New Publication: Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Islamic Civilization in the Volga-Ural Region

Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Islamic Civilization in the Volga-Ural Region: Ufa, 21-22 October 2010, edited by Halit Eren, IRCICA, Istanbul, 2011, 496 pp.

Proceedings of the International Conference: Islamic Civilization in Central Asia, Astana, 4-7 September 2007

2 volumes, IRCICA, Istanbul, 2010; xxiv, 402; xxxiv, 427 pp. Research and publications on the Islamic cultural history of the vast Central Asian region have been progressing outside of it as well as within. This is observed in the context of various social sciences but most notably in language studies, history of science, history of art and urban studies. Central Asia ...

IRCICA’s Album of historical photographs of Bursa launched under the chairmanship of the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey H.E. Mr. Bülent Arınç

On 23 November 2011 a book launching was organized in the city of Bursa for the major publication by IRCICA entitled Bursa in Photographs of the Period of Sultan Abdulhamid II. The book launching took place on the occasion of the Regional and Local Media Training Seminar which was conducted jointly by the High Council for Radio and Television, the General Directorate for Press ...

ECO Secretary General and ambassadorial delegation at IRCICA

On 5 January 2012, IRCICA was honoured to receive a high-level group representing the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) based in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. The group was composed of ECO Secretary General H.E. Mr. Mohammed Yahya P. Maroofi, the ECO Member States’ Ambassadors in Tehran, and the ECO Eminent Persons. Director General Dr. Halit Eren guided the guests ...

H.E. Prof Mahmud Erol Kılıç, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC) visited IRCICA

IRCICA Director General Dr. Eren received H.E. Prof Mahmud Erol Kılıç, Secretary General of the Tahran-based Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC), on 5 January 2012. This was the second visit of Prof. Kılıç to IRCICA, his first visit on 11 May 2010 having resulted in the signing of a Cooperation Agreement between PUIC and IRCICA ...

The Mayor of Zeytinburnu (İstanbul) Mr. Murat Aydın visited IRCICA

The Mayor of Zeytinburnu district of İstanbul Mr. Murat Aydın visited IRCICA on 28 December 2011. Director General Dr. Halit Eren guided the Mayor around the Centre’s buildings and departments informing him on the objectives and work programs of the Centre in their academic, artistic and various other cultural dimensions and showed him samples of the Centre’s publications ...

New Publication: Proceedings of the First International Congress on Islamic Archaeology

Istanbul, 8-10 April 2005, IRCICA, 2011 IRCICA has the pleasure to present a book that has special significance for its theme and objectives: it focuses on the archaeology of the Islamic period and the Islamic geography and aims to promote studies in this area. These were the governing objectives that had led IRCICA to organise the First International Congress on Islamic Archaeology. The congress was held on the Centre’s ...

New Publication: Osmanlı Belgelerinde Arap Vilayetleri

Osmanlı Belgelerinde Arap Vilayetleri. Hicrî X-Miladî XVI. yüzyılın ortaları (The Arab provinces in Ottoman documents. Mid-Xth century H-XVIth century AD), Vol. 2, prepared by Fazıl Bayat, preface by Halit Eren, Muslim Countries in the Light of Ottoman Archive Documents Series no. 3, IRCICA, Istanbul, 2011, xx+384+xix pp., images of the documents in CD

ISLAMIC MONUMENTS OF CAIRO IN THE OTTOMAN PERIOD

The main purpose of this book is to examine the architectural works in Egypt constructed during the Ottoman period (1517-1805 A.D.) from the viewpoint of the relationship between Turkish administrative circles and the Egyptian people.

New Publication: Osmanlı Bilim Literatürü Tarihi Genel İndeksi

prepared by Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, Ramazan Şeşen, M. Serdar Bekar, Gülcan Gündüz, Veysel Bulut; editor: Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu; preface: Halit Eren, Series of Studies and Sources on History of Science; No. 17, History of Ottoman Literature of Science Series; No. 9, Istanbul, 2011; xvi, 980 pp.

