Burak Fıçı of Leiden University is currently an NIT fellow for his research "The Social-Political Context of City Fires of Ottoman Istanbul in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries According to European and Ottoman Sources".
During his research in Istanbul Fıçı will be collecting data to make a comparison between the European (Dutch, French, British) and Ottoman reports of fire.
Please click here for more information about his research.