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Abdulsait AYKUT

Associate Professor, Award-winning Translator

Email:aykut@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Research Interests: 

Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures; Intellectual History of the Middle East.

Google Scholar User Name:  

A. Sait Aykut (around 1600 citations by June 2025)

Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=tr&user=KzvstK0AAAAJ

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

  • September 2010 - May 2015, PhD, Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA.
  • September 2001- January 2005, MA, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul –Türkiye
  • September 1995 - January 2001, BA, Faculty of Theology, Marmara University, Istanbul – Türkiye. 

 

LINGUISTIC ABILITY

 

Turkish: native // Arabic: native // English: near-native // Turkmen: proficient // Azerbaijani: proficient // Gagauz: proficient // Persian: work and research // Tatar: work and research // Uzbek: work and research // Uyghur: work and research // Kazakh: work and research // Russian: work and research.

 

SELECTED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

 

  • December 2023;  Five Years Service Award, Sun Yat-sen University – China.
  • May 2014; Chancellor Fellowship, University of Wisconsin Madison - USA.
  • January 2011; Honorary Mention Award for the Contribution to the Arabic Travel Literature, given by the Center of Arabic Geographical Literature, Qatar.
  • March 2004; The Best Translated Book Award at National Level, given by the Turkish Writers’ Union, for the annotated translation of Ibn Battuta's Travels (Rihlat İbn Battuta) from Arabic into Turkish, Türkiye.

 

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

 

  • September 2018 – Present, Associate Professor, Arabic Department, School of International Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai – China.
  • September 2017- June 2018, Assistant Professor, Head of Arabic Department, Istanbul Medeniyet University –Türkiye.
  • September 2015 – June 2018, Assistant Professor Lecturer in the Foundational Courses, Istanbul Şehir University –Türkiye.
  • September 2011 – June 2013, Teaching Assistant in the Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia, University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND COURSES)

 

  • 2018 – Present, Associate Prof., Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai – China. 

Graduate Courses: Research Methods for Graduate Students // Arabic Linguistics // Classical Arabic Poetry: Theory and Close Reading in al-Mutanabbī and al-Ma‘arrī, // Classical Arabic Prose: Theory and Close Reading in al-Jāḥiẓ and al-Tawḥīdī  // Turkish Language // History of Arab – China Relations Based on Medieval Travel Texts // History of Translation in the Middle East.

Undergraduate Courses: The Art of Arabic Calligraphy: Applications of Naskh and Riq‘a // Arabic Phonology // Introduction to the History of Arabic - Islamic Civilization // Advanced Arabic // Media Arabic // Advanced Arabic Translation // Modern Arabic Novel: Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy // Method for Graduation Thesis Writing.

  • September 2017- June 2018, Assistant Prof., Istanbul Medeniyet University –Türkiye. Undergraduate Courses: Arabic for Philosophy, Phil 245, 345 and 445. 

Graduate Courses: Medieval Arabic Philosophy Texts.

  • September 2015 – June 2018, Assistant Prof., Istanbul Şehir University –Türkiye.

Undergraduate Courses: UNI 209, Understanding Cultural Encounters (Cultural History of Medieval Muslim Communities via Travelers’ Accounts)

  • September 2011 – June 2013, TA, University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA. 

Undergraduate Courses: LCA 439 Intermediate Turkish, LCA 440 Advanced Turkish. 

 

 

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS

 

  • “The Andalusian Thinker Ibn Hazm’s Theory of Love”, Academic Conference of Humanities and Arts, 2023 December 1st– 4th, organized by Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai – China.

  • “A Significant Narrative in the History of Diplomatic Relations between the Middle East and China: Persian Author Ghiyath al-din Naqqash's Observations on China between 1420 -1422”,  Zhuhai Forum (4th Session) for the International Security and Development in the Middle East, 2023 October 20th  - 23rd ,organized by Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai – China.

  • دراسات على جبران خليل فى تركيا"  / Studies on Gibran Khalil in Türkiye”, International Academic Symposium on the 140th Anniversary of the Birth of Gibran Khalil, 2023 June 9th -11th,organized by Sun Yat-sen University Zhuhai – China. 

  • “Observations of the Moroccan Diplomat al-Miknāsī on the Social and Religious Life of al-Quds in the Second Half of the 18th Century”, International Symposium on Science and Education in al-Quds during the Ottoman Era, 2018 December 28th– 30th, organized by Fatih Sultan Mehmet University, Istanbul – Türkiye. 

