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Ibn Sina defines philosophy as &quot;the human grasp of the truth of things in his own capacity.&quot; But is it possible to grasp the truth of things? If it is possible, to what can extent people grasp the truth? Altought these questions have been discussed since Kant with an impression that they came to forefront with such a clearity first time in human history, in fact their history extends back to the sophists in the history of philosophy. Same questions have been dealt in depth with precision from the aspects of philosophy, Qalam, and sufism in the Islamic tought and various views emerged around the the limits of human understanding. In this book, what to understand from the aforementioned expression &ldquo;in his own capacity&rdquo; within the context of Ibn Sina&rsquo;s philosophy is examined.

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İbn Sînâ'da Metafizik Bilginin İmkânı

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Modern D&ouml;nemde Din&icirc; İlimlerin Temel Meseleleri (Fundamental Issues of Religious Disciplines in the Modern Period), Istanbul 2007.

This book is a collection of papers and discussions presented in the local symposium, entitled Fundamental Issues of Religious Disciplines in the Modern Period, organized by ISAM in 2005.

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Modern Dönemde Dinî İlimlerin Temel Meseleleri

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This book aims to introduce Adududdīn al-Ījī, who left lasting effect in various scholarly fields including Islamic Theology, Methodology of Islamic Jurisprudence, Qur&rsquo;anic exegesis, Islamic creed, linguistics, and ethics, from various aspects. It is a compilation of mainly three groups of articles written by experts in their fields. In those articles, Ījī&rsquo;s life, his intellectual orientation, his environment, and views are presented. Moreover, the literature of commentaries and glosses written on his works has also been presented for the readers.

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İslâm İlim ve Düşünce Geleneğinde Adudüddin el-Îcî

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Philosophy, which had almost lost its vitality in the ancient civilization basins at the beginning of the 7th century, came to life again thanks to the translation movement that started in Baghdad about one hundred and fifty years later and enabled the transfer of the philosophical accumulation formed in the Hellenistic world into Arabic. The translated works were re-addressed by Muslims in line with the different intellectual interests and needs of the multi-religious, multi-ethnic and multi-cultural Islamic civilization in progress of being built. This brought about Islamic philosophy, one of the most unique philosophical traditions in the history of world philosophy, to the stage of history.

Aiming to bring together the academic accumulation that has reached a serious level in the field of Islamic philosophy in Turkey, this book examines the classical period of Islamic philosophy (8th &ndash; 12th centuries) from historical and problematic perspectives. In the historical chapters of the book, eleven prominent philosophers of the classical period and four great thinkers who directed the post-classical period are discussed; In the thematic sections, the basic fields of philosophy (logic, psychology/epistemology, metaphysics, ethics and politics), the literature and problems transferred to Islamic philosophy and the approaches of Muslim philosophers to these disciplines are examined in detail.

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İslâm Felsefesi: Tarih ve Problemler

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Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī is the first and the most influential name of the Late Classical Period in which thoughts and works before Ghazzālī within the History of Islamic Thought re-evaluated. al-Rāzī, who wrote pieces in many different fields particularly in Kalām and philosophy, established the main distinctions of the disciplines and due to his reformation of the discipline of Kalām he later named justifiably as al-Imām. This book, which aims to introduce Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī from various aspects, is a collected work aiming to analyse the accumulation of scholarly knowledge produced within the field of Islamic studies in Turkey and to be an important source for the researchers. The book consists of four chapters; al-Rāzī&rsquo;s life and his works, his importance in history of thought as well as his contributions to Islamic knowledge is examined within the first three chapters by considering the scholarly heritage before and after him to indicate his authenticity and to stress the transformation that he initiated. Criticisms about al-Rāzī is examined in the last chapter of the book.

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İslâm Düşüncesinin Dönüşüm Çağında Fahreddin er-Râzî

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Istanbul Qadi Registers 

Within the scope of this project, 40 daftar&rsquo;s as samples of the registers of Istanbul courts (Istanbul, Galata, Eyup and Uskudar) have been selected from different ages and transliterated into modern Turkish and the facsimiles have been added to every volume in order for comparison. The forty-volume output of the project, which was initiated in 2008, was published with the support of the commission of 2010 European Capital of Culture-Istanbul.

These court records include not only the records of legal disputes which were passed to the courts, but also the records similar to today&rsquo;s municipal works and notary documents like regulations and standards for artisans, craftsmen and tradesmen, price lists of the goods, waqf bills, bills for sales, donations and loans, documents about partitions of inheritance, testaments, marriages and divorces; and finally copies of decrees and orders from the Imperial Court about construction and maintenance of the buildings belonging to waqfs and/or the public. These data help to penetrate into the details of Ottoman cultural life. Interesting information about non-muslims can also be found among the legal disputes that were passed to the courts. These records make it possible to see how the law as a whole was applied among Ottomans.

