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2 PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES 18 ACADEMIC MEETINGS 24 PUBLICATIONS36 LIBRARY42 NEWS FROM ISAM MEMBERS54 VISITS TO ISAM
PROJECTS& PROGRAMMES
Apart from the projects that have continued since its foundation, ISAM has extended its academic activities through its implementation of new projects covering a much broader area than before.
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The TDV Encyclopedia of IslamFinal volumes (43 and 44) of the TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, an important source for those wishing to perform research on both Islamic and Social Sciences have been completed and are now re-ady for use. With its supplement volumes due to be published in 2014, this immense, 30 year-long project will finally reach comp-letion.
All necessary work has been completed in order to publish the En-cyclopedia online and all of the volumes have been converted into PDF format. Moreover, both a word based search and a subject based search have been put into service.
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The Concise Encyclopedia of IslamTh is encyclopedia will be published firstly in Russian, Chinese, and Balkan languages in order both to inform the average reader about Islamic subjects and to satisfy their educational needs in friendly areas of the world containing Muslim minority populati-ons. Upon completion, the encyclopedia is due to consist of five volumes. Moreover, while its Russian translation is currently un-derway, with the first volume scheduled to be published in 2014, preparations for the Chinese version have been launched.
Among the aims of the encyclopedia informing the average reader about Islamic knowledge, providing accurate and suff icient know-ledge about the basics of Islam and its significant figures, especial-ly the Prophets, and providing an Islamic point of view to modern problems find themselves at the forefront. Th e encyclopedia also aims at being a qualified and practical source of knowledge for the members of the Presidency of Religious Aff airs and the Turkish Religious Foundation, as well as acting as a supplementary resour-ce for secondary education in Turkey. Th e editors of the encyclo-pedia will ensure that the entries are written in an easy language with a style that encourages religious consciousness.
Upon completion of this project, 1,500 to 1,800 articles will have been written with some adaptations, like including or removing certain articles based on the region in which the work will be pub-lished. Th us far, approximately 650 articles have been written, and of these, 250 have been translated into Russian.
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History of the Istanbul ProjectTh e aim of this project is to publish an eight-volume work con-cerning the history of Istanbul from its first settlements in ancient times to the modern ages with regard to its place among the ot-her cities of the world, its topography, its architecture, its religious and social life, its administration, and its economy while placing a special emphasis on its being a “city.” It is expected that this work will both satisfy the needs of common readers and be a source for those students in formal education.
In this project, ISAM is co-operating with Istanbul Culture and Art Works Inc. and the Turkish version is near publication. Th us far, more than 300 articles have been written and its English trans-lation is currently underway.
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Electronic Publications ProjectTh e aim of this project is to ease the process of reaching the sour-ces needed for researchers studying in the areas of Islamic studies, humanities, and social studies via internet. Below are the databa-ses that have been updated during 2013.
Database for Theses
Th is database has been formed in order to assist researchers by collecting bibliographic information from theses concerning so-cial sciences written in universities located within Turkey. In this constantly updated database, there are 286,000 identified theses at present and it is open to researchers on ISAM’s local network.
Database for Articles
Th e total sum of articles in the Database for Articles, which also contains the articles in the Turkey Bibliography of Articles (1923-2003), has reached 845,000. Work to enrich the database continues through the inclusion of articles related to social sciences and the off prints in our library. While the database is open to researchers on ISAM’s local network, it is also possible to make subject-based search via email.
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Database for Articles in Islamic Studies
Th is database, which consists of academic periodicals and proce-edings published primarily by theology faculties as well as other institutions, includes the bibliographical records of articles along with the full texts of 25,832 articles in PDF format. Th e total num-ber of bibliographical records in the database has reached 26,819 including 2,642 bibliographical records uploaded in 2013. Th e da-tabase is also accessible via the internet.
Database for Theses in Theology Faculties
Th is database is comprised of approximately 15,055 completed or on-going master and doctoral theses conducted in theology faculties since 1953. Th is database is regularly updated via our correspondence with theology faculties and the Th esis Center of YÖK (Th e Council of Higher Education). Th e database is acces-sible via the internet.
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Documentation Database
Th is database, which shares the documentation files prepared for the TDV Encyclopedia of Islam with researchers, was completed in 2013. Th e number of documentation files in PDF format in this database has reached a total of 13,008. Th e process of adding new sources to the database via new searches is scheduled to continue.
Database for Articles in Ottoman Turkish
Th is database consists of articles from Ottoman magazines on his-tory, literature, and Islamic studies, which, by year 2013 included boards of more than 13,064 articles and their full texts in PDF format. Th e database is continuously updated with new articles constantly added.
Database for Ottoman Annuals
Th e database for Ottoman Annuals was put into service in 2013 in the ISAM Library. Th is database includes Ottoman state and province annuals and currently has 532 works in PDF format.
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Database for Articles in Arabic
Th rough an agreement with the fi rm ‘Dāru’l-manzūme,’ which compiles Arabic articles, IslamicInfo, one of the four databases of the mentioned fi rm, has been put into service for researchers within the ISAM Library during the 2013-2014 academic term. In the database are boards of approximately 150,000 articles con-cerning Islamic Studies, half of which are available as full-text PDF. Furthermore, the database is continuously updated and is accessible through ISAM’s local network.
Electronic Publication of the TDV Encyclopedia of Islam
Now that the final volume of the TDV Encyclopedia of Islam has been published, the entire encyclopedia can now be browsable for free on the internet. Aft er the completion of the technical process, which includes the unification of diff erent fonts used during 25 years with the re-addition of Arabic words and sentences to all of the volumes, the encyclopedia is now accessible via the internet.
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Database for Qadi Registers
In this database, there are at present 22,948 court registers and bibliographical information of various registry books. While the books can be examined digitally at ISAM’s library, the bibliograp-hical information of the registry books in the database may be accessed via ISAM’s website.
Th e number and name of the deft er’s are as below:
Qadi Registers 20,391Classified into three groups: Istanbul, Anatolia-Th race, and Outside Turkey
Agendas 429 Qadi’asker Agendas of Anatolia and RumeliaMasheehat Books 127 Naqibu’l-eşraf, Tariq, Muhur Tatbiq e.t.c.Muhemma Books 59 Taken from the Archive of Prime Ministry. Books of Marriage and Divorce 12 Th ese belong to the Province of Egypt.
Cadastral Record Books 10Th ese books belong to the Rumelia Region. (Master co-pies of these books are at the Sarajevo Institute of Orienta-list Studies and the National Library of Bulgaria.)
Consular Books 6Motion books belonging to the Italian Consulate. (Master copies of these are in the Archive of ISAM’s Library.)
Fiscal Books 3 Archive of the Prime Ministry, MAD, and Major Agendas.
Ahkam Books 2Archive of the Prime Ministry, Kamil Kepeci’s classifica-tion of books.
Miscellaneous Books 6 Books pertaining to a variety of content.
