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Mr Mehmet Polatel is a historian focussing on late Ottoman history and early Turkish republic. He has conducted research on the fate of Armenian property in the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey. Currently he is a PhD student at Bogaziçi University and a research assistant at the History Department of Koç University in Istanbul.

Mehruss Jon Ahi is an architectural designer, real estate developer, graphic artist, and the co-founder and creative director of the online publication Interiors.