Jordanian Prime Minister H.E. Mr. Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh visited IRCICA

IRCICA was honoured to receive H.E. Mr. Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, on its premises on Friday, 16 December 2011. IRCICA Director General Dr. Halit Eren briefed the Prime Minister on the Centre’s activities in general and its cooperation with the Government and cultural institutions of Jordan. Dr. Eren said that the newest example of projects ...

al-Mushaf al-Sharif attributed to Ali b. Abi Talib (The copy of Sana’a)

prepared for publication by Dr. Tayyar Altıkulaç, IRCICA, Istanbul, 2011 This is a facsimile edition of the copy (Mushaf) of the Holy Quran which is attributed to the time of Ali b. Abi Talib and located in Sana’a, Yemen. It comes out as a third publication in IRCICA’s series of editions of oldest copies of the Quran...

New Publication: Bursa in photographs of the period of Sultan Abdulhamid II, IRCICA, Istanbul, 2011 (in English, Arabic and Turkish)

The city of Bursa, situated in the north-west of Turkey, has been for millennia a settlement area at the intersection of travel and trade routes. From 1335 to 1363 it was the capital of the Ottoman State. Today a major industrial zone, it still maintains its importance as a center of tourism, history, arts and archaeology. IRCICA has published a deluxe album of photographs of Bursa dating from the period of Sultan Abdulhamid II...

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE ISLAMIC WORLD IN EVLİYA ÇELEBİ’S SEYAHATNAME

Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), the Centre for Islamic World Research and the History Department of Al al-Bayt University are jointly organizing an international congress on the 400th anniversary of the birth of Evliya Çelebi, the Ottoman traveler famous for his book Seyahatname. Evliya Çelebi, who traveled in the Islamic world and other regions for forty years during the 17th century, wrote his observations about. This very important work drew the attention of academic circles both in the East and in the West and was translated into various languages. During the Ottoman period, ...

The President of Turkey Abdullah Gül received Dr. Eren

On Wednesday, 24 August 2011, IRCICA Director General Dr. Halit Eren was received by H.E. Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic of Turkey, at the Huber presidential office, Istanbul. Dr. Eren presented H.E. the President with information on latest developments in the actvities and with samples of the resulting publications. Among the recent publications which were brought to the attention of President Gül were the facsimile editions of oldest copies of the Holy Quran, the editions of the album of historical photographs ...

CALLIGRAPHY EXHIBITION

A Calligraphy Exhibition organized jointly by Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) and the Cultural Institute (ECI) of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) will be opened on Monday, 15 August 2011 at Dolmabahçe Art Gallery, Beşiktaş, Istanbul, at 4 p.m.

Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahşükür Paşazade, Chairman of the Caucasian Muslims Office in Azerbaijan, at IRCICA

Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahşükür Paşazade, Chairman of the Caucasian Muslims Office, in Azerbaijan, visited IRCICA in the morning of 21 July 2011 within the framework of the program of his visit to Turkey. Mr. Paşazade was accompanied by a delegation comprising officials from the Caucasian Muslims Office and deputies from the Azerbaijan Parliament...

HAT, TEZHİP, EBRU, ÇİNİ VE RESİM SERGİSİ

İslâm Tarih, Sanat ve Kültür Araştırma Merkezi (IRCICA), Kubbealtı Akademisi Kültür ve Sanat Vakfı’nın kuruluşunun 41. yılı münasebetiyle düzenlenen “Hat, Tezhip, Ebru, Çini ve Resim” sergisine ev sahipliği yapıyor. Sergi, 3 Haziran 2011, Cuma günü saat 17.00’de Yıldız Sarayı-Çit Kasrı’nda ziyarete açılacak.

The Minister of Foreign Relations of Guinea-Bissau Mr. Adelino Mano Queta visited IRCICA

H.E. Mr. Adelino Mano Queta, Minister of Foreign Relations, International Cooperation and Communities, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, and Ambassador Joao Soares da Gama, Ambassador of Guinea-Bissau with the UN were received by Dr. Halit Eren at IRCICA on 12 May 2011. Following the talks on cooperation between Guinea-Bissau’s cultural authorities and institutions and IRCICA ...

