Program: Sâmiha Ayverdi and Her Echoes in Our Time

10.00-10.30 Opening Remarks

Prof. Dr. Emine Yeniterzi
Head of the Department of Sufi Culture and Literature, Üsküdar University Institute for Sufi Studies
Deputy Director, Üsküdar University Institute for Sufi Studies

Emine Bağlı
President of TÜRKKAD

Cemalnur Sargut
Advisor to the Rector, Üsküdar University
Founder of Kerim Foundation

Session 1

10.30-11.40 Session Chair: Asst. Prof. Dr. Cangüzel Güner Zülfikar
Deputy Director and Faculty Member, Üsküdar University Institute for Sufi Studies

Şehvar Tükek Second Birth and Spiritual Resurrection in Sâmiha Ayverdi

Deniz Yağlı Sâmiha Ayverdi’s Novel İnsan ve Şeytan (Man and Satan): The Role of Satan in the Spiritual Maturation of the Human Being

Serkan İçtem Sâmiha Ayverdi and the Beautiful Human Being

10-minute question-and-answer session

20-minute break

Session 2

12.00-13.10 Session Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zeyneb Çağlıyan İçener
Faculty Member, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, İstanbul Commerce University

Filiz Kavaklı Sâmiha Ayverdi’s Creative Freedom

Elif Titrek The Principle of İ‘lâ-yı Kelimetullah: Remembering the Forgotten, Seeking the Lost

10-minute question-and-answer session

20-minute break

Concert

İstanbul Türk Ocağı Ömürlü Mûsikî Topluluğu

Zekâi Dede’s Sûzidil Mevlevî Âyîn

Conductor: Elif Ömürlü Uyar

Biographies

Şehvar Tükek, Second Birth and Spiritual Resurrection in Sâmiha Ayverdi

A graduate of the Department of English Language and Literature at Boğaziçi University, Şehvar Tükek completed the master’s program in Sufi Culture and Literature at Üsküdar University with her thesis titled “Tasavvufta Analık Kavramı: Sâmiha Ayverdi ve Vehbi Güneri’ye Mektupları” (The Concept of Motherhood in Sufism: Sâmiha Ayverdi and Her Letters to Vehbi Güneri). She is currently a doctoral student in the Department of Islamic Civilization, Thought, History and Literature at Üsküdar University Institute for Sufi Studies. Şehvar Tükek, who serves as Secretary General of the Kerim Education, Culture and Health Foundation, is also a member of the Board of Directors of the İstanbul Branch of the Turkish Women’s Cultural Association.

Deniz Yağlı Sâmiha Ayverdi’s Novel İnsan ve Şeytan (Man and Satan): The Role of Satan in the Spiritual Maturation of the Human Being

A graduate of the Faculty of Communication at İstanbul University, Deniz Yağlı completed a master’s degree at Üsküdar University Institute for Sufi Studies with the thesis titled “Sâmiha Ayverdi’nin İnsan ve Şeytan Eserinde İnsan-Şeytan İlişkisi” (The Human–Satan Relationship in Sâmiha Ayverdi’s İnsan ve Şeytan). Deniz Yağlı is a student in the Institute’s doctoral program in Islamic Civilization, Thought, History and Literature.

Serkan İçtem, Sâmiha Ayverdi and the Beautiful Human Being

After graduating from the Faculty of Law at İstanbul University, Serkan İçtem began his career as a lawyer and completed a master’s degree in law at New York University. In 2023 he graduated from Üsküdar University Institute for Sufi Studies with his thesis titled “Tasavvuf Düşüncesinde Cemâl Kavramı ve Sâmiha Ayverdi’nin Cemâl Anlayışı” (The Concept of Cemâl in Sufi Thought and Sâmiha Ayverdi’s Understanding of Cemâl). He continues to practice as a lawyer at the law firm of which he is a founding partner.

Filiz Kavaklı, Sâmiha Ayverdi’s Creative Freedom

Filiz Kavaklı is a graduate of the Department of Business Administration at Gazi University. She completed her first master’s degree in Italy on “Banking and Entrepreneurship in the New European Countries.” She is an executive at a private bank. At Üsküdar University Institute for Sufi Studies she completed her master’s thesis titled “Tasavvufî Bakış Açısıyla Sâmiha Ayverdi’nin İnsan ve Şeytan romanında İnsanın Hürriyeti Kavramı” (The Concept of Human Freedom in Sâmiha Ayverdi’s Novel İnsan ve Şeytan from a Sufi Perspective), and she is now continuing her studies as a doctoral student in the Institute’s program in Islamic Civilization, Thought, History and Literature.

Elif Titrek The Principle of İ‘lâ-yı Kelimetullah: Remembering the Forgotten, Seeking the Lost

Born in Bursa, Elif Titrek graduated from the Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Uludağ University. She completed her master’s degree in the Department of Sufi Culture and Literature at Üsküdar University Institute for Sufi Studies with her thesis titled “Sâmiha Ayverdi’nin Kölelikten Efendiliğe İsimli Eserinde İ‘lâ-yı Kelimetullah Kavramı” (The Concept of İ‘lâ-yı Kelimetullah in Sâmiha Ayverdi’s Kölelikten Efendiliğe).

She is a doctoral student in the program in Islamic Civilization, Thought, History and Literature at Üsküdar University Institute for Sufi Studies. She works as an English teacher at a private school in Bursa.