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Omer Faruk Tekdogan is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Islamic Studies, Social Sciences University of Ankara. He received his BA degree in business administration from İstanbul University and his master’s degree in economics from North Carolina State University. He completed his Ph.D. in Islamic Economics and Finance, at İstanbul University. Previously, he worked as Head of Department at Directorate General of Economic Programs and Research in the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, and as Policy Analyst in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. His research interests include Islamic economics and finance, monetary economics, banking, financial economics, and agent-based modeling.
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Dr. Ozat Shamshiyev is an Assistant Professor at the Social Sciences University of Ankara (Department of Islamic Economics and Finance) and the Deputy Director of the ASBU International Center for Islamic Economics and Finance (ULIFAM). He also serves as the Co-Editor of the Journal of Islamic Economics, with its Editor-in-Chief being the renowned scholar and pioneer of Islamic economics, Prof. Dr. Mabid Ali Al-Jarhi.
He graduated from the Faculty of Theology at Necmettin Erbakan University in 2013 and earned an associate degree in International Trade from Anadolu University in 2014. He completed his master’s degree in Islamic Sciences at Erciyes University in 2017 and obtained his PhD in Islamic Contract Law from Necmettin Erbakan University in 2022.
He has authored and edited several books and published numerous research papers on Islamic law, Islamic economics, and finance. He speaks English, Arabic, Turkish, Russian, and his native Kazakh. Dr. Shamshiyev is married and a father of three children.
Burak Çıkıryel is a Asst. Prof. Dr. at the Social Sciences University of Ankara in the Department of Islamic Economics and Finance. He graduated from Uludağ University, Department of Economics, in 2013. He completed his Master in Islamic Finance from International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) in 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He completed his PhD at Sakarya Univesity, Department of Islamic Economics and Finance. He is the Co-Editor of the “Journal of Islamic Economics.” He has conducted numerous academic projects, publications, and conferences in the areas of his research interests, including macroeconomic policy, banking, and finance aspects under the domain of Islamic economics. He is actively taking on various roles in non-governmental organizations, managing projects, and striving to engage in activities that benefit the community.
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Mehmet Asutay is a Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Political Economy & Finance at the Department of Finance, Durham University Business School; the Director of the Durham Centre for Islamic Economics and Finance, and the programme director for the MSc Islamic Finance programme.
Mehmet’s teaching, research, publications, and research supervision focus on Islamic moral economy/Islamic economics, Islamic political economy, Islamic finance and banking, Islamic governance and management, Islamic social welfare institutions, and Middle Eastern political economies.
His articles on his research interests have appeared in various international academic journals and professional magazines. He has also published manuscripts and edited books on aspects of Islamic moral economy and Islamic finance.
Mehmet has served as a consultant to COMCEC (a part of the OIC), CIBAFI, and UNDP-IICPSD on various projects, and he was also a member of the Board of Directors of Albaraka Turk Participation Bank from 2018 to 2020. He was the Honorary Treasurer of BRISMES (British Society for Middle Eastern Studies) and its journal British Journal of Middle East Studies from 2009 to 2019.
Mehmet is the editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Islam and Society, the International Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance Studies, and the Review of Islamic Economics. He is also a Board Member of the International Association for Islamic Economics.
Mehmet is the 2024 Laureate of IsDB (Islamic Development Bank) Prize for Impactful Achievement in Islamic Economics for recognition of his novel work on Islamic moral economy and the articulation of Islamic finance to be supportive of sustainable development and the welfare of human beings.
Durham University Profile: https://www.durham.ac.uk/business/our-people/mehmet-asutay/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=e6ZHO-cAAAAJ&hl=en
Email: mehmet.asutay@durham.ac.uk
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Academic Background:
Ph.D. Yarmouk University (Jordan), Irbid City, Economy and Islamic Banking, 2007.
M.D. Yarmouk University (Jordan), Irbid City, Islamic Economy, 1999.
B.A., Jordan University (Jordan) Amman, Islamic Studies—Sharia, 1987.
Bio: Dr Adnan Abdalla Mohammad Oweida is an associate professor; he used to work as an academic, education supervisor, and researcher, where he worked as an educational supervisor for the humanities, social sciences, Islamic sciences, and the Arabic language, and where he worked in the United Nations Education Program on UNRWA from 1995 to 2017. He also worked as a trainer and academic instructor at Wadi ALseer College, Zarqa University, and Zayed University Abu Dhabi, and now he works at Ankara University of Social Sciences. He has received many technical courses in preparing teachers, teaching methods, and methods of educational supervision, as well as many courses and fellowships in preparing educational and procedural research. Dr Awaida has dual interests in economics, educational economics and Islamic finance. He has prepared many books and research papers and participated in many conferences.