  • تعليم اللغة العربية في تركيا: التاريخ و المناهج" / Special Lecture on Arabic Language Education in Turkey: History and Methods, 2016 December 6th ,  organized by Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai – China.
  • المقارنة بین الرحالة المغربي ابن بطوطة والرحالة العثماني أولیا چلبي / Special Lecture on the Moroccan Traveler Ibn Battuta and the Ottoman Traveler Evliya Çelebi, 2016 June 22nd– 24th , organized by Middlebury College, San Francisco, USA. 

  • Six Week Seminar on the Cultural Encounters in the Middle Eastern History, 2016 March 3rd - April 9th organized by the Foundation for Sciences and Arts - BISAV, Istanbul – Türkiye.

  • 19th Century Tatar intellectual life and the ScholarMurad Ramzi, live on TRT (Turkish Radio and Television), 2015 December 26th. 

  • “Murad Ramzi on Central Asian Sufi Networks at the Turn of the 20th Century”, 14th AnnualInternational Conference of the Central Eurasian Studies Society - CESS, 2013 October 5th– 6th, University ofWisconsin Madison, USA.

  • “Sufi Historian Murad Ramzi”, Graduate Symposium on Islam in Central Eurasia, 2012 May 11th,University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA.

  • “مشاكل و تجارب في ترجمة ابن بطوطة” / “Problems and Experiences in the Translation of ibn Battuta”, Annual Conference on Arab and Muslim Travelers, /المؤتمر الدولي لأدب الرحالة العرب والمسلمین,2010 December 8th– 12th,Doha, Qatar.

  • “Muallim Cevdet’sCommentary on Ibn Battuta” Open Forum on Muallim Cevdet, 2006 April 1st, IstanbulMetropolitan Municipality - Ataturk Library, Istanbul.

  • Seminar on Ibn Battuta:The Political and Anthropological Map of the 14th Century, 2004 May16th, Yeditepe University, Istanbul – Türkiye.

  • Seminar on Ibn Sina and Ethics, 2003 December 19th, organized by Yapı Kredi Cultural Center, Istanbul – Türkiye.

  • Seminar on the Moroccan Thinker Muhammad 'Ābid al-Jābirī and his Analysis for the triad of‘Irfan – Bayan – Burhan, 1997 April 20th, organized by Marmara University, Istanbul – Türkiye.

 

 

ALL PUBLICATIONS

 

A) Monographs, Papers, and Encyclopedia Articles

 

