CURRICULUM VITAE PROF. DR. EKREM DEMİRLİ Department of Tasawwuf at Faculty of Theology of Istanbul University / TURKEY BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Ekrem Demirli was born in Ikizdere, Rize/Turkey in 1969. After he graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Theology in 1993, he had his master degree with his thesis titled Abdullah İlâhî nin Keşfü l-vâridât ı (Kashf al-waredad by Abdullah al-ilahi) in 1995 and completed his PhD in 2003 with his work titled Sadreddin Konevi de Marifet ve Vücûd (Epistemology and Ontology of Sadr al-din Qunawi). Demirli, who is still a professor in the Department of Tasawwuf at Istanbul University, continues to work mainly on two fields: the commentators of Qunawi and Ibn al-arabi. Ekrem Demirli has translated various works of Sadr al-din Qunawi, Abd al-razzaq Kashani, Avicenna and Ibn al-arabi, published articles in refereed journals and presented papers in national and international symposiums. Phone : +90 212 532 60 64 +90 212 532 60 20 +90 212 532 60 11 e-mail : demirliekrem@yahoo.com h.ekremdemirli@gmail.com CONTACT INFORMATIONS Address: İstanbul Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi, İskenderpaşa Mah. Horhor Cad. Kavalalı Sok. No:1 A Blok, Post Code 34091 Fatih / İstanbul /TURKEY BOOKS (TURKISH) WORKS Sadreddin Konevî de Bilgi ve Varlık (Epistemology and Ontology of Sadr al- Din Qunawi), Istanbul: İz, 2005 (ISBN:9753555962). Fusûsu l-hikem Şerhi (Commentary on Fusus al-hikam), Istanbul: Kabalcı, 2006 (ISBN: 9759970724). Nazarî Tasavvufun Kurucusu: Sadreddin Konevî (The Founder of Philosophical Sufism: Sadr al-din Qunawi), Istanbul: İSAM, 2008 (ISBN: 9789753895378). 1
İslam Metafiziğinde Tanrı ve İnsan (God and Human in Islamic Metaphysics), Istanbul: Kabalcı, 2009 (ISBN:9759971623). İbnü l-arabî Metafiziği (Ibn al-arabi s Metaphysics), Istanbul: Sufi Kitap, 2013 (ISBN: 6055215255). Aşk Nedir? İslam Düşüncesinde İman ve Amel İrtibatı Sorunu (What is Love? The Problem of Relation Between Faith and Practice in Islamic Thought), Istanbul, 2014 (ISBN:9786055215583). Şair Sufiler: Mevlana, Yunus ve Niyazi-i Mısri Üzerine İncelemeler (Poet Sufis: Analysis on Rumi, Yunus and Niyazi Misri), Istanbul: Sufi Kitap, 2015 (ISBN: 978-605-5215-84-2). Tasavvufun Altın Çağı: Konevî ve Takipçileri (The Golden Age of Sufism: Konevi and Followers), Istanbul: Sufi Kitap, 2015(ISBN: 978-605-5215-91-0). CHAPTERS IN THE BOOKS Gazzâlî ve Tasavvuf (Ghazali and Tasawwuf) Gazzâlî Konuşmaları içinde, (in Talks on Ghazali) ed. M. Cüneyt Kaya, Istanbul: Küre, 2012, pp. 253-291 (ISBN:9786055383275). İbnü l-arabî ve Sadreddin Konevî: İlimlerin Tedahül Devrinde Tasavvuf ve Felsefe (Ibn al-arabi and Sadr al-din Qunawi: Tasawwuf and Philosophy in the Period of Interpenetration of Islamic Sciences) İslam Felsefesi: Tarih ve Problemler içinde, (in Islamic Philosophy: History and the Problems) ed. M. Cüneyt Kaya, Istanbul: İSAM, 2013, pp. 503-540. (ISBN: 9786054829057). ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS An Assessment of Discursive Changes in Islamic Metaphysics Thubut as an Interpretation of the Concept of Possibility or Nonexistence and the Nonexistence of Nonexistence, Ilahiyat Studies: A Journal on Islamic and Religious Studies (ISBN: 1309-1786), Bursa Ilahiyat Foundation, Volume 1, Number 1, Winter/Spring 2010, pp. 37-63. PAPERS WRITTEN IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES The Influence of Ibn Sina on Sadr al-din Qunawi and His Followers, Islamic Philosophy and the Challenges of the Present-day World, Tehran, 11-12 October, 2009: Published: The Journal of Sapiential Wisdom and Philosophy, Tehran, Number 1, Winter 2010, pp. 5-16. "Das Frauenbild Ibn 'Arabîs: Frau und Mann als Spiegel, in dem sich da Absolute reflektiert", Imame und Frauen in Moscheen im Integrationsprozess, Michael Borchard/Rauf Ceylan (Hg.), Göttingen: Universitatsverlag Osnabrück 2011, pp. 259-270. 2
ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN NATIONAL JOURNALS Mesnevî yi Fusûsu l-hikem e Göre Yorumlamak İlâh-ı Mu tekad ve Mevlânâ nın Mesnevî sinden Hikâyeler (Interpretting Mathnawi According to Fusus al-hikam, al-ilah al-mu taqad (Gods of Beliefs) and Stories from Rumi s Mathnawi), Tasavvuf Dergisi Mevlânâ Özel Sayısı, Issue: 14, Year: 2005, pp. 347-364. Zâhirî İlimlerin Otoritesi Karşısında Tasavvuf un Meşruiyet Arayışı (Tasawwuf Looking For Legitimacy in the Face of the Authority of Exoteric Sciences), Istanbul Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Issue: 15, Year: 2007, pp. 219-245. İbnü l-arabî ve Mevlânâ Arasındaki Bazı Ortak Kavramlar (Some Common Terms Used by Ibn al-arabi and Rumi), Istanbul Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Issue: 16, Year: 2007, pp. 229-247. Normatif Geleneğe Karşı Sembolik Anlatım: İbnü'l-'Arabî'de Harf Sembolizmi, (Symbolic Expression Against Normative Tradition: The Symbolism of Letters in Ibn al-arabi) Istanbul Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Year: 2008, Issue: 17, pp. 223-236. Varlık Olmak Bakımından Varlık İfadesinin Sûfîlerce Yeniden Yorumlanması ve Bu Yorumun Metafizik Sonuçları (Reinterpretation of Being qua being by Sufis and Its Metaphysical Consequences), İslâm Araştırmaları Dergisi, Issue: 18, Year: 2009, pp. 27-47. İbnü l-arabî ve Takipçilerinin Tanrı Anlayışı: Tenzih ve Teşbih Hükümlerinin Birleştirilmesi (How Ibn al-arabi and His Followers Perceive God: Combining Incomparability with Similarity), İslâm Araştırmaları Dergisi, Issue: 19, Year: 2009, pp. 25-44. Tasavvufun Tutarlılık Arayışında Bir Yorum Çerçevesi Olarak Vahdet-i Vücûd: Yûnus Emre de Vahdet-i Vücûd Anlayışının Yansıması Hakkında Bir Değerlendirme (Wahdat al-wujud as a Frame to Interpret Tasawwuf s Search for Consistency : An Evaluation about the Reflection of Wahdat al-wujud on Yunus Emre), İslâm Araştırmaları Dergisi, Year: 2009, Issue: 21, pp. 25-50. Kuşeyrî den İbnü'l-Arabî ye İşari Yorumculuk Hakkında Bir Değerlendirme: İşari Yorumdan Tahkike Doğru Kur ân-ı Kerim Yorumculuğunun Gelişimi (An Evaluation about Ishari Commentary From Qushayri to Ibn al-arabi: The Progress of Quran Commentary from Ishari Commentary towards Tahqiq), Atatürk Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Year: 2013, Issue: 40, pp. 121-142. SOME PAPERS Tasavvufta İnsan Sevgisinin Kaynağı: İbnü l-arabî nin Düşüncesinde İnsan İle İlgili Kavramlar (Origins of Philanthropy in Sufism: Concepts about Human in 3
