
in: The Collection of Multidisciplinary Waqf Studies, Editors, Editor, Ibn Haldun University (basımda), İstanbul, 2024
2018
2018Hanafi Legal Scholars of Hijaz Are In: Exchange of Waqf Property (Istibdal), a Treatise, and Its Appreciation (Taqriz)
Bursalı O. S.
in: Sahn-ı Seman’dan Darülfünun’a Osmanlı’da İlim ve Fikir Dünyası: Alimler, Müesseseler ve Fikri Eserler (XVIII. Yüzyıl), Ahmet Hamdi Furat,Nilüfer Kalkan Yorulmaz,Osman Sacid Arı, Editor, Zeytinburnu Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul, pp.211-239, 2018
Expert Reports
Scientific Refereeing
September 2021
September 2021İstanbul Hukuk Mecmuası
Journal Indexed in ESCI
August 2021
August 2021İslam Tetkikleri Dergisi
Other Indexed Journal
Mobility Activity
2012 - 2013
2012 - 2013Research Scholarship Program
Guest Researcher
Brown University, United States Of America
Invited Talks
December 2023
December 2023'Ikhtilaf al-Akhlaf fi Ahkam al-Awqaf': Various Constitutional Interpretations of Waqf Law in Cyprus
Conference
Waqf Law at Marmara: Graduate Talks (2023-24)-Turkey
September 2022
September 2022al-Mab’uth fina: Normative Basis of Candidacy in Ottoman Parliamentary Elections (1876-1919)
Conference
Legal History at Marmara: In-House Presentations (2022-23)-Turkey
September 2021
September 2021‘Is Fiqh Permissible in Turkish, Master?’: Turkish Prose Furu’ al-Fiqh Literature Until the Twentieth Century
Conference
Legal History at Marmara: In-House Presentations (2021-22)-Turkey
October 2020
October 2020The Deuce to Pay: Tenants’ Campaign for the Usufruct of Waqf Property in the Eighteenth-Century Northern Aegean Islands
Conference
Legal History at Marmara: In-House Presentations (2020-21)-Turkey
May 2016
May 2016Thinking of a Dualist Ottoman Legal Order: The Debate on Customary Law in Turkey
Conference
Koç Üniversitesi-Turkey
January 2016
January 2016Research Project: Double-Leaseholders and Ottoman Officials: Governing Waqf Property in Rumelia (1739-1774)
Conference
Koç Üniversitesi-Turkey
Scholarships
2016 - 2018
2016 - 2018PHD SCHOLARSHIP
Other International Organizations
2016 - 2018
2016 - 2018TRAVEL GRANT
Other International Organizations
2016 - 2018
2016 - 2018MATERIAL AID
Other International Organizations
2015 - 2016
2015 - 2016TRAVEL GRANT
University
2015 - 2016
2015 - 2016REGULAR FELLOWSHIP
University
2015 - 2016
2015 - 2016RESEARCH BUDGET
University
2012 - 2016
2012 - 2016PHD SCHOLARSHIP
Other Government Agencies
2013 - 2013
2013 - 2013RESEARCH ABROAD GRANT
YOK
2013 - 2013
2013 - 2013