Op deze pagina vind je een korte biografie en tevens een bibliografie van prof. Mehmet Aydin. Hij hield een conferentie over religieus pluralisme vanuit islamitisch perspectief in het Pastoraal Centrum/Seminarie te Hasselt op 25 april 2001

De Nederlandstalige tekst van de toespraak van prof. Mehmet Aydin op 25 april 2001 vind je op pagina http://users.pandora.be/arseen.de.kesel/010425MA.htm

De Engelstalige tekst vind je op pagina http://users.pandora.be/arseen.de.kesel/010425AM.htm

MEHMET S. AYDIN

Citizenship                               :Turkish

Born                                          :1943 in Elâzig,  Turkey .

Family                                       :Married to Nihal Aydin, a high school teacher of Religion       

                                                   and Morality.  Two daughters.

Mailing Adress

Office                                       : Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Ilahiyat Fakültesi

                                                    35350 Hatay-Izmir-TURKEY

Tel                                             :232-285 53 89

Fax                                            :232-224 18 90

Home                                        : Ilica Mh.Tur Sokak.No:6/20

                                                    Narlidere-Izmir/TURKEY

Tel                                             :232-238 23 29

Dean (Dekan)              

                                                  : D.E.Ü. Ilahiyat Fakültesi Dekani  1993-1999

                                                   (Dean, D.E.U. Faculty of Divinity)

Membership (Üyelik)

1-       Fakülte Kurulu Üyesi (1978-1999)

 (Member, Faculty Board of Education)

                                                 2- Fakülte Yönetim Kurulu Üyesi (1984-1999)

(Member, Board of Faculty Administration)

                                                 3- Üniversite Yönetim Kurulu Üyesi(1993-1999)

  (Member, University Board of Administration )

                                                  4- Üniversite Senatosu Üyesi (1984-1999)

(Member, University Senate)

5- Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Yönetim Kurulu Üyesi (1983-1998)

 (Member, D.E. University, Institute of Social Sciences)

6- Türk Felsefe Dernegi Kurucu Üyesi (1987-----)

 (Member, Turkish Philosophical Association)

               7- Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu Asli Üyesi

 (Member, Atatürk Supreme Council for Culture, Language  and History)

8- Kültürlerarasi Diyalog Platformu (Baskan), Istanbul.

(Intercultural Dialogue Platform [President] )

9- Abant Platformu Baskani (Chairman of Advisory  Committee)

(Abant Platform[President])

10-Devlet Bakanligi, Insan Haklari Yüksek Istisare Kurulu Üyesi

(Member; Ministry of State, Higher Advisory Committee for Human Rights.

Awards (Ödüller)

                                   1- Hosgörüye Hizmet Ödülü  1984

(Tolerance Award) [ for the Contribution to the Culture of    Tolerance]

                                               2- Yilin Kültür Adami Ödülü (1998)

                                                    (Cultural Award) [For the Contribution to Culture  1998]

                                               3- Yilin Fikir Adami Ödülü (1999)

                                                   (Award : For Intellectual Distinction) 1999

Education

Ph.D.(1971):       Edinburgh University.

Thesis : " The Term  Sa'âda in the

Selected  Works of al-Farabi  and al-Ghazâli"

 B.A(1966)    :     Ankara Univ. Faculty of  Divinity.

Teaching Experience

1984 on,   Dokuz Eylül Univ. Faculty of Theology. Professor of History of              Philosophy

Courses taught : History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Ethics, Islamic Philosophy. Hermeneutics (with special reference to Islamic sources), Modern Islamic Movements (with special reference to Turkey)

D.E.U. Faculty of Science and Arts :

Introduction to Western Philosophy (1994)

D.E.U. Institute of Social  Sciences (Inst. for post-graduate studies) 

Courses Taught : Theological Implications of Process Philosophy. Islamic Modernism. Systematic Philosophy of Religion, Major Problems of Islamic Philosophy.

1976-1984,Ankara Univ. Faculty of Divinity, Assoc. Prof. of Philosophy.. (Similar courses mentioned above)

Middle East Technical Univ. Dept. of Philosophy.

Courses taught : History of Philosophy, Philosophy of ethics and  politics.

1972-1974,Atatürk Univ. Faculty of Divinity. Assist. Prof. of Philosophy.

Courses taught : History of Philosophy, Islamic Philosophy.

Publications :

1.       Books

Kant ve Çagdas Ingiliz Felsefesinde Tanri Ahlak Iliskisi. Rev. ed. Ankara, 1992. (In Turkish. Deals with Kant's Moral Argument and its influence on British Philosphy)

Turkish Contribution to Philosophy, Ankara 1985.

Din Felsefesi ,  5 th. ed Ankara, 1996 (Philosophy of Religion)

Din Kültürü ve Ahlâk Bilgisi, 14 th. Rep., Istanbul, 1996. (Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge).

Islam en Dialoog, Amsterdam, 1996. ( A. collection of papers read in different institutions in Holland.)

Mehmet S. Aydin’la Içe Kritik Bakis (Critical Reflection with Mehmet S. Aydin), Haz.(Prepared by), Mehmet Gündem, Istanbul,1999.

Alemden Allah’a (From World to God), Istanbul, 1999.

Islam Felsefesi Yazilari (Islamic Philosophical Writings)Istanbul, 2000.

Islamin Evrenselligi (Universality of Islam)Istanbul,2000.

Ana Konulariyla Kur’an (Major Kur’anic Topics)Istanbul,2000.Together with Ö.Dumlu.

Books in  Progress : Philosophical Ethics in Islam.  Iqbal's Philosophy of Religion. Islamic Revivalism in Turkey.

Books Translated  into Turkish :

W.M. Watt, Islamic Revelation in the Modern World , Ankara 1982.

F. Rahman,  Islam   (with M. Dag), 4 th. ed.  Ankara, 1996.                    

Farabi,  Al-Siyâsa al-Madaniyya  (with the collaboration of  A. Sener   and  R. Ayas )  Ankara, 1982.

E. Gilson,  God and Philosophy, Izmir , 1986.

2.  Articles

    More than fifty articles on religious and philosophical topics.