Ottoman/Egypt medal paper at this year's Middle East Studies Association conference

[ChrisW]

I was perusing the program of this year's Middle East Studies Association (North America) conference and was surprised and intrigued to see this paper among the otherwise highly arcane and specialized topics:

Doga Ozturk, Ohio State U–Ottoman Orders and Medals in Egypt: Symbols of Ottoman Consciousness, 1841-1909

https://mesana.org/pdf/19_preliminary_program-8-20-19.pdf (this is on p. 48 of the program)

I'm not planning to attend, but wonder if anyone is aware of the author or his work?
 

(cross-posted to Turkey forum)

[Rusty Greaves]

Chris, thanks for the heads up on this paper. I tried to arrange some work I am doing in southern Louisiana to coincide with the meeting and try to attend or meet Mr. Ozturk. I could not schedule that trip to overlap with the meeting, but have written him and will report back to GMIC should I get a copy of his paper. 

Edited December 5, 2019 by Rusty Greaves

[Rusty Greaves]

Chris, I heard back from Doga Ozturk and he sent me his paper's text for the presentation at the 2019 MESA meeting. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Middle East History. I have directed him to the GMIC website, encouraged him to join and peruse the Forums here. I expect we may hear from him soon. 

Edited December 7, 2019 by Rusty Greaves