Yaşar Nuri Öztürk

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Yaşar Nuri Öztürk (born February 5, 1951 in Bayburt , Bayburt Province , † June 22, 2016 in Istanbul ) was a Turkish religious philosopher , author, lawyer, and politician. He was a well-known Islamic theologian in Turkey and represented liberal positions within Islam .

Scientific career and interpretation of the Koran

Öztürk studied law and Islamic theology at Ankara University . He then worked as an imam and preacher for 12 years . He then returned to university for a PhD in Islamic philosophy in 1980 . In 1986 he became a docent and taught in 1986/87 "Islamic Intellectual History" at Unification Theological Seminary in Barrytown, 130 km north of New York City . From 1993 to 2002 he was dean of the theological faculty at Istanbul University . In addition to his work as a book author, he had a column in the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet . He has given lectures in the USA , Switzerland , Germany and countries in the Middle East .

Öztürk's books Islam in the Koran and The Falsified Islam on a contemporary interpretation of the Koran were very well received by the Turkish public, so that they are considered key works of a “movement back to the Koran”. Öztürk was subsequently called an “Islamic reformer ”, although he himself declared that the Koran and Islam did not need reform, and he saw himself as the successor to Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and Muhammad Abduh . According to the Koran, Öztürk considered the mind to be the "greatest prophet". In the Koran, dogmas are kept to a minimum. The Koran urges one to use one's mind and to interpret the religious sources. Religious belief bases should be critically questioned and brought into harmony with the requirements of the modern present.

In the list of the “most important people of the 20th century” by Time Magazine , Öztürk was voted 7th among the top ten personalities in the category “Most Important Scientists and Thinkers” in 2000. Some of his books have been translated into German and English.

Political activity

In 2002, Öztürk was as MP for the constituency Istanbul Province of Republican People's Party ( Republican People's Party ) in the Turkish parliament voted. In 2005 he left the CHP and founded the Halkın Yükselişi Partisi ( Party for the Rise of the People ) in Ankara on February 16, 2005 , which he chaired for some time.

Works

  • Kur'an'daki İslâm ( Islam in the Koran ), 1992.
  • 400 questions about Islam - 400 answers. Düsseldorf 2000, ISBN 3-933749-17-4 .
  • Rumi and Islamic Mysticism. Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-933749-81-6 .
  • The adulterated Islam. A Critique of the History of Islamic Thought . Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 3-89978-062-0 (German short version of the Turkish original).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yaşar Nuri Öztürk hayatını kaybetti
  2. ^ "The adulterated Islam" by Yaşar Nuri Öztürk
  3. ↑ Kathrin Eith: “Yaşar” Nuri Öztürk and the “Return to the Koran” in Turkey ( Memento from February 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Panel Koran exegesis between linguistic and literary approaches, 29th German Orientalist Day 2004
  4. ↑ The Koran as the only yardstick , review by Yaşar Nuri Öztürk: “Der Fälscht Islam, Deutschlandradio ” April 25, 2007
  5. ↑ Book on Yasar Nuri Ozturk provides insight on controversial theologian  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Metin Demirsar, Turkish Daily News August 9, 1998@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.hurriyetdailynews.com  
  6. ↑ The religious face of secularism ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . By Margot Badran, Al-Ahram Weekly On-line, February 1-7, 2001  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / weekly.ahram.org.eg
  7. ↑ Yaşar Nuri Öztürk: "According to the Koran, the mind is the greatest prophet" ( Memento from November 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) SWR de., October 27, 2010, accessed on August 6, 2011
  8. ^ The Most Influential People of the 20th Century poll ( Memento April 8, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) Scientists & Thinkers, Time Magazine 2000
  9. ^ Yaşar Nuri Öztürk, catalog of the DNB
personal data
SURNAME Öztürk, Yaşar Nuri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish lawyer, politician, religious philosopher and author
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Bayburt , Bayburt Province
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 2016
Place of death Istanbul , Turkey