Ahmet Hamdi AKKAYA

Birgivi İlahiyat Fakültesi, Temel İslam Bilimleri Bölümü, Tefsir Anabilim Dalı

Research areas: Social Sciences and Humanities

<p>Ahmet&nbsp;Hamdi&nbsp;Akkaya&nbsp;was&nbsp;born&nbsp;in&nbsp;İzmir&nbsp;in&nbsp;1996.&nbsp;He&nbsp;began&nbsp;his&nbsp;undergraduate&nbsp;studies&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;Faculty&nbsp;of&nbsp;Theology&nbsp;at&nbsp;Dokuz&nbsp;Eylül&nbsp;University&nbsp;in&nbsp;2014.&nbsp;During&nbsp;his&nbsp;undergraduate&nbsp;education,&nbsp;he&nbsp;completed&nbsp;two&nbsp;years&nbsp;of&nbsp;advanced&nbsp;English&nbsp;training&nbsp;at&nbsp;International&nbsp;House&nbsp;İzmir,&nbsp;affiliated&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;University&nbsp;of&nbsp;Cambridge.</p><p>He&nbsp;began&nbsp;his&nbsp;master’s&nbsp;studies&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;field&nbsp;of&nbsp;Qurʾanic&nbsp;Exegesis&nbsp;(Tafsīr)&nbsp;in&nbsp;2019.&nbsp;During&nbsp;this&nbsp;period,&nbsp;he&nbsp;translated&nbsp;into&nbsp;Turkish&nbsp;the&nbsp;work&nbsp;<em>Approaches&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;History&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Interpretation&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Qur&#39;an</em>,&nbsp;edited&nbsp;by&nbsp;Andrew&nbsp;Rippin,&nbsp;under&nbsp;the&nbsp;title&nbsp;<em>Tefsir&nbsp;Tarihi&nbsp;İncelemeleri</em>.&nbsp;In&nbsp;2023,&nbsp;he&nbsp;graduated&nbsp;from&nbsp;Ege&nbsp;University&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;master’s&nbsp;thesis&nbsp;entitled&nbsp;<em>Identification,&nbsp;Classification,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Evaluation&nbsp;of&nbsp;English&nbsp;Articles&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;History&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Qur&#39;an&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;JSTOR&nbsp;Database</em>.</p><p>He&nbsp;began&nbsp;his&nbsp;doctoral&nbsp;studies&nbsp;in&nbsp;Qurʾanic&nbsp;Exegesis&nbsp;at&nbsp;Dokuz&nbsp;Eylül&nbsp;University&nbsp;in&nbsp;2023.&nbsp;In&nbsp;2024,&nbsp;he&nbsp;served&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;interpreter&nbsp;for&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Eleonore&nbsp;Cellard&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;conference&nbsp;titled&nbsp;<em>The&nbsp;History&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Qur&#39;an&nbsp;and&nbsp;Manuscripts</em>,&nbsp;held&nbsp;at&nbsp;Ege&nbsp;University.</p><p>Focusing&nbsp;his&nbsp;research&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;cultural&nbsp;anthropology&nbsp;of&nbsp;Qurʾanic&nbsp;narratives,&nbsp;the&nbsp;history&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Qur&#39;an,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Western&nbsp;perceptions&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Qur&#39;an,&nbsp;Akkaya&nbsp;is&nbsp;proficient&nbsp;in&nbsp;Arabic&nbsp;and&nbsp;English.</p>

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