PROGRAMME

15–17 October 2026 · Necmettin Erbakan University, Ahmet Keleşoğlu Faculty of Theology · Konya

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME

PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE

15 OCTOBER 2026 · THURSDAY

16 OCTOBER 2026 · FRIDAY

17 OCTOBER 2026 · SATURDAY · ONLINE

15 OCTOBER 2026 · THURSDAY

OPENING CEREMONY

Nezahat Keleşoğlu Conference Hall

Chair:  Prof. Dr. Ömer Soner HUNKAN
10.30–10.45	Ömer SAKALLI Grandson of Fahri Kulu Efendi (through his daughter)	From a Grandson’s Telling: Fahri Kulu Efendi — Memories and Traces
10.45–11.00	Prof. Dr. Hanifi ŞAHİN Atatürk University	The Consciousness of the Ummah in Sadreddin Konevî and Metaphysical Foundations against Schism
11.00–11.15	Prof. Dr. Doğan KAPLAN Necmettin Erbakan University	The Spiritual Topography and Social Network of 13th–14th Century Konya in the Light of the Persons and Place Names in Ahmed Eflâkî’s Menâkıbu’l-Ârifîn
11.15–11.30	Prof. Dr. Caner ARABACI KTO Karatay University	Gevrakî Hacı Abdülkadir Efendi, One of Konya’s Spiritual Architects
11.30–11.45	Prof. Dr. Hisham Sawadi HASHIM University of Nineveh	From Mosul to Konya: Siraj al-Din al-Urmawi and the Role of Scholarly Networks in Building the Scientific and Spiritual Memory of the Seljuk City

Each paper is allotted 15 minutes — 20 minutes in sessions with three papers; the remaining time is reserved for discussion and Q&A.

