PROGRAM SCHEDULE DAY OF ARRIVAL 12.12.2019, THURSDAY City: İSTANBUL Suleymaniye Mosque 10:00 - 00:00 19:30 - 20:30 Registration Welcome & Orientation DAY 0 12.12.2019, THURSDAY 3 09:00 - 10:30 10:30 - 12:30 DAY 1 13.12.2019, FRIDAY 4 12:30 - 15.00 15:00 - 15:30 Trip to Vahdettin Pavilion Welcome Breakfast, Venue: Vahdettin Pavilion • H.E. Emine ERDOĞAN, First Lady of the Republic of Turkey Return to Hotel, Lunch & Prayer (Dhuhr: 13:05 - 15:23) Opening Session • Recitation of Qur’an Al-Kareem • Mahinur ÖZDEMİR-GÖKTAŞ • Welcome Messages of 2017 ALLIES • H.E. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK, Minister of Family, Labour and Social Services, Republic of Turkey 15:30 - 16:00 16:00 - 17:30 Break (Asr: 15:23 - 17:43) 17:30 - 19:00 19:00 - 21:00 Dinner & Prayer (Maghrib 17:43 - 19:10) Breaking Stereotypes: Muslim Women as Agents of Change • Fatima ZIBOUH • Şadan KAPTANOĞLU • Sümeyye CEYLAN Ebru: The Art of Water Marbling Hikmet BARUTÇUGİL, Ebru Artist 08:30 - 09:30 09:30 - 11:00 11:00 - 11:30 11:30 - 12:30 12:30 - 14:00 14:00 - 15:30 15:30 - 16:00 16:00 - 16:45 17:00 - 19:00 19:00 - 21:00 Breakfast 21st Century Skills: Post Truth: How to Win Over Perception’s Battle with Reality • Moderator: Meryem İlayda ATLAS • Prof. Hilmi DEMİR • Usman ALI • Talha Erhan ÖZCAN Tea & Coffee Break In Pursuit of Wisdom • Prof. Mahmut Erol KILIÇ Lunch & Prayer (Dhuhr: 13:05 - 15:24) 21st Century Skills: Conflict Resolution: Women as Peacemakers • Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Hasan Basri YALÇIN • Prof. Gülnur AYBET • Ayşe BÖHÜRLER • Nurhayat KIZILKAN Tea & Coffee Break (Asr: 15:24 - 17:43) Part I: OIC Women and Development Report Part II: Efforts of OIC and SESRIC on Advancement of Women • Tazeen QURESHI Trip to Baykar Defense (Maghrib: 17:43 - 19:10) Dinner, Institution: Baykar Defense DAY 2 14.12.2019, SATURDAY 5 08:30 - 09:30 09:30 - 11:00 DAY 3 15.12.2019, SUNDAY 11:00 - 11:30 11:30 - 12:30 12:30 - 14:00 14:00 - 15:30 15:30 - 16:00 16:00 - 17:30 17:30 - 18:30 18:30 - 20:00 6 Breakfast Being Women in the Post Truth World • Özlem ZENGİN • Dr. Şule ALBAYRAK Tea & Coffee Break How to Use Social Media in the Post Truth World • Nur SEVENCAN Lunch & Prayer (Dhuhr: 13:06 - 15:24) Geopolitics of the Islamic World: World is Bigger than 5 • Moderator: Rümeysa KADAK • Mahinur ÖZDEMİR - GÖKTAŞ • Assoc. Prof. Murat YEŞİLTAŞ Tea & Coffee Break (Asr: 15:24 - 17:43) Technologies that Change our Lives, AI & New Ethical Questions • Moderator: Şule GÜNER • Prof. İlhan İLKILIÇ • Nazife ŞİŞMAN • Assoc. Prof. Umut DEMİREZEN Dinner & Prayer (Maghrib: 17:43 - 19:10) Culinary Workshop • Hatice ÖZDEMİR - TÜLÜN 08:30 - 09:30 09:30 - 11:00 11:00 - 11:30 11:30 - 12:30 12:30 - 14:00 14:00 - 15:30 15:30 - 16:00 16:00 - 17:30 Breakfast Green and Sustainable Solutions for Climate Change • Moderator: Miraç TAPAN • Prof. Mehmet Emin BİRPINAR • Nana FIRMAN • Prof. Nilgün CILIZ • Sümeyra Merve KILINÇ Tea & Coffee Break Leading Social Change as Women’s NGOs • Emine ERDEM • Dr. Saliha OKUR-GÜMRÜKÇÜOĞLU Lunch & Prayer (Dhuhr: 13:06 - 15:24) Women’s Rights in Islamic and Universal Law • Moderator: Dr. Fadila GRINE • Prof. Recep ŞENTÜRK • Dr. Selma ÖZTÜRK-PINAR • Prof. Zaleha KAMARUDIN Tea & Coffee Break (Asr: 15:24 - 17:44) Speak up Start-ups: Women Entrepreneurs • Kübra BAYRAKTAR • Sana AFOUAIZ • Yasemin DARBAZ-KARACA • Zehra TAŞKESENLİOĞLU-BAN DAY 4 16.12.2019, MONDAY 7 DAY 4 16.12.2019, MONDAY 8 17:30 - 18:00 Prayer (Maghrib: 17:44 - 19:10) 18:00 - 19:00 Trip to Archers Foundation 19:00 - 21:00 Dinner, Institution: Archers Foundation 08:30 - 09:30 09:30 - 10:30 10:30 - 11:00 11:00 - 12:30 12:30 - 14:00 14:00 - 15:30 15:30 - 16:30 16:30 - 18:00 18:00 - 18:30 18:30 - 20:30 Breakfast Mim & Şems: Wounded Gazelles Club & Musical Therapy • Prof. Mim Kemal ÖKE • Nazlı ÖKE Tea & Coffee Break 21st Century Skills: Communication Skills for Effective Leadership • Section I: İhsan ATAÖV • Section II: Prof. Turgay BİÇER • Section III: Prof. Edibe SÖZEN Lunch & Prayer (Dhuhr: 13:07 - 15:24) 21st Century Skills: Project Development & Management • Dr. Faruk Cengiz TEKİNDAĞ • Serdar KABUKÇUOĞLU Trip to Sepetçiler Palace and Prayer (Asr: 15:24 - 17:44) Islamic Stand in the Face of Modern Addictions • Moderator: Sultan IŞIK • Dr. Halit YEREBAKAN • Prof. Toker ERGÜDER • Prof. Hatice Ferhan ODABAŞI Prayer (Maghrib: 17:44 -19:11) Dinner, Institution: Turkish Green Crescent, Sepetçiler Palace DAY 5 17.12.2019, TUESDAY 9 08:30 - 09:30 09:30 - 11:00 DAY 6 18.12.2019, WEDNESDAY 11:00 - 11:30 11:30 - 12:30 12:30 - 14:00 14:00 - 15:30 15:30 - 16:00 16:00 - 17:30 17:30 - 19:00 10 Breakfast Search Conference • Assoc. Prof. Oğuz BABÜROĞLU Tea & Coffee Break Search Conference • Assoc. Prof. Oğuz BABÜROĞLU Lunch & Prayer (Dhuhr: 13:07 - 15:25) Search Conference • Assoc. Prof. Oğuz BABÜROĞLU Tea & Coffee Break (Asr: 15:25 - 17:44) Search Conference • Assoc. Prof. Oğuz BABÜROĞLU Dinner & Prayer (Maghrib: 17:44 - 19:11) 08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast 09:30 - 14:00 Historical Peninsula & Prayer (Dhuhr: 13:08 - 15:25) 14:00 - 18:00 • Blue Mosque • Topkapi Palace • Hagia Sophia • Basilica Cistern Bosphorus Tour & Lunch & Prayer (Asr: 15:25 - 17:45) 18:00 - 18:30 Prayer (Maghrib: 17:45 - 19:12) 18:30 - 19:00 Return to Hotel 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner at Hotel DAY 7 19.12.2019, THURSDAY 11 08:30 - 09:30 09:30 - 11:00 Breakfast Alumni of 2017: Hand in Hand for a Better Future • Abir Binti Abdul RAHIM (Malaysia) • Aicha KOUTOUB SANO (Guinea) • Amena Rafid MOUJED (Iraq) • Emine HAXHIU (Turkey) 11:00 - 11:30 11:30 - 12:00 Tea & Coffee Break Cambridge Mosque: Europe’s 1st Eco Friendly-Mosque • Zeynep KOÇ 12:00 - 14:00 14:00 - 15:00 Trip to the Lady Sultans Museum & Jumuah Prayer Certificate Ceremony: Nevmekan, Üsküdar • Ally For Future, 2019 Video • H.E. Dr. Esra ALBAYRAK • H.E. Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK, Minister of Family, Labour and Social Services, Republic of Turkey Musical Performance • Yücel ARZEN Mentorship Fair Informational Stands of International Turkish Organizations (concurrent) TİKA, Turkish Red Crescent, Yunus Emre Institute, Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, Turkish Maarif Foundation, Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities, Turkish Green Crescent, TRT World, Anadolu Agency DAY 8 20.12.2019, FRIDAY 15.00 - 15:45 15:45 - 16:45 16:45 - 17:30 12 17:30 - 18:30 Return to Hotel 18:30 - 19:30 Prayer (Maghrib: 17:45 - 19:12) & Dinner SPEAKERS View of Istanbul from Pera (Beyoğlu). 1819 ABIR BINTI ABDUL RAHIM AICHA KOUTOUB SANO AMENA RAFID MOUJED Abir Binti Abdul Rahim is a First Class Honours degree holder in BSc Actuarial Science from Swansea University, Wales. She also owns a Master’s degree in Actuarial Management from CASS Business School, London which she was then one of the 12 recipients of the Agong Scholarship Award. She has more than 7 years working experience in Actuarial Pricing specialising in individual life insurance products especially Takaful. Alongside her tasks, she is involved in the development of Insurance and Takaful Industry working closely with industry’s associations. Today, she continues her contribution to nation building by championing women empowerment. In January 2016, Abir was named Regional Leader of Leanin.org by Sheryl Sandbergy. Aicha Koutoub Sano is also known as Madam Souare, is known for her enthusiasm in serving the youth. She was selected as a former participant of ALLY for Future in 2017. She completed her BSc. in psychology (2016), MSc. in public health (2018) and is currently pursuing her PhD degree in epidemiology and biostatistics at Malaysia. She hosted, organized and participated in several conferences, workshops and seminars nationally and internationally. She is the Founder and Advisor of Psychology and Life Annual Conference from 2014 up to date. She worked as a teacher and a content creator at both Malaysia and the Republic of Guinea. She is passionate about writing to inspire, thus she opened a blog page. Amena Rafid Moujed was born in Baghdad in 1999. She is currently studying dentistry at university of Baghdad. Amena has started working in the civil society at the age of 14 by organizing campaigns for orphans and IDP. She has participated in a series of social activities including providing moral support through educational and motivational sessions with Youth Peer Education Network and is a distinguished speaker at Baghdad Toastmasters, she also presented Iraq as the youngest participant in ALLY4FUTURE 2017 program and is now leading the ventures in Iraqi Dental Students Association. WHO WILL JOIN? 15 WHO WILL JOIN? 16 AYŞE BÖHÜRLER PROF. EDİBE SÖZEN EMİNE PERVİZ ERDEM Ayşe Böhürler graduated from Istanbul University, School of Journalism and Public Relations. Between 1992 and 1995, she worked as the editor of the ‘Family and Education’ section in the magazine İzim and later in Aksiyon magazine. She took part in the production-management of Women, Children, Education, Documentary and Discussion Programs. She worked as the Director of Educational Culture Programs at Kanal 7. Since 2007, she has been producing documentaries and programs as an independent producer in her own company. Between 2001-2012 she served as a member of AK Party CDAC. She is the author of two books. Prof. Edibe Sözen was graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in 1982. In 1984, she completed her Master’s degree in Istanbul University, Department of Social Structure and Social Change. In 1989, she received the title of doctor in the same department with her thesis titled “Social Structure, Change and Social Identity”. From 1991 to 1993, she worked at the Department of Communications Arts, University of Wisconsin. She was elected as AK Party CDAC member in 2006. In 2007, she was elected as AK Party Istanbul Deputy. Sozen, who carries on her duties as the Dean of Faculty of Communication and Deputy Rector in Hasan Kalyoncu University, was appointed to the membership of Presidential Social Policies Council in 2018. Emine Erdem graduated from Notre Dame de Sion French High School and has a degree in law and a M.Sc. in business administration from Istanbul University. A lawyer by profession, she is a Board Member of Erdem Holding since 1985 and served as a Chamber Counsel for Turkish Airlines between 1990 and 2017 until her retirement. She is the President of KAGIDER where she has been a Board Member since 2013. Successively, she worked as the President of Soroptimist International of Turkey (2008-2010), Board Member (2013-2017) and Vice President (20152017) of Soroptimist International of Europe and President of Soroptimist International Convention (2015.) She is the Vice President of SEDEFED and a member of UNESCO Turkish National Commission Gender Equality Monitoring Committee. She has also worked as the Assistant Coordinator of Istanbul Women’s Platform. She speaks French and English. EMINE HAXHIU DR. ESRA ALBAYRAK DR. FADILA GRINE Emine Haxhiu received her Bachelor’s degree in the field of economics at Istanbul Commerce University. After, she went to London Kings College where she was a part of Political Economy School for six months following some lectures on the Political Economy of Emerging Markets. Currently, she is a teaching assistant at Ibn Haldun University where she is also continuing with her Master’s degree in economics. She is working on how developing countries, in particular, Western Balkans countries, can enhance their welfare and reduce poverty concentrating on the role of government economic decision. Dr. Esra Albayrak was born in Istanbul in 1983. She completed both her middle and secondary education in Kadiköy İmam Hatip High School in 2000. She received her Bachelor’s degree in the fields of sociology and history at Indiana University, Bloomington in 2003. She completed her Master’s degree in sociology in 2006 at University of California, Berkeley where she also did her PhD. She continues to carry out academic studies, particularly in the fields of state-religion relations, democracy and civil society affairs. She currently serves as a Board Member at Turkish