The project was conducted under the direction of ISAM&rsquo;s former director Prof. M. Akif Aydin, and Dr. Coskun Yilmaz contributed to it as the editor. Prof. Idris Bostan, Prof. Feridun Emecen, Prof. Ismail Erunsal, Prof. Mehmet Ipsirli and Dr. Mustafa Oguz worked as the members of the academic board. Also, a helpful index which shows every word in its context was prepared by the late Dr. Yucel Dagli.

The published work was presented to the public on 20 December 2012 with a press conference organized at Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality building and now is available on internet free of charge.



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İstanbul Kadı Sicilleri 1-40

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This book by Andalusian Maliki jurist al-Kinānī (d. 289/902) is considered the first independent book written on the rules and regulations of the markets and the organization of&nbsp;hisba. It is an important source reflecting the social and economic life of the time by introducing information about the services provided by city authorities (municipality), the relationship between the employers and the employees, units of measurements, various professionals, black-marketeering, prices, price fixing, exchanging money, quality control, games and ways of entertainment, and the role of women in daily life.

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Aḥkām al-sūq

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The subject of this book is the role of Arabic poetry in the interpretation of the Qur&rsquo;an in the second century of the Hijri when productive scientific activities were being carried out in various areas of the Islamic world. One of the focus areas of this period is the Arabic language. In the same period there was an effort to prepare dictionaries and write grammar books. Arabic linguists who worked on semantics and grammar used the method of istişh&acirc;d and also carried this over into the science of interpretation. In this book, the first samples of dirayah interpretations, which are extant today, are discussed. The Mecaz`ul-Quran by Abu Ubayda, the Meani`l-Quran by al-Hasen al-Ahfas, Abu`l-Hasan Ali b. Hamza al-Kisai and Abu Zakariyya al-Farraare introduced and evaluated in terms of the istişhad method.

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Kur’an Yorumunda Şiirin Yeri (II./VIII. Asır Çerçevesinde)

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It would not be an overstatement, I assume, if we were to voice the idea that it is impossible to come across a culture and civilization that has managed to survive without encountering, knowing, exchanging goods and ideas with, or even confronting different cultures in one way or another. The moments of encounter, exchange or confrontation of any culture with another have either evolved in a spontaneous flow or generated in some way. The Silk Road, for instance, not only created a significant opportunity for the exchange of goods between East and West, but also formed a web of communication and interaction that deepened cultural contact between societies for centuries. Similar channels of communication and interaction between the Muslim world and Europe can be found throughout history. This network of interaction was formed via two passages; the first was in Iberia in the 8th century, shortly followed by Sicily, while the second was in the Balkans beginning from the 14th century.

This compilation of articles primarily examines the second encounter which took place between the Ottomans and Europe from multiple perspectives, covering topics ranging from journeys to the transfer of knowledge and technology. Authors, coming from different cultural backgrounds with differing areas of research interest, and who have also benefited from interdisciplinary analyses, attempt to focus on the domains where these two worlds came together to learn about, discover and trade with one another in peace rather than more common issues, such as confrontations or wars. Therefore, the scope of this work begins with pre-Ottoman period and ends at the close of the 18th century, which coincides with the middle of the era of Selim III (1789-1807), when the Ottomans were searching for the transition from the ancien r&eacute;gime to the new order.

 
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Osmanlılar ve Avrupa: Seyahat, Karşılaşma ve Etkileşim/The Ottomans and Europe: Travel, Encounter and Interaction

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The major goal of this book is to analyze Selim III and his era from multiple perspectives on the occassion of the 200th anniversary of his death; here the transition from the ancien r&eacute;gime to the new order, in other words the endeavor to progress from the ancient classical system of governance to a new order, and all of the consequences are examined through original research as part of interdisciplinary studies. Not only was this a period that corresponds with several major attempts by the Ottomans to transform their social, political, martial and educational systems, but it was also an era when they experienced various fluctuating moments, passionate discussions and crucial controversies, significant progress, even impressive leaps, while there were also deep disappointments. &nbsp;It must, however, be stated that certain characteristics which were observed during the process of Western modernization, such as mobilization, reasonable innovation, self-discipline and revival, could also be noticed during the attempt by the Ottomans to reform themselves in this era.

Covering the second phase of Turkish modernization, as defined by Niyazi Berkes, and growing out of several works that endeavored to analyze the phenomena of this period from the martial development to foreign relations, from artistic life to the educational system, this book attempts to make a modest contribution to the history of Turkish thought, politics and culture by focusing on the question of &ldquo;Why?&rdquo; rather than &ldquo;What?&rdquo;.