Chair:  Prof. Dr. Hasan BAHAR
12.00–12.20	Prof. Dr. Hasan BAHAR – Prof. Dr. Murat ORAL – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat TURGUT Selçuk University · Konya Technical University	The Religious Architects of Hittite-Period Konya: Tuthalia IV, Kurunta(?) and Warpalawaš
12.20–12.40	Prof. Dr. Fatih Mehmet BERK – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa ARSLAN Necmettin Erbakan University · Selçuk University	The Saints of Iconium
12.40–13.00	Prof. Dr. Kasım ERTAŞ Şırnak University	A Female Saint in the Early Christian Tradition: Thekla of Iconium
13.00–13.30	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ali HACIGÖKMEN
12.00–12.20	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vesile ALBAYRAK SAK Necmettin Erbakan University	Architects of the Architects: Human Traces of the Master–Disciple Relationship in 13th-Century Konya
12.20–12.40	Dr. Mahmut ASLAN Ministry of National Education	Sultan Veled and Konya: The Formation of Mevlevism in Konya in Terms of Legacy, Memory and Meaning
12.40–13.00	Ayfer CAN Necmettin Erbakan University	Ulu Ârif Çelebi, Grandson of Mevlânâ: His Life, Personality and Sufi Thought
13.00–13.30	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Prof. Dr. Ahmet TÜRKAN
12.00–12.20	Res. Asst. Nuri ÇİÇEK Aksaray University	Sadreddîn Konevî and the Grounding of Metaphysics as a Science
12.20–12.40	Prof. Dr. Hüseyin GÜNEŞ Şırnak University	The Contribution of Judge Sirâcüddîn Urmevî (d. 1283) to the Scholarly Milieu of Konya
12.40–13.00	Dr. Res. Asst. Menekşe Filiz YILDIRIM Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University	Language and Rhetoric in Zeynüddîn er-Râzî’s Method of Commentary: A Study on Künûzü’l-Berâ‘a
13.00–13.30	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Prof. Dr. Faruk KARAASLAN
14.30–14.50	Asst. Prof. Dr. Muhammad MASHARIB Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University	Ḥadīth as the Source of Rūmī’s Mathnawī: A Reappraisal of Orientalist Approach Regarding the Origins of Taṣawwuf
14.50–15.10	Prof. Dr. Syed Naeem BADSHAH – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Naseem AKHTER The University of Agriculture, Peshawar · Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar	Shams of Tabriz and the Spiritual Transformation of Konya: His Influence on Mawlana Rumi and the Formation of Konya’s Spiritual Memory
15.10–15.30	Dr. Abdul RASHEED – Sahar RAJPER Bahria University Karachi	The Spiritual Bridge between Konya and South Asia: ʿAllāma Iqbāl’s Conceptualization of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī as Pīr-i Rūmī
15.30–16.00	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Prof. Dr. Bekir BİÇER
14.30–14.50	Asst. Prof. Dr. Edip AKYOL Samsun University	A Political Actor in Seljuk Konya: Muînüddîn Süleyman Pervâne’s Administrative Strategies and His Relations with Religious Circles
14.50–15.10	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ş. Cem TUYSUZ Trakya University	Emir Temürtaş’s Declaration of Mahdihood in Konya and His Political and Social Activities
15.10–15.30	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muammer ULUTÜRK Necmettin Erbakan University	The Personality and Philanthropy of Grand Vizier Pîrî Mehmed Pasha
15.30–16.00	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Prof. Dr. Mustafa AKKUŞ
14.30–14.50	Dr. Büşra BAĞCI Necmettin Erbakan University	A Sufi from Konya in the Revival of Anatolia: Selâhaddîn-i Zerkûb
14.50–15.10	Dr. Ayşenur ÜNAL Independent researcher	The Attitude of the Mevlevis towards Bâtinî Groups in the 13th Century
15.10–15.30	Assoc. Prof. Dr. İzzetullah ZEKİ Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University	Turkestani Sages and Men of Letters in the Anatolian Seljuk State: The Case of Seyf-i Fergânî
15.30–16.00	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Prof. Dr. İsmail KIVRIM
16.15–16.30	Fatih ÖZ Necmettin Erbakan University	A Scholar of Two Wings in Konya’s Tradition of Learning and Wisdom: The Unity of Fiqh and Sufism, the Madrasa–Lodge Relationship and the Scholarly Legacy of Ebû Saîd Muhammed el-Hâdimî
16.30–16.45	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Bilal ÖZTÜRK Dokuz Eylül University	What Was the Understanding of Learning in the 18th-Century Konya Region? An Assessment with Particular Reference to the Hâdimîs
16.45–17.00	Dr. Res. Asst. Ülfer KARABULUT Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University	Ahmed el-Hâdimî’s Approach to the Definitions of Knowledge: A Study on Risâle el-Mezâhib fî Ta‘rîfi’l-İlm
17.00–17.15	Asst. Prof. Dr. Muhammet Ali ÇAĞLAR Necmettin Erbakan University	A Hidden Value of the Hâdimî Family: Ebû Naîm el-Hâdimî and His Jurisprudence
17.15–17.30	Prof. Dr. İsmail BİLGİLİ Necmettin Erbakan University	Memiş Efendi and His Certificates of Authorisation (Ijâzas)
17.30–17.45	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Prof. Dr. Kemal ÖZCAN
16.15–16.30	Asst. Prof. Dr. Fatih Muhammed ÇAKMAK Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University	The Use of a Sufi Text as a Source for the Life of the Prophet: The Image of the Prophet in Tâhir Büyükkörükçü’s Work “The Prophet through the Eyes of Mevlânâ and the Mesnevî”
16.30–16.45	Dr. Hakimov Munisjon MURODOVİÇ Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan	A Publication of the Konya Metropolitan Municipality: The Academic Uzbek Translation of the Mesnevî-i Ma‘nevî and Its Significance
16.45–17.00	Dr. Bayram KARAKULLUKCU Erciyes University	A Legacy Torn from Its Context: The Mevlevî Ceremony Assessed in the Light of UNESCO Directives in the Context of Commercialisation and Overtourism
17.00–17.15	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gulnoz SATTOROVA Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan	Common Features of the Concepts of Faith and Morality in the Works of Mevlânâ Celâleddîn-i Rûmî and Leo Tolstoy
17.15–17.45	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hikmet Salahaddin GEZİCİ
16.15–16.30	Sibel KARATAŞ Independent researcher	The Post on the City Walls: The Spiritual Construction of Konya through the Legend of Ali Gav and the Evolution of a Space from Zawiya to Madrasa
16.30–16.45	Alper SIZLANAN Istanbul University	The Formation of a Scholarly Infrastructure in the Memory of Stone: The Madrasa, Waqf and Architectural Legacy of Bedreddin Gevhertaş
16.45–17.00	Assoc. Prof. Dr. İbrahim ÇETİN Necmettin Erbakan University	Traces of the Eşrefoğulları in Konya’s Spiritual Memory: A Mathematical Analysis of a Geometric Pattern in the Eşrefoğlu Mosque and Its Reconstruction with Dynamic Software
17.00–17.15	Dr. Hacer ÇELİK Ministry of National Education	Seyyid Harun Velî and the Founding of Seydişehir
17.15–17.45	Discussion and Q&A

