Journal Boards

Editorial Board

Chief Editor

Prof. Dr. Reyhan KELEŞ Division of Turkish Islamic Literature, Atatürk University, Faculty of Theology, Erzurum, Türkiye

Türkiye Web

Turkish Islamic Literature

Editor in Chief

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Osman Nuri KARADAYI Atatürk Üniversitesi

Türkiye Web

Religion, Society and Culture Studies, Islamic Studies, Sufism

Assistant Editors

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yakup KIZILKAYA Division of Arabic Language and Rhetoric, Atatürk University, Faculty of Theology, Erzurum, Türkiye

Türkiye

Arabic Language and Rhetoric

Prof. Dr. Hüsnü AYDENİZ Division of Philosophy, Atatürk University, Faculty of Literature, Erzurum, Türkiye

Türkiye

Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Islamic Philosophy, Turkish Islamic Philosophy, Religion, Society and Culture Studies

Res. Assist. Nurun Nisa BAYRAM Department of Psychology of Religion, Atatürk University, Faculty of Theology, Erzurum, Türkiye

Türkiye

Psychology of Religion, Religion, Society and Culture Studies

Res. Assist. Zeynep KELEŞOĞLU Department of History of Islamic Sects, Atatürk University, Faculty of Theology, Erzurum, Türkiye Türkiye

Islamic Sects

Res. Assist. Ahmet KARAGÖZ ATATÜRK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLAHİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, TEMEL İSLAM BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, KELAM ANABİLİM DALI

Türkiye

He was born in 1995 in Karacabey, Bursa. He graduated from Yalova University Faculty of Theology in 2018. He started working as a research assistant at Ataturk University Faculty of Theology in 2019. He prepared and presented his thesis titled "Thing itself in Ismail Kalanbawi" at the end of 2020. He is currently continuing his doctoral studies in the field of Fundamental Islamic Sciences-Kalam at Ataturk University.

Kalam

Res. Assist. Talha ÖZDEMİR Department of Islamic History and Arts, Atatürk University, Faculty of Theology, Erzurum, Türkiye

Türkiye

Political and Civilization History of Islam

Res. Assist. Yakup UZUNPOLAT Division of Religious Education, Atatürk University, Faculty of Theology, Erzurum, Türkiye

Türkiye

Religious Education

Field Editors

Tafseer / Interpretation of Qur'an

Prof. Dr. Halil ALDEMİR Kilis 7 Aralık Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi

Türkiye

Tafsir

Prof. Dr. Nihat UZUN Division of Tafseer, Trabzon University, Faculty of Theology, Trabzon, Türkiye

Türkiye Web

Tafsir

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Esra HACIMÜFTÜOĞLU Division of Tafseer, Atatürk University, Faculty of Theology, Erzurum, Türkiye Türkiye

Esra Hacımüftüoğlu is an academician who conducts research in the field of tafsir. She completed her doctorate at Atatürk University and currently works as an Associate Professor at the same university. She has research on the Qur’an, tafsir and semantics. She worked as a manager and researcher in various projects. She has various academic studies in the form of books, articles and papers.

Tafsir

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şükrü MADEN KARABUK UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF THEOLOGY

Türkiye Web

Karabük University Faculty of Islamic Sciences Lecturer

Religion, Society and Culture Studies, Tafsir

Hadith

Prof. Dr. Harun ÖZÇELİK ATATÜRK ÜNİVERSİTESİ Türkiye

Hadith

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şuayip SEVEN Division of Hadith, Ankara Social Sciences University, Faculty of Islamic Sciences, Ankara, Türkiye

Türkiye

Hadith

Islam Law

Prof. Dr. Tevhit AYENGİN Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Türkiye Web

Islamic Law

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Harun KIYLIK VAN YÜZÜNCÜ YIL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLAHİYAT FAKÜLTESİ Türkiye

Islamic Law

Asst. Prof. Dr. Miyase YAVUZ ALTINTAŞ Division of Islam Law, Hacı Bayram Veli University, Faculty of Theology, Ankara, Türkiye

Türkiye Web

Religion, Society and Culture Studies, Islamic Studies, Islamic Law

Arabic Language and Rhetoric

Prof. Dr. Cemal Abdullah AYDIN İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLAHİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, TEMEL İSLAM BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ

Türkiye Web

Arabic Language and Rhetoric, Hadith

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sultan ŞİMŞEK Division of Arabic Language and Rhetoric, İstanbul University, Faculty of Theology, İstanbul, Türkiye

Türkiye Web

Language Studies, Arabic Language, Literature and Culture, Arabic Language and Rhetoric

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yaşar Fatih AKBAŞ Kafkas Üniversitesi

Türkiye

Arabic Language and Rhetoric

Islamic Theology

Prof. Dr. Sinan ÖGE Division of Islamic Theology, Atatürk University, Faculty of Theology, Erzurum, Türkiye Türkiye

Religion, Society and Culture Studies, Kalam

Prof. Dr. Resul ÖZTÜRK Division of Islamic Theology, Atatürk University, Faculty of Theology, Erzurum, Türkiye Türkiye

Kalam

Mysticism

Prof. Dr. Cengiz GÜNDOĞDU Division of Mysticism, Atatürk University, Faculty of Theology, Erzurum, Türkiye Türkiye

Sufism

Recitation

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emin MAŞALI Marmara Üniversitesi Türkiye

Recitation of the Qur'an and Qiraat, Tafsir

History of Islamic Sects

Prof. Dr. Hanifi ŞAHİN ATATURK UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF THEOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF FOUNDATIONS OF ISLAMIC SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF ISLAMIC SECTS, CLASSICAL ISLAMIC SECTS

Türkiye

Islamic Sects

Islamic Philosophy

Asst. Prof. Dr. Haris MACİC İZMİR KATİP ÇELEBİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ Türkiye

Islamic Philosophy

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhammet ÖZDEMİR Division of Islamic Philosophy, Mersin University – Faculty of Islamic Sciences- Mersin, Türkiye Türkiye

Postcolonial Studies, Islamic Philosophy, Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, 20th Century Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy , History of Turkish Ideas, Teaching Philosophy, Political Theory and Political Philosophy, Limnology

Psychology of Religion

Prof. Dr. Asım YAPICI Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi

Türkiye

Religious Education, Sociology of Religion, Social and Personality Psychology, Psychology of Religion, Intercultural Psychology

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yahya TURAN Division of Psychology of Religious, Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University, Faculty of Islamic Sciences, Balıkesir, Türkiye Türkiye

Psychology of Religion

Asst. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem GÜLMEZ Division of Psychology of Religion, Kastamonu University, Faculty of Theology, Kastamonu, Türkiye

Türkiye

Psychology of Religion

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kenan SEVİNÇ Division of Psychology of Religion, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Theology, Çanakkale, Türkiye

Türkiye Web

Psychology of Religion

Assoc. Prof. Hatice KILINÇER İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLAHİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, İLAHİYAT PR.

Türkiye

Psychology of Religion

Religious Education

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yusuf Bahri GÜNDOĞDU Division of Religious Education, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Education, Samsun, Türkiye

Türkiye

Values education, Philosophical and Social Foundations of Education, Religious Education

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Münir ECER Division of Religious Education, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Theology, Van, Türkiye

Türkiye Web

Religious Education

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Semra ÇİNEMRE Division of Religious Education, Trabzon University, Faculty of Theology, Trabzon, Türkiye

Türkiye Web

Education, Religious Education, Religion, Society and Culture Studies

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Fatih AY Division of Religious Education, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Theology, Antalya, Türkiye

Türkiye Web

Education, Religious Education, Qualitative Methods in Sociology, Statistical Analysis

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet ÇAKMAK KOCAELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLAHİYAT FAKÜLTESİ

Türkiye

Religious Education

Sociology of Religion

Prof. Dr. Birsen Banu OKUTAN Division of Sociology of Religion, İstanbul University, Facuty of Theology, İstanbul, Türkiye

Türkiye

Sociology of Religion

Asst. Prof. Dr. Harun GEÇER Division of Sociology of Religion, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Faculty of Islamic Sciences, Niğde, Türkiye

Türkiye

Media Studies, Social Media Applications and Analysis, Philosophy, Sociology, Body Sociology, Religion, Society and Culture Studies

