International Activities
The International Unit of İİKV Explained Risale-i Nur at the Qadiri Gathering in Gambia
Representatives of the International Unit of the Istanbul Foundation for Knowledge and Culture (İİKV) attended the traditional annual gathering of the Qadiri community held in the African country of Gambia. As part of the program, the İİKV delegation came together with Sheikh Muhammad Gilani, one of the descendants of His Holiness Abdul Qadir Gilani and one of the most important spiritual leaders of the Qadiri path today. In the gathering, which took place in a spiritual atmosphere, various lessons and dhikr circles were conducted.
An Educational Model Reconnecting Science with Meaning: 5D Thinking
In today's education, science has often turned into a transfer of information disconnected from meaning, wonder, and spirituality. This newly released introductory video presents the 5D Thinking Model to the public, which aims to reconnect science with the Creator. The model offers a transformative educational approach that enables students to look at the universe not only with the question of "how" but also with the question of "why."
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.
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.