Education
2011 - 2017
2011 - 2017Doctorate
Georgetown University, History Department, United States Of America
2008 - 2011
2008 - 2011Postgraduate
Bogazici University, History Department, Turkey
2004 - 2008
2004 - 2008Undergraduate
Sabanci University, Political Science (full scholarship), Turkey
Foreign Languages
C2 Mastery
C2 MasteryPersian
C2 Mastery
C2 MasteryGerman
C2 Mastery
C2 MasteryEnglish
Academic Positions
2026 - Present
2026 - PresentAssociate Professor
Marmara University, Faculty Of Humanities And Social Sciences, History Department
2024 - 2025
2024 - 2025Assistant Professor
Marmara University, Faculty Of Humanities And Social Sciences, History Department
2020 - 2024
2020 - 2024Research Assistant PhD
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Institut für Iranistik
2016 - 2018
2016 - 2018Expert
Bogazici University
2012 - 2015
2012 - 2015Lecturer
Georgetown University, History Department
Articles
All (10)
SCI-E, SSCI, AHCI (4)
SCI-E, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI (5)
Scopus (7)
TRDizin (1)
Other Publications (3)
2026
20261. Before the Middle East: In Search of an Early Modern System of States in the Heartland of Islamdom
Güngörürler S.
JOURNAL OF EARLY MODERN HISTORY CONTRASTS, CONTACTS, COMPARISONS , vol.30, no.1-2, pp.142-161, 2026 (AHCI, SSCI, Scopus)
2024
20242. Naderid Iran's Statehood, Territoriality, Status, and Diplomatic Capacity on Ottoman Scale: 1723-1748
GÜNGÖRÜRLER S.
IRANIAN STUDIES
, vol.57, no.3, pp.417-430, 2024 (AHCI, SSCI, Scopus)
2024
20243. Robbery in the Prophet’s Mosque, 1707
GÜNGÖRÜRLER S.
İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi
, vol.2024, no.52, pp.7-24, 2024 (TRDizin)
2023
20234. Catholic Missionary Activity in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire from the Perspectives of State and Convert
GÜNGÖRÜRLER S., Shapiro H.
Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association
, vol.10, no.1, pp.79-97, 2023 (Scopus)
2021
20215. Ottoman Archival Documents on the Shrines of Karbala, Najaf, and the Hejaz (1660s-1720s): Endowment Wars, the Spoils System, and Iranian Pilgrims
Güngörürler S.
JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT
, vol.64, no.7, pp.897-1032, 2021 (AHCI, SSCI, Scopus)
2020
20206. The Ottoman Chancery's Role in Diplomacy with Iran
Güngörürler S.
Itinerario
, vol.44, no.3, pp.572-590, 2020 (AHCI, SSCI, Scopus)
2020
20207. The Belated Consummation of the Ottoman-Safavid Peace of Zuhab, 1639-1643
Güngörürler S.
ARCHIVUM OTTOMANICUM
, vol.37, pp.35-67, 2020 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2019
20198. Fraternity, Perpetual Peace, and Alliance in Ottoman-Safavid Relations, 1688-1698: A Diplomatic Revolution in the Middle East
Güngörürler S.
TURCICA
, vol.50, pp.145-207, 2019 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2018
20189. Yıldız, Aysel: Crisis and Rebellion in the Ottoman Empire: The Downfall of a Sultan in the Age of Revolution. London/New York: I.B. Tauris, 2017 (Library of OttomanStudies 58). 304 pp. ISBN 978-1-78453-510-0. £ 69.00.
Güngörürler S.
WIENER ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR DIE KUNDE DES MORGENLANDES , vol.108, pp.488-491, 2018 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2018
201810. Fundamentals of Ottoman-Safavid Peacetime Relations, 1639-1722
Güngörürler S.
TURKISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
, vol.9, no.2, pp.151-197, 2018 (Scopus)
Papers Presented at Peer-Reviewed Scientific Conferences
2019
20191. Bâzdîdî ba Gustara vu Marzhâ-yi Mezâhib dar Çârçûb-i Rûyârûyî-yi Safaviyân u Osmâniyân
Güngörürler S.
Intellectual and Cultural Relations between Iran and Cenral Asia and the Caucasus (Hamâyiş-i Payvandhâ-yi Fikrî vu Farhangî-yi Îrân bâ Âsyâ-yi Markazî ve Qafqâz), Tehran, Iran, 1 - 02 May 2019, pp.619-632, (Full Text)
2017
20172. The Qizilbash in Anatolia after the 1630s: Sidelined and Estranged
Güngörürler S.
