Mesut Uyar, PhD, P.D. Professor, of International Relations Dean, School of Business and Social Sciences
Correspondence Address: Çıplaklı Mah. Akdeniz Tel: +90 242 245 22 22 Bulvarı No:290 A Fax: +90 242 245 00 45 Döşemealtı/Antalya E-Mail: [email protected] Personal Website: https://antalya.academia.edu/MesutUyar
EDUCATION
P.D.(Habilitation) Interuniversity Council (Turkey), 2011 Ph.D University of Istanbul, Faculty of Polical Sciences 2000 International Relations Dissertation Title: Command of War According to Thucydides
M.A University of Istanbul, Faculty of Polical Sciences 1995 Politics Thesis Title: Guerrilla Warfare
B.A Turkish Military Academy 1991 Management
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Professor Antalya Bilim University 2018-Present School of Business and Social Sciences
Associate Professor The University of New South Wales 2012-2017 School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Associate Professor Turkish Military Academy 2011-2012 Department of Basic Sciences
Assistant Professor Turkish Military Academy 2008-2011 Department of Basic Sciences
Instructor (Directing Staff) Peace Support Operations Training Centre, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2005-2006
Assistant Professor Turkish Military Academy 2000-2005 Department of Basic Sciences
Instructor Turkish Military Academy 1998-2000 Department of Basic Sciences Curator Turkish Military Academy 1999-2005 Archive and Museum Division
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Staff Officer Regional Command Capital 2009-2010 International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan
Battalion Command Turkish Army 2007-2008
Staff Officer Kabul Multi-National Brigade 2002 International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan
Military Observer United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia 2000-2001
Junior Officer Turkish Army 1991-1998
TEACHING & ADVISING
TEACHING Bachelor's Degree Master Degree
Courses Language Courses Language
Modern World Peace and English English History Security Studies
Introduction to World Military 2017-2018 History (National Turkish Term Defense University) Ottoman Military History (National Turkish Defense University)
Strategic Studies 2016-2017 (University of English
Term New South Wales)
Strategic Studies 2015-2016 (University of English
Term New South Wales)
Strategic Studies 2014-2015 (University of English
Term New South Wales)
Strategic Studies 2013-2014 (University of English
Term New South Wales)
Strategic Studies 2012-2013 (University of English
Term New South Wales)
Introduction to International 2011-2012 Relations (Turkish Turkish
Term Military Academy)
RESEARCH INTERESTS “Military History” with special emphasis on “Ottoman-Turkish Experience”
“Strategic Studies”
“War Studies” with special emphasis on “Operations Other than War” and “Peacekeeping”
“Geopolitics” and “Middle East”
PUBLICATIONS
Books The Ottoman Army and the First World War, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming)
The Ottoman Army and the Gaza Battles, (Sydney: Australian Army History Unit Campaign Series, forthcoming)
Cyprus War 1974: Amphibious Landing, (Quantico: Marine Corps University Press, forthcoming), (with Edward J. Erickson)
The Ottoman Defence against the Anzac Landing: 25 April 1915, (Sydney: Australian Army History Unit Campaign Series, 2015)
A Military History of the Ottomans, From Osman to Atatürk, (Santa Barbara: Praeger Security International, ABC-Clio, 2009), (with Edward J. Erickson), [Turkish translation was published by Türkiye İş Bankası Yayınları in 2014]
From Mesopotamia Front to Burma: Diary of War and Captivity, (in Turkish) (Istanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası Yayınları, 2015) (with Ahmet Özcan)
Academic Articles
International Journal Articles (SCI & SSCI & Arts and Humanities)
“Gallipoli Campaign: Turkish Official Military Historiography, War Memorials and Contested Ground”, First World War Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, 2016, pp. 165-191
“One Battle and Two Accounts: The Turkish Brigade at Kunu-ri in November 1950”, The Journal of Military History, vol.80, no.4, October 2016, pp. 1117-1147, (with Serhat Güvenç)
“Who Called for a Ceasefire? Gallipoli 1915”, Wartime, no. 73, Summer 2016, pp. 54-59
“The Ottoman Empire and the Early Modern World”, Agora, HTAV, vol. 50, no. 4, December 2015, pp. 22-28
“Ottoman Arab Officers between Nationalism and Loyalty during the First World War”, War in History, vol. 20, no. 4, November 2013, pp. 526-544
“In Search of Modernity and Rationality: The Evolution of Turkish Military Academy Curricula in a Historical Perspective”, Armed Forces and Society, vol.35, no.1, Fall 2008, pp. 180-202, (with Abdulkadir Varoglu)
International Other Journal Articles “Liman von Sanders and the Ottoman Defence against the Anzac Landings of 25 April 1915”, Australian Infantry Magazine, January-April 2015, pp. 22-30.
