MERSIN UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF THEOLOGY

1st THEOLOGY STUDIES STUDENT SYMPOSIUM

Presentation Format: In-person

MAY 15, 2025

TOPICS

1-         Arabic Language and Rhetoric,	11-       Sociology of Religion,
2-         Hadith,	12-       Psychology of Religion,
3-         Islamic Law,	13-       Religious Education,
4-         History of Islamic Sects,	14-       History of Religions,
5-         Kalām (Islamic Theology),	15-       History of Philosophy,
6-         Qirāʾāt (Quran Recitation)	16-       Logic,
7-         Sufism,	17-       Turkish-Islamic History,
8-         TafsÄ«r (Quranic Exegesis),	18-       Turkish-Islamic Literature,
9-         Islamic Philosophy,	19-       History of Turkish-Islamic Arts
10-       Philosophy of Religion,	20-       Turkish Religious Music 21-       SÄ«rah (Prophetic Biography) 22-       Islamic History

Papers may be presented on all topics included in these scholarly disciplines.

ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM

We are pleased to organize the 1st Theology Studies Student Symposium of the Mersin University Faculty of Theology.

This symposium aims to encourage students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs in the social sciences to undertake scholarly work in the fields of Theology. 

You must fill out the Abstract Submission Form available on our website and send it to mersinilahiyatsempozyumu@gmail.com by February 28, 2025. Abstracts will be evaluated by the review committee, and accepted papers will be announced on our page at a later date.

The scope of the symposium is scholarly work in the field of theology prepared by students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs in the social sciences. Researchers participating in the symposium must be enrolled students in any undergraduate or graduate program in the social sciences. All participants are expected to comply with the deadlines set in the symposium calendar.

To assist students who wish to apply for the symposium, a seminar on "How to prepare an abstract?" will be given; and for those whose abstracts are accepted, a seminar on "How to write a full text and how to make an academic presentation?" will be provided. The dates when this seminar will be held will be announced here.

Participation in the symposium is free of charge.

 

SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES

Articles and papers constitute the ability for independent work in the academic field. An article is a piece of writing published in academic journals to explain a fact, put forward views and opinions, or defend and support a thesis or hypothesis on a specific subject in a particular field. A paper is an academic publication presented in officially organized symposia or congresses with the purpose of presenting original academic thoughts on a topic in a scholarly style before a group of experts. The scope of the symposium is scholarly work in the fields of Basic Islamic Sciences, Philosophy and Religious Sciences, and Islamic History and Arts, prepared by undergraduate and graduate students studying in the social sciences.

With this symposium, it is aimed to prepare a scholarly environment where students who wish to conduct academic work in the theological sciences can present papers related to their chosen areas of expertise and express themselves; and to publish as full texts the papers accepted and presented in sessions chaired by faculty members. Through this, it is aimed to contribute to the world of scholarship; and to enable undergraduate and graduate students to gain experience in preparing and presenting papers. It is with these objectives that a symposium titled "1st Theology Studies Student Symposium" will be organized by our faculty on May 15, 2025, in order to support young prospective academics and enable them to gain academic experience.

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract Submission Deadline	: February 28, 2025
Announcement of Accepted Abstracts	: March 5, 2025
Full Text Submission Deadline	: May 5, 2025
Symposium Date	: May 15, 2025

 

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Researchers participating in the symposium must be enrolled students in undergraduate or graduate programs in the social sciences.

Symposium topics must be within the core theological fields described above.

All participants must comply with the dates specified in the symposium calendar.

Papers may be in Turkish, Arabic, and English.

Submitted works must be original studies that have not been published anywhere before. In this regard, full-text papers will be screened through the Turnitin program, and papers with a similarity rate exceeding 25% (excluding references) will not be accepted.

The abstract, including the purpose, method, sources, and probable results of the paper, must be between 250-350 words, and the full text must be between 2500-3000 words.

It is mandatory that abstracts of papers be sent to the e-mail address mersinilahiyatsempozyumu@gmail.com by February 28, 2025, and full texts by May 5, 2025.

Abstracts and full texts of papers to be submitted to the symposium must be prepared in accordance with the template announced on our web page.

The ISNAD2 footnote citation system must be used in full-text papers.

Accepted abstracts will be published in the Abstract Book. Additionally, the full-text papers of researchers whose submissions are accepted are planned to be published as BOOK CHAPTERS.

For confirmed participation in the symposium, the full text of the paper must be sent to mersinilahiyatsempozyumu@gmail.com by May 5, 2025, and the said paper must be accepted by the scientific committee.

All communication with participants will be conducted through the e-mail address mersinilahiyatsempozyumu@gmail.com.

 

To download the abstract template, click here.

To download the full-text template, click here.

No fee is charged for symposium participation.

 

SYMPOSIUM FORMAT

Participation in the symposium will be in-person.