  1. Aykut, A. Sait (2025); رحلة غياث الدين النقّاش إلى الصين / Journey of Ghiyāth al-dīn Naqqāsh to China, (research, ed-critique and translation based on three historical manuscripts), 130 pgs., will be published in Jordan – Amman. (Arabic)
  2. Aykut, A. Sait (2024);“Memoirs of Ghiyāth al-dīn Naqqāsh on his Journey to China 1419 -1422 AD// مذكرات -روزنامه- غياث الدين النقّاش حول رحلته إلي الصين (1419 - 1422 م), Jordan Journal of History and Archeology, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 23-51. (Arabic)
  3. Aykut, A. Sait (2023); Murad Ramzi: A Eurasian Historian and Translator, 455 pgs., Madison: Turko-Tatar Press. (English)The new expanded edition of this monograph will be published in 2025. 
  4. Aykut, A. Sait (2023); “Khalil Gibran in Turkish / “جبران خليل جبران باللغة التركية - مراجعة لترجمات كُتبِه والبحوث حوله في تركيا” Al-ḌādJournal, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 102-138. (Arabic)
  5. Aykut, A. Sait and Wu, Zixing (2023); “Ibn Ḥazm of al-Andalus and Cáo Xuěqín of China: Love and Gender in Collapsing Social Structures” Journal of Academic Studies in World Languages, Literatures and Translations, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 189-208. (English)
  6. El-Cerrah, Nuri and Aykut, A. Sait (eds.) (2022); Ortaçağ'dan 20. Yüzyıla İslam Dünyasında Seyahat / Travel in the Islamic World from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century, 160 pgs., Istanbul: Farabi Kitap Publications (Turkish).
  7. Aykut, A. Sait (2022); “Ibn Battuta ve Anadolu / Ibn Battuta and Anatolia” in Ortaçağ'dan 20. Yüzyıla İslam Dünyasında Seyahat, pp. 53 – 81, El-Cerrah and Aykut (eds.), Istanbul: Farabi Kitap Publications (Turkish) 
  8. Aykut, A. Sait (2022); “Seyahat / The Concept of Travel” in Ortaçağ'dan 20. Yüzyıla İslam Dünyasında Seyahat,, pp. 13-18, El-Cerrah and Aykut (eds.), Istanbul: Farabi Kitap Publications (Turkish) 
  9. Aykut, A. Sait (2021); “Turtūshī and Political Realism in Medieval Muslim World / Turtūşī ve Ortaçağ İslam Dünyasinda Siyāsī Realizm” Dīvān Disiplinlerarası Çalışmalar Dergisi, vol. 26, no. 51, pp. 39-80. (Turkish)
  10. Aykut, A. Sait (2020); “Faslı Diplomat Muhammed el-Miknāsī’nin Gözlemleriyle 18. Yüzyılda Kudüs’te Sosyal ve Dinī Hayat / Observations of the Moroccan Diplomat al-Miknāsī on the Social and Religious Life of al-Quds in the Second Half of the 18th Century”, in Proceedings ofInternational Symposium on Science and Education in Quds during the Ottoman Era - December2018, Istanbul: Fatih Sultan Mehmet University Publications, pp. 137- 148. (Turkish)
  11. Aykut, A. Sait (2016); “Мухаммад Мурад Рамзи (1855-1935) и его труды, / Muhammad Murad Ramzi (1855 - 1935) and his Works”, Krymskoye Obozreniye, no. 2, pp. 8-26. (English with Russian summary)
  12. Aykut, A. Sait (2014); “Ibn Battuta”, in Ahilik Ansiklopedisi / Encyclopedia of Akhism, Ankara: Turkish Ministry of Customs and Trade Publications, vol. II, pp. 14 - 18. (Turkish and English)
  13. Aykut, A. Sait (2014); “Rihle”, Ahilik Ansiklopedisi / Encyclopedia of Akhism, Ankara: Turkish Ministry of Customs and Trade Publications, vol. II, pp. 224 - 226. (Turkish and English)
  14. Aykut, A. Sait (2011); “مغامراتى مع الكتب والناس والبلاد“, in Rahhālāt 'Arab wa Muslimūn, pp. 362-370., Nūrī al-Jarrāh (ed.), Abu Dhabi: al-Suwaidi Publishing House, (Arabic)
  15. Aykut, A. Sait (2011); “ابن بطوطه في التركیة یجذبً القرًاء”, / Ibn Battuta in Turkish Language, al-Mushāhid, February Issue, pp. 40-44. (Arabic)
  16. Aykut, A. Sait (2009); “İbn Battuta'da 'Ahı' Kelimesi ve Anadolu / Anatolia and the Concept of Akhi in Ibn Battuta”, Cogito, issue 59, pp. 108 – 129. (Turkish)
  17. Aykut, A. Sait (2007); “Seyyah İbn Battuta’nın Dilinde Tasavvuf ve Dervişler / Sufism and Dervish Organizations in the Travels of ibn Battuta” Keşkül, no. 3, pp. 44 – 54.  (Turkish)
  18. Aykut, A. Sait (2007); “Varlık, Benlik, Hatırlayış ve Unutuş Üzerine / Ego, Memory and Forgetting in Ibn ‘Arabī, Heidegger and Suhrawardī”, Cogito, issue 50, pp. 155 –169. (Turkish)
  19. Aykut, A. Sait (2006); “Cāhız, Seālibī ve İbn Hazm: Klasik Arap Edebiyatında Ten ve Ten Sevgisi /“al-Jāhiz, al-Tha'ālibī and Ibn Hazm: A Comparative Analysis of Love in the Classical Arabic Literature”, Cogito, issue 44 and 45, pp. 183 – 208. (Turkish) 
  20. Aykut, A. Sait (2006); “Muallim Cevdet'in İbn Batuta’ya Düştüğü Zeyl / Muallim Cevdet’sCommentary on Ibn Battuta”, in Vefatının 70. Yılında Muallim Cevdet, pp. 50-60., Ismail Kara (ed.), Istanbul: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Publications (Turkish)
  21. Aykut, A. Sait (2006); “Arapçadan Çevirinin Temel Sorunları / On the Problems of Translation from Arabic Sources”,Kitap-Haber, issue April-May, pp. 15 – 26. (Turkish) 
  22. Aykut, A. Sait (2005); “Arap Dünyasında Cuha Karakteri ve Nasreddin Hoca / The Character of Joha in the Arabic World and Nasraddin Hodja of Turks”, in Nasreddin Hoca Kitabı, pp. 222 – 237, Sabri Koz (ed.), Istanbul: Kitabevi Publications (Turkish)
  23. Aykut, A. Sait (2004); “İbn Battuta'da Yemek Kültürü / The World Cuisine in Ibn Battuta” in Yemek Kitabı, Sabri Koz (ed.), Istanbul: Kitabevi Publications, pp. 160 – 180. (Turkish)
  24. Aykut, A. Sait (2004); “Siyah Kalem'in Cinlerini Dönemin En Yaygın Cin Bilim Kitaplarında Aramak / Ustād Siyāh Qalam’s Demons: Survey in the Arabic White-Magic Books” Sanat Dünyamız, issue 93, pp. 20 –34. (Turkish) 
  25. Aykut, A. Sait (2004); “Ölüm: Aşk ve İnanç Renginde / Death in the Classical Arabic Literature” Cogito,issue 40, pp. 192 – 211. (Turkish)
  26. Aykut, A. Sait (2003); “Kan: İsmi Cisminden Ağır / Blood in the Classical Arabic Literature”, Cogito, issue 37, pp. 162 -180. (Turkish) 
  27. Aykut, A. Sait (2003); “20. Yüzyılın Ikinci Yarısında Modern Arap Şiirinin Temel Problemleri / The Main Problems of the Modern Arabic Poetry in the Second Half of the 20th Century, Kaşgar, issue 32, pp. 149 – 158. (Turkish) 
