Arzu Öztürkmen

Trained in folklore studies, Arzu Öztürkmen is a professor at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. Her research consists of oral history, folklore and history of performing arts. Besides several articles on the cultural history of Turkey, she is the co-editor of Celebration, Entertainment and Theatre in the Ottoman World (2014) and Medieval and Early Modern Performance in the Eastern Mediterranean (2014).