Ottomans conducted a military expedition to Cyprus in 1570 due to some strategic, financial and religional reasons. This expedition ended up with a victory 1571 and the island became a part of the empire. In this article, we look into the general situation of Cyprus just after the Ottoman conquest and Ottoman treatment to Cypriot people during and after the island’s conguest.

Editörlügünü Mehmet Mahfuz Söylemezin yaptigi bir çalistayin ürünü olan olarak yayimlanan ve Kuran ve Islami Ilimlerin Anlasilmasinda Tarihin Önemi basligini tasiyan eserin tanitimidir.

To understand Cyprus problem and founding out a sustainable solution we need to analyze and understand the role of religion on Cyprus issues in past and today. As it is known both Christian and Muslim cultures left their signs on island and have a strong impact on today’s relationships. As a result of this different effects in The Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus, referred to the Orthodox Christianity and Islam as constituent elements. After division of Christianity, the conflicts between Catholic and Orthodox Churches, Ottomans and Cyprus Orthodox Church became allies. The Ottomans, while trying to reduce Latin’s influence, treated the Orthodox Cypriots with the consideration and gained their good will. In 1821 with the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence, the Greeks of Cyprus attempted to follow in the footsteps of those of Greece; such was the accusation, which Kuchuk Mehmed brought against the bishops and the leading Greek laymen of Cyprus. As a result of this the Archbishop and his archdeacon were hanged, the three Bishops beheaded and the notables dispatched by the Janissaries. This was the break point and beginning of political separation between Ottoman administration and Cyprus Orthodox Church. In this article, I have tried to analyze the developments of relationships between Muslims and Christians under lights of history and give a right perspective to the future relationships.

Cyprus, as a region which was under control of Ottoman Empire between 1571 and 1878 for 3 centuries, is a significant source to analyze Muslim-dhimmi (non-muslim) relations thanks to its demographic structure. This situation can also be seen on Qadi registers of Cyprus law courts. These aforementioned registers, in addition to shedding light on Muslim-dhimmi relations on the island, also contain so much priceless information in terms of practices of Islamic law in the Ottoman period. Therefore, 22 volumes of qadi registers in 17th and 18th centuries constitute the basis of this research and in this article an evaluation is going to be made by focusing on issues related to Islamic family law and submitted to Islamic courts that were occured between Muslims and dhimmis in the Ottoman Cyprus, solutions generated for these cases by qadis, and within this scope the extent to which Islamic law were implemented.

In this article, it will be examined the problems that readers of Quran translations have encountered with. In my opinion, although there are many obstacles making harder to understand Quran, we can classify all of these as meaning and expression disorders. In this study, we try to deal with two obstacles mentioned above in the light of many examples.

The real basics of the belief system in Islam is Tawhid and the aim of Islam in socsal life is unity, solidarity and fellowship. In this article the sense of brotherhood in Islam and its results will be analyzed. In a broad perspective, all mankind is brother/sister because the roots of humanity belongs to Adam and Eve as well as, in a narrow perspective those who are sons and daughters of the same parents or those who have same mother as foster mother are brothers and sisters, and there are legal and moral results of this brother/sisterhood. There is brother/sisterhood from the perspective of having the same ancestor as well as religious brother/ sisterhood. Although there is no legal consequences of the religious brother/sisterhood as much as having the same ancestor, belief unity is examining the basics of the other brother/sisterhood and this brother/sisterhood is not only limited to this world and continues in the heaven, afterlife. As it is understood from this article the unity in the basics of belief gives a meaning to the bortherhood which is coming from foster-motherhood and ancestory. When there is no belief to brotherhood, there will not be any meaning of brotherhood which is based on ancestory.