  28. Aykut, A. Sait (2003); “Şihabüddin İbşihi’nin Sohbet Kitabı / On the Book of Conversation by Shahābeddin al – Ibshihī” Cogito, issue 32, pp. 30-34, (Turkish).
  29. Aykut, A. Sait (2002); “Hasan Hanefi: Oksidentalizmi Arapça inşa etmek / Hasan Hanafī: Construction of Occidentalism in Arabic”, Cogito, issue 31, pp. 9 – 12. (Turkish)
  30. Aykut, A. Sait (1999); “Ibn Battuta” in DIA Islam Ansiklopedisi / TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, Istanbul: TDV Publications, vol. 19, pp. 361 – 368. (Turkish)
  31. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Tācu’l-ārifīn Ebu’l-vefā” in SGAD - Sahabeden Günümüze / Historical Encyclopedia of Muslim Scholars and Sufis, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 30-37. (Turkish)
  32. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Mevdūd-i Çiştī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 48 – 50. (Turkish).
  33. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ahmed Yesevī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 59 – 66. (Turkish)
  34. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ebū Ya'azzā” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 69 -71. (Turkish) 
  35. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Abdurrahīm el-Kınāī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 77 – 79. (Turkish) 
  36. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ebū Medyen” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 80 – 82. (Turkish)
  37. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ruzbihān-ı Baklī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 89 – 92. (Turkish)
  38. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Abdüsselām Beşīş” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 98 – 101. (Turkish)
  39. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Cemāleddīn  Sāvī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 102 – 104. (Turkish)
  40. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Mu'īnüddīn Çiştī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 119 – 124. (Turkish)
  41. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Evhadüddīn  Kirmānī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 125 – 127. (Turkish)
  42. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Yûsuf el-Uqsurī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 131 – 133. (Turkish)
  43. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ahi Evran” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 150 – 153. (Turkish)
  44. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Sa'dī-i Shīrāzī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 183 – 195. (Turkish)
  45. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Dāvud el-Hüseynī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 197 – 199. (Turkish)
  46. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ibrāhīm Zāhid Gīlānī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 199 – 200. (Turkish) 
  47. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Husrev Dihlavī, Emīr” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 222 – 225. (Turkish) 
  48. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Nizāmeddīn  Evliyā” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 225 – 237. (Turkish)
  49. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Celāleddīn Tebrīzī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 248 – 250. (Turkish)
  50. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Dāvūd-i Kayserī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 253 – 257. (Turkish)
  51. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ibn Kayyim el-Cevziyye” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 257 – 261. (Turkish)
  52. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Muhammed el-İsnevī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 266 – 268. (Turkish) 
  53. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ibnu’l-Hatīb Lisāneddīn” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 274 – 276. (Turkish)
  54. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Zeynüddīn  el-Hanbelī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 287 – 289. (Turkish) 
  55. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ebu’l-Hasan Ali b. Vefā” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 299 – 305. (Turkish)
  56. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Muhammed al-Gamrī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 356 – 358. (Turkish) 
  57. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Yā'kūb Çarhī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 358 – 365. (Turkish)
  58. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Zeynuddīn  Bistāmī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 269 – 372. (Turkish)
  59. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Sa’deddīn Kaşgārī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 375 – 379. (Turkish)
  60. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Alāeddīn  Semerkandī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 278-380. (Turkish)
  61. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Şihābeddīn  Zebīdī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 449 – 452. (Turkish)
  62. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ahmed Zerrūk” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 7, pp. 474 – 477. (Turkish)
  63. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ebûbekir Abdullah Ayderūs” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 8, pp. 20 – 23. (Turkish)
  64. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Zenbilli Ali Cemālī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 8, pp. 33 – 37. (Turkish)
  65. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Cemāl Halīfe” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 8, pp. 37 – 40. (Turkish)