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Ezzedine GHLAMALLAH is a researcher and a consultant, cofounder of SAAFI, an insurance brokerage and financial advisory firm specialized in the conception and distribution of Takaful and Islamic finance solutions.
He designed Takaful and Islamic finance solutions in the European market and advised firms and organizations wishing to structure Takaful or Islamic finance projects in Africa.
He conducted strategic feasibility studies for banks and insurance companies to implement Family Takaful in France and North Africa.
He graduated from The University of Law and Political Sciences of Strasbourg, where he earned his Executive MBA Islamic Finance and obtained a Master in Finance, Accounting, Tax System, and Wealth Management from the University of Aix-Marseille; he is also an alumnus of the National School of Insurance of Paris, graduated in Banking, Finance, and Insurance.
He completed his Ph.D. at Aix-Marseille University. His research focuses on sustainable development, sustainable finance, RSI, CSR, Islamic economics, Islamic finance, and Takaful.
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Dr. Güney graduated from the Faculty of Theology at Selçuk University in 2003. He began his academic career as a research assistant in Islamic Law at the same faculty in 2005. In 2006, he completed his Master's thesis in Islamic Law, and in 2013, he finished his doctoral dissertation on Islamic law of obligations. While pursuing his PhD, he also graduated from Anadolu University with a degree in Economics through the Open Education program.
Dr. Güney has served as a visiting researcher at Columbia University in New York for one year in 2009 and at the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRT) in Jeddah for two months in 2018. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020 and to full Professor in 2025. He currently serves as a faculty member in the Department of Islamic Law at Necmettin Erbakan University and also teaches as a visiting faculty member in the Department of Islamic Economics and Finance at KTO Karatay University.
Cem Korkut is Professor of Finance and Banking at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University (AYBU) and advisor to the President at Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA). He graduated from TOBB University of Economics and Technology (TOBB ETU). He holds an MA in Economics from AYBU and a PhD in Islamic Economics and International Finance from Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University (IZU). His research focuses on Islamic banking and finance, Islamic economics, macroeconomic policy, development paradigms of different societies, and Ottoman financial history. He also provides consultancy to public bodies, and national and international companies.
İsa Yılmaz holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and Management from Istanbul Bilgi University and participated in the University of London double degree program, receiving academic guidance from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He pursued his master's degree in Islamic Finance at the University of Durham (UK) and completed his Ph.D. in Islamic Finance from the same institution. Currently, he serves as an associate professor in the Economics Department at Istanbul Medeniyet University. He has published several academic papers on economic development, financialization and aspects of political economy in Islamic economics. In a broader context, he explores alternative economic and financial systems that strive to envision authentic models with positive developmental and welfare outcomes for emerging economies. To explore these areas, he engages with the literature on the moral economy, political economy, philosophy of economics, and alternative banking and financial models.
Erhan Akkas is an Associate Professor at Social Sciences University of Ankara. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Istanbul University in 2010. He completed his Master’s degree in Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex in 2014, and earned his PhD in Islamic Economics and Finance from Durham University in 2019. He has been a visiting researcher at Qatar University and Durham University. In 2023, he received the title of Associate Professor in International Economics. Alongside his academic work, he has taken on various administrative and institutional roles. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Turkish Journal of Islamic Economics. His research focuses on Middle Eastern economics and political economy, as well as Islamic economics, Islamic finance, and development. He has published numerous academic papers in prestigious international journals and with leading academic publishers. He is the editor of the book Islamic Economics and Financial Crisis and has also contributed to Turkish economic literature by translating key books such as “Finance and the Good Society” and “Social Capital and Risk Sharing”.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhammet Fatih CANBAZ
Originally from Zonguldak, Muhammet Fatih Canbaz was born in 1984 in the Fatih district of Istanbul. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Dumlupınar University (Bilecik) in 2007, after which he gained professional experience in the private financial sector. In 2008, he began his career in participation banking, serving in various branch and head office positions until 2014.
He completed his Master’s thesis in Business Administration in the joint program of Kırklareli University and Marmara University in 2013, and earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration from Afyon Kocatepe University in 2019.
In 2014, Canbaz was appointed as a lecturer at Afyon Kocatepe University, marking the start of his academic career. In 2021, he joined Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Department of Finance and Banking, as a faculty member. He was awarded the title of Associate Professor in the field of Islamic Finance in 2023.
He currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Islamic Economics and Finance, Participation Banking, Finance, and Behavioral Finance at Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University.
He is married and the father of three sons.
2011 yılında Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi İşletme Bölümünden, Yüksek lisansını, 2016 yılında Sakarya Üniversitesi İslam Ekonomisi ve Finansı anabilim dalında “Borsa İstanbul Katılım Endeksinin Piyasa Faiz Oranları ile İlişkisi ve Performansının Analizi” başlıklı teziyle tamamladı. 2020 yılında ise Sakarya Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesinde ikinci lisansını tamamladı. 2021 yılında aynı anabilim dalında “İslami Mikrofinans Programlarının Etkinliği: İksar Karz-ı Hasen Örneği” başlıklı tez çalışmasıyla doktorasını tamamladı. 2014-2021 yılları Sakarya Üniversitesi İslam Ekonomisi ve Finansı Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezinde araştırma görevlisi olarak çalıştı. Halen Sakarya Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi, İslam iktisadı ve finans bölümünde Doçent olarak görev yapmaktadır.
Doç. Dr. Hakan Aslan, Sakarya Üniversitesi İslam İktisadı ve Finans Bölümü'nde görev yapmaktadır.
Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi
Mervan Selçuk graduated from the Business Department of Istanbul University in 2014. He received his MA and Ph.D. degrees from Islamic Economics and Finance Department at Sakarya University in 2016 and 2021, respectively. His doctoral dissertation is about the feasibility of a monetary union in Islamic countries. He was a visiting researcher at Kuwait University between November 2018 - May 2019. Since 2015, Assoc. Prof. Selçuk has been a research assistant at the Research Centre of Islamic Economics and Finance, Sakarya University. His research areas include Islamic economics, monetary unions, and cryptocurrencies.
Murat Yaş Marmara Üniversitesi İslam Ekonomisi ve Finansı Enstitüsü'nde Dr. Öğretim Üyesi olarak görev yapmaktadır. Ayrıca Japonya'da Sophia Üniversitesi Asya, Afrika ve Ortadoğu Çalışmaları Enstitüsü'nde Ziyaretçi Araştırmacı olarak bulunmuştur. Yüksek Lisans ve Doktora eğitimini Malezya'da INCEIF Üniversitesi'nde İslami Finans alanında tamamlamış ve lisans derecesini Ekonomi alanında Boğaziçi Üniversitesi'nden almıştır. Ayrıca, İngiltere'de Reading Üniversitesi'nde ICMA Centre’da ziyaretçi yüksek lisans öğrencisi olarak bulunmuştur.
Araştırma alanları finansal piyasalar, İslami finans ve Asya çalışmalarıdır.
Batuhan Buğra Akartepe, 2015 yılında Marmara Üniversitesi İlahiyat fakültesinden mezun olmuştur. 5 yıllık lisans eğitimi boyunca İlimler ve Sanatlar Merkezi’nde (İSM) klasik İslami ilimler eğitimini tamamlamıştır. İlahiyat fakültesi sonrasında Anadolu Üniversitesi İktisat Fakültesi’nde ikinci lisans eğitimi almıştır. Yüksek lisans tezini İstanbul Üniversitesi İslam İktisadı ve Finansı bölümünde tamamlamıştır. Halen İstanbul Üniversitesi İslam İktisadı ve Finansı bölümünde doktora çalışmalarına devam etmektedir. 2016 yılından beri İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü-İslam İktisadı ve Finansı ABD bünyesinde araştırma görevlisi olarak çalışmaktadır. Çalışma konuları arasında; alacak satımı, kitlesel fonlama işlemleri, girişim sermayesi, İslami hisse senedi endeksleri ve güncel İslam iktisadı meseleleri yer almaktadır.
Amal Essayem is currently an assistant professor at Marmara University in Turkey. She graduated from Tunis University, specifically the Higher Institute of Management of Tunis (ISG Tunis), with a degree in Finance. She then obtained her Master of Science in Finance from the same institute (ISG Tunis). Subsequently, Amal completed her Ph.D. in Islamic Economics and Finance from Sakarya University in Turkey. Her research focuses on financial technologies, financial markets, Islamic finance, and the GCC region. Her broader interests include Economic Anthropology, Economic Sociology, and Political Economy.