Green Crescent Society and is married with three children. Dr. Fadila Grine is the Senior advisor to the president of ICYF Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum, Istanbul, Turkey. She was previously the Director of Family and Social Affairs at the Department of Humanitarian, Cultural and Social at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, a member of the OIC Council of Muslim Women. Previously, while a Visiting Associate Professor to the Department of Islamic History and Civilization, University of Malaya, Malaysia, she served as Head of Research and also the Head the International Bureau of Consultancy and Training. Fadila obtained her Masters from IIUM and her PhD in Islamic Culture and Civilization from the Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya. She is a member of a number of international committees, boards and panels on women and family, and has engaged extensively with youth work and development. WHO WILL JOIN? 17 WHO WILL JOIN? 18 DR. FARUK CENGİZ TEKİNDAĞ FATIMA ZIBOUH PROF. GÜLNUR AYBET Dr. Faruk Cengiz Tekindağ has 33 years of professional experience through project finance and financial services in banking sector project management and PCM methodologies. He has extensive experience in technical assistance/cooperation program development and implementation, preparation and evaluation of investment projects. He has Bachelor’s degree in economics, Master’s degree in accounting and finance, and PhD degree in accounting. He has been involved in several technical assistance programme funded by the local and international donor institutions. He has been working for WYG Turkey for 10 years and since 2016, he has been acting as a Regional Managing Director for MENA and CIS countries. Fatima Zibouh graduated from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) with a Master’s degree in political science and has an advanced Master’s degree in human rights from the Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) and Saint-Louis. Since March 2007, she has been a researcher for the Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies at University of Liege. She is currently finishing her PhD on political and sociological sciences at Universite de Liege (ULg). The topic of her doctoral research is about art, urban culture and ethnicity. She was also awarded the Observatory of Cultural Policies Prize in 2014, and she also received the Diwan Award for Personality of the Year in 2014. In 2019, she co-founded W100, a community of diverse women from all corners of Brussels wishing to connect and amplify the voices and actions of women in the city. Prof. Gülnur Aybet is Senior Advisor to the President of the Republic of Turkey and Professor of International Relations at Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul. She was former Head of Department of Political Science and International Relations and Founding Director of BAUCESS, Centre for Security Studies at Bahçeşehir University. In 2013, she founded the International Relations Department at Ozyegin University, Istanbul. She held academic posts at the University of Kent (England) between 2001-2013 (where she created and directed the first MA programme in International Security), the University of Nottingham (England) and Bilkent University (Ankara). She is the author of the book titled “A European Security Architeture After the Cold War: Questions of Legitimacy” DR. HALİT YEREBAKAN ASSOC. PROF. HASAN BASRİ YALÇIN PROF. HATİCE FERHAN ODABAŞI Dr. Halit Yerebakan graduated from Istanbul Science University, School of Medicine in 2006. He started to dream of being a cardiovascular surgeon in the first year he entered the Faculty of Medicine, and devoted himself to academic advancement in this branch during the whole education period. He entered the Medical Specialty Examination in 2007 and he won the Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine Hospital and Vascular Surgery Department at his first try. He is still actively working as a cardiovascular surgeon. He is also working on health communication in order to improve health literacy. His biggest dream is to support the future of young people in our society and to strengthen the scientific infrastructure in our country. Assoc. Prof. Hasan Basri Yalçın received his Bachelor’s degree in International Relations Department from Beykent University. He get his Master’s degree at Koç University and PhD at University of Cincinnati, USA. He is a faculty member at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul Commerce University. His research interests include international relations theory, international security, strategy, NATO and philosophy of social sciences. He is the Director of Strategic Studies at SETA Foundation. He also writes as a columnist for Sabah newspaper. Prof. Hatice Ferhan Odabaşı was born in 1957 in Kayseri. She graduated from English Linguistics Department, Hacettepe University in 1980. She received her Master’s degree in English language education at Anadolu University in 1989 and PhD in Technology Education in 1994. She is currently a faculty member at Anadolu University, Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology. She has worked as an executive, researcher and consultant in many international and national projects. Her areas of interest are technology and social transformations, the Internet, children and family and the professional development of higher education of educators. WHO WILL JOIN? 19 WHO WILL JOIN? 20 HATİCE ÖZDEMİR-TÜLÜN HİKMET BARUTÇUGİL DR. HİLMİ DEMİR Hatice Özdemir Tülün graduated from the Department of Turkish Language and Literature, Boğaziçi University. She is the founder of the food blog “Orange Tree”. She worked as the general manager of TRT Children’s Magazine and as the editor-in-chief of Lokma magazine. In 2011, she published “The Best Dishes of Orange Tree for Mothers and Daughters”. She has also written a children’s book called “The Most Ordinary Tree in the Forest”. Hikmet Barutçugil began his education in the field of textiles at State Academy of Fine