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Database for Ottoman Heir Yusuf Izzeddin Effendi’s Family Documents
Aft er the suspicious death in 1916 of heir to the throne, Yusuf Iz-zeddin Eff endi, son of Sultan Abdelaziz, all financial aff airs of his family members were conducted by the trustee of the family, Meh-med Tevfik (Biren) Bey. Th is collection of documents composed during Tevfik Bey’s mission consists of documents that shed light on the lives of Yusuf Izzeddin Eff endi’s wives and children.
Yusuf Izzeddin Eff endi’s Family Documents, which have been classified and brought into use by ISAM, span from 1916 to 1968 and include important documents and information for those pur-suing studies on the history of the Ottoman dynasty and other significant figures in recent history. Th ese documents, totaling 4,048, have been classified into 1,330 records. Summaries of these articles have also been written.
Th e aforementioned summaries are accessible from the databa-se located on ISAM’s website. Researchers wishing to study this collection are invited to apply to the Archive and Documentation Service of ISAM’s Library.
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Activities Conducted within the Scope of the Project
• Within the scope of the project, education seminars, work-shops and foreign language courses have been held for two sepa-rate terms: Spring (1 February-15 June) and Fall (16 September-31 December).
Researcher Assistance and Training ProjectTh e fact that the number of universities in Turkey has tripled, and is expected to continue to do so in the years to come, has promp-ted ISAM to launch a new program in 2012 called the Researcher Assistance and Training Project whose aim is not only to train researchers who will study Islam, but also to enhance the quality of research in this area. Services have been provided since 2013.
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• During the project, in which Arabic and English profi cien-cy is compulsory, those researchers who are profi cient in both lan-guages attended education seminars.
• Within the scope of the project, education seminars have been planned and carried out, 622 hours overall.
• Workshops have been held and assignments given in order to support the academic works of the researchers.
• An academic writing consultancy system was founded and supervisors appointed in line with the requirements of the researchers so as to enable them to fulfi ll their studies and works wholesomely, eff ectively, and conveniently while at the same time up to international standards.
Researchers according to departmentsArabic Language and Rhetoric 2Hadith 3History of Islamic Science 4History of Islamic Educa on 3Islamic Law 9History of Islam 1Islamic Countries 5Kalām 2History of Madhhabs 1Sufi sm 5Tafsīr 5Total 40
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Undergraduate Academic Assistance ProgramTh e Undergraduate Academic Assistance Program, which pro-duced its first graduates in 2008, successfully completed its sixth term with a certificate ceremony organized on September 27, 2013. Th ose participants who attained certification from this program had attended seminars about the main Islamic sciences and Islamic civilization for two academic years.
Th e program, whose number of seminars has increased through a series of reorganization works beginning in 2012, conducts a two-stage seminar program lasting three years. Th e participants attend various Islamic Sciences and Islamic Civilization classes gi-ven by expert academics on weekdays. Th ey also attend seminars, prepare homework, and benefit from the chance to conduct rese-arch in ISAM’s library.
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Visiting Scholar ProgramISAM’s Visiting Scholar Program is designed for post-doctoral re-searchers working in the areas of Islamic and social sciences so as to provide them with a proper academic atmosphere along with ISAM’s library and other research facilities.
Visiting scholars can apply to this program for a period of one to three months. Th ose researchers who were accepted to the prog-ram in 2013 are listed below:
Dr. Abdurrahman Atçıl / City University of New York – USA
Dr. Irina Katkova / Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Eastern Manuscripts – Russia
Dr. Mehmet Dirik / Research Fellow – Turkey
Dr. Abdulkerim Hamu / National Center for Anthropology, Sociology, and Cultural Studies – Algeria
Dr. Abdulmācid Nedim / Punjab University – Pakistan
Dr. Shynar Kalieva / Al-Farabi Kazak National University – Kazakhstan
Dr. Tomoki Okawara / Tohoku University – Japan
Dr. Abdullah Bayram / Bayburt University – Turkey
Dr. Burhan Sümertaş / Artvin Çoruh University – Turkey
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Late Classical Period ProjectTh e main goal of this project is to study the intellectual accumula-tion in the Late Classical Period of Islamic civilization.
One of the activities of the project is to organize critical edition courses in order to form a culture and a notion in this area. For this purpose, twenty candidates were trained in the theory and practice of the field by 10 academicians during the first critical edition course which took place between September 18 and Oc-tober 11, 2013. Th e candidates attending the course continue to work on preparing a separate manuscript, or a part of an extensi-ve corpus to be published with the critical edition under the su-pervision of the course’s supervisors. Considering both the exces-sive demand and need, an international critical edition workshop was organized on January 27, 2014 with the cooperation of the London based Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation, the Cairo Institute of Manuscripts, and ISAM.
As a project comprising both a large time period and geography, the Late Classical Period Project not only carries out the compila-tion, monography, and critical edition works, but also carries out sub-projects proposed by research fellows. As a result, a number of projects that have been off ered are currently in the process of being evaluated.
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As a product of the monography works, the preparation of a com-pilation analyzing the thought of Fakhraddin ar-Razi, one of the prominent fi gures of the beginning era of the Late Classical Peri-od, has been published.
ACADEMIC MEETINGS
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Symposium
First International Symposium on Ottoman Istanbul
May 29 – June 1, 2013
“Th e First International Symposium on Ottoman Istanbul’’, orga-nized with the cooperation of ISAM, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, and Istanbul 29 Mayıs University, took place betwe-en May 29 and June 1, 2013.
In the opening panel, chaired by ISAM President Prof. M. Akif Aydın and joined by İlber Ortaylı, İskender Pala, and Klaus Kreis-er, the importance of a symposium themed Ottoman Istanbul was stressed. As for the panels held on the Istanbul 29 Mayıs Univer-sity Campus on May 30 and 31, 47 historians from many diff erent parts of the world came together at 14 thematic panels.
Many local and international guests, academicians, and students found the opportunity to watch Bekir Ünlüataer’s concert, Melo-dies of Ottoman Istanbul, in the evening of May 30.
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Seminars
Between Theory and Practice, The Publication of Manuscripts
February 5, 2013
Dr. Faisal al-Hafian / The Institute of Arabic
Manuscripts – Egypt
At the seminar, Dr. Faisal al-Hafian, the program coordinator of the Ma’had al-Mahtutat al-Arabiyya (Th e Institute of Arabic Ma-nuscripts) in Cairo, presented information on the science of criti-cal edition in general and on the Ma’had al-Mahtutat al-Arabiyya in particular.
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A Criticism of Hadith with Examples of Mawdu’ Hadiths
March 26, 2013
Prof. Ömer Hamdan / Tubingen University –
Germany
Prof. Ömer Hamdan, member of the Center for Islamic Studies at Tubingen University, presented a summary of the article he wrote, sharing his conclusions about hadith criticism by giving examples from mawdu’ hadiths.
Al-Fihrist of Ibn Nedim and Notes on the Early History of Usul al-Fiqh
July 25, 2013
Prof. Devin J. Stewart / Emory University – USA
Prof. Devin J. Stewart, academic fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University, shared his readings about the early history of fiqh methodology through the section dedicated to fiqh in Ibn Nedim’s Al-Fihrist.