 
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Nizâm-ı Kādîm’den Nizâm-ı Cedîd’e III. Selim ve Dönemi/Selim III and His Era from Ancien Régime to New Order

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Rifa&lsquo;at Abou-El-Haj (Ph.D., Princeton, 1963) started teaching at California State University, Long Beach, in 1964, and moved to the State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton, in 1992. He is the author of numerous articles and book chapters, as well as two books, The 1703 Rebellion and the Structure of Ottoman Politics (1984; forthcoming in Turkish in 2011) and Formation of the Modern State: The Ottoman Empire, Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries (1991; 2nd ed., 2005), which was hailed as &ldquo;a history classic&rdquo; and also translated to Turkish; and the co-editor of The Ottoman City and Its Parts: Urban Structure and Social Order (1991). His work has been considered as belonging to &ldquo;the short but distinguished critical tradition in Middle Eastern history that is associated with names such as Edward Said and Maxime Rodinson.&rdquo; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;This volume grew out of a conference that was convened in Abou-El-Haj&rsquo;s honor by Donald Quataert and Baki Tezcan in April 2010 at SUNY, Binghamton, where his colleagues and students presented papers and reflected on his impact on Ottoman and Middle Eastern/North African Studies. Quataert is Distinguished Professor of History at SUNY, Binghamton, and the author of numerous books and articles, including The Ottoman Empire, 1700-1922; and Tezcan is Associate Professor of History, and Religious Studies, at the University of California, Davis, and the author of The Second Ottoman Empire: Political and Social Transformation in the Early Modern World. 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The contents of the volume were first published in the Journal of Ottoman Studies / Osmanlı Araştırmaları 36 (2010), also an İSAM publication.

Table of Contents:

Preface &ndash; Donald Quataert

Part I &ndash; Middle Eastern / North African Studies

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Mahmood Ibrahim, Crime and Punishment in Mamluk Damascus

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Post-Orientalism and Colonialism: A Critical Mapping of Maghribi Studies (1951-2000)

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Peter Gran, The Rise of the West or the Rise of the Rich: The Question of an Alternative to Orientalism

Part II &ndash; Ottoman Studies

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Suraiya Faroqhi, Empires before and after the Post-colonial Turn: The Ottomans

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Palmira Brummett, Placing the Ottomans in the Mediterranean World: The Question of Notables and Households

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Heath Lowry, The &lsquo;Soup Muslims&rsquo; of the Ottoman Balkans: Was There A &lsquo;Western&rsquo; &amp; &lsquo;Eastern&rsquo; Ottoman Empire?

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Baki Tezcan, Some Thoughts on the Politics of Early Modern Ottoman Science

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Rula Jurdi Abisaab, The Shi&lsquo;ite &lsquo;ulama&rsquo;, the madrasas, and Educational Reform in the Late Ottoman Period

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Mustafa Aksakal, Why did the Ottomans enter a European War in 1914? New sources, new views

Part III &ndash; Post Ottoman Studies

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Christine Philliou, &lsquo;Mad&rsquo; about Kemalism: An Early Republican Satire

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Dina Rizk Khoury, Where are the Ottomans in the Historiography of the Twentieth Century Fertile Crescent?

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Janet Klein, Minorities, Statelessness, and Kurdish Studies Today: Prospects and Dilemmas for Scholars&nbsp;

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Beyond Dominant Paradigms in Ottoman and Middle Eastern/North African Studies –A Tribute to Rifa’at Abou-El-Haj

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As a sample of Ottoman Qadi Registers, this book is a selection of fifteen volumes prepared based on 15th and 16th century court records. 
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Due to the richness of the subjects, legal and social approaches of the registers and the role and the place of the courts in the Ottoman state structure, Qadi Registers have attracted the interest of a large number of intellectuals, both specialists or non-specialists. This work has been prepared in response to this interest. 
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As can be seen in the book, the selected records have been classified in terms of law and social life, with descriptive information of each record being added. 
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After each record the location in the original source is given in parentheses, with the actual date of each record being given. 
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As a source that reflects many issues related to daily and social life from the 15th and 16th century, this book will help many researchers, both specialists and others.

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Kadı Sicillerinde İstanbul

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Şem&rsquo;i Efendi was a 16th century-scholar who translated Sufi works into Turkish and made commentaries on the same. This book aims to introduce his commentary of Mevlana&rsquo;s Masnawi, and to define its place in the tradition of Ottoman commentary.

