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Mustafa Ozgur Tuna

Associate Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Slavic & Eurasian Studies
Box 90259, Durham, NC 27708-0259
316 Languages Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours By email appointment.  

Selected Publications


Anti-Muslim Fear Narrative and the Ban on Said Nursi's Works as “Extremist Literature” in Russia

Journal Article Slavic Review · 2020 This article analyzes the causes and consequences of Islamophobia in the Russian Federation following the story of the Russian ban on the works of a scholar of Islam from Turkey, Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (1878–1960), despite the overall positive rece ... Full text Open Access Cite

THE MISSING TURKISH REVOLUTION: COMPARING VILLAGE-LEVEL CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN REPUBLICAN TURKEY AND SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA, 1920–50

Journal Article International Journal of Middle East Studies · February 2018 AbstractThe Kemalist leadership of early Republican Turkey attempted to transform the country's Muslim populace with a heavy emphasis on secularism, scientific rationalism, and nationalism. Several studies have examined the ... Full text Open Access Cite

"Pillars of the Nation": The Making of a Russian Muslim Intelligentsia and the Origins of Jadidism

Journal Article Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History · 2017 Full text Open Access Cite

Imperial Russia's Muslims Islam, Empire and European Modernity, 1788–1914

Book · May 31, 2015 The book raises questions about imperial governance, diversity, minorities, and Islamic reform, and in doing so proposes a new theoretical model for the study of imperial situations. ... Cite

Zapadnaia literatura istorii Tatar 18go-nachala 20go vv. [Western Literature on the History of Kazan Tatars between the Eighteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries]

Chapter · 2013 The essay provides a review and pointed critique of the English, French, and German-language literature since the early-eighteenth century on the Volga-Ural Muslims. ... Cite

Görüsmeler Yoluyla Soykirim (Genocide by Negotiations)

Journal Article Avrasya Dosyasi: Sirbistan Bosna Hersek Özel Sayisi · 1996 Cite

Madrasa Reform as a Secularizing Process: a View from the Late Russian Empire

Journal Article Comparative Studies in Society and History Open Access Cite