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Islamic Studies in Sweden From Past to Present
August 29, 2013
Dr. Zeyneb Hafsa Aström / Free Research Fellow – Sweden
Dr. Zeyneb Hafsa Aström, who lives in Sweden and whose works concern Islamic finance, shared the name of the researchers who work on Islamic studies in Sweden and their works from a his-torical perspective. Dr. Aström also mentioned the institutes in Sweden carrying out studies on Islam.
Academic and Social Life in Egypt
September 5, 2013
Zeliha Öteleş / Marmara University – Turkey
Zeliha Öteleş, working in Egypt as a visiting scholar during the 2012-2013 academic year, shared her observations and experienc-es with researchers.
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Istishhad with Poem in Abu Ubaydah’s Majazu’l-Quran
September 12, 2013
Dr. Abdulmacid Nedim / Punjab University –
Pakistan
Dr. Abdulmācid Nedīm, who have studied at ISAM for three months under the Visiting Scholar Program, shared the results of his work with researchers during a seminar.
Dr. Nedim, who is a fellow of Punjab University’s Arabic Language and Rhetoric Department, provided examples of how Abu Ubayd-ah used the istishad method with poems in his tafsir.
Islamic Studies in Germany, from Past to Present
December 24, 2013
Prof. Bülent Uçar / Osnabruck University –
Germany
Prof. Bülent Uçar, president of the Institute of Islamic Studies at Osnabruck University, discussed the historical process of Islamic studies in Germany beginning from the first orientalist studies.
PUBLICATIONS
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Periodicals
The 41st and 42nd Issues of the Journal of Ottoman Studies Have Been Published
Th e 41st issue of the Journal of Ottoman Studies, fi rst published in 1980 and now published biannually, contains the articles of Seyfi Kenan, Abdurrahman Atçıl, Ertuğrul Ökten, Şükrü Özen, B. Ha-run Küçük, Henning Sievert, Mykhaylo M. Yakubovych, Tadashi Suzuki, Kiyohiko Hasebe, Nobuo Misawa- Göknür Akçadağ, Ab-dülkadir Dağlar, A. Mesud Küçükalay, the reviews of Mahmut Adnan Gökçen, Selim Karahasanoğlu, Mehmet Hacısalihoğlu, and Yunyan Zheng as well as the book reviews of Kemal Bey-dilli, Sherry Sayed Gadelrab, Işıl Hasekioğlu Turgut, and Zafer İbrahimoğlu.
In the 42nd issue contains articles by Shuruq Naguib, Mehmet Gel, Hedda Reindl-Kiel, Arzu Meral, Yaşar Sarıkaya, Hatice Toksöz, Cengiz Şeker, Aysel Yıldız, Özhan Kapıcı, Muharrem Varol, Efe Murat Balıkçıoğlu and Vatan Özgül, a review by Gülten Yıldırım, book reviews by Betül S. Nizam, Nicole Kançal Ferrari, Rümeysa Şişman, Mustafa Birol Ülker, A. Teyfur Erdoğdu, İbrahim Aksu, Hilal Kazan, and Seyfi Kenan as well as an obituary by Güneş Işıkel.
More detailed information on the journal is available on www.isam.org.tr. Contributions can be made to [email protected].
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The 29th and 30th issues of the Turkish Journal of Islamic Studies Have Been Published
As a biannual peer-reviewed journal, the 29th issue of the Turkish Journal of Islamic Studies contains articles by Mehmet Kalaycı, Mustafa Yıldız, Murteza Bedir, and Necmi Derin, book reviews by Tahsin Görgün, Harun Kuşlu, Ümmügül Betül Kanburoğlu, Tuba Erkoç, Selma Çakmak, Abdulkadir Macit, and Burcu Bayer as well as an obituary by Abdurrahman Özdemir for Salim Öğüt.
Th e 30th Issue contains articles by Muhittin Düzenli, Musa Du-man, Eşref Altaş, and Ömer Ali Yıldırım, a research note by İrfan Davut Çam, book reviews by M. Taha Boyalık, Davut Ağbal, Asif Mohiuddin, Fikriye Karaman, Halil İbrahim Hançabay, Mehmet Çelenk, and Tamer Yıldırım, and an obituary by Aydın Topaloğlu and Ertuğrul Boynukalın in memory of Prof. Muhammed Aruçi.
More detailed information on the journal is available on www.isam.org.tr, and contributions can be made to [email protected].
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BASIC CULTURE SERIESMehmet Paçacı, Kur’an’a Giriş (Introduction to Quran), 2006; (7th Edition) 2013
Casim Avcı (editor), Son Peygamber Hz. Muhammed (Last Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)), 2007; (6th Edition) 2013
Murteza Bedir, Sünnet (Sunnah), 2006; (6th Edition) 2013
Şinasi Gündüz, Hıristiyanlık (Christianity), 2006; (4th Edition) 2013
İlyas Üzüm, Tarihsel ve Kültürel Boyutlarıyla Alevīlik (Alawism: From the Aspect of History and Culture), 2007; (6th Edition) 2013
Alparslan Açıkgenç, İslām Medeniyetinde Bilgi ve Bilim (Knowledge and Science in Islamic Civilization), 2006; (revised 2nd Edition) 2013
İbrahim Kalın, İslām ve Batı (Islam and the West), 2007; (4th Edition) 2013
Selçuk Mülayim, İslām Sanatı (Islamic Art), 2010; (revised 2nd Edition) 2013
Muhsin Demirci, Tefsire Giriş (Introduction to Tafsir), 2009; (2nd Edition) 2013
Halil İnalcık, Kuruluş Dönemi Osmanlı Sultanları 1302-1481 (Ottoman Sultans During the Foundation Era 1302-1481), 2010; (3rd Edition) 2013
Selçuk Mülayim, Sinan bin Abdülmennan (Sinan bin Abdulmannan), 2010; (extended 2nd Edi-tion) 2013
U. Murat Kılavuz-A.S. Kılavuz, Kelāma Giriş ( Introduction to Kalām), 2010; (2nd Edition) 2013
Ö. Faruk Akün, Divan Edebiyatı (Divan Literature), 2013
Mehmet Özdemir, Endülüs (Andulus), 2013
CLASSICS SERIESMātürīdī, Kitābü’t-Tevhīd: Açıklamalı Tercüme (Kitabu’t-Tawhid: Annotated Translation) (trans. Bekir Topaloğlu), 2002, (5th Edition) 2013
ACADEMIC WORKS SERIESVildan Serdaroğlu Coşkun, “Sergüzeştüm Güzel Hikāyetdür” Zaīfī’nin Sergüzeştnāme’si (‘‘Ser-güzeşt is a Beautiful Story.’’ Zaīfī’s Sergüzeştnāme), 2011; (revised 2nd Edition) 2013
Osman Gazi Özgüdenli, Selçuklular, c. I - Büyük Selçuklu Devleti Tarihi (1040-1157) (Seljuks, v. I – History of Great Seljuk Empire (1040-1157)), 2013
İslām Felsefesi: Tarih ve Problemler (Islamic Philosophy: History and Problems), ed. M. Cü-neyt Kaya, 2013
Fatma Kızıl, Müşterek Rāvi Teorisi ve Tenkidi (Collective Rawi Th eory and Its Criticism), 2013
İSAM Konuşmaları: Osmanlı Düşüncesi, Ahlak, Hukuk, Felsefe-Kelām / (ISAM Papers: Otto-man Th ought, Ethics, Law, Philosophy-Kalam), ed. Seyfi Kenan, 2013
İslām Düşüncesinin Dönüşüm Çağında Fahreddin er-Rāzī (Fakhraddin ar-Razi in the Trans-formation Age of Islamic Th ought) ed. Ömer Türker – Osman Demir, 2013
REFERENCE WORKS SERIESBekir Topaloğlu-İlyas Çelebi, Kelām Terimleri Sözlüğü (Dictionary of Kalām Terms), 2010, (3rd Edition) 2013
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Andalus, Mehmet Özdemir
Istanbul: ISAM Publications, 2013, 370 pages,
ISBN 978-605-5586-10-1
Today, the name ‘‘Andalus’’ arouses an increasing amount of inte-rest in the Islamic world just like it did in the past. Yet, this interest stems more from sentiment than it does from knowledge about Andalus. In any Muslim country, including Turkey, one can wit-ness that whenever a person hears the name ‘Andalus,’ he or she is suddenly overcome by both sadness and admiration. For the Mus-lim consciousness, the culture and civilization of the Andalusians have been remembered with admiration whereas its complete loss is remembered with grief.
