İlmi Faaliyetler
İstanbul Circle of Learning

Scholarly Activities

Courses and scholarly works conducted with a systematic, organized, and hierarchical approach.

Practical Studies

Workshops

In addition to courses, various workshops are organized at the Istanbul Knowledge Circle. In these workshops, texts related to various sciences are selected, read, and analyzed in detail. In these workshops, which are open to those who meet the specified conditions and commit to fulfilling the expected obligations, the issues contained in the relevant texts are discussed and debated in depth. The workshops held so far are as follows:

Liar Paradox Workshop
Meinongian Ontological Argument Workshop
Hayâlî Workshop
Open Readings

Academic Sessions

At the Istanbul Knowledge Circle, various academic sessions are organized where freer readings and discussions take place compared to the workshops. In these sessions, treatises focusing on important specific issues are sometimes read, while at other times, selected sections of voluminous works are discussed. Some academic sessions held in this context are as follows:

Applied Islamic Jurisprudence: Ihkâmü’l-Ahkâm Readings
Readings from the Book of Knowledge in Ihyâ Ulûm al-Dîn
Discussions on Seyyid Şerif Cürcânî’s Treatises: Tahqiq Ma'na al-Harf and Mir'atiyya
Mu'idu'n-Ni'am Readings
Readings from Mukaddimat-ı Erbaa
Current Issues

Seminars

Istanbul Knowledge Circle is concerned with bringing up various issues related to the present state of Islamic sciences. Within this scope, various seminars have been organized.

Social Scientists and the Study of Islamic Sciences Seminar
"What is the Problem in the Study of Fiqh?" Seminar
The Journey to Becoming a Scholar and the 9 Conflicting Parameters