Feroz Ahmad

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Feroz Ahmad
Born1938 (age 83–84)
New Delhi, India
Alma materDelhi University
University of London
AwardsOrder of Merit of the Republic of Turkey
Scientific career
FieldsHistory and political science
InstitutionsUniversity of Massachusetts Boston
Yeditepe University
Doctoral advisorBernard Lewis

Feroz Ahmad (born 1938) is a retired academic, historian and political scientist who taught at different universities, including the University of Massachusetts Boston, Tufts University, Harvard University, Columbia University and Yeditepe University.

Early life and education[]

Ahmad was born in New Delhi in 1938.[1] He received a bachelor's degree in history from Delhi University and a master's degree in the same field from the University of London.[2] He obtained a PhD from the University of London under the supervision of Bernard Lewis, and his thesis was about the Young Turk Revolution in 1908.[1]

Career[]

Ahmad worked at several US universities between 1966 and 2003.[1] He was Emeritus Professor of history at the University of Massachusetts at Boston.[3] From 2006 he taught at Yeditepe University, Istanbul.[1]

Work[]

Ahmad has published many books and articles most of which are concerned with Ottoman and modern Turkish history.[4] His major books are as follows:[1] The Young Turks: The Committee of Union and Progress in Turkish Politics, 1908-1914 (1973), An Annotated Chronology of Multi-Party Politics in Turkey (1976-with Bedia Turgay Ahmad), From Unionism to Kemalism, Essays (1985), Turkish Experiment in Democracy (1994), The Making of Modern Turkey (1995), Turkey: The Quest for Identity (2006), From Empire to Republic: Essays on the Late Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey (2008) and The Young Turks and the Ottoman Nationalities. Armenians, Greeks, Albanians, Jews, and Arabs, 1908-1918 (2014).

Personal life[]

Ahmad's wife was a Turkish woman, Bedia Turgay Ahmad (died December 2018), with whom he married in 1964.[1] He has twin girls from this marriage.[1] He has been staying at Darüşşafaka Residence in Istanbul since 2017.[1]

Honors[]

Ahmad is the recipient of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Turkey which was awarded to him in August 2014.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Prof. Feroz Ahmad: "My wife and I, we were both very happy that we came to Darüşşafaka"". Darüşşafaka. 17 August 2020. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Feroz Ahmad" (in Turkish). Yeditepe University. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Feroz Ahmad". Oneworld Publications. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Turkish president honors distinguished historian Feroz Ahmad". Hurriyet Daily News. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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