Prof. Dr. Hatice Aynur

Prof. Dr. Hatice Aynur has been Chair of the Department of Turkish Language and Literature in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Istanbul Şehir University since 2010. She specializes in the field of Ottoman Literature (XIV.-XX. centuries), Literary Culture and History of Ottomans, Istanbul in Ottoman Texts, Architectural Inscriptions of Ottoman Lands, Reading and Writing Culture of Ottomans, and History of Printed Books and Manuscripts Culture in the Ottoman Literature.

After graduating from the Department of Library Science in the Faculty of Letters at Istanbul University in 1984, she completed her Master′s degree at the Department of Turkish Language and Literature of Boğaziçi University in 1988 and her doctoral degree at the Department of Turkish Language and Literature of Istanbul University in 1993. In 1994-1996 Dr. Aynur worked as a lecturer at the Department of Turkish Language and Literature in the Faculty of Arts and Science at Boğaziçi University. In 1997-1998 she was invited to Japan, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Department of Turkish Studies as a visiting assistant professor. In 1999-2000 she was invited to the University of Michigan, Department of Near Eastern Studies as a visiting assistant professor. Dr. Aynur taught at Istanbul Technical University (2001-2002) and Yeditepe University (2001-2003) as an associate professor. In 2003-2010 she taught as an associate professor and professor at the Department of Turkish Language and Literature in the Faculty of Arts and Science of Yıldız Technical University. In 2007-2008 Dr. Aynur was invited again to Tokyo University of Foreign Studies as a visiting professor. In 2009 with Prof. Dr. Kayoko Hayashi (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) and Prof. Dr. Hakan Karateke (University of Chicago), Prof. Aynur carried out the Ottoman inscription projects: 1299-1923, supported by Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Turk Tarih Kurumu. (http://www.ottomaninscriptions.com/)

Prof. Dr. Aynur has attended and lectured at many international congresses and symposiums. She has published four books including "Akademik metin oluşturma teknikleri" and "III. Ahmed devri İstanbul çeşmeleri: 1703-1730." She has also written and published numerous articles for national and international journals. Dr. Aynur has edited many books and serials. She has also written many book reviews and articles for various encyclopedias.

Books:
Akademik metin oluşturma teknikleri. (Techniques for Producing Academic Texts). Istanbul: Pusula Yayıncılık, 2004.
XV. yüzyıl şairi Çâkerî ve Dîvânı: inceleme-metin. (Fifteenth century poet Çâkerî and his Dîvân: textual analysis and critical edition). Istanbul: 1999.
III. Ahmed devri İstanbul çeşmeleri: 1703-1730. (Fountains built in Istanbul in the Ahmed III period: 1703-1730). Istanbul: Istanbul Büyükşehir Kültür İşleri Daire Başkanlığı, 1995. (With Hakan Karateke).
Saliha Sultan’ın düğününü anlatan surnameler: inceleme, tenkitli metin ve tıpkıbasım. (The wedding ceremony of Sâliha Sultân: 1834: textual analysis critical edition and facsimile). 2 vols. Cambridge, MA.: Harvard Üniversitesi Yakındoğu Dilleri ve Medeniyetleri Bölümü, 1995-1997. 204, [4]; 181 p.

Selected articles:
“Kurgusu ve vurgusuyla kendi kaleminden Âşık Çelebi’nin yaşamöyküsü.” (A Biography of Âşık Çelebi from his words according to his own design and focus). Âşık Çelebi ve şairler tezkiresi üzerine yazılar. Edited by Hatice Aynur, Aslı Niyazioğlu. Istanbul: Koç Üniversitesi, 2011: 19-55.
“Autobiographical elements in Aşık Çelebi’s dictionary of poets.” Many Ways of Speaking about the Self: Middle Eastern Ego-Documents in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish: 14th - 20th Century. Edited by Ralph Elger and Yavuz Köse. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010: 17-26.
“Rethinking the Türkî-i Basît Movement in Turkish literature.” Archivum Ottomanicum 25 (2008): 79-97. 
“The birth of the tradition of printed books in the Ottoman Empire: transition from manuscript to print: 1729-1848.” Archivum Ottomanicum 24 (2007): 165-96. (with Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu)
“Ottoman literature.” Cambridge History of Turkey. vol. 3. The Later Ottoman Empire, 1603-1839. Edited by Suraiya N. Faroqhi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006: 481-520.
“Istanbul in Divan poetry.” Acta Viennensia Ottomanica, Akten des 13. CIEPO-Symposiums (Comitée International des Études Pré-Ottomanes et Ottomanes) vom 21. bis 25. September 1998. Herausgegeben von Markus Köhbach, Gisela Procházka-Eisl, Claudia Römer. Wien: Im Selbstverlag Des Instituts Für Orientalistik, 1999: 43-50.

Reference: sehir.edu.tr