Symposium Committees

The Honorary Board, Scientific Committee and Organising Committee, made up of representatives of the Ministry of National Education, the Presidency of Religious Affairs, universities and civil society organisations.

Prof. Dr. Yusuf TEKİN

Minister of National Education
Ministry of National Education

Prof. Dr. Safi ARPAGUŞ

President of Religious Affairs
Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet)

Dr. Tayyar ALTIKULAÇ

Chair of the Board of Trustees
Istanbul 29 Mayıs University

Prof. Dr. Hayreddin KARAMAN

Retired Faculty Member
Marmara University Faculty of Theology

Prof. Dr. İrfan GÜNDÜZ

Chair of the Board of Trustees
Ibn Haldun University

Necmeddin Bilal ERDOĞAN

Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees
Ibn Haldun University

Abdullah CEYLAN

President
ÖNDER Imam Hatip Alumni Association
Prof. Dr. Abdullah KAHRAMAN
Kocaeli University
Prof. Dr. Abdurrahman ÖZDEMİR
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University
Prof. Dr. Ahmet EKŞİ
Kocaeli University
Prof. Dr. Ahmet İshak DEMİR
Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet)
Dr. Ahmet İŞLEYEN
Directorate General of Religious Education
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet KOÇ
Istanbul University
Prof. Dr. Ahmet KOÇ
Istanbul 29 Mayıs University
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet MEYDAN
Marmara University
Prof. Dr. Ahmet TÜRKAN
Necmettin Erbakan University
Prof. Dr. Ahmet YÜCEL
Istanbul 29 Mayıs University
Prof. Dr. Ali BARDAKOĞLU
Istanbul 29 Mayıs University
Prof. Dr. Ali ERBAŞ
Istanbul 29 Mayıs University
Prof. Dr. Alican DAĞDEVİREN
Istanbul Medeniyet University
Prof. Dr. Atilla ARKAN
Ibn Haldun University
Prof. Dr. Ayhan ÖZ
Marmara University
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Celile Eren ÖKTEN
Ministry of National Education
Prof. Dr. Cihad DEMİRLİ
Ministry of National Education
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emine KESKİNER
Marmara University
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Enver Osman KAAN
Presidency of the Diyanet Academy
Dr. Gülsüm PEHLİVAN AĞIRAKÇA
Istanbul 29 Mayıs University
Prof. Dr. Hacı Mehmet GÜNAY
Ibn Haldun University
Prof. Dr. Hacı Yusuf ACUNER
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University
Prof. Dr. Halil İbrahim SAĞLAM
Istanbul 29 Mayıs University
Res. Asst. Hasan Hüseyin MAMAK
Istanbul 29 Mayıs University
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hatice BOYNUKALIN ŞENKARDEŞLER
Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet)
Prof. Dr. İbrahim Kâfi DÖNMEZ
Istanbul 29 Mayıs University
Prof. Dr. İlyas ÇELEBİ
Istanbul 29 Mayıs University
Prof. Dr. İrfan AYCAN
Ankara University
Assoc. Prof. Dr. İrfan ERDOĞAN
Necmettin Erbakan University
Prof. Dr. İsmail KARA
Istanbul 29 Mayıs University
Prof. Dr. İsmail Safa ÜSTÜN
Marmara University
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kasım KOCAMAN
Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University
Prof. Dr. Mustafa SİNANOĞLU
Istanbul 29 Mayıs University
Prof. Dr. Mürteza BEDİR
Istanbul 29 Mayıs University
Dr. Necdet SUBAŞI
Ministry of National Education
Prof. Dr. Özcan Erkan AKGÜN
Ibn Haldun University
Prof. Dr. Özcan HIDIR
Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University
Prof. Dr. Salime Leyla GÜRKAN
Istanbul 29 Mayıs University
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Umut KAYA
Marmara University
Prof. Dr. Yaşar DÜZENLİ
Istanbul University
Prof. Dr. Zekeriya GÜLER
Istanbul 29 Mayıs University
Ahmet YAPICI
MoNE Directorate General of Religious Education
Dr. Muhammet ÇELİK
Imam Hatip Research Centre (İHAMER)
Dr. Yunus Vehbi KARAMAN
Imam Hatip Research Centre (İHAMER)
Arif MUŞTU
ÖNDER Imam Hatip Alumni Association
Prof. Dr. Ahmet EKŞİ
Imam Hatip Research Centre (İHAMER)
Prof. Dr. Ahmet TÜRKAN
Imam Hatip Research Centre (İHAMER)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet MEYDAN
Imam Hatip Research Centre (İHAMER)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet KOÇ
Imam Hatip Research Centre (İHAMER)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Umut KAYA
Imam Hatip Research Centre (İHAMER)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özkan ÖZTÜRK
Imam Hatip Research Centre (İHAMER)
Dr. Zeynep OLGUN
MoNE Directorate General of Religious Education
Fatih MALTEPE
MoNE Directorate General of Religious Education
Hale KARABULUT
MoNE Directorate General of Religious Education
Dr. Ferhat TOPRAK
MoNE Directorate General of Religious Education
Emine ERDOĞAN
Imam Hatip Research Centre (İHAMER)
Sultan TEKİN
Imam Hatip Research Centre (İHAMER)
Besim Enes ALPER
Ibn Haldun University
Mehmet Buğra SEZER
Ibn Haldun University
Dr. Yusuf ŞİMŞEK
MoNE Directorate General of Religious Education
Bilal OĞUZ
MoNE Directorate General of Religious Education
Enes KAVAS
Imam Hatip Research Centre (İHAMER)
Muhammed Furkan TATLI
Imam Hatip Research Centre (İHAMER)
INTERNATİONAL SYMPOSİUM ON IMAM HATİP SCHOOLS

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