National Journal Articles “Hejaz Front and the Defense of Medina during the First World War” (in Turkish), Toplumsal Tarih Dergisi, vol.31, no.294, June 2018, pp. 42-51
“We did not Ask for Ceasefire, They did: 25 May 1915 Ceasefire” (in Turkish), Çanakkale 1915, year: 5, no. 19, April 2014
“To be a Reserve Officer Candidate” (in Turkish), Çanakkale 1915, year: 4, no. 16, June 2013 “A Forgotten Battle of Dardanelles: Aegospotami” (in Turkish), Çanakkale 1915, year: 4, no. 14, December 2012
“A Story of an Archive Plunder” (in Turkish), Çanakkale 1915, year: 4, no. 13, September 2012
“The Fate of the Library of the Imperial School of Engineering - II”, 4th Floor, no.11, October- December 2003, pp. 12-17, (with Hayrullah Gök)
“The Fate of the Library of the Imperial School of Engineering – I”, 4th Floor, no.10, July- September 2003, pp. 34-39, (with Hayrullah Gök)
“Foundation and Development of Prussian Military System (1640-1871)” (in Turkish), K.H.O. Bilim Dergisi, vol.13, no.1, 2003, pp. 1-28, (with Hayrullah Gök)
“Contribution to the Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s Education in Turkish Military Academy” (in Turkish), Toplumsal Tarih Dergisi, vol.13, no.78, June 2000, pp. 23-28, (with Hayrullah Gök)
“Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s Education in Turkish Staff College” (in Turkish), Toplumsal Tarih Dergisi, vol.12, no.71, November 1999, pp. 8-15, (with Hayrullah Gök)
Book Chapters
“Professional Military Education and Training of the Ottoman Army” (ed) Şükrü Hanioğlu, Michael Reynolds, Ottoman Army in World War I, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, forthcoming)
“Structure and Organization of the Ottoman Army” (ed) Şükrü Hanioğlu, Michael Reynolds, Ottoman Army in World War I, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, forthcoming)
“The Sanders Mission and the German-led Ottoman General Staff during the First World War” (ed) Zisis Fotakis, Handbook on the Balkans during the First World War, (Leiden: Brill, forthcoming)
“Ottoman Third Corps in Crisis: Esad Pasha”, (ed) John Crawford, David Littlewood, James Watson, Experience of a Lifetime: People, Personalities and Leaders in the First World War, (Auckland: Massey University Press, 2016), pp. 43-59.
“Peacekeeping”, (ed) Deane-Peter Baker, Key Concepts in Military Ethics, (Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 2015), pp. 163-168
“Ottoman Strategy and War Aims during the First World War”, (ed) Holger Afflerbach, The Purpose of the First World War: War Aims and Strategies, (Oldenbourg: De Gruyter, 2015), pp. 163-185
“Gallipoli’s Place in Turkish History”, in (ed) Nick Snelling, David Horner, Gallipoli 100: Lest We Forget, (Sydney: Faircount Media, 2014), pp. 256-258
“A Battle and Two Accounts: Critical Approach to the Sources of Kunu-ri Battle” (in Turkish), in (ed) Mehmet Ali Tugtan, Kore Savaşı: Uzak Savaşın Askerleri, (Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2013), pp. 69-80
“With the Germans in Afghanistan: A Turkish Staff Officer’s Experiences during the Foundation of Kabul Multi-National Brigade”, in (ed.) Bernhard Chiari, Auftrag Auslandseinsatz: Neueste Militärgeschichte an der Schnittstelle von Geschictswissenschaft, Politik, Öffentlichkeit und Streitkräften, (Freiburg: Rombach Verlag, 2012), pp. 251-262
“The Impact of Asymmetric Warfare on the Military Profession and Structure: Lessons Learned from the Ottoman Military” in (ed.) Guiseppe Caforio, Gerhard Kümmel, Bandara Purkayastha, Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution: Sociological Perspectives, (London: Emerald Group Publishing, 2008), pp. 49-60 (with Kadir Varoğlu)
“An American Military Observer of Turkish Independence War: Charles Wellington Furlong”, in (ed.) Sinan Kuneralp, A Bridge Between Cultures: Studies on Ottoman and Republican Turkey in Memory of Ali Ihsan Bagis, (Istanbul: Isis Press, 2006), pp. 179-191
“A UN Type Conflict Management: Dilemmas of Military Observer Missions in the Example of UNOMIG”, in (ed.) Giuseppe Caforio, Gerhard Kümmel, Military Missions and Their Implications Reconsidered: the Aftermath of September 11th, (Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2005), pp. 583-594