Arts, High School of Industrial Applied Arts in 1973. He graduated from the Academy in 1977. He committed himself to relentless research on paper marbling in London, where he stayed to enhance his expertise between 1978 and 1981. He was later recognized as the first artist to discover a new paper marbling technique called Barut Marbling in 1988. He has opened or participated in more than 246 exhibitions. His works can be seen in many museums, including the British Museum (London, UK). He has published twenty-four booksand currently is a lecturer at the Department of Traditional Turkish Arts, Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts. Prof. Hilmi Demir graduated from School of Divinity, Ankara University. In 2001, he received PhD in the field of Kalam from the Social Sciences Department, Ankara University. In 20022003, he worked at Kyrgyzstan National University. He is currently teaching at the Hitit University School of Divinity and TOBB ETU School of History. He is also a consultant to the Area Studies Program of the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV). He is an expert on radicalization, Salafism, sectarian conflict and ISIS, and has written widely on these topics in national and international outlets. İHSAN ATAÖV PROF. İLHAN İLKILIÇ KÜBRA BAYRAKTAR İhsan Ataöv was born in 1979 in Antalya. He graduated from Gazi University, Department of International Relations in 2004. Between 2006 and 2007, he completed Marketing and Professional Correspondence Techniques diploma programs at CDA College, Canada. He served as a Protocol Specialist in the Department of Protocol at the Cankaya Presidential Palace and Beştepe Presidential Complex in 2009-2015. During his tenure at the Presidency, he travelled to 40 different countries as official protocol officer. He has also participated in the organization and execution of official visits, ceremonies and openings. He has been giving trainings in his own consulting firm (İhsan Ataöv Consultancy, Organization and Training Services) since May 2015. Prof. İlhan İlkılıç completed his MD in 1990 from Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty of İstanbul University. He studied philosophy, Islamic sciences and Oriental philology at the Ruhr-University Bochum and the Tubingen University, Germany. He did his Philosophical Doctoral thesis at the Ruhr University Bochum and the Tubingen University. He was lecturer at the Institute for History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Medical Center (2005-2012). He is the first Turkish member of German Ethics Council since 2008. He was director of Institute for Health Sciences of the Istanbul University (20162019) and he is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of History of Medicine and Ethics at the Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine. Kübra Bayraktar established the Zemin Istanbul Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center in 2018. She was the director of Zemin Istanbul Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center. Zemin Istanbul offers an opportunity for its users to show their talents and benefit from the solutions of modern information and communication technologies. She was a leader in the field of in-house entrepreneurship in IMM. She also prepared the dictionary of innovation terms. In 2014, she won the title of female leader in IDC-Womens in Turkey Technology Sector event. Currently, Kübra Bayraktar provides consulting service in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation. WHO WILL JOIN? 21 WHO WILL JOIN? 22 MAHİNUR ÖZDEMİR-GÖKTAŞ PROF. MAHMUT EROL KILIÇ PROF. MEHMET EMİN BİRPINAR Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş is a former Belgian politician and currently Turkey’s Ambassador to Algeria. She was a member of the Parliament of the Brussels Capital Region serving 2 full terms between 2009-2019. She is well known for being the first Member of Parliament to wear the hijab in Europe. Her expertise lies in education, women’s rights and equal opportunities. She is renown in Europe as a powerful voice against Islamophobia and a leading advocate for minority rights. Mahinur Özdemir was recently appointed as Turkey’s Ambassador to Algeria. She is also a member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Women Consultative Council. Furthermore, she has been awarded the honorary title of Chevalier de l’Ordre de Leopold by King Philippe of Belgium for her contribution and service to society. She is married and has two children. Prof. Mahmut Erol Kılıç studied at the Faculty of Political Sciences. In 1988, he started to work as an assistant in Marmara University, Department of Islamic Philosophy and wrote his Master’s thesis “Hermes and Hermetic Thought in the Light of Islamic Sources”. He defended his thesis titled “The Existence and Order in Ibn Arabi”, which is considered the first PhD thesis in the Department of Sufism. He published articles about his field in many encyclopedias and journals in Turkish and foreign languages. He presented papers at national and international conferences centered on Sufi thought and participated in radio and television programs. Kılıç speaks English, Arabic, Persian and French. Prof. Mehmet Emin Birpınar graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering of Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul. He completed his Master’s degree and PhD in the Department of Civil Engineering of Yıldız Technical University. He also completed the Master’s degree on civil engineering in Italy in 1991 and in the Delft University of Technology in Netherlands in 1994. Being assigned as Professor in 2009, he is also a faculty member at Yıldız Technical University. Being appointed as the Deputy Undersecretary to the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization in 2013, prior to this post, Professor Birpınar held the position of the Provincial Director of Istanbul in the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization (2011-2012). MERYEM İLAYDA ATLAS PROF. MİM KEMAL ÖKE MİRAÇ TAPAN Meryem İlayda Atlas