İslam Medeniyetinde Bağdat (Medînetü’s Selâm): Uluslararası Sempozyum Tebliğleri

İslam Medeniyetinde Bağdat (Medînetü’s Selâm) Uluslararası Sempozyum, 7-8-9- Kasım 2008 [Baghdad (Medinat al-Salam) in Islam International Symposium, 7-8-9- November 2008], published by the Waqf of Marmara University Faculty of Theology, Istanbul, March 2011, 2 volumes

New publication: Osmanlı astroloji literatürü tarihi

Osmanlı astroloji literatürü tarihi ve Osmanlı astronomi literatürü tarihi zeyli / History of Ottoman astrology literature and supplement to the history of Ottoman astronomy literature (Vol. I) and Osmanlı Bilim Literatürü Tarihi Zeylleri (Matematik, Coğrafya, Musiki, Askerlik, Tabii ve Tatbiki Bilimler, Tıbbi Bilimler) ve Osmanlı Mavzu’at al-Ulum Literatürü Tarihi / Supplements to the History of Ottoman Scientifi Literature (Mathematical, Geographical, Music, Military Arts, Natural and Applied Sciences, and Medical Sciences Literature) and History of Ottoman Classification of Sciences Literature (Vol. II)

IRCICA Director General awarded the “Distinction for Achievements in Culture” by the Ministry of Culture of Tatarstan

The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan (Russian Federation) has conferred upon Dr. Halit Eren, Director General of IRCICA, the “Distinction for Achievements in Culture” ...

RESİM SERGİSİ: “YEDİ TEPE İSTANBUL”

İslâm Tarih, Sanat ve Kültür Araştırma Merkezi (IRCICA), İsmail Şentürk’ün eserlerinden oluşan “Yedi Tepe İstanbul” resim sergisine ev sahipliği yapıyor. Sergi, 19 Nisan 2011, Salı günü saat 18.00’de Yıldız Sarayı-Çit Kasrı’nda gerçekleştirilecek resepsiyonla ziyarete açılacak ve 26 Nisan 2011 tarihine kadar gezilebilecek.

İslam Kültür ve Medeniyetinde Osmanlı Devleti ve Modern Türkiye’nin Yeri

İslam Tarih, Sanat ve Kültür Araştırma Merkezi (IRCICA) ile Marmara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi ve İslam Ülkeleri Üniversiteler Birliği’nin ortaklaşa düzenledikleri “İslam Kültür ve Medeniyetinde Osmanlı Devleti ve Modern Türkiye’nin Yeri” konulu uluslararası sempozyum...

Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs visited IRCICA

IRCICA was honoured to receive Dr. Mamadou Tangara, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Gambia, at its headquarters on Friday, 1 April 2011. Director General Dr. Halit Eren received Dr. Tangara in his office at Seyir Köşk...

New Publication: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on “Islamic Civilisation in Volga-Ural Region”

Ufa, 14-16 October 2008, IRCICA, Istanbul, 2010 The Third International Symposium on “Islamic Civilisation in Volga-Ural Region” was held in Ufa, capital of Bashkortostan, under the patronage of the then President of Bashkortostan...

Tun Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi, ex-Prime Minister of Malaysia, at IRCICA

IRCICA was honoured to receive Tun Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi, ex-Prime Minister of Malaysia, at its headquarters on Wednesday, 16 March 2011. Director General Dr. Halit Eren received Tun Abdullah in his office at Seyir Köşk. He briefed the distinguished guest on developments relating to the Centre’s activities, ...

Director General welcomes Minister of State Faruk Çelik at IRCICA

Mr. Faruk Çelik, Minister of State of Turkey, visited the Director General of IRCICA Dr. Halit Eren on Friday, 11 March 2011. Extensive talks were held on cultural activities and cooperation in the Muslim world, with special focus on IRCICA’s mission as the OIC’s cultural research center. Dr. Eren briefed the Minister on the Centre’s programs and publications and guided him to IRCICA library.

Proceedings of the Third International Congress on Islamic Civilisation in the Balkans

Bucharest, 1-5 November 2006, IRCICA, İstanbul, 2010

MESSAGE OF DR. HALİT EREN AT THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION ON TURKISH-AFGHAN FRIENDSHIP IN HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS

Excellencies, dear colleagues, honourable guests, ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured to greet you on the occasion of the First March Turkish-Afghan Friendship Day. It is all the more important that this Day is celebrated...

