TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

  • A 60-hour training program for 15 weeks, 4 hours per week, for a total of 60 hours
  • September 23, 2016 – January 14, 2017
  • Weekday and weekend classes
  • Weekday group: Friday 09.00 – 13.00 / Weekend group: Saturday 09.00 – 13.00
  • 1 cultural trip
  • Program fee 2200 TL (VAT Included)
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COURSES

 

Introduction to Sufi Thought Osman Nuri Küçük, Assoc. Prof. Dr.

16 hours

It discusses the place of Sufism among Islamic sciences, the principles of its methodology that has been shaped for centuries and its effects on Islamic thought and practice; Sufism’s conception of man, the spiritual evolutions envisaged for man in the relationship between God-universe-human, through the lives and teachings of scholars such as Mevlana, Yunus Emre, Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli, Ibn ‘Arabî. The contemporary relevance of these teachings, the solutions offered by Sufism to the human ‘search for meaning’, and the basic religious/sufic concepts that shape their impact on human individual and social life are examined.

 

Introduction to Sufi History Muhammed Badakhan, Dr.

16 hours

In this course, topics such as the origin of Sufism, its emergence as a discipline, its institutionalization and its representations in different geographies in the historical process will be discussed, while there will be the opportunity to mention important Sufi personalities.

 

Sufism with Texts Cemalnur Sargut, Arzu Eylül Yalçınkaya, Lecturer. Yard.

12 hours

Within the scope of this course, the ability to read and interpret these works will be developed by reading from Sufi masterpieces.

 

Introduction to Sufi Turkish Literature Emine Yeniterzi, Prof. Dr.

8 hours

In this course, the first representatives of Sufi Turkish literature in Central Asia and Anatolia, Ahmad-i Yesevî, Mevlânâ and Yûnus Emre’s Sufi understanding of the value and consciousness of being human/soul, moral beauty and advice on the ways of having a rich inner world will be discussed in the spiral of Sufism and literature; methods of determination, analysis and composition of these teachings will be taught.

 

The Relationship of Sufism with Other Disciplines Nevzat Tarhan, Prof. Dr., İsmail Taşpınar, Prof. Dr.,Sinan Canan, Prof. Dr.

8 hours

Within the scope of the courses where Sufism will be discussed together with other disciplines, participants will have the opportunity to discover the relationship of Sufism that has penetrated all areas of life. The seminars within the scope of this course will be given for four weeks by inviting well-known experts in the fields of psychology, behavioral sciences and art.

 

Culture Trip Kerim Exclusive, Kerim Foundation

This trip will take place on Saturday for weekday groups and on Sunday for weekend groups.

 

HIDDEN WISDOM IN HAGIA SOPHIA

 

Seminar and Excursion Program:

 

Trip Leader : Yard. Assoc. Dr. Nazende Yilmaz

Recommended Start and End Time : 09:00 – 17:00

Total Duration : 8 hours

Seminar Duration : 09:00 – 11:00

Transfer Departure : 11:15 – 12:15

Lunch : 12:30 – 13:30

Trip Duration : 2 hours

Transfer Return : 16:00 – 17:00

 


Included Services:
 Seminar, Roundtrip Transfer, Lunch, Museum Entrance Fee

 

Brief information about the seminar and the trip:

Hagia Sophia, one of the most impressive temples of all time, continues to play a unifying role today. It harbors many different cultures and beliefs. Perhaps it would be right to look for this feature in the name “Hagia Sophia”, which is described as “Holy Wisdom”. It is rumored that this was the name of the pagan temple located in the same place before the church was built. Even after it was converted into a mosque, the name remained unchanged. What comes to mind when we think of “Holy Wisdom” or “Hidden Wisdom”? Aren’t the first people in history who taught wisdom to people always the righteous prophets? Idris, the father of wisdom, Prophet Solomon, who built the magnificent temple, the wisdom of Moses, which later turned into Kabbalah, and finally, the Muhammadan wisdom reflected from Ibn-i Arabi in perhaps its most brilliant form… It is possible to see the traces and symbols of these under the dome of “Hagia Sophia”.

 

Who is Nazende Yilmaz?

Nazende Yılmaz graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Interior Architecture and received her master’s degree from Marmara University Institute of Turkiat Studies. He completed his PhD in Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Institute of Social Sciences – History of Art Program with his thesis “Music and Space in the 19th Century Istanbul Cultural Environment”. He has lectured on Art History and Cultural History at various universities and worked under the leadership of Dr. Bruce Lawrence and Dr. Miriam Cook in the summer school of Duke University in Turkey.

She currently serves as an Assistant Professor at Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design, Department of Interior Architecture. He has many domestic and international publications in the fields of art history, architecture and music relations.

 

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