Kemal Karpat
Kemal Karpat was a Romanian-Turkish naturalised American historian and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Early life
He was of Turkish origin and born in Babadag, Romania. He received his LLB from the Istanbul University, his MA from the University of Washington and his PhD from New York University. He previously worked for the UN Economic and Social Council and taught at the University of Montana and New York University. His final post was at Istanbul Şehir University.Selected publications
Elites and Religion: From Ottoman Empire to Turkish Republic The Gecekondu: Rural Migration and Urbanization- The Politicization of Islam
- The Ottoman Past and Today's Turkey
- Political and Social Thought in the Contemporary Middle East
- Turkey's Politics: The Transition to a Multi-Party System
- Political Modernization in Japan and Turkey
- An Inquiry into the Social Foundations of Nationalism in the Ottoman State
- Social Change and Politics in Turkey
- ''Turkey's Foreign Policy in Transition''