Munevver Gulce

Munevver Gulce is a Ph.D. student in Religious Studies at Temple University. He earned an MA in Islamic Law from Marmara University with the title "The Banishment Practices in the Ottoman State After Tanzimat (1840-1850)," as well as a second MA in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS) from Columbia University. Her master’s thesis was titled "An Explanation for the Ottoman Sultanate from the Perspective of Islamic Jurisprudence: The Treatise of Lütfi Pasha." Her academic interests include Islamic political thought in the Mamluk and early Ottoman periods, Sunni Caliphate Theory, the relationship between law and politics, and Islamic criminal law: theory and practice.