Necmettin Kızılkaya

Necmettin Kizilkaya is currently working as a Professor of Islamic Law at the Faculty of Theology, Istanbul University. He earned his B.A in Theology from Marmara University, Faculty of Theology and M.A in Islamic Law from the same university. He received his PhD in Islamic Law from Selcuk University, Institute of Social Sciences in 2011. He has also been a visiting fellow at Princeton University and a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University. His research interests include Islamic studies, especially Islamic law and economics. He also researches in the history of Islamic law, Islamic corporate law, modernity and Islamic law. He has authored several works on Islamic economics, migration issues, halal food and other contemporary issues from a legal perspective. He has published several books and his research in the field of Islamic law and Islamic economics has appeared in many leading academic journals. Kizilkaya is the editor-in-chief of Turkish Journal of Islamic Economics (TUJISE). He is a scientific advisor with numerous academic journals, and serves on the editorial boards of many others.