Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Scientific Publications and Journals Coordinator

Karabük University Faculty of Islamic Sciences Lecturer

Born on June 15, 1978, in the village of Chortovets, under the Horodenka City Council of Kolomyia District, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. From 2001 to 2004, studied in the postgraduate program at Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University. In 2005, defended a candidate dissertation on the topic: "Ukrainian Students in the Socio-Political Life of Eastern Galicia (the 1860s - early 20th century)."
From 2005 to 2023, worked as a senior lecturer at the Department of Humanities of the Institute of Management and Economics "Galician Academy," a research associate at the Research Center for the Study of the Ukrainian National Liberation Movement, head of the International Cooperation Department, director of the Educational and Research Center for Central and Eastern Europe Studies, associate professor, and head of the Department of International Relations at Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University. Since November 23, 2023, Dean of the Faculty of History, Political Science, and International Relations.
Organizer of more than 55 international conferences and round tables, including 11 held abroad (Belgium, Poland, and Turkey).
Recipient of scholarships from the Government of the Republic of Poland for young scientists, the Polish National Commission for UNESCO, the Ivan Vyhovsky Award, the National Scholarship Program of the Slovak Government, and the Kirkland Research Program. Guest professor at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (branch in Piotrków Trybunalski), and the University of Łódź. Participant in academic mobility programs Erasmus Mundus IANUS II ERASMUS+.
Member of the editorial boards of scientific journals: "Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska" (Republic of Poland) and "Journal of the Human and Social Science Researches" (Turkey).
Reviewer for journals: "Historical and Political Problems of the Modern World," "Humanities Visions," "Sprawy Międzynarodowe," "Wschód Europy. Studia humanistyczno-społeczne," "Rocznik Instytutu Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej," "Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska."
Expert at the Ukrainian Institute of Scientific and Technical Expertise and Information (Ukraine) and the Visegrad Fund (Republic of Poland). Member of the board at the Department of International Cooperation, European Integration, Tourism, and Investment of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration (Ukraine). Member of the Ukrainian Association of Teachers and Researchers of European Integration (Ukraine). Member of the National Union of Local Historians of Ukraine.

Dr. Tecim graduated from Selcuk University, Department of Sociology in 2001 and completed his M.A. (2006) and PhD (2011) degrees at the same university. Dr. Tecim spent a period of education in Poland as an Erasmus student and later served as a visiting professor (2015) at the University of San Jose in the US state of California. He lectured (2019) at Manas University in Kyrgyzstan for a year. Dr. Tecim spent his academic life at Muş Alparslan (2010-13), Aksaray University (2013-15), and Necmettin Erbakan University (2015-20) and continued at Selcuk University. Dr. Tecim published the books “Social Trust”, “Health Sociology Articles” and “Social Movements Age”, which works on Health Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Social Movements, and Social Capital, and also some articles about migration and research techniques.

Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi , Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi , Çocuk Gelişimi Bölümü

Uzmanlık Alanı: Eğitim Programları ve Öğretim 

Dr. Norma Md Saad is a Professor at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia. Her areas of specialization are Islamic Economics and Islamic Finance as well as International Trade. Her teaching and research have been focused on waqf, Islamic microfinance and also the intra-trade patterns of major economic blocs and their impact on regional integration. She is actively doing research on the area of international trade among Muslim countries, implementing equity-based models of Islamic microfinance and investigating the efficiency of corporate entities in managing Waqf institutions in Malaysia and other selected countries. Prof. Norma has published a few books (which also includes chapter in a book) in the area of Corporate Waqf (IIIT), Islamic Finance (IKIM), International Trade (IIIT), Macroeconomics (IIUM Press, and Business Mathematics (McGraw Hill). She has also published some of her works in the internationally recognized refereed journals.

Associate Professor Dr. Badri Najib bin Zubir has been with the International Islamic University Malaysia since 1993. He is currently the Dean, IIUM Academy of Graduate and Professional Studies (IIUM Academy).

