Mahsuk Yamac
Dean of Graduate Studies. Lecturer.
Biography
Email: mahsuk@zaytuna.edu
Office hours: By appointment
Mr. Mahsuk Yamac is a scholar of the classical Islamic sciences with licenses to teach in all pertinent knowledges. His field specialties include Islamic Philosophy and the Liberal Arts, Arabic Grammar and Morphology, Logic, Argumentation Theory (膧d膩b al-Ba岣﹖h wa-l-Mun膩岷揳ra), and the Science of Lexical Semantics and Word-Coinage (‘ilm al-wad’). At Zaytuna College, Mr. Yamac has taught Islamic Philosophy 1 (Hid膩yat al-岣kma), Islamic Philosophy 2-3-4 (Bid膩yat al-岣kma), Arabic Grammar (I岷揾膩r al-Asr膩r).
Prior to his post at Zaytuna College, Mr. Yamac was the chair of Classical Islamic Sciences at Istanbul Foundation for Research and Education (陌SAR) from 2012 to 2016.
Mr. Yamac is a native Kurdish and Turkish speaker, is fluent in Arabic, and has reading and writing competencies in Persian and Ottoman.
Mr. Yamac joined the faculty of Zaytuna College in Fall 2017.
Education
- Zaytuna College, BA, Islamic Law and Theology, 2019
- Anadolu University, Turkey, AA, Theology, 2011
- Fat岣 al-Islam University, Syria, BA, Theology, 2004
Ijazah 'Ilmiyyah
Shaykh Mu岣mmad Rabi‘ al-Nadw墨, Hadith Studies, Lucknow, India, 2013
Shaykh Sa‘墨d A岣ad Palanp奴r墨, Hadith Studies, Deoband, India, 2013
Shaykh Salm膩n al-Nadw墨, Hadith Studies, Lucknow, India, 2013
Shaykh Husni Geçer, Classical Islamic Sciences (rational and transmitted), Istanbul, Turkey, 2011
Shaykh N奴r ad-D墨n ‘Itr, Hadith Studies, Damascus, Syria, 2011
Shaykh Mu岣mmad Em墨n Er al-Mir膩n墨, Classical Islamic Sciences, Ankara, Turkey, 2010
Shaykh Muhammad Sal墨h al-Ghurs墨, Classical Islamic Sciences (rational and transmitted) Konya, Turkey, 2002
Shaykh Mu岣mmad N奴r Orak, Classical Islamic Sciences, Diyarbak谋r, Turkey, 2000
Journal Articles
“Cumhuriyet Döneminde Medreseler: Alet 陌limlerinin Mahiyeti, Önemi ve Gayesi” [Classical madrasas in the republican era: The nature, importance and purpose of the classical sciences], Rihla 13: 33–40.
Books
- Glossary of Abhari’s Isaghoji in Classical Logic. Translation with commentary from Arabic to Kurdish. In progress.
- Amthila, Diagrams of Conjugating Verbs and Declining Nouns. Translation with commentary from Arabic and Ottoman Turkish to English. Unpublished.
Lectures, talks, and other speaking engagements
- ISAR Online Conference. Al-Usul wa’l-Wusul fi al-Ulum al-Islamiyya, Istanbul, 2020.
- International Kurdish Studies Conference at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, 2019.
- “賲乇丕鬲亘 丕賱毓賱賵賲 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賷丞” [The hierarchy of the Islamic sciences]. Amman, Jordan, 2013.
- “賳卮丕胤丕鬲 毓賱賲賷丞 賮賷 鬲乇賰賷丕 賵禺氐賵氐丕 賮賷 噩賳賵亘 卮乇賯賴丕 亘賷賳 丕賱賲丕囟賷 賵丕賱丨丕囟乇” [Intellectual activity in Southeastern Turkey: Between past and present]. Nadwat al-‘Ulam膩’, Lucknow, India, 2012.
- “賲賳賴噩 丕賱鬲丿乇賷爻 賮賷 丕賱毓賱賵賲 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賷丞” [The methodological approach to education in the Islamic sciences]. New Delhi, India, 2012.
- “Cumhuriyet Döneminde Medreseler: Alet 陌limlerinin Tertibindeki Mant谋k” [Classical madrasas in the republican period: Logic in the order of the classical sciences], 5. Genç Akademisyenler Bulu艧mas谋, Mardin, Turkey, June 17–19, 2011.
Previous Posts
- 2015 Founding Member, Hayra Davet Vakf谋 [The Foundation for Summoning to Virtue], Istanbul
- 2012–2016 Chair of Classical Islamic Sciences, Istanbul Foundation for Research and Education (陌SAR), Istanbul
- 2009–2016 Lecturer, Centre for Arts and Sciences, Istanbul
- 2005–2008 Columnist, Söz Gazetesi [Söz Newspaper], Diyarbak谋r
- 2005–2008 Producer, Söz TV Channel, Diyarbak谋r
- 2004–2009 Founder and Chair, Classical Madrasa of Islamic Sciences under Dil, Bilim ve Kültür Ara艧t谋rmalar谋 Derne臒i [The Foundation for Research in Language, Science and Culture]; Founder and Director, Diyarbakir
Personal Interests
English and Arabic literature, philosophy, theology, and rational sciences