is a journalist, working as the editorial coordinator of Daily Sabah, an English newspaper based in Istanbul which has print and online presence. (dailysabah.com) She is also a researcher at SETA, a foundation and think tank for political, economic and social research. Her field is foreign policy and specifically focuses on Russia and the Middle East. She has also interest on media studies, gender studies and migration. She studied political science and history as majors and studied gender history in grad studies. Prof. Mim Kemâl Öke was born in 1955 to a family with Central Asian Uyghur lineage. Receiving high school education at Robert College and higher education in economics and history at Cambridge University, Öke became a Professor at Boğaziçi University. He attended official meetings abroad on behalf of Turkish Foreign Ministry. He won various awards for cultural and scientific studies. Over the last years, Oke has gravitated towards human sciences in his quest to understand mankind, which mainly rests in Sufi philosophy. Towards his social awareness, Öke offers rhythm/folk dance classes to specially-gifted children and individuals. Miraç Tapan is Lifestyle editor at Daily Sabah which is an Istanbul-based English daily newspaper. Hailing from İzmir, Turkey, Tapan graduated from Hacettepe University’s Department of English Language and Literature. Tapan started working at Daily Sabah as a translator in 2014 and became Lifestyle editor in 2017. Since then, she writes on various subjects including climate chance, health, science, fashion and travel. WHO WILL JOIN? 23 WHO WILL JOIN? 24 ASSOC. PROF. MURAT YEŞİLTAŞ NANA FIRMAN NAZİFE ŞİŞMAN Assoc. Prof. Murat Yesiltaş is a faculty member at Social Sciences University of Ankara. He is also the Director of Security Policy at the SETA Foundation. He is currently working on the following research projects: “The Rise of Kurdish Geopolitical Space, Border Security in the Middle East” and “The New Regional Security Project in the Middle East (NRSP)”. His recent books are Türkiye Dünyanın Neresinde? Hayali Coğrafyalar, Çarpışan Anlatılar(2015); Türkiye’de Ordu ve Jeopolitik Zihniyet(2016); Non-State Military Actors in the Middle East: Geopolitics, Strategy and Ideology(2018), When Strategy Collapses: The Failure of the PKK’s Urban Terrorist Campaign(with N. Özçelik, 2018). Nana Firman is a native Indonesian who has re-located to the United States and currently works as a Muslim Outreach Director for GreenFaith, an international multi-faith partnership in environmental actions. Nana has over a decade of experience working with awareness-raising on current environmental issues and climate crisis actions, advocating urban sustainability for a better future and developing green economy concepts and strategies. She previously worked with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Indonesia, also engaged with Muslim leaders to create climate resiliency plans. She was named as the White House Champion of Change for Climate Faith Leaders by President Barrack Obama. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design from University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and a Master of Science in Urban Design from Pratt Institute, New York. Nazife Şişman gained her BA degree in Economics and did post graduate studies in Sociology. She works as a freelance writer. Her writing interests centre on women issues in Muslim experience in modern periods. Body politics and sociology of everyday life constitute her main study areas. Some of her publications include Emanet’ten Mülk’e: Kadın, Beden, Siyaset (Women, Body and Politics); Küreselleşmenin Pençesi, İslam’ın Peçesi (Pawn of Globalisation, Veil of Islam); Günün Kısa Tarihi (Short Histroy of the Present); Başörtüsü: Sınırsız Dünyanın Yeni Sınırı (Headscarf: Border of a Borderless World); Yeni İnsan: Kaderle Tasarım Arasında (New Human: Between Destiny and Design); Dijital Çağda Müslüman Kalmak (Being Muslim in the Digital Age-2016). NAZLI ÖKE PROF. NİLGÜN CILIZ NUR SEVENCAN Nazlı Hilal ÖKE, born 1991. Graduated from ENKA High School, Istanbul. Participates Turkish folk and classical choros. Enjoys sufi music. Loves sport and travelling. Prof. Nilgün Cılız graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Chemical Engineering and started her doctorate studies at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, on the topic of “Energy from Waste” and completed it at Bogazici University. She is currently continuing her academic career as a full-time faculty member at Bogazici University, Institute of Environmental Sciences. She has been director of Bogazici University, Sustainable Development and Cleaner Production Center since 2007. She has been coordinator of the university’s Sustainable and Green Campus Project since 2010. She has been co-chair of United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network Turkey since 2014. Nur Sevencan graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in Economics. She worked as a producer at TRT World. Later, she worked as a data analyst and account manager at TRT Digital. Currently, she works as a digital media and strategy consultant. WHO WILL JOIN? 25 WHO WILL JOIN? 26 NURHAYAT KIZILKAN ASSOC. PROF. OĞUZ BABÜROĞLU ÖZLEM ZENGİN Nurhayat Kızılkan graduated from Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Economics and then Middle East Technical University (METU), Sociology Department with a Bachelor’s degree in economics and sociology. She continued her education at METU, earning a masters’ degree in Gender and Women’s Studies. Her master’s thesis titled ‘Spaces of Masculinities: Bachelor Rooms in Suleymaniye’ focuses on the relationship between space and gender. She believes that gender shouldn’t be dominated by femininities, but masculinities should definitely be addressed. Nurhayat is currently pursuing her PhD Program in political science and international relations. She is currently employed as an interview producer at Turkey’s leading news broadcasting channel in English, ‘TRT World’. “ Assoc. Prof. Oğuz