16 OCTOBER 2026 · FRIDAY

Chair:  Prof. Dr. Caner ARABACI
09.00–09.15	Hatice ERGÜN ATÇI Necmettin Erbakan University	An Analytical Approach to the Books Written about Hacıveyiszâde Mustafa Kurucu Efendi
09.15–09.30	Asst. Prof. Dr. Rabia DOĞRU Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University	Konya’s Literary Memory in the Memoirs of Ali Ulvi Kurucu
09.30–09.45	Lect. Dr. Fatih ÇOLAK Necmettin Erbakan University	A Turkestani Scholar among the Friends of Hacı Veyiszade Efendi: Muhammed Aziz Tüleykan–Metes Kâri
09.45–10.00	Res. Asst. Ali Rıza IŞIN Necmettin Erbakan University	A Bridging Figure from the Madrasa to the Faculty of Theology: Asst. Prof. Dr. Kurrâ Hâfız Ali Rıza Işın (1930–2022)
10.00–10.30	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Assoc. Prof. Dr. İbrahim ÇETİN
09.00–09.15	Prof. Dr. Ali AKPINAR Necmettin Erbakan University	Ni’metüllah Nahcivânî (Azerbaijan–Nakhchivan, d. 920/1514, Akşehir/Konya) and His Method of Qur’anic Exegesis
09.15–09.30	Lect. Dr. Sinanettin Arif ÖZDEMİR – Lect. Dr. Muhammed Emin ERDİM Iğdır University · Selçuk University	Nûh b. Mustafa el-Konevî’s Approach to Problematic Hadiths Concerning Creed in His Commentary on Câmiu’s-Sağîr
09.30–09.45	Lect. Dr. Halil İbrahim ÜREN Necmettin Erbakan University	Mehmed Emin Efendi of Konya (d. 1174/1760) and His Work Tabakâtü’l-Kurrâ fi’l-Kırââti’s-Seb‘a
09.45–10.00	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Taha ÇELİK Necmettin Erbakan University	Mehmed Vehbi of Konya’s Abridgement of Sahîh-i Buhârî Tecrîd-i Sarîh and Its Comparison with Ahmed Naim’s Translation
10.00–10.30	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Prof. Dr. Abdullah ACAR
09.00–09.15	Prof. Dr. Mehmet İPÇİOĞLU Necmettin Erbakan University	The Sâdât and the Office of Deputy Nakîbüleşrâf among the Spiritual Architects of Ottoman Konya
09.15–09.30	Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Veysel AKCAN Necmettin Erbakan University	A Judge and the Legal Tradition in Konya’s Urban Memory: Mevlânâ Hıfzı Abdurrahman Efendi
09.30–09.45	Bekir ŞAHİN Konya Regional Directorate of Manuscripts	A Scholar in Konya’s Tradition of Learning and Fatwa: Hüseyin Feyzi Efendi of Kadınhanı (1824–1894)
09.45–10.00	Prof. Dr. İsmail KIVRIM Necmettin Erbakan University	Abdurrahman Efendi, Mufti of Konya, es-Seyyid Eşenlerlizâde
10.00–10.30	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Prof. Dr. Doğan KAPLAN
11.00–11.20	Prof. Dr. Ibtihal Adel IBRAHIM University of Kirkuk	Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi: A Pioneer of Philosophical Sufism (‘Irfan) in Konya during the Seventh Century AH
11.20–11.40	Prof. Dr. Muhammed Abdullah AHMED University of Mosul	Konya as a Destination for Sufi Journeys: Incoming Sufi Figures and Their Contribution to Shaping the City’s Spiritual Memory in the 7th and 8th Centuries AH
11.40–12.00	Prof. Dr. Muhanned Nafi‘ Hattab EL-MUHTAR University of Mosul	The Perception of Celâleddîn-i Rûmî in Contemporary Arab Culture: A Study on the Transformation of Sufi Discourse from Philosophical Elites to Mass Platforms
12.00–12.30	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Halil İbrahim ÇELİK
11.00–11.15	Asst. Prof. Dr. Funda ARSLAN BİLGİN Necmettin Erbakan University	Behiç Erkin’s Years in Konya: Institutions Established in the City by a Railway Administration (1921–1924)
11.15–11.30	Prof. Dr. Alpaslan Hamdi KUZUCUOĞLU Istanbul Medeniyet University	Dr. Mehmet Hulusi Baybal, One of Konya’s Spiritual Architects: A Model of City-Building through Health, Education and Waqf Services
11.30–11.45	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa ÖZTÜRK – Ayşe KIRAT Selçuk University	Reflections of Konya’s Cultural and Spiritual Memory in the Art of Painting