Since 1492, Andalus has been a “paradise lost” for Muslims. For every Muslim land which faces foreign occupation, Muslims feel the fear of “Andalusation.” Accordingly, there is no emotional indiff erence towards Andalus. Yet, it is diff icult to say that there have been enough eff orts to study, analyze, and understand the history of Andalus. In other words, though there has been suff i-cient mourning of Andalus, there have not been enough struggles to reattain it.
For the Islamic world, making a persistent and eff ective move to compete with other civilizations is only possible if Muslims form a healthy connection with their past. Th is book, concentrating on the history of Andalus, is written to pave the way for such an ef-fort.
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Islamic Philosophy – History and Problems, ed. M. Cüneyt Kaya
Istanbul: ISAM Publications, 2013, 869 pages,
ISBN 978-605-4829-05-7
Philosophy, which was moribund around the beginning of the 7th century AD throughout the regions of ancient civilizations, was revived two centuries later in Baghdad by the translation move-ment that conveyed the philosophical accumulation of the Hel-lenistic world into Arabic. Works that were translated were re-examined by Muslims in line with the multitude of intellectual needs and interests of the nascent multi-racial, multi-cultural, and multi-creedal Islamic civilization. Th is event led to the birth of Islamic philosophy becoming one of the philosophical traditions in world history.
Th is book, which aims at gathering the noteworthy academic ac-cumulation in Turkey concerning Islamic philosophy, examines the classical period (7th-12th centuries AD) of Islamic philosophy from its historical and problematical aspects. Th e historical sec-tion of the book deals with eleven prominent philosophers from the classical period and four important thinkers who shaped the post-classical period. Th e thematic section of the book deals in detail with the main fields of philosophy (logic, psychology/epis-temology, metaphysics, ethics, and politics), the literature that le-aked into Islamic philosophy and the consequential problems, and finally the approaches of Islamic philosophy thinkers toward these disciplines.
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Fakhraddin ar-Razi in the Transformation Age of Islamic Thought, ed. Osman Demir, Ömer Türker
Istanbul: ISAM Publications, 2013, 635 pages,
ISBN 978-605-4829-09-5
Fakhraddin ar-Razi (b. 606/1210) was both the fi rst and most infl uential fi gure of what is called the Late Classical Age. It was during this “age” of Islamic Th ought that the works and ideas of the pre-Ghazali period were reinterpreted and transformed in terms of their thought and content. Razi, writing a multitude of works especially in the fi elds of kalām and philosophy, identifi ed the characteristics of the universal disciplines, thereby coming to deserve the title ‘al-Imam’ due to his rearrangement of ‘ilm al-kalām. This book, which aims at introducing Fakhraddin ar-Razi’s various aspects, is a compilation full of original articles thoroughly discussing the scientifi c accumulation of Islamic Studies in Turkey and thereby aiming to be a core resource for in-terested researchers. The work is composed of four main sections: Razi’s life, his works, his place in the history of Islamic thought and his contributions to this area, and fi nally the criticisms that he received. All of these sections are examined in the book while taking into consideration both the pre-Razi and post-Razi peri-ods so that his originality, his methodological difference, and the transformation which he started may be underlined.
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Collective Rawi Theory and Its Criticism, Fatma Kızıl
Istanbul: ISAM Publications, 2013, 543 Pages,
ISBN 978-605-5586-08-8
Dating methods, which are implemented in the West to deter-mine the period when hadiths emerged, are developed based on the orientalist premise that most of the hadith literature is fabri-cated. In this work, the eff ect of the aforementioned premise to hadith dating is analyzed by providing examples and a discussion of orientalist interpretations, which are themselves based on diff e-rent presumptions from those that Muslims hold. In order to sa-feguard this work from base criticisms and in order to contribute to hadith methodology, the feasibility of the collective-rawi-cen-tered isnad (attribution) – text analysis is discussed over a selected hadith group. Conclusions are analyzed by taking the history of hadith narratives into consideration.
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Zaîfî’s Sergüzeştnâme: ‘‘Sergüzeşt is a Beautiful Story.’’ Vildan Serdaroğlu Coşkun
Istanbul: ISAM Publications, 2013, 382 pages,
ISBN 978-605-5586-97-3
Th is book focuses on the 16th century poet Zaīfī’s autobiographical work Sergüzeştnāme, including both critical review of the work and surveys on a number of subjects pertaining to Old Turkish Literature. In this book, Zaīfī’s Sergüzeştnāme is discussed in terms of genre, form, and content in order to avoid the traditional way of studying which focuses solely on the work and the author from a single point of view. In addition to this, the work is also discussed from the perspectives of disciplines like history and sufi sm. In this book, the author has attempted to answer questions like, “Is the ‘I’ in sergüzeştnames and the ‘I’ in the autobiographies the same?”
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Seljuks,– History of Great Seljuk Empire (1040-1157), Osman G. Özgüdenli
Istanbul: ISAM Publications, 2013, v. I, 382 pages,
ISBN 978-605-558-699-7
Th e Seljuks entered Khorasan by passing through the Amu Darya River as a small nomadic group in 1035, establishing a strong sta-te within Persian territories aft er having defeated Ghaznavids in 1040. Th is state soon turned into an enormous empire by conqu-ering vast territories from the fronts of Istanbul in the west to the borders of China in the east, from the Aral Sea and Caucasus in the north to the Red Sea and Egypt in the south. Th e Seljuks, apart from the significant political events of their era, played an impor-tant role in reshaping the ethnic, religious, and cultural structure of the Near East. Th is work, based on both core sources of the Seljuk era and on modern research, presents the rise, the growth, and the decline of the Great Seljuk Empire to readers.