  66. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Alvān Alī Şāzelī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 8, pp. 45 – 49. (Turkish)
  67. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Abdulvahhāb Şa'rānī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 8, pp. 112 – 119. (Turkish)
  68. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Muhammed Birgivī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 8, pp. 136 – 143. (Turkish)
  69. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ibn Abdillah Ayderūs” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 8, pp. 167 – 169. (Turkish)
  70. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Abdurraūf el-Munāvī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 8, pp. 193 – 199. (Turkish)
  71. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ādem Mu'izz Bennūrī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 8, pp. 225 – 227. (Turkish)
  72. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Nūr Muhammed Bedā'ūnī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 8, pp. 303 – 306. (Turkish)
  73. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Bandırmalı Hāmid Efendī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 8, pp. 319 – 321. (Turkish) 
  74. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “İsmā'īl Fakīrullah Tillovī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 8, pp. 323 – 335. (Turkish)
  75. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Kutbeddīn  Mustafā el-Bekrī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 8, pp. 354 – 365. (Turkish) 
  76. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Şah Veliyyullah Dihlevī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 8, pp. 372 – 396. (Turkish)
  77. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ali b. el-Hicāzī el-Beyyūmī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 8, pp. 397 – 402. (Turkish)
  78. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ahmed ad-Derdīr” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 8, pp. 426 – 430. (Turkish)
  79. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Osmān b. Fodyo” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 24 – 37. (Turkish)
  80. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Abdulazīz Dihlevī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 39 – 49. (Turkish)
  81. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Hālid el-Bağdādī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 56 – 64. (Turkish)
  82. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ahmad Birilvī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 64 – 77. (Turkish) 
  83. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ahmed ibn İdrīs” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 84 – 91. (Turkish)
  84. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ahmed Kuddūsī Dede” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 98 – 109. (Turkish)
  85. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Muhammed el-Mirganī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 109 – 115. (Turkish)
  86. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Muhammed Alī es-Senūsī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 132 – 138. (Turkish)
  87. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “el-Hāc Ömer Tāl” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, 1996, vol. 9, pp. 139 – 151. (Turkish) 
  88. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “İmam Şâmīl” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 156 – 176. (Turkish) 
  89. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Abdullah Efendi, Kilisli” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule vol. 9, pp. 179- 181. (Turkish) 
  90. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Abdulkadir el-Cezāirī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 195 – 207. (Turkish)
  91. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Muhammed Mehdī es-Sûdānī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 207 – 214. (Turkish) 
  92. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ishak Efendi, Harputlu” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 229 – 232. (Turkish)
  93. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Muhammed Mehdī es-Senûsī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 252 – 263. (Turkish) 
  94. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Muhammed el-Yeşrûtī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 265 – 268. (Turkish) 
  95. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ma'al-‘ayneyn el-Kalkamī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 276 – 294. (Turkish)
  96. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Hasan Hilmi Efendi” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 295 – 299. (Turkish)
  97. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Muhammed el-Erbīlī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 301 – 310. (Turkish)
  98. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Muhammed Hasan es-Somālī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 318 – 337. (Turkish) 
  99. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Ahmadu Bamba” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 362 – 365. (Turkish) 
  100. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Seyyid Şerīf es-Senûsī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 382 – 384. (Turkish) 
  101. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Zāhid el-Kevserī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 9, pp. 469 – 474. (Turkish)
  102. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Abdülkerīm el-Hattābī” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 10, pp. 163 – 166. (Turkish)
  103. Aykut, A. Sait (1996); “Abdullah Hārûn” in SGAD, Istanbul: Şule Publications, vol. 10, pp. 196 – 199. (Turkish) 