Ibn al-arabi s Thought), International Symposium on Religion and World Peace, Istanbul: April 2008. Sûfilerin Âlem ve Tabiat Görüşü: Her Şey Tanrı ya İşaret Eden Canlı Bir Ayettir (The Universe and the Nature in Sufis Thoughts: Everything is a Live Sign that Shows God) International Symposium on Environment and Religion, Istanbul: May 2008. Bir Tasavvuf Klasiği Olarak Fusûsu l-hikem: İbnü l-arabî nin Fusûsu l-hikem i ve Ekberî Geleneğinin Teşekkülündeki Rolü (Fusus al-hikam as a Classical Sufi Book: Ibn al-arabi s Fusus and Its Role on Formation of Akbari Tradition), International Symposium on Classical Literature titled Klasiği Yeniden Düşünmek, Published: İslam ve Klasik, Istanbul, 2008, pp. 319-328. İslam Metafizik Düşüncesinin Serüveni: Sadreddin Konevî ve Takipçilerinde İbn Sînâ Etkisi (The Adventure of the Metaphysical Thought in Islam: Ibn Sînâ s Influence on Sadr al-din Qunawi and his Followers), International Symposium on Ibn Sina, 22-24 May 2008, Istanbul. Published in 2009, Vol: II, pp. 353-358. TRANSLATIONS A. From Arabic into Turkish Tasavvuf: İslam da Manevi Hayat (al-tasawwuf: al-thawrah al-ruhiyyah fi al- Islam) by Abu l- Ala' Afifi, with Abdullah Kartal (Istanbul: İz, 1996). İslam Düşüncesi Üzerine Makaleler (Selected Articles on Islamic Thought) by Abu l- Ala' Afifi, (Istanbul: İz, 2000). Fusûsu l-hikem Okumaları İçin Anahtar (al-ta'līqat 'ala Fusūs al-hikam) by Abu l- Ala' Afifi, (Istanbul: İz, 2000). Fatiha Suresi Tefsiri (I'jāz al-bayān fī ta wīl Umm al-qur'ân) by Sadr al-din Qunawi, (Istanbul: İz, 2002). Kırk Hadis Şerhi (Sharḥ al-arba'īn ḥadīthan) by Sadr al-din Qunawi, (Istanbul: İz, 2002) İlahî Nefhalar (Kitāb al-nafaḥāt al-ilāhīyah) by Sadr al-din Qunawi, (Istanbul: İz, 2002). Fusûsu l-hikem in Sırları (Kitāb al-fukūk fi asrār al-mustanidāt al-hikam al-fusūs) by Sadr al-din Qunawi, (Istanbul: İz, 2002). Tasavvuf Metafiziği (Miftāḥ al-ghayb al-jam' wa al-wujūd) by Sadr al-din Qunawi, (Istanbul: İz, 2002). Esma-i Hüsna Şerhi (Sharḥ al-asmā al-ḥusnā) by Sadr al-din Qunawi, (Istanbul: İz, 2002). Vahdet-i Vücûd ve Esasları (Kitāb al-nuṣūṣ) by Sadr al-din Qunawi, (Istanbul: İz, 2002). 4
Yazışmalar (al-murāsalāt bayna Sadr al-din Qunawi wa Naṣīr ud-dīn Ṭūsī) by Sadr al- Din Qunawi, (Istanbul: İz, 2002). Marifet Yolcusuna Kılavuz (Tabsirat al-mubtadi' wa tadhkirat al-muntahī) by Sadr al- Din Qunawi, (Istanbul: İz, 2002). Gerçek Varlık (Kitāb al-wujūd al-haqq) by Abd al-ghani al-nablusi, (Istanbul: İz, 2003). Ariflerin Tevhidi (al-qawl al-matīn fī bayān tawhīd al-ārifīn) by Abd al-ghani al- Nablusi (Istanbul: İz, 2003). Tasavvuf Sözlüğü (Lat a ʼif al-iʻla m fi isha ra t ahl al-ilha m) by 'Abd al-razzāq al- Kāshānī (Istanbul: İz, 2004). Metafizik I-II (al-ilahiyyat min Kitab al-shifa ) by Avicenna, with Ömer Türker (Istanbul: Litera, 2004-2005). İbnü l-arabî Sözlüğü (al-mu'jam al-sūfī: al-hikma fi hudūd al-kalima) by Suād al- Hakīm, (Istanbul: Kabalcı, 2005). Fusûsu l-hikem (Fusūs al-hikam) by Muḥyī al-dīn Ibn al- Arabī (Istanbul: Kabalcı, 2006). Fütûhât-ı Mekkiyye (Futūhāt al-makkiyyah) by Muḥyī al-dīn Ibn al- Arabī, XVIII Vols., (Istanbul: Litera, 2006-2012). B. From English into Turkish Tanrı nın Yeryüzündeki İşaretleri (Deciphering the Signs of God: A Phenomenological Approach to Islam) by Annemarie Schimmel, (Istanbul: Kabalcı, 2004). Ve Muhammed O nun Elçisidir (And Muhammad Is His Messenger: The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety) by Annemarie Schimmel, (Istanbul: Kabalcı, 2011). AWARDS Writers Union of Turkey (TYB) Award for The Translation of the Year in The Awards of Writers, Thinkers and Artists of the Year, 2006: Ekrem Demirli (with his translation of Futūhāt al-makkiyyah, Volumes of 1-2-3) 2012 TASAM (Turkish Asian Center for Strategic Studies) Award of Strategic Scientist of Turkey. 5