History of Religions

Assoc. Prof. Dr. İsmet EŞMELİ Division of History of Religious, Pamukkale University, Faculty of Theology, Denizli, Türkiye Türkiye

Comparative Religious Studies

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Halil TEMİZTÜRK Division of History of Religious, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Faculty of Theology, Tekirdağ, Türkiye

Türkiye

History of Religion, Religion, Society and Culture Studies

Philosophy of Religion

Prof. Dr. Rıfat ATAY Division of Philosophy of Religion, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Theology, Antalya, Türkiye Türkiye Web

Philosophy of Religion

Prof. Dr. Tuncay İMAMOĞLU Division of Philosophy of Religion, Atatürk University, Faculty of Theology, Erzurum, Türkiye Türkiye

Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion

Prof. Dr. Hasan OCAK Division of Philosophy of Religion, Iğdır University, Faculty of Theology, Iğdır, Türkiye Türkiye

Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Islamic Philosophy, Turkish Islamic Philosophy, Logic, History of Philosophy, History of Religion, Religion, Society and Culture Studies

Logic

Prof. Dr. Ruhattin YAZOĞLU Division of Logic, Atatürk University, Faculty of Theology, Erzurum, Türkiye

Türkiye

Philosophy, Philosophy of Value, Philosophy of Religion, Islamic Philosophy, Turkish Islamic Philosophy, Logic, Religion, Society and Culture Studies

History of Philosophy

Prof. Dr. Ahmet DAĞ Division of History of Philosophy, Uludağ University, Faculty of Theology, Bursa, Türkiye Türkiye

Intelligent Robotics, Philosophy

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Süleyman TAŞKIN Bingöl Üniversitesi, İslami İlimler Fakültesi, Felsefe ve Din Bilimleri Bölümü, Felsefe Tarihi Anabilim Dalı

Türkiye Web

Epistemology, Ethics, Ontology, History of Philosophy, 17th Century Philosophy, 18th Century Philosophy, Enlightenment , Ancient Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Renaissance Philosophy

Islamic History

Prof. Dr. Adnan DEMİRCAN Division of Islamic History, İstanbul University, Faculty of Theology, İstanbul, Türkiye

Türkiye

History of Islam, Religion, Society and Culture Studies

Prof. Dr. Saim YILMAZ Division of History of Religious, Sakarya University, Faculty of Theology, Sakarya, Türkiye Türkiye

Political and Civilization History of Islam, History of Islam

Res. Assist. Dr. Ali TEKKOYUN Division of Islamic History, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Theology, İzmir, Türkiye

Türkiye

History of Islam, Historical Studies (Other), Islamic Studies (Other)

Turkish Islamic Literature

Prof. Dr. Alim YILDIZ It is not affiliated with an institution Türkiye

Turkish Islamic Literature

Prof. Dr. Kenan MERMER Division of Turkish Islamic Literature, Sakarya University, Faculty of Theology, Sakarya, Türkiye

Türkiye Web

Biography

Born in November 1978 in Istanbul, he completed his primary education in Fatih (Istanbul), his secondary education in Üsküdar (Istanbul), and his undergraduate education at Ankara University, Faculty of Theology in 2002. He completed his master’s degree in 2004 and doctorate in 2010 at Ankara University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Islamic History and Arts, Turkish Islamic Literature Discipline. He worked as a religious culture and moral knowledge and Arabic teacher in different high schools between 2005-2011. As of October 2011, he started working as Asst. Prof. Dr. in Sakarya University, Faculty of Theology, Department of Turkish Islamic Literature. He has been working as an Assoc. Professor since 2018. He has published national and international articles and papers. Although at different levels, he has knowledge of English, Persian, and Arabic. He is married and has three sons: Kerem Ali, İbrahim, and Alparslan. Some of his published works are as follows:

1. Tanzimat’tan Cumhuriyet’e Değişen Metafizik ve Edebiyat: Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan Örneği (From Imperial Edict of Gulhane era to Republic of Türkiye era the Changing of Metaphysics and Literature: The Example of Poet Abdulhak Hamit Tarhan), Istanbul: Iz Publishing, 2014.

