Advisory Board

Adem Korkmaz received his BA from Istanbul University Faculty of Economy in 1993 and his MA from Cumhuriyet University in 1996 and his PhD from İstanbul University in 2001 became an assosiate professor in 2007 and professor in 2012. Korkmaz has been remaining the duty of academic consultansy of Chambers and Exchange Commodities of Burdur in the name of Turkish Union of Chambers and Exchange Commodities.He is still carrying on the rectorship of the Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University.

Ahmet Tabakoğlu who declares that the Islamic economy is a product of an islamic mentality and life style has written many scientific papers. He was born in Edremit in 1952. He completed secondary school and high school in Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul University (Faculty of Economics) and High Islamic Instute. He did a doctorate in Istanbul University Faculty of Economics. He became associate professor in 1986 and professor in 1993. He has been working at Marmara University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences as a professor.

Ahmet Aysan is a professor and the Program Coordinator of the Ph.D. and MS programs in Islamic Finance and Economy at the College of Islamic Studies (CIS), Hamad bin Khalifa University. He has been the Board Member and Monetary Policy Committee member of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey and served as a consultant at various institutions such as the World Bank, the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, and Oxford Analytica.

Dr. Aysan's fields of specialization are Islamic finance, Fintech, macroeconomics, political economy, banking, and finance; and he is a member of the editorial and advisory boards of several prestigious international journals. He received grants from various international funds including the ERF, Newton Fund, and TUBITAK. Dr. Aysan has also served on the advisory board of the Contemporary Turkish Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE) European Institute. In 2020, Dr. Aysan was listed as being among the top influencers in Islamic banking and finance by an academic article published in the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal.

Mr. Erdem who received his BA and MA from Istanbul University Faculty of Economy received his PHd from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Department of Managerial Economics. Beside being a professor of economics is remaining his academic researches at Erciyes University.

Graduated from the Anadolu University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations in 1996. He received his master’s degree in organization theory from the Osmangazi University in 2000, and his Ph.D. degree in human resource management from the Anadolu University in 2007. He spent a year at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Business as a visiting researcher for his post-doctoral project on the institutional entrepreneurship between 2010 and 2011. Erdemir is a faculty member at Istanbul Sehir University School of Management since 2012, teaches organization theory and human resource management courses at both the graduate and undergraduate level.

Fatih Savaşan received his bachelor's degree in Public Finance from the Faculty of Political Sciences at Istanbul University in 1993. He resigned and went to the USA to pursue M.A. and Ph.D degrees in economics. He received the degrees from the University of Colorado (Denver) in 1997 and from the University of Kansas in 2002. He served as an assistant professor until 2007 an associate professor until 2009 at Uşak University. In 2009, he joined the Department of Public Finance at Sakarya University and became professor in 2013.He was amongst the founders of the Research Centre for Islamic Economics and Finance (ISEFAM) at Sakarya University.He has been the rector of Sakarya University since 2018.

Yardımcıoğlu was born in Sakarya graduated from Karadeniz Thecnical University Department of Public Finance. He received his MA from Sakarya University in Department of Public Finance his pHd from the same university by his thesis titled “Eğitim Harcamaları, Ekonomik Büyüme ve Gelir Dağılımı İlişkisi”. He went to Durman University, Business School from as a visiting researcher from 2010 until 2012. He worked as assistant maneger of Sakarya University Institute of Social Sciences between 2013-2016. Became the director of Sakarya University Contunuing Education Center in 2018.

He was born in Bulgaria/ Kırcaali in 1962 graduated from İstanbul University Faculty of Political Science recieved his MA from Marmara University Institute of Social Sciences in 1989 and his PHd in 1994.He worked at TÜBİTAK as a member of Board of Science(2013-2016) then appointed as the rector of Dicle University after July 15 coup attemp.He has been carrying out the Presidency of Audit Comission of YÖK and rectorship of İstanbul Medeniyet University since 2016.