11.45–12.00	Lect. Dr. Cihad DOĞAN Bursa Uludağ University	Spiritual Memory and the Representation of the Spiritual Architects in Konya’s City Brand Identity
12.00–12.30	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Prof. Dr. Ömer AKDAĞ
11.00–11.15	Prof. Dr. Ramazan ACAR Selçuk University	İsmail Efendi, Müderris of the Camili Madrasa, from the Hotamış Turkmens
11.15–11.30	Lect. Hasan ÇİFTÇİ Necmettin Erbakan University	Hafız Hasan Hüseyin Varol Hoca, Teacher of the Qur’an, and His Methods of Qur’anic Instruction
11.30–11.45	Asst. Prof. Dr. Şükriye Pınar ÖZYALVAÇ Necmettin Erbakan University	Konya’s Spiritual Architects through the Hâdimî Library: Founders, Book Endowers and Librarians (Hâfız-ı Kütüb)
11.45–12.00	Hasan YAŞAR Konya Regional Directorate of Manuscripts	The Life, Works and Library of Mehmet Eminoğlu
12.00–12.30	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Prof. Dr. Ahmet DÖNMEZ
14.30–14.45	Prof. Dr. Murat AK Necmettin Erbakan University	Keçecizâde İzzet Molla’s Mihnet-keşân in the Context of Province–Centre Relations
14.45–15.00	Asst. Prof. Dr. Abdulvahap ALICI Necmettin Erbakan University	The Life and Martyrdom of the Venerable Martyr Abdülezel Pasha
15.00–15.15	Ahmet ÇELİK Ministry of National Education	The Letters Sent by Şeyhzade Ahmet Ziya Efendi from Prison to Ali Rıza Efendi and Their Assessment
15.15–15.30	Dr. Rıdvan KIZILKAYA Independent researcher	The Reflection of Spiritual Heritage in the War of Independence: Ali Kemal Hoca, One of the Leaders of the Konya Kuvâ-yı Milliye
15.30–15.45	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nejdet GÖK Necmettin Erbakan University	The Veyiszade Family from Veyiszade Mustafa Kurucu to Ali Ulvi Kurucu: Their Lives, Scholarly Personalities and a Misattributed Preaching Warrant
15.45–16.00	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Prof. Dr. Yakup KAYA
14.30–14.45	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Halil İbrahim ÇELİK Necmettin Erbakan University	Gilisralızade Hacı Tahir Efendi (1863–1945)
14.45–15.00	Hamide GÜMÜŞ KTO Karatay University	A Wise Turkestani Fighter in Konya: Ahmet Haki İzler
15.00–15.15	Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşe AYDIN Necmettin Erbakan University	The Memory of a Spiritual Architect: Practices of Remembrance in the Case of Ladikli Ahmet Hüdai in Konya
15.15–15.30	Asst. Prof. Dr. Eyüp AKDOĞAN Hakkari University	Building the Memory of the City through Poetry: The Image of Konya in the Poems of Kaşıkçı Ali Rıza Konevî
15.30–15.45	Lect. Abdulhalim KOÇKUZU Istanbul University	A Hadith Scholar and Mesnevî Reciter Raised in Konya’s Basin of Learning and Wisdom: Prof. Dr. Ali Osman Koçkuzu
15.45–16.00	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa ÖZTÜRK
14.30–14.45	Prof. Dr. Fevzi RENÇBER Şırnak University	Mevlânâ Celâleddîn Rûmî’s Perception of Religious Denominations and His Conception of the Ummah: An Assessment from the Perspective of the History of Islamic Sects
14.45–15.00	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali ÇOBAN Necmettin Erbakan University	Do Not Hurt Even If You Are Hurt: The Principle of Not Being Hurt and Not Hurting in Mevlânâ and the Later Sufi Tradition
15.00–15.15	Asst. Prof. Dr. Salih TUZER Dokuz Eylül University	Morality, Labour and Social Responsibility in Ahi Evran’s Letâifu’l-Gıyâsiyye from the Perspective of the Ahi Tradition
15.15–15.30	Asst. Prof. Dr. Serhat GÜLTAŞ Bursa Uludağ University	Mevlânâ and the Mesnevî in Vâkıât-ı Üftâde: Üftâde’s Perception of Mevlânâ and His Interpretation of the Mesnevî
15.30–16.00	Discussion and Q&A