 

B) Translations

 

  1. En-Neccar, Tagrid (2022); Kedi Dostu Cevahir Hanim / Al-Sayyida Jawāhir by Taghrīd al-Najjār, 4th edition, Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Publications, 76 pgs. Full book translated (From Arabic to Turkish).
  2. En-Neccar, Tagrid (2022); Pabucum Dama Atildi / Māzā Hasala li-Akhī Rāmiz by Taghrīd al-Najjār, 2nd edition, Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Publications, 60 pgs. Full book translated (From Arabic to Turkish).
  3. En-Neccar, Tagrid (2021); Koca Karpuz / Bittīkha, by Taghrīd al-Najjār, 4th edition, Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Publications, 36 pgs. Full book translated (From Arabic to Turkish).
  4. Peacock, Andrew and Yildiz, Sara Nur (eds.) (2017); Anadolu Selçukluları: Saray ve Toplum, / The Seljuks of Anatolia: Court and Society in the Medieval Middle East, Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Publications, 235 pgs. Full book translated (From English to Turkish).
  5. Hacı Bektaş Veli (2007); Makalat / Maqālāt by the Sufi Author Ḥājī Bektāsh Walī, Istanbul: Etkileşim Publications, 101 pgs. Full book translated (From Ottoman Turkish to Modern Turkish)
  6. Ibn Battuta, Muhammed (2004); İbn Battuta Seyahatnamesi, Çeviri İnceleme ve Notlandırma / Travels of Ibn Battūta, Critical Edition and Translation from Arabic to Turkish, Istanbul: Yapi Kredi Publications, 2 volumes, 1104 pgs. For this work, I received Türkiye’s Best Translated Book Award. Full book translated (From Arabic to Turkish)
  7. Mahfuz, Necip (2002); Binbirinci Geceden Sonra / Layālī Alf Layla by Naguib Mahfouz, Istanbul: Oğlak Publications, 331 pgs. Full book translated (From Arabic to Turkish)
  8. Cabiri, Muhammed Abid (2000); Felsefi Mirasimiz ve Biz / Nahnu wa al-Turāth by Muhammad ‘Ābid al-Jābirī, Istanbul: Kitabevi Publications, 384 pgs. Full book translated (From Arabic to Turkish)
  9. Ibnu’l-Mukaffa (1999); Kelīle ve Dimne / Kalīla wa Dimna by Ibn al-Muqaffa', Istanbul: Şule Publications, 320 pgs. Full book translated (From Arabic to Turkish)
  10. Seālibī, Ebū Mansūr (1997); Hükümdarlık Sanatı / The Art of Sovereignty: Ādāb al-Mulūk by Abū Mansūr al-Tha'ālibī, Istanbul: İnsan Publications, 256 pgs. Full book translated (From Arabic to Turkish)
  11. Turtūşī, Muhammed (1996); Siyaset Ahlakı ve İlkelerine Dair /The Ethics of Politics: Sirāj al-Mulūk by Muhammad al-Turtūshī, Istanbul: İnsan Publications, 544 pgs. Full book translated (From Arabic to Turkish)
  12. Isfahani, Ebu Nuaym (1996); Hilyetü’l-Evliyā/ Selected Sections from Hilyat al-Awliya by Abu Nuaym al-Isfahani, in the first 6 volumes of SGAD - Sahabeden Günümüze Allah Dostları / Encyclopedia of Muslim Scholars and Sufis, Istanbul: Şule Publications (From Arabic to Turkish) 
  13. Ibnu'l-Cevzi (1996); Sifatu’s-Safve / Selected Sections from Sifat al-Safwa by Abu al-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī, in the first 6 volumes of SGAD - Sahabeden Günümüze Allah Dostları / Encyclopedia of Muslim Scholars and Sufis,Istanbul: Şule Publications (From Arabic to Turkish)
  14. Imaduddin Halil (1993); Sosyal Adalet / al- ‘Adl al-Ijtimā‘ī by ‘Imād al-dīn Khalīl, Istanbul: Şule Publications, 136 pgs. Full book translated (From Arabic to Turkish)
  15. Būkebūt, Muhammed (2022); “Faslı bir Seyyah Gözüyle 18. Yüzyılda İstanbul / The Image of the 18th Century Istanbul in the Memoirs of a Moroccan Traveler” in Ortaçağ'dan 20. Yüzyıla İslam Dünyasında Seyahat, pp. 95 - 109., El-Cerrah and Aykut (eds.), second edition, Istanbul: Farabi Kitap Publications (From Arabic to Turkish)