Babüroğlu received his Bachelors of science degree from Industrial Engineering Department at University of Sussex, UK in 1977. His Post- Graduate degree from Operational Research Department at University of Lancaster, UK in 1978, and his PhD degree on social systems sciences at The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania, USA in 1987. In addition to his published works in various international scientific periodicals and books, Babüroğlu received the AACSB (American Accreditation Committee of School of Business)’s EXXON Award on the Innovation of Management Education in 1989. He has worked as a strategic and participatory management consultant for many organizations such as large and small corporations, industry associations, national and international foundations, various government ministries and agencies in Turkey and abroad. Özlem Zengin graduated from Faculty of Law of İstanbul University in 1990. On May 12, 2012, she was elected as the Women’s Branch President of Istanbul Organization of AK Party. She was elected as the 25th Term İstanbul Member of Parliament in June 2015. She is a founding member of the Women and Democracy Association “KADEM”. From 2016 to 2018, he served as the Chief Advisor to the President of the Republic of Turkey, HE Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN. Özlem Zengin, who was elected as the 27th Term Tokat Member of Parliament, is the AK Party Group Vice President. “ PROF. RECEP ŞENTÜRK RÜMEYSA KADAK DR. SALİHA OKUR-GÜMRÜKÇÜOĞLU Prof. Recep Şentürk completed his undergraduate education in the Faculty of Theology at Marmara University (1986). Then he acquired his postgraduate degree in sociology in the Faculty of Letters at Istanbul University (1988) . He pursued his PhD in sociology at Columbia University, New York (1998). Between 1998 and 2007 he was researcher at the Center for Islamic Studies (İSAM). He has been the director of the Alliance of Civilizations Institute (ACI) since it was founded. In addition, he was the general coordinator of the Istanbul Research and Education Association (İSAR) in Istanbul for seven years (2009-2016). Currently, he is the president of Ibn Khaldun University (IHU) in Istanbul. He did research on human rights as a visiting scholar in the Faculty of Law at Emory University, Atlanta (2002-2003). He continued his research on human rights as a guest of the British Academy in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law at Oxford Brookes University, and he lectured on the same topic in various universities in the UK (2005). “ Rümeysa Kadak graduated from Marmara University, Department of English Language Teaching. She is currently a graduate student at SOAS London University. In 2016, she joined Marmara University as the Vice President of Student Council. She has taken active roles in many national and international projects and has taken active roles in NGOs and many university clubs. The Debating Club, of which she is the president, won many national and international awards and was awarded the Education Project of the Year Award at the AK Party Civil Society Awareness Awards. She was elected as a member of MKYK at the 3rd Extraordinary Grand Congress of AK Party on 21 May 2017. In 2017-2018, she served as the Vice President of AK Party Civil Society and Public Relations Department. She is the youngest parliament member of the Republic of Turkey. Dr. Saliha Okur Gümrükçüoğlu was born in 1975 in Istanbul, she graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Theology. Gümrükçüoğlu received the title of Doctor from Marmara University Faculty of Law in 2011 and was the chairman and lecturer at the Saliha OKUR-GÜMRÜKÇÜOĞLU was born in 1975 in Istanbul, she graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Theology. Gümrükçüoğlu received the title of Doctor from Marmara University, Faculty of Law in 2011 and was the chairman and lecturer at the Department of Islamic Law at Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Law. She has been working on Islamic Law, Ottoman Law, and History of Law. She continues her academic life at Istanbul Medeniyet University, Faculty of Law. Besides her academic studies, Gümrükçüoğlu is active in various NGOs and she is also the president of Women and Democracy Association (KADEM). Gümrükçüoğlu is married and has three children. “ WHO WILL JOIN? 27 WHO WILL JOIN? 28 SANA AFOUAIZ DR. SELMA ÖZTÜRK-PINAR SERDAR KABUKÇUOĞLU Sana Afouaiz is an award-winning, gender expert, women advocate, and public speaker on global feminism and women issues in the MENA region. She is the author of “Invisible Women of the Middle East”. She was also heavily involved in SDGs discussions, she helped drafting several resolutions and recommendations on gender. In 2015, she established Womenpreneur Organisation, a community of 10,000 across 20 countries. Through her work, Sana reached thousands of women and convened over 20 global events across different countries. In recognition of her achievements, Sana was named influential woman by the World Bank. She was also nominated among SE100 most inspiring Social Innovators in the World by Social Enablers, she was awarded Ashoka Changemaker Award, and she was named Influential female entrepreneur by Knowing Arabia, Watching Arabia and among 5 most inspiring and talented women by Moustacho. Selma Öztürk Pınar was born in 1978 in Hannover. She is a German Lawyer, who completed the Faculty of Law at the University of Hannover in 2006. Since 2013 she works at the Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University in the Department of Human Rights and Islamic Law. She lectures on International Law of Human Rights, Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights, Introduction to Islamic Law and Introduction to German Legal Language. She writes her doctoral thesis on the topic “Compatibility of Human Rights in Islamic Law and in the International Law”. She was also nominated as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg by the Turkish State. She lives in Ankara and Hannover. Serdar Kabukçuoğlu is a business