Background
Özel, Oktay was born on April 24, 1961 in Ordu, Turkey. Son of Lütfiye and Rasim Bahri Özel.
Özel, Oktay was born on April 24, 1961 in Ordu, Turkey. Son of Lütfiye and Rasim Bahri Özel.
Bachelor in, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 1983. Master of Arts in history, Hacettepe University, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy in history, Manchester University, 1993.
Assistant professor Hacettepe University, 1994—1998, Bilkent University, Ankara, since 2001. Board directors International Journal Turkish Studies, Madison, Wisconsin, since 2001, Tarih ve Toplum Yeni Yaklasimlar, Istanbul, Turkey, since 2004. Adjunct general secretary International Association of Ottoman Social and Economic History, Ankara, Turkey, since 2001.
Member working group for history Turkish Academy of Sciences, Ankara, since 2004.
Married Claire Susanna Thomas, May 26, 1995.