17 OCTOBER 2026 · SATURDAY · ONLINE

The Saturday sessions will be held via Microsoft Teams; the links will be sent to participants separately.

Chair:  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Recep KOYUNCU
10.00–10.15	Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Mine AKAR Sivas Cumhuriyet University	An Example of Şathiyye in the Akbarian Tradition: Cendî’s Kasîde-i Gaybiyye
10.15–10.30	Dr. Ahmet AZ Diyanet Academy	The Relationship between Form and Meaning in Evhadüddîn-i Kirmânî and a Study on the Sufi Foundations of Şâhidbâzlık
10.30–10.45	Asst. Prof. Dr. Sema ÖZDEMİR Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University	Views of Eternity in Mevlânâ and Dâvûd Kayserî: The Tree of Immortality and the Water of Life
10.45–11.00	Prof. Dr. Könül HACIYEVA Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences	Konya’s Contribution to the Intellectual Legacy of Şems-i Tebrizî: A Study Centred on Mevlânâ
11.00–11.30	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Prof. Dr. Ahmet Turan YÜKSEL
10.00–10.15	Asst. Prof. Dr. Hicret KARADUMAN Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University	From the Part to the Whole: The Journey to the True Self in Mevlânâ in the Context of the Story of Sheikh Dekûkî
10.15–10.30	Asst. Prof. Dr. Eyyüp YILMAZ Karadeniz Technical University	The Life, Milieu and Sufi Relations of Seyyid Mahmûd Hayrânî in Hagiographic Narratives
10.30–10.45	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cüneyt YILMAZ Onbeş Kasım Cyprus University	An Analysis of State–Society Relations in the Anecdotes of Nasreddin Hoca from the Perspective of Political Science in the Context of Seljuk Konya
10.45–11.00	Asst. Prof. Dr. Melek COŞGUN SOLAK Yozgat Bozok University	The Memorialisation of Religious Authority in the Case of Mevlânâ and the Symbolic Construction of Konya
11.00–11.30	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mücahit YÜKSEL
12.00–12.20	Dr. Muhammad IQBAL National University of Modern Languages	Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī’s Methodology in Unveiling the Secrets of Sūrat al-Fātiḥa: An Analytical Study of Iʿjāz al-Bayān fī Tafsīr Umm al-Qurʾān
12.20–12.40	Dr. Res. Asst. Elif Gül GÖKHAN Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University	A Classical Approach to the Translation of Metaphorical Expressions: Ebû Naîm Ahmed el-Hâdimî’s Treatise Risâle fî hakki’l-elfâzi’l-mecâziyye
12.40–13.00	Asst. Prof. Dr. Bünyamin AÇIKALIN Kilis 7 Aralık University	Scientific Exegesis in Mehmed Vehbi of Konya’s Commentary “Hulâsatu’l-Beyân fî Tefsîri’l-Kur’an”
13.00–13.30	Discussion and Q&A

Chair:  Prof. Dr. Fatih Mehmet BERK
12.00–12.15	Asst. Prof. Dr. Yasin KURNAZ Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University	Hacı Paşa, the Ibn Sīnā of Anatolia: His Teshîl and His Contribution to the Turkicisation of Medicine
12.15–12.30	Lect. Dr. Mustafa Serdar ÖZCAN Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University	The Life of Şeyhülislam Hâmid Efendi of Konya (d. 985/1577) and the Classification of His Fatwa Collections in Manuscript Libraries
12.30–12.45	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan TELLİ Mersin University	The Dersiâms of Hadim Origin at the Bayezid Mosque in Konya
12.45–13.00	Dr. Şahin DOĞAN Necmettin Erbakan University	Lala Mustafa Pasha in the Educational and Cultural Memory of Ilgın: The Sıbyan School and Its Library
13.00–13.30	Discussion and Q&A

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