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Divan Literature, Ömer Faruk Akün
Istanbul: ISAM Publications, 2013, 184 pages,
ISBN 978-605-5586-90-4
Divan literature is an important branch of Turkish literature de-veloping within Islamic civilization. In this work, the living master of the classical Turkish literature, Ömer Faruk Akün examines this unique form of literature which continued without interruption for six centuries from the end of the Anatolian Seljuks to the Ot-tomans. Th e writer discusses the conditions that paved the way for divan literature and its formation process, the verse forms that founded divan poetry, the literary discipline that raised divan po-ets, and the context and aesthetics in divan poetry that defi ned the tradition.
An example of Akün’s interpretation of the verse forms of divan literature may be gleaned from the following quotation: “Th is literature is composed of odes by the court poets praising em-perors, lyrics in each of which an unchanging and ideal beauty is described and the pains of a platonic love are singed gently, de-mure terci’-bend and terkib-bends, rubāīs that squeeze emotions and thoughts most densely into a small volume, and mathnavis that tell of love aff airs, the heroes and heroins of which are always the same.”
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LIBRARY
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Th e library is open every day from 9AM until 11PM. Both profes-sors and graduate students may make use of the library.
Th e number of library members reached 14,596 in 2013, with a total of 180,116 readers benefiting from the library.
In 2013, a total of 18,818 books were added to the library. Of these, 11,765 were purchased, 5,567 were donated, 549 books were obta-ined through exchange, and 237 by other means. Moreover, a total of 8,028 journals were added, including 1,340 by purchase, 5,882 by donation, and 788 by exchange.
Th e library’s collection by the end of 2013:
Books 247,364
Journals 3,599 by sort (approximately 167,000 volumes)
Document Files 18,942
Ottoman Court Records 22,948 (registers)
Microfiche & Microfilms 411
Off prints 5,326
CDs 1,216
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Donations from ISAM LibraryAs an institution which donates additional books to the libraries of other institutions, ISAM donated books and journals to the ins-titutions mentioned below in 2013.
Institutions Books JournalsIstanbul 29 Mayıs University 2636 73Waqf of AMH 57 6Bingöl University Faculty of Science and Letters 240 237Bozok University Faculty of Th eology 90DİB Van Directorate of Education 150 141Dicle University Faculty of Th eology 115 138Dumlupınar University Faculty of Th eology 145 148Edirne Provincial Public Library 101 130Erzincan University Dep. of Lib. & Doc. 77Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Th eology 196 107Giresun University Faculty of Islamic Studies 400 133Harran University Faculty of Science and Letters 243 36Kadı Mahmut Waqf Library 76Kafk as University Harakani Research Center 264Malatya Inönü University Dep. of Lib. & Doc. 44Waqf of Siyasal 73 224Prison of Ümraniye 185 80Yusuf Türksoy 27
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New Issues of the e-Journal “Yeni Gelen Dergiler ve İçindekiler” (Contents of Recently Arrived Journals) Have Been PublishedContents of Recently Arrived Journals, a triannual journal, which includes the ‘Contents’ of the period-icals in foreign languages followed by ISAM , contin-ues to be published online on ISAM’s website since its 63rd volume. Th e fi rst volume was published in February of 1994.
Th e 65th and 66th volumes of the journal were pub-lished in 2013. All volumes of the periodical are available in PDF format. Researchers may obtain the articles by sending an e-mail to: [email protected].
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Baykan Sezer’s Collection is at ISAM Library Th e book collection of the late Prof. Baykan Sezer, Head of the Sociology Department at Faculty of Letters in Istanbul University, has been donated to ISAM.
Th e collection, which was in the possession of Prof. Ertan Eğri-bel and Asst. Prof. M.Ufuk Özcan, has been donated to the ISAM Library in order to enable researchers to reach works of high im-portance in this area.
Salim Öğüt’s Collection Has Been Donated to ISAMTh e book collection of the respected professor Salim Öğüt, mem-ber of Istanbul University’s Faculty of Th eology who passed away in 2012, has been donated by his family to ISAM’s library in 2013.
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International Book Fairs in Egypt and MoroccoTh e Purchasing Offi ce of ISAM’s library joined the international book fairs in Egypt and Morocco in 2013. Aft er having participat-ed in the fair, a total of 4,220 books, most of them in Arabic, were added to ISAM’s collection.
Dr. Turgut Akpınar’s Book Collection is at ISAM Library Known for his works on the phenomenon of religion in Turkish history, Dr. Turgut Akpınar’s valuable book collection, most of which is in German with parts in Turkish and English, has been added to ISAM Library.
NEWS FROMISAM MEMBERS
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Academic Works of ISAM MembersIn charge of the Unit of Periodicals at ISAM Library, Abdurrah-man Kaya completed his PhD at the Institute of Turkic Studies in Marmara University. Hasan Diriarın, from the Purchasing Off ice of the Library, and Esra Karayel Muhacir, from the Archives Unit, completed their masters’ degrees at the Institute of Turkic Studies, Department of Information and Document Management in Mar-mara University.
ISAM Research Fellows Have Started to Work at Various UniversitiesSome of the academic staff at ISAM have started to work at vari-ous universities.
Assoc. Prof. Vildan S. Coşkun – Faculty of Education, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University.
Assoc. Prof. Semih Ceyhan – Faculty of Th eology, Marmara University
M. Enes Topgül – Faculty of Th eology, Marmara University
Assoc. Prof. Aydın Topaloğlu - Faculty of Arts and Letters, Istanbul 29 Mayıs University
Assoc. Prof. Ertuğrul Boynukalın - Faculty of Th eology, Mar-mara University
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Our dear member, Prof. Muhammed Aruçi, who had worked as a research fellow at ISAM betwe-en 1995 and 2012, passed away on November 15, 2013. For this occasion, the obituary written by Aydın Topaloğlu and Ertuğrul Boynukalın for Muhammed Aruçi is cited below in his commemo-ration.
Muhammed Aruçi was born in the town of Vrapciste, Macedonia, the third child of the teacher and poet Kemal Efendi (1920-1977). Completing primary school in 1970 at Filiposki Primary School, he graduated from Gostivar Pance Poposki High School in 1974. Aft er receiving education for a year in Gazi Husrev Bey Madrasa of Sarajevo, he travelled to Egypt where he graduated from Cairo’s al-Azhar University, Faculty of Th eology in 1979. In 1986, he completed his MA with the thesis “Nūreddin es-Sābūnī ve Ārāuhü’l-Kelāmiyye min kitābihi’l-Kifāye fi ’l-hidāye” in the Islamic Philosophy Department of al-Azhar University, Faculty of Sciences; and in 1994 he completed his PhD in Kelam and the History of Religious Sects Department of Marmara University, Institute of Social Sciences with the thesis “Abdülkahir el-Bağdādī ve el-Esmā ve’s-sıfāt”.
He started to work in ISAM, Turkish Religious Foundation, Center for Islamic Studies in 1995 as an editor, translator and redactor until 2012. In 2006, he became an associate professor in Sarajevo University, Islamic Sciences Faculty, Kalam Department. Aside from his work in ISAM, he worked as a visiting scholar in many universities, both in Turkey and abroad. Marmara University’s Th e-ology Faculty (1996-2000), Sofi a University’s Classic and Modern Philology Faculty (2001-2011), Sarajevo University’s Faculty of Islamic Sciences (2005-2007), and Prishtina University’s Philology Faculty (2007-2009) are among the universities he worked as a visiting professor.
He started to work as a faculty member in Istanbul University’s, Faculty of Th eology, Kalam De-partment in 2012, becoming a professor the same year. Alongside his academic work, his articles were published in various newspapers and magazines. In 2013, for a short time he hosted a tele-vision show named “Between the Lines” in TRT Arabic. He was married and was father to four children when he passed away on November 15, 2013 while in the hospital receiving treatment. In accordance with his last will, he was buried in Vrapciste, where he was born, next to his father Kemal Eff endi.
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In his academic studies, apart from his specialities of kalam and the history of religious sects, he studied Islamic philosophy, Islamic history, the history of arts, Arabic language and literature, as well as the cultural and political state of the Balkans and the Middle East. Aruçi authored, transla-ted, and inquired about many works, made presentations in national and international symposi-ums, and both engaged and debated in conferences particularly regarding the historical, cultural, and socio-politic structure of Muslims in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Apart from his scholarly works, he exerted great eff orts to protect both the Muslim-Albanian identity and the values of Bal-kan Muslims who had once been Ottoman citizens in a region constantly subject to Islamphobia and attacks on Muslims aft er the collapse of communist regimes in the Balkans and the disintegra-tion of former Yugoslavia. He encouraged several charity organizations to protect both the educa-tion of Balkan Muslims and their historical and cultural values, by organizing the construction of both mosques and schools in the region.
Apart from being fl uent in Albanian, Turkish, Macedonian, Arabic and Bosnian (Serbian and Croatian) languages, he spoke French and English. His works included “Şiirlerim (My Poems) (Skopje: Logos-A, 1999)” which is a collection of his father’s poems, “Kitābü’t-Tevhīd’ (Book of Oneness) (Ankara: TDV ISAM, 2003) of Ebū Mansūr el-Mātürīdī, which received an award by the Iranian Cultural Ministry and which was co-prepared with Professor Bekir Topaloğlu. He also published an enquiry of el-Kifāye fi ’l-hidāye of Nūreddin es-Sābūnī (Istanbul: ISAM Publications, 2011). For the TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi (DİA /Encyclopedia of Islam), Aruçi wrote the following articles: “Fettah Efendi,” “Harābātī Baba Tekkesi,” “Kalkandelen,” “Kosova,” “Mostar,” “Ohri,” “Bekir Sadak,” “Sancak,” “Saraybosna,” “Şabanoviç,” “Hāzim,” “Nūreddin es-Sābūnī,” “Taşköprü (Vardar),” and “Yugoslavya.” He also redacted a large number of articles related to the religious, geographi-cal, historical, and cultural values of Balkans in the encyclopedia. He wrote numerous articles in various languages pertaining to Skopje (Macedonia) and the socio-cultural structure, historical institutions, science and culture centers, and scholarly personalities of the Balkans. At the same time, Aruçi took charge in the commission of enquiry for the publication of manuscripts and was instrumental in the commission’s work by virtue of his competence, taking the initiative with Prof. Topaloğlu to determine the principles of ISAM enquiry.
May Allah rest his soul and make heaven his eternal abode.
Assoc. Prof. Aydın Topaloğlu – İstanbul 29 Mayıs University
Assoc. Prof. Ertuğrul Boynukalın – Marmara University
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Academic Works of ISAM Members
Prof. İsmail E. Erünsal
(Book) Osmanlılarda Sahafl ık ve Sahafl ar (Bibliopoles in Otto-mans and Th eir Work), Istanbul: TİMAŞ, 2013, 584 pages.
(Article) “Sosyal ve iktisadi tarihimize kaynak olarak sahhaf te-rekeleri” (Heritages of Bibliopoles As a Source for Our Social and Economic History) Osmanlı Coğrafyası Kültürel Arşiv Mirasının Yönetimi ve Tapu Arşivlerinin Rolü Uluslararası Kongresi, 21-23 Kasım 2012 İstanbul, Bildiriler, cilt I, (International Congress of the Legacy Management of Cultural Archives of Ottoman Lands and the Role of Title Archives, November 21-23, 2012 Istanbul, Presentations, vol I) Ankara: Ministry of Environment and Ur-banisation General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre Publications, 2013, pp. 253-258.
(Article) “Osmanlı sahhafl ık tarihine dair notlar II: Osman-lılarda Sahhafl ık Mesleği ve Sahafl ar (Notes on the history of bibliopoles II: Bibliopoles in Ottomans and Th eir Work)” Deut-sch-türkische Begegnungen Alman Türk Tesadüfl eri: Festschrift für Kemal Beydilli/Kemal Beydilli’ye Armağan (German-Turkish Co-incidences: A Gift for Kemal Beydilli), Hedda Reindl-Kiel – Seyfi Kenan (Hg), Berlin: EBVERLAG, 2013, pp. 402-416.
(Article) ) “Osmanlılar’da Kütüphaneler ve Kütüphanecilik Anlayışı (Libraries and Librarianship in Ottomans), Geçmişten Günümüze Anadolu Kütüphaneleri (Anatolian Libraries from Past till Today), prep. by Bülent Yılmaz, Ankara: Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 2013, pp. 181-206.
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(Article) “Osmanlı Sahhafl ık Tarihine Dair Notlar I: Sahhafl ık Gediği (Notes on the History of Bibliopoles I: Bibliopoles’ Mo-nopoly of Trade Right)” Osmanlı’nın İzinde: Prof. Dr. Mehmet İp-şirli Armağanı (Following Ottomans: Prof. Mehmet İpşirli’s Gift ), prep. by Feridun M. Emecen, İshak Keskin, Ali Ahmetbeyoğlu. v. 2. Istanbul: Timaş, 2013, pp. 7-21.
(Paper) “İstanbul Sahafl arı (Bibliopoles of Istanbul)”, Osmanlı İstanbulu Uluslararası Sempozyum-I / Ottoman Istanbul Interna-tional Conference-I, 29 Mayıs University, Istanbul May 29 - June 1, 2013.
