Can Nacar is an Associate Professor of History at Koç University. His research centers on the lives of artisans and workers, transportation industries, trade networks, and the history of animals in the Ottoman Empire. His first book, entitled Labor and Power in the Late Ottoman Empire: Tobacco Workers, Managers, and the State, 1872-1912 was published in 2019. His publications have also appeared in journals such as the International Journal of Middle East Studies, Archiv Orientalni, Middle Eastern Studies, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association, Toplum ve Bilim, and Kebikeç.