  16. El-Cerrāh, Nūrī (2022); “Altın ve Fırtına: Amerika'ya giden ilk Doğulu Ilyās el-Mūsuli'nin Seyahati 1668 -1683 / The Gold and Storm: The Travels of Ilyās al-Mawsilī in America 1668 – 1683” in Ortaçağ'dan 20. Yüzyıla İslam Dünyasında Seyahat, pp. 109 - 131., El-Cerrāh and Aykut (eds.), second edition, Istanbul: Farabi Kitap Publications, (From Arabic to Turkish).
  17. El-Cerrāh, Nūrī (2022); “Muhammed el-Fāsī el-Gassānī'nin İspanya Seyahati: 1690 –1691 / The Travels of Muhammad al-Fāsī al- Ghassānī in Spain: 1690 – 1691”, in Ortaçağ'dan 20. Yüzyıla İslam Dünyasında Seyahat, pp. 131 - 141., El-Cerrāh and Aykut (ed.), second edition, Istanbul: Farabi Kitap Publications (From Arabic to Turkish).
  18. Bekr, Abdulvahab (2000); “Türkiye ve Arap Israil Mucadelesi / Turkey and Arab-Israel Conflict” in Iki Tarafın Bakış Açısından Türk-Arap Münasebetleri, pp. 559 – 586., Ekmeluddin Ihsanoglu (ed.), Istanbul: Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture – IRCICA (From Arabic to Turkish)
  19. Ahmed, Nazli Muavvad (2000); “Çağdaş Ekonomik ve Siyasi Gelişmeler Işığında Türk-Arap Yakınlaşması / Turkish-Arab Rapprochement in the Light of Contemporary Economic and Political Developments” in Iki Tarafın Bakış Açısından Türk-Arap Münasebetleri, pp. 587 – 610., Ekmeluddin Ihsanoglu (ed.), Istanbul: Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture – IRCICA (From Arabic to Turkish)
  20. Ragib, Mustafa (2020); “Ters Evlenme / Inverted Marriage: A Part from Karagöz, the Traditional Turkish Shadow Theatre”, in Karagözüm İki Gözüm / Karagöz My Dear, pp. 123 - 133., Nihat Tekdemir, Elif Erdoğan, Cengiz Özek (eds.), Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Publications, (From Ottoman Turkish to English).
  21. Ibn Sīnā (2007); “Melankoli: Teşhis ve Tedavi / Melancholia: Its Diagnosis and Therapy from al- Qānūn fī al-Tibb by Ibn Sīnā the Philosopher”, Cogito, issue 51, pp. 11 – 28. (From Arabic to Turkish)
  22. Ibn Sīnā(2006); “İşaretler ve Uyarılar Kitabı'ndan Bir Bölüm / A Long Section from al-Ishārāt wa al-Tanbīhāt by Ibn Sīnā the Philosopher, with explanatory footnotes” Cogito, issue 44, pp. 26 – 43. (From Arabic to Turkish)
  23. Ibn Miskeveyh (2006); “Tehzībü'l-Ahlak'tan Benlik Bölümü / Ego Section from Tadh'hīb al-Akhlāq by Ibn Miskawayh the Philosopher”, Cogito, issue 49, pp. 6 – 22. (From Arabic to Turkish)
  24. Ibn Arabī, Muhyiddīn (2006); “Hilyetü'l-Ebdāl: Ruhī Aydınlanmanın Önkoşulları / The Preconditions of Spiritual Enlightenment: Risāla Hilyat al-Abdāl by Ibn 'Arabī the Philosopher”, Cogito, issue 46, pp. 22 – 32. (From Arabic to Turkish)
  25. El-Cāhiz (2005); “Cimri ve Çöp Arasındaki Güçlü Ilişki Uzerine / On the Close Relationship between Garbage and the Miser, from al-Bukhalā by al-Jāhiz”, Cogito, issue 43, pp. 22 – 28. (From Arabic to Turkish)
  26. Ebu Hayyān Tevhīdī (2004); “Otuz Beşinci Gece, Ruh, Can, Hayat, Ölüm, Akıl ve Öte Dünya Üzerine / The section of 35th Night from al-Imtā‘ wa al-Muānasa by Abu Hayyān al-Tawhīdī”, Cogito, issue 40, pp. 20 – 37. (From Arabic to Turkish) 
  27. Suhreverdī (2004); “Batıda Yalnızlığın Hikāyesi / The story of Solitude in the West: A Poetic Translation of Qissat al-Ghurba al-Gharbiyya by Shihāb al-Dīn Suhrawardī, the Philosopher”, Cogito, issue 38, pp. 12 – 19. (From Arabic to Turkish)
  28. Ibn Sīnā (2003); “Bedensel Sıvı Karışımlarının Mahiyetine Dair / On the Quality of Mixtures of Humor: The Blood Section in al-Qānun fī al-Tibb by Ibn Sīnā, the Philosopher”, Cogito, issue 37, pp. 22 – 25. (From Arabic to Turkish)
  29. El-Cāhiz (2002); “Kitābü'l-Hayevān'dan Bir Bölüm / A Section from Kitāb al-Hayawān by al-Jāhiz Abu ‘Uthmān”, Cogito, issue 32, pp. 28-33. (From Arabic to Turkish)

