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Registration Now Open for the 8th and 9th Istanbul Workshop: 5D Thinking for Transformative Teaching
Last summer, the sixth and seventh editions of the workshop “Istanbul Workshop: 5D Thinking for Transformative Teaching,” organized in collaboration with The Institute of Integrated Knowledge (IIK), were successfully completed. The eighth and ninth editions of this workshop will be held twice in December 2025 and January 2026. The first session will take place on December 22–26, 2025, and the second on January 11–15, 2026.
Sixth 5D Thinking Model- 6th Program, Level 1 Training Completed! (July 28 – August 1, 2025)
The 5D Thinking Level 1 Training, which began on July 28 and continued for a week, was successfully completed on August 1, 2025. Educators from Malaysia, India, the United States, and Iraq had the opportunity to learn the fundamental principles of the 5-Dimensional Thinking Approach through both theoretical and practical dimensions.
Katre Journal’s Summer 2025 Issue (No. 19) Offers Rich and Diverse Scholarly Contributions
Under the editorial leadership of Prof. Dr. Bayram Özer, the 19th issue of Katre Journal, published for the summer term of 2025, presents a range of high-quality articles spanning classical Islamic thought, contemporary approaches to Qur’anic exegesis, the relationship between modern science and religious interpretation, and the sociology of literature.
Reading the Book of Nature Summer Retreat Program Successfully Completed in Barla
Organized in collaboration with the Maqasid Institute (USA), Hearts See (UK), and the Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture, the “Reading the Book of the Universe” summer camp in Barla has been successfully completed, offering participants a deepened academic awareness of perceiving the universe from the perspective of God.
Reading the Book of Nature Summer Retreat
Organized through the collaboration of the Maqasid Institute (USA), the Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture (Türkiye), and Hearts See (UK), the “Barla Universe Readings” program invites participants to re-read and re-understand the universe from the perspective of the Qur’an.
13th International Bediuzzaman Symposium
The 13th edition of the Bediuzzaman Symposium, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Knowledge and Culture (İFKC) since 1990, will take place on October 4–6, 2026, in Istanbul. Bringing together hundreds of academics, scholars, madrasa teachers, influencers, media professionals, and senior bureaucrats from across the globe and every continent, the symposium aims to offer solutions to the material and spiritual crises that the world is currently facing. With the participation of individuals from various faiths and cultural backgrounds, the symposium will seek to find answers to today’s global challenges through the guidance of the Qur’an and Sunnah, under the light of shared human values. A detailed announcement regarding the main theme and subtopics of the symposium will be shared with the public in the coming days.
Announcement of Accepted Participants – 14th Graduate Conference
As the Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture, we express our deep gratitude to Allah for granting us the opportunity to continue supporting scholarly work on the writings of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi.