Muhammad Mertek
Muhammet Mertek (* 1964 in Espiye , Turkey ) is a Turkish teacher and author .
Life
From 1983 to 1987 he studied German and pedagogy at the University of Ankara , then between 1987 and 1992 German, pedagogy and Nordic studies in Münster . Since 1992 he has been teaching Islamic religious instruction and Turkish at the Sophie Scholl Comprehensive School in Hamm.
Muhammet Mertek has been actively and committedly committed to the dialogue between people, cultures and religions in society for years. In lectures at schools and universities as well as in associations and church communities, he deals with topics such as integration and migration, upbringing and education, language and identities, the foundations of Islam and Salafism, dialogue and cultural coexistence. He has also written several publications on these topics.
From 1998 to 2013 he was editor-in-chief of the magazine "Die Fontäne". In addition, he supervised the publication of books by other authors as a lecturer and editor . Mertek is a co-founder of the Education and Environment Association and the Institute for Islam and Democratic Education in Hamm.
As a lecturer for Islamic didactics, he introduced teaching students to the theory and practice of general didactics and the developing didactics of Islamic religious instruction at the Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck (Austria) in 2013.
Since November 3, 2018, Mertek has been a board member of the Interreligious Labor Office (INTR ° A).
bibliography
Books
- Turkish-German dictionary of Islamic terms; Izmir 1997, 2nd revised edition Frankfurt am Main 2012 ISBN 978-3-944206-03-5
- Islam: Faith, Life, History; 2nd edition Hamm 2004, 3rd revised edition Frankfurt am Main 2012 ISBN 978-3-944206-02-8
- Chingis Aitmatov; Childhood in Kyrgyzstan (translation into Turkish), published under the title “Cocuklugum”; Istanbul 2002
- Avrupa`daki Anadolu: Toplum, Eğitim, Dil (Anatolia in Europe: society, upbringing and education, language); Istanbul 2006
- Teaching and working materials for teaching Islam 1; Hamm 2009
- He contributed as a translator from German into Turkish and editor of the book by Prof. Fuat Sezgin “Anniversary Volume for the Thirty Years of the Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Sciences. Forewords in European languages to publications by the institute from 1984 to 2011 ”. (Timaş Yayınları, Istanbul 2014)
- Ömer Seyfettin - Seçme Hikayeler / Selected Short Stories; Önel Verlag; Cologne 2016
- Ömer Seyfettin - Seçme Hikayeler / Selected Short Stories; Çalışma Kitabı / Workbook; Önel Verlag; Cologne 2016
Contributions to edited volumes
- The schooling of Turkish migrants. Turkey-Europe, Between Partnership and Confrontation; 2006
- Dialogue as a human obligation. Steps towards a culture of togetherness; 2008
- Ethics and Society, Ethics in the World Context, Springer VS; 2014
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mertek, Muhammad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish teacher and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Espiye |