Assoc. Prof. M. Suat Mertoğlu
(Article) “Kaynaklara Dönüş Hareketi: Selefī Bir Talep mi, Modern Bir Yöneliş mi? (Th e Movement of Returning to Source Materials: A Salafi st Demand or A Modern Drift ?)”, Türkiye’de İs-lāmcılık Düşüncesi ve Hareketi Sempozyum Tebliğleri (Symposium Papers of the Th ought and Movement of Pan-Islamism in Turkey), ed. İsmail Kara - Asım Öz, Istanbul: Municipality of Zeytinburnu, 2013, pp. 145-161.
Assoc. Prof. Tuncay Başoğlu
(Article) “Fıkıh Usūlünde Fahreddin er-Rāzi Mektebi (Fakhrad-din ar-Razi’s School in the Methodology of Fiqh) ”, İslām Düşün-cesinin Dönüşüm Çağında Fahreddin er-Rāzī (Fakhraddin ar-Razi in the Transformation Age of Islamic Th ought), ed. Ömer Türker, Osman Demir, İstanbul: ISAM Publications, 2013, pp. 243- 263.
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Assoc. Prof. Salime Leyla Gürkan
(Review Article) “From the ‘Jew’ of the Ottoman Empire to the ‘Other’ of the Turkish Republic”, International Journal of Turkish Studies, 19/1-2 (2013), pp. 115-126.
Assoc. Prof. Vildan Serdaroğlu Coşkun
(Book) Zaīfī’s Sergüzeştnāme: “Sergüzeşt is a beautiful story.” Is-tanbul: ISAM Publications, 2013, 382 pages.
(Translation) Stetkevych, Suzanne Pinckney, “Geçiş ve İtaat: Peygambere Övgü (Na’t) Ka’b bin Züheyr ve İslāmī Kasīde. (Rap-ture and Obedience: Praise to Prophet Ka’b bin Züheyr and Is-lamic Ode)” Kasīdeye Medhiye: Biçime, İşleve ve Muhtevaya Dair Tespitler (A Praise to Ode: Remarks on Form, Function, and Con-tent), prep. by Hatice Aynur, Istanbul: Klasik, 2013, p. 516-563.
(Paper) October 11, 2013 “How a Balkan Poet Promotes in Ot-tomans?”, International Balkan Annual Conference 2013, October 10-13, 2013, Sarajevo/Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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Dr. Kenan Yıldız
(Paper) “Doğruluğu Tartışmalı Bir Tartışma: 1660 Yangını İs-tanbul’un İslāmlaşmasına Etki Etti mi? (A Controversial Discus-sion: Did the Confl agration of 1660 Aff ect the Islamization of Is-tanbul?)” Ottoman Istanbul International Conference-I, 29 Mayıs University, Istanbul May 29 - June 1, 2013.
(Paper) “Özel Arşivlerin Kütüphane İçerisindeki Yeri ve Hizmete Sunulması: İSAM Kütüphanesi Örneği (Th e Place and Service of Private Archives at Libraries: Th e Example of ISAM Library)”, Mustafa Birol Ülker, Kenan Yıldız, 49. Library Week, Şehir University, Istanbul March 26, 2013.
(Translation) Arnold van Gennep, “Araştırma Konusu veya Bitimsiz Folklor (Th e Subject of Research or Infi nite Folklore)”, Arşiv Emektarları Anı Kitabı (Archive Veterans Memorial Book), prep. by Nizamettin Oğuz and İshak Keskin, Istanbul: Türk Edebi-yatı Waqf Publications, 2013, p. 455-459.
(Presentation) “1660 İstanbul Yangınının Sosyo-Ekonomik Tahlili (A Socio-Economic Analysis of 1660 Confl agration of Istanbul)”, Bilim ve Sanat Vakfı Türkiye Araştırmaları Merkezi (TAM) (Waqf of Science and Art, Center for Turkey Studies), Is-tanbul April 15, 2013.
(Presentation) “1660 İstanbul Yangınının Sosyo-Ekonomik Tahlili (A Socio-Economic Analysis of the 1660 Confl agration of Istanbul)”, Marmara University, Institute of Turkic Studies, Istan-bul May 6, 2013.
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(Presentation) ‘‘Osmanlı’da Şehir ve Yangın: Sosyo-Ekonomik Açıdan 1660 İstanbul Yangını (City and Confl agration in the Ot-toman State: A Socio-Economic Analysis of the 1660 Confl agra-tion of Istanbul)”, Waqf of Istanbul Academy of Sciences, Istanbul May 18, 2013.
Dr. Abdurrahman Kaya
(Th esis) “Cismī’nin Mevlid’i (Review-Critical Text-Index-Fac-simile)”,
(Doctoral Th esis, Marmara University Institute of Turkic Studies– Turkish Language and Literature Department), Istanbul, 2013, 651 p.
Mustafa Birol Ülker
(Article) “TDV İSAM Kütüphanesi İlāhiyat Makaleler Veri Ta-banı Projesi (Th e Project of TDV ISAM Library Database for Ar-ticles in Islamic Studies)”, Marmara Üniversitesi İlāhiyat Fakültesi Dergisi (Marmara University Journal of Th eology Faculty), 41/2 (2011), v.3 11-316.
(Article) ‘‘TDV İslām Araştırmaları Merkezi (İSAM) ve Kütüp-hanesi (TDV Center for Islamic Studies and Its Library)”, ASIM: Fikir, Kültür, Sanat Dergisi (ASIM: Journal for Th ought, Culture, Art),1/2 (2013), pp. 31-34.
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(Article) “İslām Araştırmaları Merkezi Kütüphanesi Arşiv-Do-kümantasyon Koleksiyonu ve Veri Tabanları (Library of the Center for Islamic Studies, Its Collections and Databases of Archive-Doc-umentation)”, Arşiv Emektarlarına Armağan (A Gift to Veterans of Archive), prep. by Nizamettin Oğuz, İshak Keskin, Istanbul: Türk Edebiyatı Waqf, 2013, pp. 429-438.
(Book) Osmanlı’dan Günümüze Afrika Bibliyografyası (African Bibliography from the Ottomans until Today), prep. by Ahmet Ka-vas, Muhammed Tandoğan, M. Birol Ülker, editor: Zekeriya Kur-şun, Istanbul: Association of Researchers on the Middle East and Africa, 2013, pp. 355
(Book Review) [Nezaket Özdemir, Bursa Kaynakçası(Bibliog-raphy of Bursa), Bursa: Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, 2011. 1070 pages], Osmanlı Araştırmaları (Ottoman Studies), 42 (2013), pp.431-433.
(Paper) “Özel Arşivlerin Kütüphane İçerisindeki Yeri ve Hizmete Sunulması: İSAM Kütüphanesi Örneği (Th e Place and Service of Private Archives at Libraries: Th e Example of ISAM Library)”, Mustafa Birol Ülker, Kenan Yıldız, 49. Library Week, Şehir Uni-versity, Istanbul 26 March 2013.
(Interview) ‘‘İlmin Menbaı İSAM (ISAM as the Source of Knowledge)” (Interview), Seyyide, 4/19 (January-February 2012), pp.44-48.
(Interview) “İSAM Hakkında Ne Biliyoruz? (What Do We Know About ISAM?)”, Marmara University Faculty of Th eology, Istanbul, 8 May 2013.
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Enis Karakaya
(Article) “Anastasios Surları (Walls of Anastasios)”, Works of Conservation and Restoration, 13 (2013), pp. 73- 77.
(Article) “Marmara Denizi’nin Güney Kıyısındaki İki Bizans Köyü Soreoi ve Limnai Üzerine (On Soreoi and Limnai, Two Byzantine Villages on the Southern Shore of the Marmara Sea)”, TAÇ, 1 (new series) 2013, pp. 20- 25.
Hasan Diriarın
(Th esis) “İstanbul’daki Özel Araştırma Kütüphanelerinde Elekt-ronik Bilgi Hizmetleri: İslām Araştırmaları Merkezi (İSAM) Kü-tüphanesi Örneği (Electronic Data Services of Private Research Libraries in Istanbul: Library of Center for Islamic Studies Exam-ple) ”, (Master Th esis, Marmara University Institute for Turkic Studies – Department of Information and Document Manage-ment), Istanbul, 2013, 160 p.
Esra Karayel Muhacir
(Th esis) “XVII. Yüzyılda Üsküdar’da Kitap Kültürü (Book Cul-ture in 17th Century Uskudar)”, (Master Th esis, Marmara Univer-sity Institute for Turkic Studies – Department of Information and Document Management), Istanbul, 2013, VII+106 p.
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VISITS TO ISAM During 2013, ISAM hosted and pre-
sented its projects and activities along with the Turkish Religious Foundation and Istanbul 29 Mayıs University to more than fifty groups visiting from outside of Turkey. Below is a list of selected visiting groups.
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Vice Rector of China’s Northwest University for Nationalities
January 8, 2013
Th e Vice Rector of China’s Northwest University for Nationalities, Ma Jingquan and his accompanying delegation accompanying vis-ited ISAM. Th e delegation was welcomed by our vice presidents Assoc. Prof. Tuncay Başoğlu and Dr. Ali Hakan Çavuşoğlu, and was informed about ISAM and its activities. Th e delegation, which was particularly interested in the Encyclopedia of Islam, was in-formed in detail about the writing process of the encyclopedia.
Rais al-ulama of Bosnia-Herzegovina
January 24, 2013
Bosnia’s new rais al-ulama, Hussein Effendi Kavazovich,
and his delegation visited our center. The delegation was
welcomed by our president Prof. M. Akif Aydın and was
introduced to ISAM and Istanbul 29 Mayıs University.
Kavazovich, who stated that a Bosnian translation of the
Encyclopedia of Islam was vital, expressed his gratitude
with ISAM’s ongoing activities.
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Minister of Religious Affairs of Mali
March 7, 2013
As the guest of the Presidency of Religious Aff airs, Mali’s Minis-ter of Religious Aff airs, Yacouba Traore, and his accompanying delegation visited our center. Th e delegation, welcomed by ISAM board member Prof. Ali Bardakoğlu, was informed about ISAM and Istanbul 29 Mayıs University.
Minister Traore expressed his gratitude with Turkey’s aid to his country, adding that the relationships between the two countries should also improve in academic fields.
The President of the Muslim Philippines National Council
May 22, 2013
As the guest of the Presidency of Religious Aff airs, the President of Muslim Philippines National Council, Hon. Mehal Sadain, and his accompanying delegation visited our center and had a meeting with our vice president, Dr. Ali Hakan Çavuşoğlu, and Istanbul 29 Mayıs University’s Vice Rector, Prof. Mustafa Sinanoğlu. Hon. Mehal Sadain was informed about ISAM and Istanbul 29 Mayıs University, stating that it would be useful if the university applied a quota for students from the Philippines.
Sadain, who admired the encyclopedia projects of ISAM, added that an English publication of the Concise Encyclopedia of Islam would be very useful for Philippine Muslims.
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Palestine-Gaza Minister of Religious Affairs and Endowments
July 1, 2013
A delegation under the presidency of the Palestine-Gaza Minister of Religious Aff airs and Foundations, Ismail Ridwan, visited our center. Th e delegation, welcomed by ISAM Vice President, Assoc. Prof. Suat Mertoğlu, and the Rector of Istanbul 29 Mayıs Universi-ty, Prof. İbrahim Kafi Dönmez, was introduced to our institution.
President of the Council of Imams in Cameroon
July 5, 2013
Upon the invitation of the Presidency of Religious Aff airs, a dele-gation consisting of clergy men and the President of the Council of Imams in Cameroon, Ibrahim Moussa, visited our center. Th e delegation, welcomed by vice presidents Assoc. Prof. Suat Mer-toğlu and Dr. Ali Hakan Çavuşoğlu, was introduced to ISAM and its library. An exchange of views was made on the education of Islamic studies.
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Consul General of Korea in Istanbul
July 19, 2013
Jeon Tae-Dong, the newly appointed South Korea Chief Con-sul of Istanbul paid a courtesy visit to our center. Jeon, who was informed about the activities of the institution, stated that they planned to organize a conference on the cultural relations between Turkey and Korea during the forthcoming period. Expressing his gratitude with the visit, vice president Assoc. Prof. Tuncay Başoğ-lu pointed out that ISAM would like to contact those institutions in Korea which deal with Islamic Studies and requested from the Chief Consul to announce the Visiting Scholar Program of ISAM to Korean researchers.
Sudan Minister of Religious Affairs
August 15, 2013
Sudan’s Minister of Religious Aff airs and Foundations, Fatih Tajus-sir Abdullah and his accompanying delegation visited our center.
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Grand Mufti of Ghana
November 23, 2013
Aft er his visit in 2012, Ghana’s Chief Muft i Osman Nuhu Sharabu-tu visited our center for the second time last year with other staff members from his off ice.
Grand Mufti of Tatarstan
August 21, 2013
As the guest of the Presidency of Religious Aff airs, Tatarstan’s Chief Muft i Kamil Samugullin and his accompanying delegation visited our center. Chief Muft i Samugullin expressed his gratitude with the academic activities of ISAM. He also expressed his wish for the completion of the Concise Encyclopedia of Islam in Russian as soon as possible.
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China Islam Society
December 16, 2013
Vice President of China Islam Society, Adil Can and his delegation consisting of China Islam Society’s provincial presidents visited our center.
Adil Can stated that they came to Turkey with the goal to share knowledge and experiences with institutions in Turkey. He also expressed his gratitude about the activities of ISAM and the planned Chinese translation of the Concise Encyclopedia of Islam.
Minister of Religious Affairs of Libya
December 26, 2013
Libya’s Minister of Religious Aff airs and Foundations, Ali al-Bas-hir Hamuda and his accompanying delegation, who were in Tur-key to hold off icial talks, visited our Center.
Hamuda, who emphasized his wish for the Arabic translation of Th e Encyclopedia of Islam, added that they would be pleased to be of any assistance regarding court registers.