 

C) Academic Introductions

 

  1. Ibn Hazm (2006); Güvercin Gerdanlıği / Tawq Al-Hamāmah by Ibn Hazm, trans. Salahattin Hacıoğlu, 320 pgs., introduction by A. Sait Aykut, Istanbul: Bordo-Siyah Yayınları.
  2. Ibn Abdirabbih (2006); Hükümdar ve Siyaset Kitabı / A part of Al-‘Iqd Al-Farīd on the politics by Ibn‘Abdirabbih al-Andalusī, trans. Erkan Avşar, introduction by A. Sait Aykut, 163 pgs., Istanbul: Bordo-Siyah Yayınları.
  3. Ibn Munkız (2006);Ibn Munkız Haçlılara Karşı/ Kitāb al-I‘tibār by Ibn Munqiz, trans. Salahattin Hacıoğlu, introduction by A. Sait Aykut, 270pgs., Istanbul: Bordo-Siyah Yayınları.
  4. Ibn Abdirabbih (2006); Nükteler ve Mizahi Öyküler Kitabı / A part of Al-‘Iqd Al-Farīd on humor by Ibn‘Abdirabbih al-Andalusī” trans: Erkan Avşar, introduction by A. Sait Aykut, 220 pgs. Istanbul: Bordo-Siyah Yayınları.
  5. Ibn Ruşd (2006); Siyasete Dair Temel Bilgiler / Al-Darūrī fī al-Siyāsa by Abu al-Walīd Ibn Rushd, trans. Muharrem Hilmi Özev, introduction by A. Sait Aykut, 260 pgs., Istanbul: Bordo-Siyah Yayınları.
  6. IbnAbdirabbih (2006); Şarlatanlar Deliler, Cimriler ve Asalaklar Kitabı / A part of Al-‘Iqd Al-Farīd on charlatans and mad people by Ibn‘Abdirabbih al-Andalusī, trans. Erkan Avşar, introduction by A. Sait Aykut, 200 pgs., Istanbul: Bordo-Siyah Yayınları.
  7. Muhammed b. Hāris Sa‘lebī (2005); Taht Adabı / Akhlāq al-mulūk by al-Tha‘labī, trans. Muharrem Hilmi Özev, introduction by A. Sait Aykut, 192 pgs., Istanbul: Bordo-Siyah Yayınları.
  8. Cāhiz (2005); Cimriler Kitabı / Al-Bukhalā by Abū ‘Uthmān Jāhiz, trans. Salahattin Hacıoğlu, introduction by A. Sait Aykut, 240 pgs., Istanbul: Bordo-Siyah Yayınları.
  9. Cāhiz (2005); Giysiler, Kitaplar, Öğretmenler ve Şarkıcı Kızlar / A part of Rasāil by Abū ‘Uthmān Jāhiz, trans. Muharrem Hilmi Özev, introduction by A. Sait Aykut, 160 pgs., Istanbul: Bordo-Siyah Yayınları.
  10. Etlidī (2004); Abbasi Geceleri / I‘lām al-Nās by Muhammad Diyāb al-Itlidī, trans. Erkan Avşar, introduction by A. Sait Aykut, 220 pgs., Istanbul: Bordo-Siyah Yayınları.
  11. Menfelutī (2004); Acılar Kitabı, / A part from Al-‘Ibarāt by Mustafā Lutfī Al-Manfalūtī, trans. Salāhattin Hacıoğlu, introduction by A. Sait Aykut, 180 pgs., Istanbul: Bordo-Siyah Yayınları.
  12. Tevhīdī (2004); Akıl, Ahlak, Eylem ve Ruh üzerine Akşam Sohbetleri / Al-Muqābasāt by AbūHayyān al-Tawhīdī, trans. Muharrem Hilmi Özev, introduction by A. Sait Aykut, 260 pgs., Istanbul: Bordo-Siyah Yayınları.
  13. Ibn Abdirabbih (2004); Bedevi Arapların Özdeyiş ve Adetleri, / A part of Al-‘Iqd Al-Farīd by Ibn‘Abdirabbih al-Andalusī], trans. Erkan Avşar, introduction by A. Sait Aykut, 180 pgs., Istanbul: Bordo-Siyah Yayınları.