2. Klâsik Şerh Geleneğinde Üslûp: Kasîde-i Bürde Örneği (Literary Style in Classical Commentary Tradition: The Example of Qasidat al-Burda), Istanbul: Iz Publishing, 2018.

3. Âşık Ömer (Ashiq Omar), Istanbul: Ketebe Publishing House, 2018.

4. Tasavvuf Edebiyatı: İsimler, Kavramlar ve İlişkiler Ağına Metodik Bir Yaklaşım (9-13. Yüzyıl) (Sufi Literature: A Methodological Approach to the Names, Terms, and the Network of Relationships from 9th to 13th Centuries), Bursa: Bursa Akademi Publishing, 2023.

Linguistics, Persian Language, Literature and Culture, Turkish Islamic Literature, Art History, Religion, Society and Culture Studies, Sufism

Religion Music

Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hakkı TURABİ Division of Turkish Religious Music, Amasya University, Faculty of Theology, Amasya, Türkiye Türkiye

Religious Music, Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Turkish Music

History of Islamic Arts

Asst. Prof. Dr. Seyfullah PALALI Division of History of Islamic Arts, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Theology, İzmir, Türkiye Türkiye

Islamic Arts, Art History, Architectural

International Editorial Board

Prof. Dr. Rahim ACAR Department of Philosophy of Religion, Marmara University, Faculty of Theology, İstanbul, Türkiye Türkiye

Philosophy of Religion

Prof. Dr. Hatice K. ARPAGUŞ Department of Islamic Theology, Marmara University, Faculty of Theology, İstanbul, Türkiye Türkiye

Religion, Society and Culture Studies, Kalam

Prof. Dr. Ahmet BOSTANCI Department of Basic Islamic Sciences, Sakarya University, Faculty of Theology, Sakarya, Türkiye

Türkiye

Language Studies, Linguistics, Religion, Society and Culture Studies, Arabic Language and Rhetoric

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zaylabidin ACİMAMATOV Department of Basic Islamic Sciences, Osh University, Faculty of Theology, Osh, Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan

Religion, Society and Culture Studies

Prof. Dr. Bilal GÖKKIR Department of Tafseer, İstanbul University, Faculty of Theology, İstanbul, Türkiye

Türkiye

Tafsir

Prof. Dr. Hasan HACAK MARMARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLAHİYAT FAKÜLTESİ Türkiye

Islamic Economy, Islamic Law, Kalam

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdilaziz KALBERDİEV Department of Islamic Theology, Osh University, Faculty of Theology, Osh, Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan

Religion, Society and Culture Studies, Kalam

Prof. Dr. Mahmut Erol KILIÇ Department of Sufi Culture and Literature, Üsküdar University, Faculty of Theology, İstanbul, Türkiye Türkiye

Sufism

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Timur KOZUKULOV Oş Devlet Üniversitesi

Kyrgyzstan

Philosophy of Society, Urban Policy, Political Science, Comparative Political Movement, Political Science Methodology, Political Anthropology, Political Sociology, Religion, Society and Culture Studies, Islamic Sects

Prof. Dr. Ahmet ÖGKE Department of Mysticism, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Theology, Antalya, Türkiyetürk Türkiye

Sufism

Prof. Dr. Abdülhamit TÜFEKÇİOĞLU MARMARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ Türkiye

Islamic Arts, Architectural, Line in Turkish Islamic Art, History of Advertising

Prof. Dr. Nurullah ALTAŞ YALOVA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İSLAMİ İLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ

Türkiye Web

Education, Religious Education, Philosophy, Social Work, Sociology, Religion, Society and Culture Studies, Islamic Studies (Other)

Prof. Dr. Mevlüt UYANIK Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Hitit University, Faculty of Theology, Çorum, Türkiye Türkiye