Muscat International Festival for Arts, Heritage and Creativity

Accompanied by International Seminar on Innovation and Creativity in Arts and Crafts Muscat International Award for Innovation and Creativity in Crafts (Worth US$100.000) and the International Exhibition of Artisans-as at-Work, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman on 27 January-24 February 2011

Welcoming address of Dr. Halit Eren at the 2011 Annual Seminar of the Al-Quds/Jerusalem 2015 Program

(IRCICA; 28 January 2011) Distinguished participants, honourable guests, I am most pleased to greet you and welcome you to IRCICA for the annual seminar of Al-Quds/Jerusalem 2015 program.

IRCICA ORGANIZED THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ISLAMIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN PAKISTAN

The First International Congress of Islamic Archaeology that was organized in 2005 in İstanbul under the patronage of the Prime Minister of Turkey, H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; is now followed by the Second International Congress of Islamic Archaeology held in Islamabad, under the patronage of the Prime Minister of Pakistan H.E.. Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani.

IRCICA SELECTED “INSTITUTION OF THE YEAR”

Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) was selected Institution of the Year by the monthly cultural journal al-Arabi published by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information.

كلمة الدكتور خالد أرن في افتتاح الندوة السنوية الفكرية التي تعقدها مجلة العربي

تحت عنوان "العرب يتجهون شرقاً" وعلى هامشها حفل تكريم إرسيكا الكويت 24 يناير 2011م

Address of Dr. Halit Eren at the Opening Ceremony of the Second International Congress on Islamic Archaeology

(Islamabad, 21 January 2011) Your Excellency Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Jilani, Federal Minister for Culture Distinguished participants, dear guests, ladies and gentlemen, ...

IRCICA Director General conferred Honorary Professorship by Bashkir State University

Bashkir State University in Ufa, Bashkortostan (Russian Federation) has conferred upon Dr. Halit Eren, Director General of IRCICA, the title of Honorary Professorship.

Highlights of the Doha International Handicrafts Festival

On the Occasion of Celebrating Doha-Capital of Arab Culture, Highlights of the Doha International Handicrafts Festival accompanied by International Seminar on Innovation and Creativity in Crafts 7-9 December, 2010

Launching of the book Tatar History and Civilisation

A book launching was conducted in the Tatar capital Kazan on 20 October 2010 under the chairmanship of the State Adviser and former President of Tatarstan Mr. Mintimer Shaimiev. During the ceremony the Director General of IRCICA Dr. Halit Eren was conferred the title of Honorary Doctor by Kazan Federal University/Kazan State University.

Tatar History and Civilisation

Edited by Damir Ishaqov, Project Director: Halit Eren, Project Advisors: M.A. Usmanov, R.S. Khakimov, translated by Ilnur I. Nadirov, IRCICA, 2010

Sullam al-Wusul ila Tabaqat al-Fuhul (The Ladder of Elevation to the Lives of the Great and Famous by Generation)

Katib Chalabi, Edited and Introduction by Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, in collaboration with Mahmoud Al-Arnaut and Saleh Sadawi Saleh, Indices by Selahaddin Uygur, 2 eds.: Arabic-English and Arabic-Turkish, 6 vols.; IRCICA, Istanbul, 2010,

The Governing Board of IRCICA met on its 25th session

The 25th session of the Governing Board of IRCICA was opened on 26 November in the Centre’s conference hall with a ceremony. In its later part the ceremony comprised the presentation of Ijaza (diplomas/licenses) to calligraphers having completed successfully the courses coordinated by IRCICA. The Governor of Istanbul Mr. Hüseyin Avni Mutlu,...

“The 1864 Caucasian Migration: War and Exile” Conference

IRCICA, the Center for Balkan and Black Sea Studies (BALKAR) of Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, and the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the same university jointly organised a conference on “The 1864 Caucasian Migration: War and Exile”. It was held on 6-7 December 2010 at Yıldız Technical University Auditorium.

Islamic Civilisation in the Mediterranean Conference // Lefkoşa/Nicosia, TRNC

IRCICA and the Institute for Islamic Research and Intercultural Dialogue, Near East University (Lefkoşa/Nicosia, Turkish Republic of North Cyprus) jointly organised an international conference on “Islamic Civilisation in the Mediterranean”. The conference was opened with the message of TRNC President H.E. Mr. Derviş Eroğlu read by the President’s spokesman Mr. Osman Ertuğ.

Fourth International Congress on Islamic Civilisation in Volga-Ural held in Ufa, Bashkortostan

IRCICA’s Fourth International Congress on Islamic Civilisation in Volga-Ural was organised jointly with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Government of Bashkortostan, and Bashkir State University, in Ufa, Bashkortostan, on 21-22 October 2010.