Iranian / Persianate Subalterns in the Safavid Period: Their Role and Depiction: RECOVERING ‘LOST VOICES’, Edinburgh, England, 20 - 21 May 2017, pp.83-98, (Full Text)
Books
2024
20241. The Ottoman Empire and Safavid Iran, 1639–1682: Diplomacy and Borderlands in the Early Modern Middle East
Güngörürler S.
Edinburgh University Press , Edinburgh, 2024
2022
20222. Shi'ite-Iranian Pilgrims and Safavid Agents in Holy Sites under Ottoman Rule, 1690-1710
Güngörürler S.
in: Entangled Confessionalizations?Dialogic Perspectives on the Politics of Piety and Community-Building in the Ottoman Empire, 15th–18th Centurie, Tijana Krstić & Derin Terzioğlu, Editor, Gorgias Press, New Jersey, pp.725-743, 2022
2021
20213. Islamic Discourse in Ottoman-Safavid Peacetime Diplomacy after 1049/1639
Güngörürler S.
in: Historicizing Sunni Islam in the Ottoman Empire, c. 1450–c. 1750, Tijana Krstić & Derin Terzioğlu, Editor, Brill, Leiden, pp.470-500, 2021
2014
20144. The Repercussions of the Austro-Russian-Turkish War (1736-1739) on the Diplomacy and the International Status of the Ottoman Empire
Güngörürler S.
Libra Kitap, İstanbul, 2014
Funded Projects
2020 - 2024
2020 - 2024Der längste Frieden des frühneuzeitlichen Nahen Ostens
Universities of Other Countries Supported Project
Güngörürler S. (Executive), Rota G.
2016 - 2018
2016 - 2018The Fashioning of a Sunni Orthodoxy and the Entangled Histories of Confession-Building in the Ottoman Empire, 15th-17th Centuries
FP1 Project , FP1 Project
Güngörürler S., Krstic T.(Executive), Terzioğlu D.(Executive)
Congress and Symposium Activities
11 April 2025 - 12 April 2025
11 April 2025 - 12 April 2025Ahidname and International Law
Panelists
İstanbul-Turkey
23 October 2024 - 25 October 2024
23 October 2024 - 25 October 2024II. Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler ve Türk Kültürü Sempozyumu
Panelists
İstanbul-Turkey
21 August 2023 - 25 August 2023
21 August 2023 - 25 August 2023European Conference of Iranian Studies (Leiden University)
Panelists
Leiden-Netherlands
27 June 2022 - 01 July 2022
27 June 2022 - 01 July 2022Archives of Islam in the Russian Empire
Invited Speaker
Vienna-Austria
17 November 2021 - 21 November 2021
17 November 2021 - 21 November 2021Turkic: Probing the Frontiers of a Lingua Franca (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
Panelists
Vienna-Austria
02 June 2019 - 07 June 2019
02 June 2019 - 07 June 2019Cultures of Documentation in Persianate Euroasia (15th-19th Centuries)
Invited Speaker
Vienna-Austria
28 April 2019 - 30 April 2019
28 April 2019 - 30 April 2019International Conference on Safavid Studies (University of Isfahan)
Panelists
Isfahan-Iran
28 September 2017 - 30 September 2017
28 September 2017 - 30 September 2017Global Reformations: Transforming Early Modern Religions, Societies, and Cultures (University of Toronto)
Panelists
Toronto-Canada
20 May 2017 - 21 May 2017
20 May 2017 - 21 May 2017Subalterns across the entire Persianate world in the Safavid and Afsharid periods, 1501-1747 (University of Edinburgh)
Panelists
Edinburgh-England
04 February 2016 - 04 February 2016
04 February 2016 - 04 February 2016Forschungskolloquium Lehrstuhl Geschichte Aserbaidschans (Humboldt University of Berlin)
Invited Speaker
Berlin-Germany
Scholarships
2025 - 2025
2025 - 2025Joint Excellence in Science and Humanities - Austrian Academy of Sciences
Official Institutions of Foreign Countries
2020 - 2022
2020 - 2022Fellowship for post-doctoral research, Berlin University (Humboldt)
Humboldt Program
2018 - 2019
2018 - 2019Koç University RCAC post-doctoral fellowship
University
2015 - 2016
2015 - 2016Research Grant for Doctoral Candidates - Berlin State University (Oriental Manuscripts) & Bamberg University
Official Institutions of Foreign Countries
2011 - 2016
2011 - 2016Georgetown University Graduate School Fellowship-Scholarship
University
2013 - 2013
2013 - 2013