EDUCATION

1980

BA, College of Islamic Studies, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.

1982

JD, Law School, Istanbul University, Turkey.

1983

L.L.M., Law History, Law School, Dicle University, Turkey

1986

Ph.D., Law History. Dissertation: The Institution of Wakf in Islamic Law and Ottoman Practice, Law School, Dicle University, Turkey

EMPLOYMENT/ CAREER

1982-86

University of Dicle, School of Law, Turkey. Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant. To teach on Turkish Law History and its practice at Ottoman Empire.

1985

University of Kuwait with research grant about Islamic Law and its practise at the Ottoman Empire; especially on pious foundations in the Ottoman Empire.

1985

Tenure, Assoc. Professor

1986

Tenor Full Professor. Ottoman Legal System and Islamic Law

1986-87

University of Selçuk, Konya Turkey, School of Law, Department of Ottoman Legal System, Islamic Law and Hıstory of Law. Assistant Professor.

1986-88

Expert Adviser at the Ottoman Archives (Prime Ministry, General Directory of State Archives) and Member Committee for teaching Ottoman Scriptures

1987-92

Associate Professor with tenure, School of Law, Department of Ottoman Legal System, Islamic Law and History of Law.

1989

Member of Advisory Board for Ottoman Archives.

1992

Full Professor of Law History, Islamic Law and Ottoman Legal System at Dumlupinar Uni.

1993-96

Dean of Faculty, Dumlupinar University, Turkey

1994-97

Head of Foundation at the Foundation of Ottoman Researches in Istanbul.

1997-98

Visiting Professor, Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University

2000

Rector, Islamic University of Rotterdam, Netherlands

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES AND PUPLICATIONS

Books in English

STUDIES IN ISLAMIC ECONOMICS (ISLAMIC BANKING AND DEVELOPMENT)
Edited by Ahmed Akgunduz, (Rotterdam: IUR Press 2009)

Insturoduction to Islamic Law, Rotterdam: IUR Press 2009, 409 pp.

Books in Turkish

Osmanli Devleti’nde Gayr-I Muslimlerin Yonetimi, 2008 Istanbul Timas Yayinlari, 209 pp.

Islam ve Osmanli Hukuku Arastirmalari I, 2008 Istanbul, OSAV.

Osmanli Kanunnāmeleri Ve Hukukī Tahlilleri (Ottoman Legal Codes and Legislative Analysis), vols. I-IX, Istanbul:OSAV, 1989-1996.
Sher‘iye Sicilleri (Religious Court Records in the Ottoman Empire), vol. i-ii, Istanbul 1989, Foundation of Researchs of Turkish World.
Islam Hukukunda Ve Osmanli Tatbikatinda Vakif Muessesesi (The Pious Foundation and Ottoman Practise), Ankara 1988, Turkish History Association.
Mukayeseli Islam Ve Osmanli Hukuku Kulliyati (Corpus Juris of Islamic and Ottoman Law Comparativly), Diyarbakir, 1986 School Law Press.
Turk Hukuk Tarihi (Turkish Law History with Ottoman Practise), with Prof. Halil Cin, vol. i-ii, Selcuk University School Law Press, 1989.
Belgeler Gercekleri Konusuyor (The Documents of Ottoman Archives are declaring Trues), vol. i-v, Istanbul, Foundation of Ottoman Research.
Tabular Yikiliyor (The Taboos are Being Ruined), vol. I-IV, Istanbul 1996, Foundation of Ottoman Research.
Guneydogu Meselesi Ve Cozum Yollari (Kurdish Problem and Its Ways of Solution in the light of Ottoman Archives), Istanbul 1994, Foundation of Ottoman Research.
Islamda Insan Haklari Beyannamesi (Declaration of Human Rights in　 Islam and Ottoman Practise), Istanbul 1991, TIMAS Press.
Eski Anayasa Hukukumuz ve Islam Anayasasi (Old Turkish Contitutional Law and Islamic Constitution), Istanbul 1992, Foundation of Ottoman Research.
Arsiv Belgeleri Isiginda Tarsus Tarihi Ve Ashab-i Kehf (The History of Tarsus and　 Seven Sleepers=Eshab-i Kehf in the light of documets of Ottoman Archives), Istanbul 1995.
Arsiv Belgeleri Isiginda Somuncu Baba Ve Neseb-i Alisi (The Saint Somuncu Baba and His High Generation in the lights of Documents of Ottoman Archives), Istanbul 1995.
Islam Hukukunda Kolelik Cariyelik Muessesesi Ve Osmanlida Harem (Male and Female Slavery in Islam and the Ottoman Harem), Istanbul 1995, Foundation of Ottoman Research.
Umumi Hukuk Tarihi (General Law History, The Text Book), Konya School Law Press, 1991.
Arsiv Belgeleri Isiginda Suleyman Hilmi Tunahan Efendi (The Saint Suleyman Hilmi Tunahan in the lights of Ottoman Documents), Istanbul 1997, Foundation of Ottoman Research.
Bilinmeyen Osmanli (Unknown Ottoman), OSAV, İstanbul 1999.
Yozgat Temettuat Defterleri, I-II, Yozgat 2000. (with Dr. Sait Ozturk).
Darende Tarihi, Istanbul 2002. (with Dr. Sait Ozturk).
Darende Temettuat Defterleri, Istanbul I-II, 2002 (with Dr. Sait Ozturk).
Uc Devirde Bir Mabed; Ayasofya, Istanbul 2005 (with Dr. Sait Ozturk).
Kiliseden Muzeye Ayasofya Camii, Istanbul 2006 (with Dr. Sait Ozturk).
Ermeni Meselesi, Istanbul:OSAV, 2007 (with Dr. Sait Ozturk).

Books in Arabic

Al-Dawlah al Othmaniyyah al-Majhulah, 2008 Istanbul OSAV, 792 pp.

REFEREED JOURNALS AND BOOKS

Research articles in English

Haji Baktash al-Wali, the Baktashiyyah and the Ottoman Janissary Corps, Sufi Illuminations, A Journal Devoted to the Study of Islam & Sufism, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 2008, pp. 57-67.

Said Nursis Sicht uber die Ungäubigen und seine Methoden beim Aufruf zum Glauben, III. Bonner Said Nursi Symposion: Gläubige Bürger in der pluralen Gesellschaft - Muslime im Dialog (Hrsg. v. Ülker, Rüstem / Aries, Wolf D).

The IUR; an Academic Bridge between Islamic and Western Civilization, Book Project, Theologie im Plural - Hamburg University 2008.

The Reasons for Rise and Decline of Ottoman State, Journal of Islam in Asia, Malaisia. Kuala Lumpur: December 2009