 

SYMPOSIUM VENUE

Mersin University Faculty of Theology

 

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Prof. Dr. Abdulvahid SEZEN (Chair)

Assoc. Prof. Ä°brahim YILDIZ

Assoc. Prof. Hasan TELLÄ°

Assoc. Prof. Mustafa AYDIN

Asst. Prof. Harun TAKÇI

Res. Asst. Rumeysa BALCI POLAT

Res. Asst. Rahime Aksa BOYRAZ

Res. Asst. Furkan GAN

Res. Asst. Ahmet HARMAN

Res. Asst. Mustafa BOZ

Res. Asst. Beyzanur AYBAKAN

 

SCIENTIFIC AND REVIEW COMMITTEE

Prof. Dr. Abdulvahid SEZEN (Mersin University)

Prof. Dr. Ali KARATAŞ (Sakarya University)

Prof. Dr. Aydın Taş (Dicle University)

Prof. Dr. Ayhan HÄ°RA (Kocaeli University)

Prof. Dr. Bünyamin Erul (Ankara University)

Prof. Dr. Enbiya Yıldırım (Ankara University)

Prof. Dr. Halide ASLAN (Ankara University)

Prof. Dr. Hiroki VAKAMATSU (Mersin University)

Prof. Dr. Mehmet VURAL (Yıldırım Beyazıt University)

Prof. Dr. Muhammed YILMAZ (Çukurova University)

Prof. Dr. Murat KAYACAN (İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University)

Prof. Dr. Mustafa ÖNCÜ (Mersin University)

Prof. Dr. Osman Aydınlı (Ankara University)

Prof. Dr. Ömer Faruk TEBER (Akdeniz University)

Prof. Dr. Süleyman KAYA (İstanbul University)

Prof. Dr. Şevket Kotan (İstanbul University)

Prof. Dr. Yasin YILMAZ (Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University)

Assoc. Prof. Ahmet GÜL (Şırnak University)

Assoc. Prof. Emine DEMİL (Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University)

Assoc. Prof. Ercan ŞEN (Afyon Kocatepe University)

Assoc. Prof. Günnur AYDOĞDU (Eskişehir Osmangazi University)

Assoc. Prof. Hasan TELLÄ° (Mersin University)

Assoc. Prof. Ä°brahim YILDIZ (Mersin University)

Assoc. Prof. İsmail KURT (Balıkesir University)

Assoc. Prof. Mahmut TEKİN (Şırnak University)

Assoc. Prof. Memet Öztürk  (Fırat University)

Assoc. Prof. Memet Zeki UYANIK (Mersin University)

Assoc. Prof. Merve SAÇLI (Mersin University)

Assoc. Prof. Mustafa AYDIN (Mersin University)

Assoc. Prof. Necmettin AZAK (İzmir Bakırçay University)

Assoc. Prof. Nizamettin ERGÃœVEN (Mersin University)

Assoc. Prof. Rabia Zahide Damar (Giresun University)

Assoc. Prof. Serkan ÇELİKAN (Çukurova University)

Assoc. Prof. Tahsin Kazan (Fırat University)

Assoc. Prof. Tahsin Kazan (Fırat University)

Assoc. Prof. Yusuf OkÅŸar (Mustafa Kemal University)

Asst. Prof. Eşref ŞAHİN (Mersin University)

Asst. Prof. Harun TAKCI (Mersin University)

Asst. Prof. Ä°brahim SÄ°ZGEN (Hatay Mustafa Kemal University)

Asst. Prof. Mehmet Kuyanay (Gümüşhane University)

Asst. Prof. Mevsim ZENGÄ°N (Mersin University)

Asst. Prof. Muhammet ÇOL (Aydın Adnan Menderes University)

Asst. Prof. Mustafa KAYA (Mersin University)

Asst. Prof. Nihat TARI (Bitlis Eren University)

Asst. Prof. Rıdvan YARBA (Osmaniye Korkut Ata University)

Asst. Prof. Sehal Deniz VARLIK (Mersin University)

Asst. Prof. Serkan GÖKALP (Mersin University)

Dr. Fatma Yüksel Çamur (Religious Affairs Specialist)

Lecturer Muzaffer Ä°NNECÄ° (Mersin University)

 

SECRETARIAT

Res. Asst. Rumeysa BALCI POLAT

Res. Asst. Rahime Aksa BOYRAZ

Res. Asst. Ahmet HARMAN

Res. Asst. Beyzanur AYBAKAN

Res. Asst. Furkan GAN

Res. Asst. Mustafa BOZ

Ayşe ŞAHİN

Esma ATÄ°LLA

Şemse ERDOĞAN

Zülfiye SAV

 

E-mail: mersinilahiyatsempozyumu@gmail.com

Note: Accommodation and travel expenses are the responsibility of the participant.