Kocaeli doğumludur. İlk ve orta okulunu İzmit’te, lise eğitimini ise Derince YDA Lisesinde gerçekleştirmiştir. Lisans eğitimini Sakarya Üniversitesi iktisat bölümünde bölüm birincisi olarak yüksek onur derecesiyle tamamlamıştır. Daha sonra çeşitli araştırma merkezleri ve sivil toplum kuruluşlarında görev yapmış ve 2017 yılında Sakarya Üniversitesi İslam Ekonomisi ve Finansı alanında araştırma görevliliğine atanmıştır. 2022 yılında misafir araştırmacı olarak Malezya’daki INCEIF Üniversitesi’nde TÜBİTAK desteğiyle yürüttüğü araştırmalar kapsamında doktora tezini kaleme almıştır. İslam iktisadı ve finansı alanında tercüme eseri, makaleleri ve projeleri bulunan Yenice, halihazırda Sakarya Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi, İslam İktisadı ve Finans bölümünde Dr. Öğretim Üyesi olarak çalışmaktadır.
Maliye ve sosyoloji lisans eğitiminin ardından iktisat ve din sosyolojisi alanlarında yüksek lisans eğitimini tamamlamıştır. Bankacılık sektörü ve özel sektörde muhtelif görevler üstlenmiştir. İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim Üniversitesi İslam Ekonomisi ve Uluslararası Finans Programında doktorasını tamamlayan Yunus Emre Aydınbaş işgal ettiği akademik pozisyonlarda araştırmalarına devam etmektedir. Çalışmaları İslami iktisat metodolojisi, İslami iktisat düşüncesi, İslami ekonomide mali yapı ve vergi sistemi, ahlâk ve iktisat konuları etrafında yoğunlaşmaktadır. 04/04/2024
2015 yılında İstanbul Üniversitesi, İktisat Fakültesi, İşletme bölümünü, 2017 yılında Bartın Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, İşletme Anabilim Dalı Tezli Yüksek Lisans programını, 2023 yılında ise Sakarya Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, İslam Ekonomisi ve Finansı Doktora programını tamamlamıştır. Bankacılık, finansal piyasalar ve kurumlar ve tarım ekonomisi alanında yayınlanmış araştırma makalelerinin ve bildirilerinin yanı sıra İslam ekonomisi ve finansı alanında araştırma makalesi, çeviri makale ve kitap bölümü çalışmaları bulunmaktadır. 2019 yılından bu yana Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi'nde Öğretim Elemanı olarak görev yapmaktadır.
Yunus Emre Gürbüz, İstanbul Üniversitesi, İktisat Fakültesi, İktisat Bölümü’nden mezun olduktan sonra 2004 yılından itibaren Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası, Bereket Sigorta ve Yıldız Holding (Ülker)’de denetçi olarak görev yapmıştır. Ardından 2010 yılında Türkiye’nin ilk katılım sigorta şirketi olan Neova Sigorta’nın kurucuları arasında yer alıp, 12 yıl boyunca İç Denetim Başkanı olarak görev icra etmiştir.
Türkiye Sigorta Birliği (TSB) nezdinde bulunan Katılım Sigortacılığı Komitesi’nin de 2018-2020 dönem başkanlıkları görevini yürütmüştür. Sigortacılıkla ve hususan tekaful konusunda çok sayıda kitap ve makalesi olan Gürbüz’ün, yüze yakın da ulusal, uluslararası konferans, çalıştay, panel ve kongrelerde tebliğleri, konuşmaları olmuştur. Cumhurbaşkanlığı İslami Finans Strateji Belgelerinin sigortacılık kısmının hazırlanmasında ve yine Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kalkınma Planlarında da komisyon üyelikleri mevcuttur.
Hali hazırda kuruluş aşamasında olan Pay Katılım Sigorta’nın hasar, insan kaynakları ve iletişimden sorumlu genel müdür yardımcılığını yapan Gürbüz, 2014 yılında kurulan Katılım Sigortacılığı Derneği’nin yönetim kurulu üyesi ve genel sekreterliğini de yürütmektedir. Gürbüz, aynı zamanda ülkemizde katılım finansın gelişimi için de çeşitli üniversitelerde İslam iktisadı ve finansı dersleri de vermektedir.
14 yılı bankacılık, 4,5 yılı özel sektör kuruluşları ve kamu kurumlarında mali ve finansal yönetimden sorumlu üst düzey yönetici olarak görev yaptım. Finansal yönetim alanında 18,5 yıllık saha tecrübem bulunmaktadır. Saha tecrübemi akademik çalışmalarla bütünleştirmeyi amaçlamaktayım.
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