He graduated from Al-Azhar University, Cairo in 1992 and went on to complete his Masters and PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies in 1994 and 1999 respectively.

In 2009 to 2012, he was the Dean of the Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, overseeing more than thirty academic programmes in the main branches of Islamic Studies, humanities and social sciences from the bachelor to PhD levels.

He was also the Chairman of the MQA panel responsible for developing the Programme Standards of Islamic Studies which is applicable to all higher education institutions offering Islamic Studies programmes. The Standards was published in 2012.

Independent Researcher

Dr. Norma Md Saad is a Professor at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia. Her areas of specialization are Islamic Economics and Islamic Finance as well as International Trade. Her teaching and research have been focused on waqf, Islamic microfinance and also the intra-trade patterns of major economic blocs and their impact on regional integration. She is actively doing research on the area of international trade among Muslim countries, implementing equity-based models of Islamic microfinance and investigating the efficiency of corporate entities in managing Waqf institutions in Malaysia and other selected countries. Prof. Norma has published a few books (which also includes chapter in a book) in the area of Corporate Waqf (IIIT), Islamic Finance (IKIM), International Trade (IIIT), Macroeconomics (IIUM Press, and Business Mathematics (McGraw Hill). She has also published some of her works in the internationally recognized refereed journals.

Born on June 15, 1978, in the village of Chortovets, under the Horodenka City Council of Kolomyia District, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. From 2001 to 2004, studied in the postgraduate program at Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University. In 2005, defended a candidate dissertation on the topic: "Ukrainian Students in the Socio-Political Life of Eastern Galicia (the 1860s - early 20th century)."
From 2005 to 2023, worked as a senior lecturer at the Department of Humanities of the Institute of Management and Economics "Galician Academy," a research associate at the Research Center for the Study of the Ukrainian National Liberation Movement, head of the International Cooperation Department, director of the Educational and Research Center for Central and Eastern Europe Studies, associate professor, and head of the Department of International Relations at Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University. Since November 23, 2023, Dean of the Faculty of History, Political Science, and International Relations.
Organizer of more than 55 international conferences and round tables, including 11 held abroad (Belgium, Poland, and Turkey).
Recipient of scholarships from the Government of the Republic of Poland for young scientists, the Polish National Commission for UNESCO, the Ivan Vyhovsky Award, the National Scholarship Program of the Slovak Government, and the Kirkland Research Program. Guest professor at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (branch in Piotrków Trybunalski), and the University of Łódź. Participant in academic mobility programs Erasmus Mundus IANUS II ERASMUS+.
Member of the editorial boards of scientific journals: "Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska" (Republic of Poland) and "Journal of the Human and Social Science Researches" (Turkey).
Reviewer for journals: "Historical and Political Problems of the Modern World," "Humanities Visions," "Sprawy Międzynarodowe," "Wschód Europy. Studia humanistyczno-społeczne," "Rocznik Instytutu Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej," "Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska."
Expert at the Ukrainian Institute of Scientific and Technical Expertise and Information (Ukraine) and the Visegrad Fund (Republic of Poland). Member of the board at the Department of International Cooperation, European Integration, Tourism, and Investment of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration (Ukraine). Member of the Ukrainian Association of Teachers and Researchers of European Integration (Ukraine). Member of the National Union of Local Historians of Ukraine.

Dr. Oğuz ÖZCAN

1977 yılında İstanbul’da doğdu. Orta ve lise eğitimini Küçükköy İmam Hatip Lisesi (İHL) ile Gaziosmanpaşa İHL’de tamamladı. İstanbul Üniversitesi, Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü’nden 1999 yılında mezun oldu. Yüksek lisansı, Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü’nde “Uluslararası İlişkiler Yönünden Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’nin Milletler Cemiyeti Üyeliğine Kabulü ve Önemi” başlıklı teziyle tamamladı. İstanbul Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü’nde yaptığı “Milli Görüş’ten AK Parti’ye Türkiye’de İslamcı Siyasetin Dönüşümü” başlıklı teziyle doktorasını tamamladı. 

Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi , Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi , Çocuk Gelişimi Bölümü

Uzmanlık Alanı: Eğitim Programları ve Öğretim 

Dr. Siti Zubaidah Ismail is currently Associate Professor at Shariah and Law Department, University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She graduated with Bachelor of Shariah from University of Malaya, Master of Comparative Laws from International Islamic University Malaysia, LL.M from Birmingham University and PhD (Malaya). Her main research interests are on the Islamic law and criminal justice in contemporary Muslim countries, particularly in Southeast Asia.   Her current research is on the history of Islam and Islamic law and the interaction of Islamic law in society relating to Muslim converts, inter-religious marriage, criminal justice, freedom of religion and human rights. She was Visiting Fellow at Asian Law Institute, National University of Singapore in 2010 and Visiting Scholar at Faculty of Law Universitas Indonesia in 2016. She was one of the recipients for AUA Scholars Award 2019 and UI-Resolv Visiting Scholar Awards 2016. Previously she was Head of Shariah and Law Department (2011-2016), Deputy Dean for Humanities and Ethics Research Cluster (2018)  and the faculty's Deputy Director for Research and Development (2019-2021). Outside the University, she is Senior Research Fellow with Centre for Human Rights Research and Advocacy (CENTHRA) since 2017 and Deputy Chairman of PERAMAH Foundation (an NGO) and exco member for Malaysian Alliance of Civil Society in the UPR Process (MACSA). She has more than 115 articles published and the author of four books.

Dr. Tecim graduated from Selcuk University, Department of Sociology in 2001 and completed his M.A. (2006) and PhD (2011) degrees at the same university. Dr. Tecim spent a period of education in Poland as an Erasmus student and later served as a visiting professor (2015) at the University of San Jose in the US state of California. He lectured (2019) at Manas University in Kyrgyzstan for a year. Dr. Tecim spent his academic life at Muş Alparslan (2010-13), Aksaray University (2013-15), and Necmettin Erbakan University (2015-20) and continued at Selcuk University. Dr. Tecim published the books “Social Trust”, “Health Sociology Articles” and “Social Movements Age”, which works on Health Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Social Movements, and Social Capital, and also some articles about migration and research techniques.

Karabük University Faculty of Islamic Sciences Lecturer

Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Theology Faculty, Department of İslamic Law

College of Sharia and Islamic Studies

1978 yılında Suudi Arabistan’ın Medine şehrinde doğdu. İlkokul ve ortaokul öğrenimini Medine’deki Übey bin Ka’b ve Nâfî el-Leysî adlı okullarda tamamladı. 1997 yılında Konya İmam Hatip Lisesi’nden, 2003 yılında Marmara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi’nden mezun oldu. Yüksek lisansını 2007 yılında Marmara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü’nde “İlk Üç Asırda Muhaddislerin Meslekleri ve Geçim Kaynakları” adlı tez konusu ile tamamladı. Atatürk Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi İslam Tarihi ve Sanatları Anabilim dalında 2011 tarihinde başladığı doktorasını “Hattat Sâmi Efendi ve Hat Sanatındaki Yeri” isimli teziyle tamamladı. Hat sanatıyla da meşgul olan Kanbaş, nesih hattını Mehmed Özçay’dan, sülüs hattını ise Osman Özçay’dan meşk etti. Hâlen görevine M.Ü. İlahiyat Fakültesi Türk İslam Sanatları Tarihi Anabilim Dalı’nda Doktor Öğretim Üyesi olarak devam eden Kanbaş, evli ve iki çocuk babasıdır.

Associate Professor Dr. Badri Najib bin Zubir has been with the International Islamic University Malaysia since 1993. He is currently the Dean, IIUM Academy of Graduate and Professional Studies (IIUM Academy).

He graduated from Al-Azhar University, Cairo in 1992 and went on to complete his Masters and PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies in 1994 and 1999 respectively.

In 2009 to 2012, he was the Dean of the Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, overseeing more than thirty academic programmes in the main branches of Islamic Studies, humanities and social sciences from the bachelor to PhD levels.

