Dr. Abdullah Demir, a native of Yozgat, was born in Kırşehir in 1980...

Born in Kayseri in 1962. He graduated from Kayseri Imam Hatip High School in 1981. In 1985, he completed his undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Theology at Erciyes University. At the same university, he earned his master’s degree in 1988 with a thesis titled “Abdulgani al-Nablusi and His Views on the Science of Kalām.” In 1994, he completed his PhD with the dissertation “The Problem of Knowledge in Ibn Sina and al-Ghazali.”

In 2003, he published his book “The Human Being and His Place in the Universe in Suhrawardi’s Philosophy” and in the same year received the title of Associate Professor. In 2009, he published the book “Ibn Sina and Aesthetics” and was promoted to the rank of Professor. In 2012, he spent three months as a visiting scholar at the McGill University Institute of Islamic Studies, where he conducted research in his field.

In addition, he has published various articles on thinkers such as al-Farabi, Ibn Sina (Avicenna), al-Ghazali, Suhrawardi, Abu al-Barakat al-Baghdadi, and Ibn Arabi.

He translated al-Ghazali’s al-Maʿārif al-ʿAqliyya into Turkish (2002). Together with his colleagues, he also prepared a critical edition and Turkish translation of Ayn al-Qudat al-Hamadani’s Zubdat al-Haqāʾiq (Manuscripts Institution, 2016).

He further collaborated with colleagues on the critical editions and translations of several works, including:

• Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi – al-Alwāḥ al-ʿImādiyya (Manuscripts Institution, Istanbul, 2017)
• Suhrawardi – Hayākil al-Nūr, Kalimat al-Tasawwuf, al-Kalimāt al-Dhawqiyya (Litera Publishing, Istanbul, 2017)
• Sadreddinzade Mehmet Emin Shirvani – al-Fawāʾid al-Ḥāqāniyya: Shirvani’s Classification of the Sciences (Manuscripts Institution, Istanbul, 2019)
• Suhrawardi – Kitāb al-Talwīḥāt (Manuscripts Institution, Istanbul, 2019)
• Suhrawardi – Kitāb al-Muqāwamāt (Manuscripts Institution, Istanbul, 2020)

These works were published with their critical texts and Turkish translations

He was born in Bitlis (1969). He graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Divinity (1992).

He worked as a specialist in the History Department at Bilkent University from 1993 to 1994.

He completed his Master's degree with his thesis on "Metaphor in Islamic Thought" (1994) in the field of Islamic Philosophy.

He also completed his PhD at Ankara University with his work titled "Knowledge and Freedom in Islamic Moral Philosophy" (2000).

He became an associate professor (2008) and a full professor (2013) at the same university's Faculty of Divinity
 

He has served as a visiting faculty member in Kyrgyzstan(2001), Romania(2004), Italy(2008) ,and Kazakhstan (2023)

He has published books, book chapters, editorial  works,   articles conference papers related to his field.

He currently serves as a faculty member in the Department of Islamic Philosophy at Ankara University Faculty of Divinity. Additionally, he was  a core member of the Science Board at the Atatürk Culture, Language, and History High Council, Atatürk Culture Center.(2018-2024)

Dr Seyfeddin Kara is an Assistant Professor of Islamic Origins at the University of Groningen. He holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Durham. Dr Kara’s academic journey includes a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowship, with research terms at the University of Toronto, Lund University, and the University of Göttingen. 
He has received significant grants from the European Union, Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and other funding bodies.
Dr Kara has also taught at the University of Durham, UK, and served as an Assistant Professor at Hartford International University, US. His scholarly work encompasses research articles in journals such as the Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, the Muslim World, and Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. Kara authored The Integrity of the Qur’an: Sunni and Shi‘i Historical Narratives (2024) and In Search of Ali ibn Abi Talib's Codex: History and Traditions of the Earliest Copy of the Qurʾan (2018). He specialises in the study of early Islam, the Qur'an, hadith, Sunni and Shiʿi Islam, as well as the study of Muslims in Europe. He also works with Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models (LLMs) to develop new methods for studying Islamic texts. He is presently open to supervising PhD candidates.