All sessions of the 13th International Bediuzzaman Symposium are available on YouTube: recordings and transcripts

All session recordings from the 13th International Bediuzzaman Symposium, held in Istanbul on October 4–6, 2026, are now available on our foundation’s YouTube channel. A total of 62 recordings—including the opening and special session at the Atatürk Cultural Center, 57 sessions, 3 forums, and gala speeches—are available to watch in their original form, with presentations delivered in Turkish, English, Arabic, and Russian.

Subtitling work is ongoing. Transcripts of each session are also being prepared as working documents and published as Word files on the relevant session page (currently 236 files are available); files will be added to the pages as they are completed.

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October 4, 2026

• Opening and Special Session: Qur’anic Solutions to Global Crises / A Vision of Civilization — AKM (Turkish, English, Arabic)

October 5, 2026

• Session 1: Education Through the Language of Tawhid: Values and Models for Reading the Book of the Universe — Main Hall (Turkish)
• Session 2: Said Nursi as a Muslim Thinker — Ballroom 1 (Turkish)
• Session 3: New Trends in Modern Education: Cosmic Literacy and Nature-Based Models — Ballroom 2 (Turkish)
• Session 4: Values Education and Social Construction Through Education — Sapphire 1 (Turkish)
• Session 5: Deciphering the Codes of Two Books: Divine Verses in the Light of Risale-i Nur, and Qur’anic Solutions to the Anthropocene Through Mizan — VIP 2 (English)
• Session 6: Human Stewardship and the Environment — VIP 3 (English)
• Session 7: Qur’anic Solutions to Problems Concerning Knowledge in the Context of Contemporary Civilization — Yakut 1 (Arabic)
• Session 8: The Role of the Risale-i Nur in Dismantling the Illusions of Atheism and Materialism — Yakut 2 (Arabic)
• Session 9: Administration, Governance, and Law — Yakut 3 (Arabic)
• Session 10: Qur’anic Approaches to the Challenges of Technology and Modernity — Yakut 4 (Arabic)
• Session 11: Epistemology and Ontology in the Risale-i Nur in Light of Philosophical and Scientific Approaches — Main Hall (Turkish)
• Session 12: Readings on Existence, Society, and Theology in the Risale-i Nur Method — Ballroom 1 (Turkish)
• Session 13: The Challenges of the Digital Age from the Perspective of the Risale-i Nur: Youth and the Development of Willpower — Ballroom 2 (Turkish)
• Session 14: Style, Method, and a Meaning-Centered Reading of Existence in the Risale-i Nur — Sapphire 1 (Turkish)
• Session 15: Preserving the Social Contract: Freedom, Politics, and Spirituality — VIP 2 (English)
• Session 16: Building a Better World Through Justice and Unity — VIP 3 (English)
• Session 17: Qur’anic Solutions to Contemporary Material Problems — Yakut 1 (Arabic)
• Session 18: Women and Their Role in Building Civilization — Yakut 2 (Arabic)
• Session 19: Risale-i Nur and the Future of the Ummah — Yakut 3 (Arabic)
• Session 20: Qur’anic Solutions to Social Problems and Their Impact on the Construction of Civilizational Consciousness — Yakut 4 (Arabic)
• Session 21: Bediüzzaman’s Vision of Islamic Unity in Its Historical and Contemporary Dimensions — Main Hall (Turkish)
• Session 22: Halal Finance, Leadership, and Consumption Ethics in the Context of Daily Life from the Perspective of Risale-i Nur — Ballroom 1 (Turkish)
• Session 23: Spiritual Guidance, Social Construction, and Revelation in the Face of Global Crises — Ballroom 2 (Turkish)
• Session 24: Mental Health and Healing — VIP 2 (English)
• Session 25: Finding Meaning in the World — VIP 3 (English)
• Session 26: Qur’anic Solutions to Contemporary Educational Challenges — Yakut 1 (Arabic)
• Session 27: The Role of the Family in the Construction of Civilization — Yakut 2 (Arabic)
• Session 28: The Environment and Its Importance in the Construction of Civilization — Yakut 3 (Arabic)
• Session 29: Knowledge and Faith from a Qur’anic Perspective and Their Impact on the Construction of Civilization — Yakut 4 (Arabic)
• Session 30: Youth and Their Role in the Rebirth of Civilization — Yakut 5 (English, Arabic)
• Forum 1: Qur’anic Values Against International Double Standards: The Case of Gaza — Main Hall (Turkish, Arabic)
• 2nd Forum: A Revelation-Centered Society and Family — Main Hall (Turkish, English)
• Gala Speeches — Main Hall (Turkish, Arabic, Russian)