Prof.Dr. Hakan Saribas received his B.A. degree from the Faculty of Economics at Istanbul University, his M.A. degree from Department of Economics at Clark University, and his Ph.D. degree from Department of Economics at George Mason University. He founded Turkish Journal of Islamic Economics in 2013, the first academic journal in Turkey in the field of Islamic economics and has served five years as the editor-in-chief. He has been teaching at Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University since 2003. Prof. Saribas’ research and teaching focus on macroeconomics, microeconomics, institutional economics and Islamic economics.

He graduated from the , International Islamic University Department of Law and Islamic Law in 1992. He received his MA degree in 1995 from Selcuk University, Institute of Social Sciences. He received his PhD in 2001 from Suleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Basic Islamic Sciences.

Areas of interest and study; Law, History of Law, Philosophy of Law, Comparative Law, Human Rights, Democracy, Economics, Islamic Economics, Criminal Philosophy and Law

He was born in Balıkesir in 1943. He finished primary school in 1955 and Balıkesir İmam Hatip School in 1965 and Muharrem Hasbi High in 1966 and High Islamic Instute in 1970 and Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 1971.He took up the position of Center Preacher of Balıkesir and Mufti of Bozcaada. After that he became a lecturer at Konya High Islamic Institute, department of Fıqh and Turkish Civil Law. He moved to Bursa HII in 1978. He did doctorate at Ankara University Faculty of Theologhy then became Asst. Professor at Uludag University. He knows Arabic and French.

He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Economy in 1993. He completed his graduate study with his thesis titled “Türkiye iktisat politikalarının belirlenmesinde iktisadi kurum-kural ve kuruluşların rolleri” in 1998. Thereafter did his doctorate with thesis titled “Beşeri Sermaye Teorisi ve Beşeri Sermayenin İktisadi Gelişmedeki Rolü” in 2001 at Istanbul University Institute of Social Sciences. His points of interest and working areas; Information Economy, Economy of Turkey and Islamic Economics. He is still remaining the deaconship of Sabahattin Zaim University Faculty of Management Sciences.

Lutfi Sunar is the Founding Chairman of IKAM. He is an Associate Professor at Istanbul Medeniyet University, Department of Sociology. He earned his doctorate degree from from Istanbul University in year 2010. His major research interests are the classical sociological theory, Orientalism, modernization, social change and political economy. He has authored several books, book chapters and academic articles and has presented numerous papers at various national and international conferences. He is also serving at editorial panels of many reputed acedmic journals. Some of his phenomenal works include Marx and Weber on Oriental Societies, Debates on Civilisation in the Muslim World (Ed.), Eurocentrism at the Margins: Encounters, Critics and Going Beyond (Ed.), Türkiye’de Toplumsal Değişim (Ed.), Degisim Sosyologisi, Sosyal Tabakalaşma, and Turkiyede Toplumsal Tabakalasma ve Esitsizlik.

Mahmut Bilen was born in 1969, Adana, Turkey. He earned his Bachelor's Degree from the Faculty of Economics, İstanbul University in 1992. He got his MA and Ph.D degrees in Economics from the same University. He began teaching at Sakarya University, Turkey in 2002. He was research fellow at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaing between 2008 and 2010. His research interests cover the areas of economic development, economic growth, poverty and inequality. Mr. Bilen is a Professor at the Department of Economics at Sakarya University.

Prof. Mehmet Saraç received his undergraduate degree from Istanbul University, Faculty of Business Administration in 1990. He received a Masters degree in Accounting and Taxation and worked for Financial Regulation Project for Washington D.C. government. Subsequent to his return to Turkey in 1988 he started his PhD in Finance in Boğaziçi University. He taught at Mersin University for a short period and was assigned to Sakarya University as Assistant Professor in 2007. He became Associate Professor of Finance in 2012. In 2016, he has been appointed as the Director of Center for Islamic Economics and Finance at Istanbul University. He currently teaches corporate finance, Islamic finance, capital markets and institutions and other related courses.

He was born in Malatya in 1981. Graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Economy and got his master’s degree from Clemson University Department of Economics and did his doctorate in Marmara Uni. Faculty of Economy. He started the working life at Clemson University as a lecturer. When he was appointed as Prime Minister Consultant in 2014 were manning at SETA- İstanbul Department of Economics as a researcher at the same time. Dr. Mehmet Babacan has been serving as a Supervisory Board Member of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey from since May 1, 2015.

In 1992, he graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Theology. In 1993, he started to work as a research assistant at Sakarya University. He received his master's degree from the University of London School of Law School of Oriental and African Studies. He received his PhD degree from the University of Manchester , Department of Middle East Studies in 1999, with a thesis entitled "Early Development of Hanafi Legal Theory."Has been serving at İstanbul University Faculty of Theology as a dean since 2013. Bedir who is appointed as the representative of Turkey to International Fıqh Academy is chosen as member of Supreme of Religious Affairs.

Dr Necdet Şensoy who was born in Gerze in 1954 graduated from Samsun Maarif Koleji in 1972 and İstanbul Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences in 1977. He became Associate Professor in 1994 and Professor in 2002. He worked as an associate professor in Marmara University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration, Accounting and Finance. Sensoy was elected by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey as the Supervisory Board Member in 1 May 2004. he has been serving for Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey as a Member of the Bank Council since 7 December 2006.

He graduated from Boğaziçi University Faculty of Psychology in 1992 received his MA from İstanbul University Faculty of Business Department of Behavior Sciences in 1995 and his PHd from Sakarya University Institute of Social Sciences Department of Management and Organization. He became an associate professor in 1999. In 2002 took a place at Northhumbria University New Castle Business School as a visiting researcher. He became a professor in Department of Manegement and Organization in 2005.Beside his academic studies he executed some education and consultancy activities for some public institutions and private institutions.He is still head of the department of Organizationsal Behaviour at Yıldız Teknik University.

Nurullah Gür received his BA and MA in Economics from Marmara University in 2006 and 2008, respectively. Dr. Gür got his PhD from University of Essex in 2012. He is currently a faculty member at Istanbul Medipol University Department of Economics & Finance. He has numerous articles published in international journals with a focus on economic development and the relationship between financial system and the real economy.

He graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Theology in 1993 and from Anadolu University Faculty of Economics in 2005. He received his master's degree from Marmara University with the thesis named " Özel Finans Kurumlarının İslâm hukuku Yönünden Değerlendirilmesi"(1995). He received his PHd with the thesis named " Faizsiz Bankacılık İşlemlerinin İslâm Fıkhı’ndaki Yeri"(2004). He became an assosiate professor with his thesis titled " İslam Hukuku Penceresinden Vadeli İşlem Sözleşmeleri" (2008) and a professor with his thesis “İslam Hukuku Açısından Para ve Sermaye Piyasası İşlemleri". He is currently the head of the department of Islamic Economics and Finance at Istanbul University.

He graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Theology in 1998. He recieved his master's degree in Department of Economic History with his thesis titled ' XVIII. Yüzyıl Osmanlı Toplumunda Kredi' in 2003 and his PHd with his thesis titled 'XVIII. Yüzyıl Osmanlı Toplumunda Nazari ve Tatbiki Olarak Karz İşlemleri’ in 2007. He is currently an associate professor at Sakarya University, Faculty of Theology, Department of Islamic Law and President of Research Center for Islamic Economics and Finance at Sakarya University.

Graduated from İstanbul University Faculty of Economy in 1993 received his MA from University of Illionis at Urbana- Champaign Departmen of Economy (1997) and his PHd from Oklahama State University with his thesis “Stock Market and Currency Crises in Emerging Economies: A Simultaneous Approach”. He was in charge of Chief of Financial Econometry Department (2012-2015) and President of Islamic Economics and Finance Institution of USA(2014-1017). Between 2016-2017 worked as Member of Board at Central Registry Agency. He has been coordinating some Ministry Projects in addition a mutual project of EU& Turkish Ministry of Interior named “Strengthen NGO and Civil Society Association”.

He graduated from Istanbul Technical University Mathematical Engineering. He received his master's degree in Business Administration at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University. In 2003, he was appointed Assistant General Manager of Albaraka Turk. From 2003 until 2017, he has served as Executive Assistany General Manager in charge of Human Resources, Training and Organization, Performance and Career Management, Administrative Affairs, Construction and Real Estate. In 2017, he served as CFO responsible for Financial Reporting, Strategic Planning and Process Management and Organization Units.