Under the leadership of the Turkish Imam Hatip Foundation (TİMAV); Our university, Selçuk University, Mardin Artuklu University, Lebanon Tripoli University, Kazakhstan Ahmet Yesevi University, Pakistan Abdul Wali Khan University, Algeria Constantinople 3 Salah Boubnider University, Konya Metropolitan Municipality and Science and Wisdom Research Center (İLHAM) organized the "What Kind of a Human Being?" The symposium with the theme "The Future Awaits? Transformation of Values, Transforming Values and the Power of Education in Building the Future" has been completed.   70 papers were presented in 19 different sessions, including the opening and closing sessions, at the 7th International Religious Research and Human Symposium, which lasted two days with the participation of national and international academics and researchers.   Speaking at the opening of the symposium, TİMAV Chairman Ecevit Öksüz said that, as a foundation, they have been carrying out various activities since 1994 with the aim of producing information, ideas and strategies regarding Imam Hatips, religious education and social policies, and that they are striving to produce value for the homeland and nation by organizing many programs. told.   Stating that they are trying not only to serve Imam Hatip students, but also to come together with Imam Hatip students and carry out national and international activities and projects that will show how to serve humanity, Öksüz said: “Among the activities we have done; We have an INSPIRATION project, especially for our young people, which we hope will touch their hearts and lead to a true understanding and a solid stance. On the other hand, the Traditional Story Competition we organize for all Imam Hatip High School students across Turkey has been going on for 10 years. I would not list all our activities one by one, but one of the most important topics among these activities is our Symposium, which we held for the seventh time this year.”   Rather than being a power or a means of superiority; Öksüz said that he thinks that it is important in the context of transforming values and transformation of values into a structure that stabilizes our lives, hearts, beliefs, friendships, brotherhoods, our purpose of existence and gives us responsibility rather than power, and concluded his speech with the following words: "May our symposium be beneficial and hopefully our future "I hope to come together again in symposiums where we can discuss topics that will make our unchanging values stronger in different periods, make our purpose of existence stronger, strengthen our loyalty and equity even more."   Our Rector Prof. came to the podium after Öksüz. Dr. Cem Zorlu said: “In our private meetings, in our conversations about what kind of a foundation it should be, what kind of work it should do, we said that we should appeal to the souls, hearts and minds of young people, boys and girls, and produce services within this framework. As a matter of fact, TİMAV took serious steps to achieve this and carried out works that reached brand value. Symposiums are one of them. “I thank the president and his team very much.”   Our Rector Prof. said that the subject of 'Human Future' is an important topic and that Muslims have great duties and responsibilities in this regard. Dr. Cem Zorlu, "Our Prophet Ali (ra) says: "Raise your children in a way that prepares them for the future." Then, the duty of the Muslim is not only to plan the day, but also to make projections for the future, make determinations, produce plans and projects and act accordingly.As of the point reached, all 'isms' in the world, such as Communism, socialism and capitalism, are All ideologies, all systems of thought that emerged to revive only this world, let alone the other world, are finished and exhausted... At the moment when humanity reaches the point of extinction and exhaustion, the existence of Islam as a savior is inevitable. Here is a lifestyle aimed at the future, a renewed way of life based on these principles. "It is today's Islam that will organize, project and produce beyond the basic elements," he said.   Prof. came to the podium for the opening conference of the symposium. Dr. In his speech, Yasin Aktay emphasized that the symposium is a feast of ideas, thoughts and friendship and said, "First of all, I would like to thank the TİMAV family for organizing such a symposium. I congratulate them not only for this, but also for creating continuity in action. The number 7 has an auspicious and blessed side. "It has a symbolic side. This number is a threshold in the spiritual worlds. I hope we have crossed this threshold. Since we have reached the seventh one, this has become permanent and institutional," he said.   In the successfully completed symposium, evaluations were made from many research disciplines of religious sciences and human sciences to shed light on the issues of what kind of future awaits humanity, the transformation in values, the changing values and the power of education. In the program, which made significant theoretical and practical contributions to the world of science, many structural and in-depth suggestions for social life were presented.   The symposium ended with the reading of the closing program and final declaration after the online sessions. 

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