graduate with a Master’s Degree in Finance. He has more than 30 years experience on development banking, project finance, project appraisal, loan evaluation, funding and strategic planning at technical and managerial levels. He has served as a member of executive boards and audit committees in several different companies. He lectures on project evaluation, loan evaluation, project cycle management, entrepreneurship and start-ups, equity finance, international fund structures and financial strategies at Yıldırım Beyazıt and Başkent universities. He has two published books on project cycle management & logical framework matrix and feasibility reports and regularly presents at conferences and seminars. SULTAN IŞIK SÜMEYRA MERVE KILINÇ SÜMEYYE CEYLAN Sultan Işık was born in İstanbul. She graduated from George Mason University, Washington, DC in 2010. She had a BA degree in Psychology and a minor degree in Global Affairs. In 2013, she received her MA degree in Cultural Studies from Istanbul Şehir University and worked as an assistant at İstanbul Şehir University between 2010 and 2012. Then, she worked as managing editor at Lacivert Dergi (monthly magazine), between 2013 and 2015. In 2016, she worked as clinical psychologist at MEVA Hospital and Ümraniye Municipality. She currently works as Deputy General Manager at Green Crescent Society and she is about to finish her second MA degree in Clinical Psychology. Sultan Işık also works voluntarily as the Head of Social Awareness and Project Commission at KADEM, and she is a member of Green Crescent Society since 2015. She has worked voluntarily as a social worker and psychologist at the different Syrian Refugee camps in Turkey. Mrs. Sümeyra Merve Kılınç studied in University of Jordan where she gained a BA degree in Psychology in 2010, and she obtained an MA degree in History of Medicine and Medical Ethics from Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty in 2014. She completed courses about Climate Change and Sustainable Development. In parallel with her academic studies, she also worked in different positions in private sector as health counselor and researcher. She continues her career as Advisor to the President of Republic of Turkey. She has an in-depth expertise in global and national environmental, health and food policies. Mrs. Kılınç is married and has two children. She speaks fluent English and Arabic. Sümeyye Ceylan graduated with a degree of Mathematics from the University of Vienna. She defended her master thesis in Fourier Analysis. She has a second Master’s degree in Pedagogy of Islam at the University of Vienna. During her stay in Vienna, she took Astronomy courses from Kuffner Observatory in Vienna. In 2013, she enrolled in Philosophy PhD program at the Department of Philosophy, Istanbul Medeniyet University. Her main academic interests are philosophy of mathematics, logic, history of mathematics, history of logic, science-steam education, social entrepreneurship. After finishing her studies in Vienna, she returned to her homeland, Turkey in 2012. There was a growing urge inside of her to do something to change the way of education system in Turkey. She wanted to create a more child friendly, child and imagination driven education methodology. Therefore, she established Usturlab Atölye, a company which produces contents, plays, toys, games for children to learn and love science. WHO WILL JOIN? 29 WHO WILL JOIN? 30 ŞADAN KAPTANOĞLU DR. ŞULE ALBAYRAK ŞULE GÜNER Şadan Kaptanoğlu is a shipowner and a shipyard owner. She is chief executive officer of Kaptanoglu Shipping. She completed her PhD program in De Montfort University after she graduated from Cass Business School, MSC Shipping,Finance and Trade. On 14th of May 2019 at the BIMCO General Meeting in Athens, Şadan was elected as President of BIMCO thereby becoming the first woman to reach that position. Şadan Kaptanoğlu is the chairperson of TURMEPA and vice president of INTERMEPA. She is vice chairperson of Turkish Chamber of Shipping as well. Şadan is the first winner of Seatrade young person of the year award in 2008. She is married with two daughters. Dr. Şule Albayrak is Assistant Professor at Faculty of Theology of Marmara University, Faculty of Theology. She received her PhD from the Institute of Social Sciences of Marmara University. Albayrak gives lectures on sociology of religion, secularisation, modernization, Islam in the modern world and religion-state relations. She specializes in secularism, state-religion relations and religious education. She is also interested in fundamentalism in the USA, Muslim immigrants in the West, and gender issues. She is the author of the book “Christian Fundamentalism” and the chief editor of the academic journal “KADEM Journal of Women’s Studies”. Albayrak has several articles published in academic journals, national and international newspapers and magazines. Şule Güner is a journalist with special expertise on artificial intelligence and robotics, the only one in the Turkish media. She has been covering all the developments concerning the sectors for the local press. Her articles have been published by the most circulated economics magazine and a daily in English. TALHA ERHAN ÖZCAN TAZEEN QURESHI PROF. TOKER ERGÜDER Talha Erhan Özcan was born in İstanbul in 1986. He graduated from Marmara University with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration in 2007. He has an MBA degree at Kadir Has University in 2010. He worked for Halk Insurance Inc. as vice specialist. He is currently working for Central Registry Agency Inc. He is the founder and the current manager of @voicesofjuly15 and @ofcoupsandmen social media organisations. Tazeen Qureshi is a research assistant in the Economic and Social Research Department at Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries, a subsidiary organ of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, in Turkey. In 2016, she received her B.A. (Hons.) degree in international affairs from the University of Qatar where she specialized in international security and diplomacy