Ali Bardakoğlu
Ali Bardakoğlu | |
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| President of the Directorate of Religious Affairs | |
| In office 28 March 2003 – 11 November 2010 | |
| President | Ahmet Necdet Sezer Abdullah Gül |
| Preceded by | Mehmet Nuri Yılmaz |
| Succeeded by | Mehmet Görmez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1952 (age 71–72) Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı |
Ali Bardakoğlu (born 1952) served as the president of the
between 2003 and 2010.Background
Ali Bardakoğlu was born in 1952 in
PhD in Islamic studies from Atatürk University and taught as assistant professor at the theology faculty of the Erciyes University. From 1991 to 1992 he lived in the United Kingdom and in 1994 he visited the United States
for the first time.
He is well known in Turkey and Europe as a moderate Islamic leader. He appointed, in 2005, two women from Diyanet Isleri as vice
. He is one of the signatory Ulama of the Amman Message, which gives a broad foundation for defining Muslim orthodoxy.[2]He met with Pope Benedict XVI on November 28, 2006, in Ankara to help further interfaith dialog between Catholics and Muslims.
He speaks Turkish, Arabic and English. He is married and has three children.
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