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About Tea Meshvelishvili

Dr. Tea Meshvelishvili is an Associate Professor and Researcher specializing in Turkology at the University of Georgia. She teaches Turkish language and Ottoman studies within the Faculty of Humanities and serves as a researcher at the Tamaz Beradze Institute for Georgian Studies.

Her expertise spans the history of Turkey, Ottoman Turkish, and Ottoman manuscripts, and she has actively contributed to research on Ottoman-Soviet relations and historical manuscript analysis.

Education & Academic Training

Ph.D. in Turkology – University of Georgia
(Dissertation: “Relations Between the Ottoman Empire, the Ankara Government, and Soviet Russia (1917-1921)”)
MA in Public Policy and Management – University of Georgia
BA in Turkish Language and Literature – Tbilisi State University
Turkish Language Teaching Certification – Ankara University
Research Design & Methodology Program – George Mason University, SCHAR School of Policy and Government (U.S. State Scholarship Recipient)
Turkology Winter School for Doctoral Students – Ankara
Ottoman Paleography Summer School – University of Vienna

Professional Experience & Research

In September 2024, Dr. Meshvelishvili was appointed Associate Professor in the Department of Turkology at the University of Georgia’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities. In 2025, she was invited as academic personnel at Black Sea Technical University, Trabzon.

Her research interests include:

History of Turkey
Ottoman Turkish
Ottoman Manuscripts

Professional Networking & Academic Contributions

Academia.edu: Tea Meshvelishvili
ORCID ID: 0009-0005-5556-6970

Contact Information

Email: t.meshvelishvili@ug.edu.ge
Institutional Address: 77a, Kostava St., Tbilisi, Georgia