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Students from Said Nursi Class in Pereyaslav University in Ukraine were awarded with certificates

Students from Said Nursi Class in Pereyaslav University in Ukraine were awarded with certificates

Throughout the 4-week courses in the Said Nursi Class at Pereyaslav University, students read the Ukrainian translations of Bediuzzaman’s “History of Life” and “Staff of Moses”works from Risale-i Nur and prepared assignments. The last of these lessons took place on June 22, 2018. In this last seminar, Prof. Dr. Alparslan Açıkgenç gave examples of Bediüzzaman’s suggestions on the positive movements and their application in the title “Dimensions of the Motion of the Movement”.

Following this seminar, participants were presented with certificates signed by Mehmet Nuri Güleç, President of the Board of Trustees of Istanbul Science and Culture Foundation, and Prof. Dr. Viktor P. Kotsur, Rector of Pereyaslav University.





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.

4–6 October 2026 · Istanbul

13th International Bediuzzaman Symposium

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