After a remarkable international symposium held for the first time in Turkey, called Modern Era and Ibn Arabi, Turkish Women’s Cultural Association (TURKKAD), Istanbul Branch is now happy to organize another international symposium on Hadrat Shams-i Tabrizi.

The international Shams Symposium: Enlightened by the Sun will be held in Istanbul on 11-13 December and in Konya on 14-16 December, 2009. Scholars from Turkey, Pakistan, USA, Iran and Japan will give presentations during the symposium. The language of the sessions will be in both Turkish and English.

The main purpose of this symposium is to inform greater audience about the real meaning of Shams-i Tabrizi, who is best known as Rumi’s teacher. Humanity benefits a great deal from his unifying attribute and we all believe in the great benefit of getting to know more about him and trying to perceive him.

Programme:
 

December 11^th  Friday  Opening IETT Baglarbasi Cultural Center, Istanbul
December 12^th  Saturday Sessions Sütlüce Convention Center, Istanbul Sadabad Hall
December 13^th  Sunday  Sessions Sütlüce Convention Center, Istanbul Sadabad Hall December 14^th Monday Konya Tour
December 15^th Tuesday Sessions Mevlana Cultural Center, Konya Sultan Veled Hall
December 16^th Wednesday Closing  Mevlana Cultural Center, Konya Sultan Veled Hall
December 17^th Thursday  Prayer  Hazrat Mevlana’s Tomb

Important Note: There is no registration fee and the participants are kindly requested to arrange their own transport and accommodations

SPEAKERS:

Adnan Karaismailo?lu - Turkey, K?r?kkale

Camille Helminski – USA, California

Carl Ernst – USA, North Carolina

Cemâlnur Sargut – Turkey, Istanbul

Esin Çelebi – Turkey, Konya

Ghulam Moeen Uddin Nizam – Pakistan, Islamabad

Hülya Küçük – Turkey, Istanbul

Mahmut Erol K?l?ç – Turkey, Istanbul

Mustafa Çakmakl?o?lu – Turkey, Kayseri

Naci Bak?rc? – Turkey, Konya

Nur Art?ran – Turkey, ?stanbul

Nuri ?im?ekler – Turkey, Konya

Omid Safi – USA, North Carolina

Osman Nuri Küçük - Turkey, Kayseri

Parvaneh Saberi  - Iran, Tehran

Raza Ullah Shah Arif Naushahi – Pakistan, Lahore

Selahattin Çelebi  -  Turkey, Konya

Semih Ceyhan - Turkey, Istanbul

Takeshita Masataka – Japan, Tokyo

Tofigh Hashempour Sobhani - Iran, Tehran

Tu?rul ?nançer - Turkey, Konya

The Shams Symposium’s  I S T A N B U L  program is co-sponsored by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and Nefes Publications; with Turkish Airlines as the official transportation sponsor.
The  K O N Y A  program is co-sponsored by the TURKKAD Istanbul and the Konya Municipality.