and minored in international business. In 2019, Ms. Qureshi received an Master of Art degree in international relations from Bilkent University, Turkey. Her M.A. thesis culminated in a research focusing on Turkish asylum law, migration governance, and foreign policy. Her wider research interests include gender policies, law, migration governance, and social development with a focus on Middle East and South Asia. Prof. Toker Ergüder is a Turkish medical doctor, specialized in Public Health and has a degree of Professor of Public Health from Higher Education Council of Turkey. Since 2007, he has been working at the WHO Country Office in Turkey. He managed WHO tobacco control activities at country level. Before joining the WHO, he worked as Director of Tobacco Control Department of Ministry of Health of Turkey between 2002 and 2007. He also provided technical assistance to other countries to enhance tobacco control activities in different regions. WHO WILL JOIN? 31 WHO WILL JOIN? 32 PROF. TURGAY BİÇER ASSOC. PROF. UMUT DEMİREZEN USMAN ALI Prof. Turgay Biçer graduated from the Faculty of Education of Marmara University in 1984. He finished his Master’s degree in tourism management and got his PhD degree in management organization and english studies and management. He prepared and presented a program on leadership, on TRT. He was the mentor of Galatasaray community and many sportspeople and clubs. He is the advisor, coach and mentor of senior executives and leaders working in the sectors of business, politics and education. Additionally, he has memberships in various national and international Chambers. He has positions on Boards of Administration, Health and Education. Assoc. Prof. Umut Demirezen is a Senior Leading Engineer in the field of Artificial Intelligence research and development as a member of the European Union Artificial Intelligence Association / Alliance, Roketsan AS. Previously, he served as Artificial Intelligence Technologies Group Manager at Defense Technologies and Engineering Corporation (STM). He completed her undergraduate, graduate and doctorate studies in 2000, 2003 and 2015, respectively. He joined the Turkish Naval Forces as an Engineer Lieutenant in 2000 and later served as the Chief of the General Staff MEBS, Chief of the General Staff Intelligence and the Prime Ministry, and in 2013, he worked as a Senior Consultant at STM A.Ş. Since 2018, he has been responsible for the development of Artificial Intelligence technologies in different areas at ROKETSAN A.Ş. Usman Ali is digital planning senior producer of TRT World. He is also former Head of Marketing & Fundraising MADEinEur / Charity Consultant. He is the first Muslim vice president of the National Union of Students (NUS). YASEMİN DARBAZ-KARACA YÜCEL ARZEN PROF. ZALEHA KAMARUDIN Yasemin Darbaz Karaca graduated from the Department of Architectural Restoration of Mimar Sinan University in 2001 and Department of Architecture of Yıldız Technical University in 2006. She studied Design Culture and Management at Istanbul Bilgi University in 2002 and she founded YDKSTUDIO in 2007. She takes part in interdisciplinary studies by establishing project-based partnerships. In addition to architecture, she is active in fields such as interior design, industrial product design, design and brand management. Yücel Arzen was born in 1970 in Adana. After completing his primary and secondary education in Adana, he went to Çukurova University, Faculty of Education, Department of Painting and Sculpture for one year. In 1988, he entered the ITU Turkish Music State Conservatory. During the conservatory, he took lessons in both traditional Turkish music and folk music and universal music forms. In 1994, he entered masters program in Istanbul Technical University, at the Turkish Folk Music department. His compositions that were published in the form of song (nearly 150) have been performed by popular Turkish music commentators. The composer has three personal and one duet albums and still lives in Istanbul. Prof. Zaleha Kamarudin is a Professor of Law at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation, International Islamic University Malaysia specializing in Comparative Family Laws and Islam & Gender. In 2011, She was appointed as the first female rector of the International Islamic University Malaysia, making her the first woman to head an Islamic university in the Muslim world. She is also the first woman to be appointed as a Shariah Appellate Court Judge in Malaysia. She sat on several Technical Committees drafting of model laws relating to protection of women’s rights. Currently, she is a member of the OIC Women Advisory Council. WHO WILL JOIN? 33 WHO WILL JOIN? 34 ZEHRA ZÜMRÜT SELÇUK ZEHRA TAŞKESENLİOĞLU - BAN ZEYNEP KOÇ Zehra Zümrüt SELÇUK, born in 1979, studied with full scholarship at Bilkent University earning a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. She received a master’s degree in Accounting and Information Systems at the University of Texas and worked as a research assistant at the same university. She started working as senior researcher at the Statistical Economic and Social Research and Training Center for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) under the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and later became Director of Statistics and Information. She coordinated many projects aimed at SDG’s and programs for capacity building. She produced socio-economic databases, surveys and reports on various topics such as gender, demography, workforce, multi-dimensional measurement of poverty, education and innovation, knowledge performance systems, banking and finance, development aid. She has been appointed as the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Services on 10 July 2018 under the first Presidential Cabinet of the Republic of Turkey. Zehra Taşkesenlioğlu-Ban graduated from Uludağ University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. She completed her postgraduate studies in the field of Economics at Marmara University and European Union Relations at Bah