Şem&rsquo;i Efendi&rsquo;s commentary of the Masnawi is exemplary among contemporary works and later commentaries in that it was the first Turkish commentary to include the entire work, it was written on the order of Sultan Murad III, it included the perception that the knowledge of meratib-i wujud in the terminology of wahdat-al wujud was key in understanding the Masnawi, and finally, in that it referred to more than 80 sources of basic Islamic sciences and Sufi literature and 300 narratives. In particular this commentary, in which the Masnawi&rsquo;s dimension of acting as a guide for the irshad (path) is brought to the fore, makes it easier to comprehend the Sufi concepts that are hidden behind the symbolism of the Masnawi couplets. This work also sets out the errors of classification in Sufi commentaries on the Masnawi in the form of pre- and post-Ankarav&icirc;. 
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Şem‘î  Efendi ve Mesnevî Şerhi

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This work investigates the question of Muslim identity in Azerbaijan and its basic characteristics in the Soviet and post-Soviet era. It also will bring to the fore how these periods have influenced the shaping of a Muslim identity, focusing on the elements of Muslim identity that have changed and those that have not.

Chapter one examines the historical roots of Muslim identity, particularly during the period that stretches from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the Soviet occupation; here the impact of economic developments, ethnic relations and the process of modernization and nationalization upon the Muslim identity will be brought into the light.

Chapter two indicates the influence of Soviet politics on religion. An examination of the process of nationalization under the Soviet regime will follow. Special emphasis is placed on the process that indicates the place of religious elements in this identity. The question of how the society has has maintained its religious identity and practices will also be dealt with.

Chapter three focuses on the changing and unchanging factors of religious identiy and their reflections on society in the period of independence. 
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Azerbaycan’da Din Sovyetler’den Bağımsızlığa Hafıza Dönüşümleri

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He was engaged in learning and teaching, and contributed to the cultural and scholarly development of his society throughout his entire life. His books become indispensable sources of knowledge even years after his death. Mehmed Zihni Efendi taught Arabic, Islamic law, and Islamic theology at important schools of Ottoman Empire such as Galatasaray Maktab al-Sultani and Maktab Mulkiyya al-Shahana. He wrote textbooks for the students of aforementioned schools and introduced a very beneficial method in teaching Arabic language and rhetoric. In this book, the life personality, and works of Mehmed Zihni Efendi have been introduced. It also deals with his contributions to teaching Arabic language and rhetoric.

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Mehmed Zihni Efendi Hayatı, Eserleri ve Arapça Öğretimindeki Yeri

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This book examines Nasīr al-dīn Tūsī&rsquo;s Moral Philosophy in the light of his books written on the subject. The main problems examined in this book are several issues such as where ethics stands in Tūsī&rsquo;s classification of sciences, what kind of relationship exists between philosophy and ethics, the significance of the theory of self in moral philosophy, the possibility of change in morality, what kind of method to be followed in moral education and discipline, and the role of religion in this regard, the significance of family and society in moral development of man. &nbsp; &nbsp;

Moreover, the question of how much Tūsī was influenced from the moral thought of his time, whether he had an original contribution Islamic moral thinking, and whether he influenced the moral thought after him are other issues discussed in the book.

 
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Nasîrüddîn Tûsî’nin Ahlâk Felsefesi

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This book examines the existence and divinity in the thought of Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Tūsī who is one of the prominent philosophers and theologians of the 13th century. In this respect, the book deals with various issues based on al-Tūsī&rsquo;s Arabic and Persian books, such as existence, nature, the separation between existence and nature, the fields of existence, inexistence, theory of states, &nbsp;recognitions of reason as an attribution, classification of possible existence, proving God&rsquo;s existence, God&rsquo;s attributes and actions. The book presents that al-Tūsī&rsquo;s views on existence and divinity in general manifest similarities with Avicenna&rsquo;s views and that he diverges on certain points from traditional thinking.

There is also detailed information on al-Tūsī&rsquo;s life and intellectual biography in the introduction of the book.

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Nasîrüddin Tûsî’de Varlık ve Ulûhiyyet

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By their surviving examples, Anatolian libraries established from the period of Saljukids until the Republican period are important testimonials for the history of our culture that provide us information on their architecture, history of their development, their personnel, and administration.

Based on K&ouml;pr&uuml;l&uuml; Library (1661) in Istanbul, it is usually accepted that the earliest independent libraries goes back to mid-17th century. Even though there is no endowment deed or epitaph of available to us, with the anonymous library in Menemen that we study in our book, it seems possible to take this date back to the end of 15th or beginning of 16th century.

The construction of libraries in Anatolia that had slowly gained a certain architectural identity in the 16th and 17th centuries gained momentum in the 18th century and showed its real progress in the 19th century. Whereas the earliest independent example in Istanbul appeared in mid-17th century, showed certain development in the 18th century in parallel to the cultural structure of the period, and finally flourished in the 19th century. This book is in a way a documentary work that examines Anatolian libraries from all aspects.

 
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Anadolu'daki Türk Kütüphaneleri

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İsmail E. Er&uuml;nsal - Fatih &Ccedil;ardaklı - Mustafa Birol &Uuml;lker (1953-2010) 
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2012, 1060 s. 
ISBN 978-605-588-684-3

 
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