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|Foreword|[7](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/generics/10580/36/3/4#72)|

|Part One: The Old Said|[15](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-one-the-old-said/10583/36/15/188#152)|

|Chapter One: Childhood and Youth|[17](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-one-the-old-said/10583/36/15/188#172)|

|Chapter Two: Istanbul before Freedom|[47](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-one-the-old-said/10583/36/15/188#472)|

|Chapter Three: Freedom and Constitutionalism|[67](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-one-the-old-said/10583/36/15/188#672)|

|Chapter Four: Bediuzzaman and the Thirty-First of March Incident|[85](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-one-the-old-said/10583/36/15/188#852)|

|Chapter Five: "The Future shall be Islam's, and Islam's Alone"|[101](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-one-the-old-said/10583/36/15/188#1012)|

|Chapter Six: The Medresetü'z-Zehrâ|[119](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-one-the-old-said/10583/36/15/188#1192)|

|Chapter Seven: War and Captivity|[127](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-one-the-old-said/10583/36/15/188#1272)|

|Chapter Eight: Return and Appointment to the Darü'l-Hikmeti'l-İslâmiye|[145](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-one-the-old-said/10583/36/15/188#1452)|

|Chapter Nine: The Supremacy of the Qur'an and Birth of the New Said|[161](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-one-the-old-said/10583/36/15/188#1612)|

|Chapter Ten: Opposition to the British and Move to Ankara|[175](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-one-the-old-said/10583/36/15/188#1752)|

|Part Two: The New Said|[189](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-two-the-new-said/10660/36/189/341#1892)|

|Chapter One: Van|[191](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-two-the-new-said/10660/36/189/341#1912)|

|Chapter Two: Barla|[207](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-two-the-new-said/10660/36/189/341#2072)|

|Chapter Three: Eskişehir|[239](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-two-the-new-said/10660/36/189/341#2392)|

|Chapter Four: Kastamonu|[253](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-two-the-new-said/10660/36/189/341#2532)|

|Chapter Five: Denizli|[287](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-two-the-new-said/10660/36/189/341#2872)|

|Chapter Six: Emirdağ|[303](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-two-the-new-said/10660/36/189/341#3032)|

|Chapter Seven: Afyon|[321](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-two-the-new-said/10660/36/189/341#3212)|

|Part Three: The Third Said|[343](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-three-the-third-said/10725/36/343/397#3432)|

|The Third Said|[345](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/part-three-the-third-said/10725/36/343/397#3452)|

|Conclusion|[399](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/conclusion/10749/36/399/402#3992)|

|*Addendum, Selections from the Risale-i Nur***|[403](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/addendum---selections-from-the-risale-i-nur/10750/36/403/418#4032)|

|Bibliography|[419](/bediuzzaman-said-nursi/bibliography/10759/36/419/422#4192)|

4–6 October 2026 · Istanbul

13th International Bediuzzaman Symposium

Visit the symposium website for the programme, papers and registration.