He was also the Chairman of the MQA panel responsible for developing the Programme Standards of Islamic Studies which is applicable to all higher education institutions offering Islamic Studies programmes. The Standards was published in 2012.

Independent Researcher

Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Yabancı Diller Yüksekokulu Modern Diller Bölüm Koordinatörü

Doç. Dr. Ahmet Yemenici Ankara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi’nden Mezun oldu. 2000 Yılında Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Felsefe ve Din Bilimleri (Din Eğitimi) alanında “Kur’an’daki Hz. İbrahim Kıssasının Din Öğretimi Özel Öğretim Yöntemleri Açısından Çözümlenmesi” adlı yüksek lisans tezini tamamladı. Ekim 2003 – Haziran 2004 Yılları arasında doktora projesi kapsamında, ücretsiz izinli ve Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı Burslusu olarak Frankfurt Johann Wolfgang Goethe Üniversitesi’nde doktora öğrencisi olarak bulundu. Doktora çalışması olarak 2012 yılında, Anakara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Felsefe ve Din Bilimleri (Din Eğitimi) alanında “Din Kültürü ve Ahlak Bilgisi Öğretmenlerinin Diğer Dinlere ve Din Mensuplarına İlişkin Yaklaşımları” adlı çalışmayı tamamladı. 2013 Yılından itibaren Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi İslami İlimler Fakültesi Felsefe ve Din Bilimleri Bölümünde öğretim üyeliği görevini yürütmektedir. Akademisyen olmadan önce mesleki deneyim olarak 6 Yıl Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı ilk ve ortaöğretim kurumlarında öğretmenlik yapmıştır. 10 yıl Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Din Öğretimi Genel Müdürlüğü Program Geliştirme Şubesinde görevli öğretmen ve 3 yıl eğitim uzmanı olarak görev almıştır. Bu yıllar içinde ilköğretim ve ortaöğretim Din Kültürü ve Ahlak Bilgisi Öğretim Programları ile İmam Hatip Lisesi Meslek Dersleri Öğretim Programlarının hazırlanması çalışmalarına ve program tanıtım seminerlerine katılmıştır. Doç. Dr. Ahmet Yemenici Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi İslami İlimler Fakültesi Felsefe ve Din Bilimleri Bölümünde din eğitiminde öğrenme alanları ve öğretim yaklaşımları, din öğretiminde temel beceriler, din eğitiminde program geliştirme ile dini farklılıklara ilişkin yaklaşımlar ve öğretmen deneyimleri üzerinde çalışmalarını yürütmektedir. Din eğitimi alanında yayınlanmış bildiri ve makaleleri bulunmaktadır. Aynı zamanda Fakülte Öğretim Programları ve Kalite Komisyonları üyesidir.

1975 yılında Giresun‐Dereli ilçesinde doğdu. 1996’da Giresun İmam Hatip Lisesi’nden, 2001’de Uludağ Üniversitesi İlâhiyat Fakültesi’nden mezun oldu. 2003 yılında Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı Bursa İl Müftülüğü bünyesinde din görevlisi olarak memuriyete başladı. 2007’de Sakarya Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Kelâm Anabilim Dalı’nda Yüksek Lisansını tamamladı. 2008’de aynı üniversitede Kelâm Anabilim Dalı’nda doktoraya başladı. 2009’da Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı tarafından Norveç/Oslo Büyükelçiliği bünyesinde beş yıllığına Drammen Merkez Camii’ne Din Görevlisi olarak görevlendirildi.
2013 yılında Sakarya Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Kelâm Anabilim Dalı’nda doktorasını tamamladı ve aynı yılda Balıkesir Üniversitesi İlâhiyat Fakültesi Kelâm ve İslâm Mezhepleri Tarihi Anabilim Dalı’na yardımcı doçent olarak atandı. Sahasıyla ilgili araştırmalar yapmak üzere dört ay (Ocak‐Nisan 2014) Ürdün/Amman’da bulundu. 17 Temmuz 2018 tarihinde doçent unvanını alan Önal, 07.08.2020 tarihinde Giresun Üniversitesi İslami İlimler Fakültesi Temel İslam Bilimleri Bölümü’ne öğretim üyesi olarak atandı. 07.11.2023’te profesör kadrosuna atanan Önal, halen, Giresun Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Temel İslam Bilimleri Bölümü başkanlığı ve dekan yardımcılığı görevlerini yürütmektedir.
Önal’ın Ebû Mansur el‐Mâtürîdî’ye Göre İslâm Dışı Dinler (Emin Yayınları, Bursa 2013); Avrupa’da İslâm ve Müslüman Azınlıklıklar: Norveç Örneği (Emin Yayınları, Bursa 2016; Ebü’l‐Berekât en‐Nesefî ve Kelamî Polemikleri (Emin Yayınları, Bursa 2017); İmam Birgivî’de Bilgi ve İnanç Paradigması (Emin Yayınları, Bursa 2019); Mevlânâ Teolojisinden Psiko-Kelam İçerikli Semantik Analizler (Berikan Yayınları, Akara 2022) ve Matüridi Kitaplığı Aile ve Toplumsal İlişkiler (İlke Yayıncılık, İstanbul 2021) adlı kitapları ile ulusal ve uluslararası nitelikte yayımlanmış pek çok telif makale çalışmaları mevcuttur.

Born in 1976, Sırma Oya Tekvar graduated from Bilkent University, Department of English-French Translation and Interpretation. After gaining work experience in various fields such as Latin and ballroom dance teaching, translation and customer services, she received an English teaching certificate from Hacettepe University and worked at Gazi University as a lecturer for a while.

While working as a manager at Onay Art Exhibition and Concert House, founded by Prof. Ersin Onay in Istanbul, she completed her master's degree at Ankara University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Public Relations and Publicity. Tekvar, who completed her Ph.D. education at the same University and Department, worked as a public relations senior and training director at Ankara Netvizyon MediaPark during this period. Within this institution, he worked as a public relations specialist and training director. Within this institution, se took part in protocols such as  TR Ministries, Presidency, and many national and international projects and tasks.

Tekvar, who started working at the School of Health, Department of Health Management, as an Assistant Professor at Karabük University in 2013, continued her duty as a faculty member in the Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Public Relations and Publicity in 2015. She was awarded the title of Associate Professor in the field of Public Relations in November 2021.

Tekvar carries out many social responsibility projects and events at Karabük University that bring students together with the business world. She is also the Karabük Representative of the new generation software technologies company e-Cloud and Metader Metaverse Application and Development Association, which has a branch within Karabük University Teknokent. She has been the HAYTAP Animal Rights Federation Representative since 2008 and is also a member of the Painless Slaughter Association.

1970 Yılında Kastamonu'nun Devrekani ilçesinde doğdu.
1988 yılında Şişli İHL'den mezun oldu.
1993 yılında Marmara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi'ni bitirdi.
1996 Yılında Marmara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsünde Prof. Dr. Mehmet Erkal danışmanlığında "İslam Hukukunda İşçilerin Tazmin Borcu ve Sınırları" isimli yüksek lisans tezini hazırladı.
1997'de Marmara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü'nde İslam Hukuku'ndan doktoraya başladı.
2004 yılında Prof. Dr. Celal Erbay danışmanlığında "İslam Hukukunda Akit Hürriyetine Getirilen Sınırlamalar" isimli doktora tezini tamamladı.
2009 yılında Şırnak Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi’ne İslam Hukuku Öğretim üyesi olarak atandı.
2012 yılında Kastamonu Üniversitesi İlahiyat fakültesine atandı.
2021 yılında Doçent oldu.
Şeyh Şaban Veli Değerler Eğitimi ve Araştırma Merkezi Müdürlüğü görevini yürütmektedir.
Arapça ve İngilizce bilmektedir. Evli ve dört çocuk babasıdır.