Philosophy, Religion, Society and Culture Studies

Prof. Dr. İbrahim RABAYAH Al-Quds Open University Palestine

Early Modern Urban History

Prof. Dr. Ulvi KARAGEDİK University of Education Karlsruhe Germany Web

Prof. Dr. Ulvi Karagedik is currently Assistant Professor for Islamic Theology and Islamic Religious Education at the University of Education in Karlsruhe (Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe).
He studied Islamic Religious Studies as well as Judeo-Christian Religious Studies and Pedagogy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, where he subsequently worked as a member of the academic staff. Between 2015 and 2019 he has written and lectured (at the University of Vienna) primarily on the Hadith (transmissions of the Prophet’s words and actions), the Sīra (biography of the Prophet), as well as on contemporary issues regarding Islam in Europe. Besides, he also taught as Lecturer at the Christian University of Education Vienna/Krems (Kirchlich-Pädagogische Hochschule Wien/Krems) and the University of Education in Vienna (Pädagogische Hochschule Wien).
His Ph.D.-thesis topic reads as “Hadith hermeneutics between tradition and innovation. A study of the historical influence of the Sunna and the application of a new hermeneutics on the basis of the example of apostasy transmissions“

Islamic Studies (Other)

Prof. Dr. Galib SAYİLOV Azərbaycan Milli Elmlər Akademiyası Azerbaijan

General Turkish History (Other)

Prof. Dr. Zekirija SEJDİNİ Leopold-Franzens-Universität-Innsbruck Austria

Religious Education, Islamic Studies (Other)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bakıt MURZARAİMOV Kırgızistan Türkiye Manas Üniversitesi Kyrgyzstan

History of Religion

Prof. Dr. Ilkhomjon BEKMİRZAEV International Islamic Academy of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan

Islamic Law

Prof. Dr. Kemal POLAT Manas Üniversitesi

Kyrgyzstan

Christian Studies, Comparative Religious Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Aiitmamat KARİEV KYRGYZ - TURKISH MANAS UNIVERSITY

Kyrgyzstan Web

Sociology of Law, History of Central Asia, Islamic Law

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jolaman BULAN Egyptian University of Islamic Culture Nur-Mubarak

Kazakhstan

Studies in Eastern Religious Traditions, Christian Studies, Comparative Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, Islamic Sects, Sufism

Asst. Prof. Dr. Mehmet H. TUNA Universität Innsbruck Austria

Studies in Eastern Religious Traditions

Prof. Dr. Tuba IŞIK Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Berliner Institut für Islamische Theologie

Germany Web

Religious Education, Child Development Education, Studies in Eastern Religious Traditions, Comparative Religious Studies

Prof. Dr. Ahmed EL SHARKAWY It is not affiliated with an institution Egypt

Late Modern History

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmed HUSSİEN ABİD Tikrit University-Iraq Iraq

Studies in Eastern Religious Traditions

Dr. Ziad Abdel Aziz Mohammed AL MADANİ Ürdün Üniversitesi Jordan

Studies in Eastern Religious Traditions

Asst. Prof. Dr. Laith MOTEI YAHIA ALAZAB It is not affiliated with an institution

Jordan

Islamic Law

Language Editors

Prof. Dr. Muammer İSKENDEROĞLU BOLU ABANT İZZET BAYSAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLAHİYAT FAKÜLTESİ

Türkiye

Muammer İskenderoğlu was born in Trabzon in 1972. Upon receiving his primary and secondary education in his hometown he went to Istanbul where he graduated from Theological Faculty of Marmara University in 1993. In 1994 He won a scholarship from Turkish Higher Education Council to continue postgraduate studies in abroad. For this purpose, in 1995 he went to England. He received M.A. degree from Manchester University in 1997 and PhD degree from Birmingham University in 2001. After returning home, he started working at Sakarya University. In 2005 he received a one-year scholarship from Ministry of Education on Arabic Language and Literature and went to Jordan where he attended courses at the University of Jordan. In 2009 summer term he went to Loghatnameh Dehkhoda Institute & ICPS at the University of Tehran to study Persian. In 2010 summer term he joined courses in Imam Sadiq University in Tehran. In 2011 spring term, he did research in Catholic University of Leuven. Between 2017-2021 he worked at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University in Rize. He is currently working at Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University where he teaches and writes on Muslim and Christian Thought.

Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion

Res. Assist. Özge ALTUNLU Department of English Language and Literature, Atatürk University, Faculty of Literature

Türkiye Web

European Language, Literature and Culture, British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture, Children's Literature, Young Adult Literature, Modernist/Postmodernist Literature, Postcolonial Literature

Asst. Prof. Dr. Issa BARAIJIA ATATURK UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF THEOLOGY Türkiye

History Education, History of Islam