Birsen Talay KeΕoΔlu graduated from BoΔaziΓ§i University, Turkey, with a BA in Philosophy. She earned her MA in History at BoΔaziΓ§i University and received her PhD from the AtatΓΌrk Institute for Modern Turkish History at the same university with a dissertation entitled βSocialist Womenβs Organisations in Turkey 1975β1980.β She was the editor-in-chief of the journal Tarih ve Toplum (History and Society) between the years 1998β2003 and worked for Δ°letiΕim Publishers as an editor of books on historical and political research and memoirs. Her articles have appeared in several journals and books. Her published works are on the late Ottoman period, Turkish modern history, womenβs history, womenβs movements, oral history, womenβs studies and gender. Her latest book TΓΌrk KadΔ±nΔ± 1918β1919 (Turkish Woman, 1918β1919) was published in 2010 October by the Womenβs Library and Information Centre Foundation, Istanbul. She has been teaching at Kadir Has University, Istanbul since 2004.