Fourth International Congress on Islamic Civilisation in the Balkans // Skopje, Macedonia

The Fourth International Congress on Islamic Civilisation in the Balkans (Skopje, capital city of Macedonia) was opened on 14 October 2010 under the patronage and in the presence of the President of Macedonia H.E. Mr. George Ivanov...

International Inaugural Conference launching the “1400th Year of the Revelation of the Holy Qur’an”

Under the patronage of the Prime Minister of Turkey H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: International Inaugural Conference launching the “1400th Year of the Revelation of the Holy Qur’an” Istanbul, 5 September 2010

IRCICA signs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ECO Cultural Institute (ECI)

The Centre signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the ECO Cultural Institute (ECI) of the Economic Cooperation Organization based in Tehran...

The Fourth International Congress on “Islamic Civilisation in the Volga-Ural Region”

The fourth international congress on the theme “Islamic Civilisation in the Volga-Ural Region” was jointly organized by IRCICA and the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan (Ufa) in Ufa, capital city of Bashkortostan, on 21-22 October 2010.

History, Along With Books, at an Istanbul Library

Istanbul may be filled with bookshops, but public libraries are another matter. Most of the city's libraries belong either to academic or private institutions and are, for the most part, off limits to the public. by Yigal Schleifer *The New York Times, Globespotters: Travel News, From Those in the Know, 30 July 2009

Publications

MAYOR OF METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY ISTANBUL DR. KADİR TOPBAŞ VISITS IRCICA

Dr. Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Metropolitan Municipality Istanbul, visited IRCICA on 3 December 2009.

The President of Yemen received IRCICA Director General

The President of the Republic of Yemen H.E. Ali Abdullah Saleh received IRCICA Director General Dr. Halit Eren on Wednesday 16 December.

Commemoration of the 1400th Year of the Revelation of the Holy Qur’an, 2010-2011

International Inaugural Conference held in İstanbul, Republic of Turkey 26 Ramadan 1431 H / 5 September 2010

Conference on “Astronomers in Islam and their contribution to world history of science” held at IRCICA

In cooperation with the Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul, a conference on “Astronomers in Islam and their contribution to world history of science” was organised on 7-8 May 2010 at IRCICA. The Secretary General of the OIC Prof. Ekmeleddin İhsnaoğlu and the Metropolitan Mayor of Istanbul Arch. Dr. Kadir Topbaş were present at the opening ceremony at Çit Qasr, Yıldız Palace.

RESULTS OF THE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CALLIGRAPHY COMPETITION DEDICATED TO THE LATE SYRIAN CALLIGRAPHER M. BADAWI AL-DIRANI

SPONSORED BY THE ABU DHABI CULTURE AND HERITAGE AUTHORITY The results of the Eighth International Calligraphy Competition, organised by IRCICA and sponsored by the Abu Dhabi Culture and Heritage Authority, have been announced in Abu Dhabi and Istanbul on 15 April 2010.

Mohammad Ghosheh, The Islamic Endowments of Jerusalem, preface by Dr. Halit Eren, 2 vols., IRCICA, 2009

This major book by Prof. Ghosheh on the Islamic waqfs (endowments) of Jerusalem is the largest documentary work on the subject. It contains three main chapters: Chapter I deals with the waqfs of the Ayyubid period, specifically 36 Ayyubid waqfs.

"THE AFRICAN-TURKISH RELATIONS: PAST ROUTES, RECIPROCAL EMIGRATION AND PRESENT HERITAGE" Seminar at IRCICA

9 July 2010

Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, Darülfünun: Osmanlı’da Kültürel Modernleşmenin Odağı (Darülfunun: the focus of Ottoman cultural modernization) Istanbul: Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture, 2010, 2 v., 1126 pp., ill

A comprehensive research and reference work on the history of the modern university which emerged as part of the cultural modernization process that followed the Tanzimat.

SCHOLARS OF ASTRONOMY IN ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD HISTORY OF SCIENCE -International Panel-

An international panel titled “Scholars of Astronomy in Islamic Civilization and their Contribution to World History of Science” is organized jointly by OIC Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) and the Metropolitan Municipality of İstanbul, Directorate of Culture.