“İsmail Hakkı Berkok as a Cadet and a Lecturer” (in Turkish), in (ed.) N. B. Toygar, K.Toygar, Ölümünün 50. Yıldönümünde General İsmail Berkok’a Armağan (1889-1954), (Ankara: Birlik Matbaası, 2004), pp. 25-46, (with Hayrullah Gök)
Proceedings
Proceedings at International Conferences
“Hejaz Campaign and the Defence of Medina”, Paper presented to Society for Military History Annual Meeting, Florida State University, Jacksonville, 30 March-2 April 2017
“Hejaz Campaign: Under the Shadow of T.E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt”, Paper presented to the Turkish Society for History Conference, Mediterranean University, 7-10 December 2016
“Myths and Reality: The Arab Revolt and the Hejaz Campaign”, Paper presented to Society for Military History Annual Meeting, Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, 15-17 April 2016
“Professional Military Education and Military History: Myths and Realities”, Paper presented to Conference “New Directions in War and History”, Australian National University, Canberra, 4-5 February 2016
“The Ottoman Artillery at Anzac”, Paper presented to Seminar “Firepower Seminar 2: Gallipoli: Suvla Bay & the August Offensive”, Australian Defence Force Academy, 26 August 2015
“Esat Pasha on 25 April 1915: The Ottoman II Corps in Criss”, Paper presented to Conference “The Experience of a Lifetime: People, Personalities and Leaders in the First World War”, Massey University, Wellington, 22-24 August 2014
“Ottoman Strategy and War Aims”, Paper presented to Colloquium “Der Sinn des Krieges: Politische Ziele und militarische Instrumente der kriegführenden Parteien von 1914-1918”, Historisches Kolleg, Munich, 21-23 March 2013
“Armed Forces as Learning Institutions, and Their Connection with the Interventional Societies”, Paper presented to the Workshop “On the Road towards European Armed Forces? Changes of National Security Cultures between Homeland Defence and Missions Abroad Since 1991”, Deutsch-Italienisches Zentrum, Villa Vigoni, Menaggio, Italy, 23-24 April 2012
“A Forgotten Project and a Forgotten Sacrifice: Ottoman Libyan Officers at the Gallipoli Campaign”, 3rd International Gallipoli Symposium, Istanbul Medeniyet University, 20-21 April 2012
“With the Germans in Afghanistan: A Turkish Staff Officer’s Experiences during the Foundation of Kabul Multi-National Brigade (KMNB)”, Paper presented to the Conference “Missions Abroad: Contemporary Military History at the Interface between Historians, Policy-Makers, the Public and the Armed Forces”, 52. Internationale Tagung für Militärgeschichte, Potsdam, Germany, 26-28 September 2011
“A Battle and Two Accounts: Critical Approach to the Sources of Kunu-ri Battle” (in Turkish), Paper presented to the Conference “60th Anniversary of Korean War”, Istanbul Bilgi University, 10 December 2010
“Ottoman Arab Officers between Nationalism and Loyalty” Paper presented to the Conference, “Palestine and the First World War - New Perspectives”, Tel-Hai Academic College, Upper Galilee, Israel, 3-7 September 2007
“The Impact of Asymmetric Warfare on the Military Profession and Educational Requirements: Experiences from Turkey” Paper presented to the Conference, “The Quality of Social Existence in a Globalising World”, XVI ISA World Congress, Durban, South Africa, 23-29 July 2006 (with Kadir Varoğlu)
“Brothers in Arms: Turkish Officers in The Çanakkale (Dardanelles) Campaign” Paper presented to the Conference “Gallipoli in Retrospect 90 Years on”, Onsekiz Mart University International Conference, Çanakkale, 21-23 April 2005
“In Search of Modernity and Rationality: The Case of the Turkish Military Academy”, Paper Presented to the Conference “Military Missions and Their Implications Reconsidered: the Aftermath of September 11th”, ISA/RC01 Interim Conference, Ankara, 7-9 July 2004, (with Kadir Varoğlu)
“Evolution of Military Education: in the Example of Turkish Military Academy”, Paper Presented to the Systems Engineering Conference, Military Academy, Skopje, Macedonia, 10-11 November 1999
Proceedings at National Conferences
“Arab Rebellion and the Defence of Medina: Beyond Legends and Prejudices”, Paper presented to Turkish Parliament National Palaces, İstanbul, 2-4 November 2017