October 6, 2026

• Session 31: The Philosophy of Politics and Concept of the State in the Thought of Bediüzzaman Said Nursî — Main Hall (Turkish)
• Session 32: The Risale-i Nur’s Proposals on Meaning and Values in the Face of Global and Digital Crises — Ballroom 1 (Turkish)
• Session 33: Special Session on “From Art to Tawhid” — Ballroom 2 (Turkish)
• Session 34: Spiritual and Moral Values, Building a Revelation-Based Society, and the Qur’anic Perspective — Sapphire 1 (Russian)
• Session 35: Rediscovering the Meaning of Creation as a Response to Modern Crises: Nursi’s “Mana-yı Harfî” Perspective and the 5D Thinking Model — VIP 2 (English)
• Session 36: Religious Guidance and Spiritual Well-Being — VIP 3 (English)
• Session 37: The Existential Function of Humanity in the Holy Quran and the Ways to Fulfill It — Yakut 1 (Arabic)
• Session 38: The Importance of Faith in Life from the Perspective of the Holy Quran — Yakut 2 (Arabic)
• Session 39: Human and Faith-Based Brotherhood and Its Role in the Construction of Civilization — Yakut 3 (Arabic)
• Session 40: The Miraculous Nature of the Quran and Its Impact on Civilization — Yakut 4 (Arabic)
• Session 41: Family and Generational Upbringing Centered on Human Nature in the Face of Global Threats — Main Hall (Turkish)
• Session 42: The Islamic Understanding of Science and Faith-Based Approaches in the Natural Sciences — Ballroom 1 (Turkish)
• Session 43: Special Session on the Institution of the Family and New Educational Paradigms in the Search for Meaning and Belonging — Ballroom 2 (Turkish)
• Session 44: Brotherhood, Shura, and Social Peace: The Concept of Community and Unity in the Thought of Said Nursî — Sapphire 1 (Russian)
• Session 45: Book Presentation — VIP2 (English)
• Session 46: The Importance of the Qur’an in the Construction of Civilization — Yakut 1 (Arabic)
• Session 47: Unity and the Management of Disagreement in the Message of Islam — Yakut 2 (Arabic)
• Session 48: Qur’anic Solutions to Contemporary Human Problems — Yakut 3 (Arabic)
• Session 49: Divine Sunnah and Its Importance in the Construction of Civilization — Yakut 4 (Arabic)
• Session 50: Moderation, Justice, and the Management of Waste in the Face of Modern Economic Theories — Main Hall (Turkish)
• Session 51: Approaches to Early Childhood and Youth Education from the Medresetü’z-Zehra Perspective — Ballroom 1 (Turkish)
• Session 52: Global Crises and Artificial Intelligence Special Session — Ballroom 2 (Turkish)
• Session 53: The Crisis of Meaning in the Digital Age, Information Technologies, and the Search for Spiritual and Psychological Support — Sapphire 1 (Russian)
• Session 54: Workshop — VIP 3 (English)
• Session 55: The Duty of Caliphate in the Holy Quran and Ways to Fulfill It — Yakut 1 (Arabic, English)
• Session 56: Social Solutions from the Perspective of the Holy Quran — Yakut 2 (Arabic)
• Session 57: Qur’anic Ethics in the Construction of Human Civilization — Yakut 3 (Arabic)
• 3rd Forum: Solutions to Modern-Day Social Issues Centered on the Quran and Sunnah — Pullman Main Hall (Turkish, English, Arabic)

Transcripts are unedited working texts extracted from session recordings; they are not official texts reviewed by the speakers. Inaudible or ambiguous statements have been left as is.