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  • Zuhal Olcay, Acclaimed Performing Artist from Turkey, in a Conversation with MELC Professor Melike Yücel-Koç      (November 13, 2025)
  • NELC Welcomes Visiting Scholar Gürbey Hiz in Turkish and Ottoman Studies (August 24, 2021)
  • "Islamic Cairo"    Autumn 2018 2nd ARCE Lecture by Jere Bacharach (November 8, 2018)

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