Encyclopedia Entries
Encyclopaedia of Islam, EI³, (ed.) Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas and Everett Rowson, (Leiden: Brill, 2007- )
“Cavid Pasha”
1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, (ed.) Ute Daniel, Peter Gatrell, Oliver Janz, Heather Jones, Jennifer Keene, Alan Kramer, and Bill Nasson, (Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, 2014- )
“Esat Pasha”
“Cavit Pasha”
War in the Balkans: An Encyclopedic History from the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Breakup of Yugoslavia, (ed.) Richard Hall, (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2014)
“Crimean War, Balkan Operations”
“Greco-Ottoman War, 1897”
“Kumanovo, Battle of, 1912”
“Ottoman Counterinsurgency Operations in the Balkans and Crete”
“Şarköy and Bolayır, Battle of 1913”
“Shipka Pass, Battles of 1877-1878”
World History Encyclopedia, 21 vols., (eds.) Alfred J. Andrea, James H. Overfield, Dane A. Morrison, et.al., (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2011)
“The Ottomans as a Gunpowder Empire”
“Constantinople, 1453”
“Military Reforms in the Reigns of Selim III and Mahmud II” “National Movements and Conflicts: The Ottoman Empire”
Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: Historical Encyclopedia, (ed.) Alexander Mikaberidze, (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2011)
“Selim III”
Book Reviews:
Review of Benjamin Fortna, The Circassian: A Life of Eşref Bey, Late Ottoman Insurgent and Special Agent, History: Reviews of New Books, vol. 46, no. 1, 2018.
Review of Fried, Marvin B., Austro-Hungarian War Aims in the Balkans during World War. Reviews in History, October 2015.
Review of Yanıkdağ, Yücel, Healing the Nation: Prisoners of War, Medicine and Nationalism in Turkey, 1914-1939. H-War, H-Net Reviews, August 2014
Review of Beşikçi, Mehmet, The Ottoman Mobilization of Manpower in the First World War: Between Voluntarism and Resistance. First World War Studies, vol.5, no.2, 2014.
Review of Butler, David Allen, Shadow of the Sultan’s Realm: The Destruction of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East. Michigan War Studies Review, 16 May 2013.
OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Certificate
Course Refugees Control in PSO The Law of Armed Conflict Civil-Military Responses to Terrorism Peace Support Operations International Security
Memberships in Scientific Organizations
Society for Military History
Presentations And Professional Service
“Palestine Front: A Centenary” talk delivered to the Kadıköy History, Literature and Culture Library, İstanbul, 8 October 2016 “Stabbed in the Back: The Ottoman Empire, the Arabs and the First World War” talk delivered to the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington DC, 31 March 2016
“The August Offensive at Gallipoli: An Ottoman Perspective” talk delivered to Royal United Service Institute of Victoria, Defence Plaza, Melbourne, 10 September 2015
“The Ottoman Defence against the Anzac Landing 25 April 1915” talk delivered to Military History and Heritage Victoria, The Pompey Elliot Memorial Hall, Melbourne, 9 September 2015
“Remembering August 1915 Offensive: Questions and Commemoration”, talk delivered to Deakin University, Melbourne, 9 September 2015
“Train of Unsolved Questions: The Ottoman Defence against the Anzac Landings on 25 April 1915”, talk delivered as a part of On War Lecture Series, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 5 May 2015
“New Perceptions on the 25 April 1915: Anzac Landing and the Ottoman Defence” talk delivered to Australian Turkish Institute, Hume Global Learning Village, Melbourne, 3 February 2015
HONORS & AWARDS
NATO Service Medal, 2010
Fellowship, West Point Summer Seminar in Military History, United States Military Academy, June 3-24, 2009
“Training and Education Ribbon” award from the Turkish Land Forces Commander for excellence as an instructor of Turkish Military Academy, 2002
United Nations Service Medal, 2000
GRANTS AND PROJECTS
General and Mrs. Matthew B. Ridgway Research Grant, 2017
The Australian Army History Grant, 2016-17
COMPUTER SKILLS
MS Office programs
Military Simulation