Seyf-i Fergani (Death before 749/1348) who was born in Maveraunnehir/ West Turkestan spent most of his life around Aksaray in Anatolia. It is possible to see the social, historical and literary characteristics of Anatolia in the years he lived in his poems. As the one of the greatest poets of Persian poetry in Anatolia, Seyfi Fergani, has a poetry (diwan). The poetry has a total of 10,277 bids. Fergani’s poems are composed of ode, ghazel and few continents and rubas. There are three extant copies of the Diwan, in particular the author’s line.

A lot of verses in the Quran contain details and information about the period of Jahiliyyah. For this reason, any information about the period of the Jahiliyyah contributes to a better understanding of the Quran. The correct understanding and interpretation of the information conveyed by the Quran is also extremely important. This article discusses the existence of any worship practice of Namaz similar to the one in its present day form in the Jahiliyyah period. The 35th verse of Enfal Sura is one of the most important verses for good understanding of this subject. This verse is one of the most important arguments of the people who claim that polytheist were aware of the practice of Namaz. In this research, it emerged that the concept of Namaz was not present in its current sense. Analysis of other verses related to this subject also supports this idea. Therefore, the concept of worship ritual of the polytheists in the Jahiliyyah mentioned in the Quran is different than the concept of Namaz in Islam.

Sentences are consisted of a variety of elements such as subjects,verbs and objects. Object is an essential element for the sentences built up by transitive verbs, because object is the element that is affected by the verb committed by the subject in a sentence. When there is no object affected by the transitive verb committed by the subject, there will naturally be a mistake. Besides, there will be deficiency of meaning in a sentence which doesn’t have an object, and the interlocutor will not completely understand the message that is thought to be contained. That kind of wrong expressions, which are regarded as faulty sentences in Turkish, can be seen abundantly in Quran translations. It will be useful to analyze that kind of expressions, which cause the meaning to be faulty or sketchy in Quran translations, by examples. We hope that the attention of those who may concern will be attracted upon this topic, thereby paving the way for removing the faulty expressions that cause object mistakes from the Quran translations.

In this study, after presenting the structure, agents, resources, contents and characteristics of the sufistic accumulation of the geography of Andalusia and North Africa, we touched on Ibn Arabî’s contributions to this accumulation. Next, we emphasized how this accumulation was transported to Anatolia by Ibn Arabî. It is obvious that Ibn Arabî is the symbol for the influence of Andalusia and North Africa on the Sufism of Anatolia. Because, after Ibn Arabî came to Anatolia, the scholars of this geography translated, annotated, commented, evaluated his works and produced new works. This circumstance which is survived until today, demonstrates the influence of the sufism of Andalusia and North Africa on the sufism of Anatolia. In this study, some assessments and figures about these subjects are also presented.

In the teaching of Arabic language, the attitude which student develop toward the course and learned language is one of the important factor in determining the success. Based on literature review, this study aims to shed light on the studies of the attitude development by evaluating field studies and in the teaching Arabic foreign language of the attitudes subject. Ultimately, the effectiveness of the teaching process largely determines the adequacy of the instruction and guidance of the teachers. Starting and continuing teaching processes and developing and changing attitudes of the Arabic teachers will provide significant contributions to the success of teaching.

Deism is philosophical-religious movement that has emerged in the West in the 17th and 18th centuries to get a solution to the conflict between religion-science. The solution, that found by deism, it was opened the science but against the religion. In this context, the existence of God is accepted; but the facts of divine grace, revelation, prophecy and miracles rejected. Deism is not a dominant philosophical and religious movement today. However, its influence still continuing, by with its unwavering trust in mind, its unfailing sense of God and the emphasis on natural religion. Scientific and theological assumptions have also influenced on Islamic thinking through Social Sciences. The aim of this study is to clarify the effect of the relation between deism and science on Islamic thought by considering Muslim thinkers.

Heraclitus has attempted to explain the meaning of life with Pantha Rei principle 2500 years ago. According to this, everything is in constant change as it flows inexorably. In a similar fashion, history flows just like the river that Heraclitos refers to. This means that there is no possibility to repeat an incident or prevent one from happening. Within this flowing course of time and history in constant change there are some landmarks and groundbreaking moments. Those momentous changes have begot unexpected results that effect not only the present time but also the future. Nationalism that emerged within the Enlightenment and its intellectual atmosphere can been regarded as such a chance and possibility. Enlightenment, being an intellectual, social and political transformation of the eighteenth century has provided grounds for many upcoming emergences and changes. Triggering one another, the changes in the fields of primarily politics and secondarily humanities, social sciences and art emerged in quick succession and formed the foundations of modern social structure. Thus nationalism is an outcome concept of the Enlightenment. With the French revolution, the ideals of liberty, equality and independence transformed into an intellectual and political current and system we call nationalism. This work is an attempt towards presenting a brief analysis of that transformation and a note from our perspective.

Early in the 20th century, in Western countries religious counseling and guidance has started with Anton Boisen’s pioneering work. Today, it has become a psycho-social practice, frequently uses in hospitals, prisons, churches, universities, military and so on. In particular, the living conditions of today’s people, religious belief and worship conception, material and spiritual troubles have changed over time. Having become globalized by changing social dynamics, in the face of capital values our people become onely and depressed. People are looking for individual and institutional support areas where they will seek refuge and spiritual help in this negative socio psychological proces s in which they live. Therefore, it is expected that religious officials and mosques will be in a position to meet the routine religious services as well as to bring them to the central position of social life and to fulfill the functions that religion has to perform within the society. It is important for such studies, to develop in our country and to contribute the formation of the related literature in our country, the formation of a religious advisory field where faithful and religious people can be consulted when needed, the necessity of counseling in religious services and also to investigate the place of religious counseling in the life of a Muslim.

Geçmis hakkinda bilgi elde etmek adina önemli bir bilim olan arkeoloji, yazili materyale sahip olmadigimiz uzak geçmis söz konusu oldugunda, tek bilgi kaynagi olarak karsimiza çikmaktadir. Tarihsel su¨reç içerisinde, mu¨spet bilimlerde yasanan gelismelerle beraber arkeoloji bilimi birçok alt disipline ayrilmistir. Bunlar içerisinde son dönemlerde Bati’da yer edinmeye baslamasina karsin henu¨z u¨lkemizde pek gu¨ndeme gelmeyen din arkeolojisi; antik dönem insaninin inanç du¨nyasini anlamak açisindan son derece önemli bir alandir. Bu baglamda çalismamiza konu olan ve Sharon R. Steadman1 tarafindan kaleme alinan Archaeology of Religion: Cultures and Their Beliefs in Worlwide Context adli çalisma din arkeolojisinin mahiyeti açisindan bu¨yu¨k önem arz etmektedir. Yazarin Din Arkeolojisi ismiyle verdigi dersler çerçevesinde sekillenen eser özellikle bir ders kitabi olarak du¨su¨nu¨ldu¨gu¨nde önemli bir boslugu doldurmaktadir. Bu çalisma eserin tanitimini içermektedir.

al-Baqara is one of the most important chapter of Holy Quran. In the first 177 werses of this chapter the main fallacies of believers with their relationships both with God, the prophet and the others are detected, and solutions are proposed; it is also stated that people are evaluated by God with their practices and activities, not their religious identities. According to these werses no one consider him and his group that just they are in the right-way (sirat-i mustaqim) and demonise the others. Also in this chapter, the characteristics of good people mentioned beriefly, the main messages of chapter are summarised in Amanar-rasulu (al-Baqara 2/285-286), monoteist Mohammedi Muslims and their prophet are idealized to the mankind. The main topic of the chapter is the reconing with the fallacies of ancient religious groups, nevertheless the judicial concepts as hajj, riba, talak, kible, infak, and international relations, the value of Holy Quran, faith, disbelief, hypocrisy, abjuration, reinvigoration/hereafter are also mentioned.