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-CALL FOR PAPER-
2ndINTERNATIONALWAQFINSTITUTIONSYMPOSIUM
THEME:
“WAQF AND ALLEVIATING POVERTY”
July13-14,2019IstanbulSabahattinZaimUniversity
Istanbul - Turkey
IntroductionPovertyreferstothelackofopportunitytoimproveone’sstandardofliving.Povertyhasnotonlyeconomicconsequencesbutalsosocialconsequences.Forthis reason, the fight against poverty is done not only in the economicdimension but also in the social dimension. One of the institutions that canmakethisbidirectionalfightagainstpovertyisthewaqfinstitution.Thewaqfs stands as a third sector in addition to thepublic and theprivatesector.Thankstothewaqfs,manypublicservicesareprovidedbyvoluntaryorganizations.Inthisway,thepublicburdenisdecreasing.Ontheotherhand,socialsolidarityisincreasing.Thewaqfshavearoleinthepreservationofsocialstructureduetohavingasolidaritybase.Onthebasisofthissolidarity,thereisalsoalleviatingpoverty.
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The waqfs, especially in Islamic societies, have established a cooperationmechanismthatpreventssocialoutbursts.ThefactthatIslamisareligionthatencourages giving for poor (infaq) enables usingwaqfs as a tool of fightingagainstpoverty.The collectivistic structureof thewaqfs and the featuresofIslamthatgivingprioritytotheinterestsofthesocietyarealmostintegrated.Thus, the waqfs became quite common institutions in Islamic world in thehistory. In fact, even the financialneedsof entrepreneurs in the societyhadbeenmetthroughthewaqfs.Perhaps one of the most important economic problems of our time is thateconomicgrowthdoesnotprovidedevelopment.Economicgrowthhasbecomeaconceptexpressedonlybynumbers.Thedeclineofpeople'slivingstandardsdespite the growth, the gap between the rich and the poor, and the socialoutburstsarefrequentsignsofthissituation.Withthissymposium,itwillbecomprehensively examined how the waqfs should play a role in alleviatingpoverty. The role of foundations in history will be examined and thecontributionstheywillprovideinthemodernperiodwillbediscussed.ThesymposiumwillbeheldonJuly13-14,2018inİstanbulhostedbyIstanbulSabahattin ZaimUniversity (IZU) thatworks formaking Istanbul as financecenterofworldandthemostimportantinstitutiononIslamiceconomicsandfinanceinTurkey,andorganizedbythecooperationofSilkRoadCivilizationsResearchandApplicationCenterandAnkaraYildirimBeyazitUniveristyandAnkaraCenter forThoughtandResearch (ADAM).The themeof thisyear isWaqfandAlleviatingPoverty.
ImportantDatesDeadlineforsubmittingabstracts: 1May2019
Notificationsforacceptedabstracts: 15May2019Deadlineforfullpapers: 15June2019
Dateofsymposium: 13-14July2019
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Thesubjectsofthesymposiumisdeterminedwithintheframeworkofthefollowingtopicsandisnotrestricted.
o Waqfsasathirdsector
o History of waqfs and alleviating
poverty
o Waqfsasatoolofdecreasingincome
inequality
o Contributionsofwaqfstoeconomic
development
o Theroleofwaqfsintheprotectionof
socialstructure
o Impacts ofwaqfs in the alleviating
poverty
o Dimensionsofinequality
o Waqfs and preventing social
explosions
o Role of waqfs in fair income
distribution
o Socialpoliciesandwaqfs
o Sustainable economic development
andwaqfs
o Waqfs and Achieving quality and
lifelong learning opportunities for
everyoneonanequallevel
o Waqfs and micro finance / cash
waqfs
o Role of waqfs in social assistance
andhospices
o Infaq, sadaqa, waqf, zakat and
alleviatingpoverty
o Services of waqfs for alleviating
poverty
o A comparison between other
charities and waqfs in alleviating
poverty
o Waqfsanddevelopmentpolicies
o Internationalassistanceactivitiesof
waqfs
o Role ofwaqfs for solving economic
issues of modern Ottoman
geography
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PublicationOppurtunitiesTheabstractofthepaperssubmittedtothesymposiumwillbeincludedintheabstractbook.
Inaddition, the fullpaperswillbepublished in thebook titledas “WaqfsandAlleviating
Poverty”byIZUandADAM,orintheinternationalpeer-reviewacademicjournals:ADAM
ACADEMY Journal of Social Sciences and Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance after
refereeevaluationprocess.
SubmittingProposalsandEvaluationParticipation and submitting proposals to the symposium will be made via
[email protected]. All submitted studies will be examined by the Scientific
Committeeandpositiveornegativenotificationswillbesenttotheapplications.Thestudy
that you submitted must have been previously unpresented and unpublished. The
submissionshouldincludeanabstractbothinTurkish,EnglishandArabic(Englishabstract
isrequiredforbothTurkishandArabicsubmissions),brieflyandlaconicallyexpressingthe
subject,inmaximum200-250words.Thereshouldbenoreferencetousedsources,figure
and chart numbers. Names and lastnames, the institution the author is associatedwith,
her/hiscontactande-mailaddressesshouldalsobespecified.
TransportationandAccommodationSymposium will be held at the Halkalı Campus of Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University.
Participantswillmeettheirowntransportationcosts.Authorsofselectedpaperswhowill
attendfromoutsideofIstanbulwillbeprovidedaccommodationintheguesthouseofIZU.
Address:HalkaliCad.No:2Halkali34303Kucukcekmece/Istanbul/Turkey
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People
HonoraryBoardOsmanAkyüz
Prof.MehmetBulutMuratÇetinkayaProf.MetinDoğanDr.AdnanErtem
İkramGöktaşProf.HayrettinKaraman
Prof.BülentKentMelikşahUtkuUfukUyan
ScientificCommitteeProf.RahmanAdemiProf.MuratAslanProf.RecaiAydınProf.MehmetBarcaProf.ArifBilginProf.ServetBayındırProf.ÖmerBolatProf.MehmetBulutProf.KudretBülbülProf.HüseyinÇınarProf.ÖzerErgençProf.TuranErolProf.ArifErsoyProf.SuraiyaFaroqhiMehmetGenç
Prof.CahitGüranProf.M.MehdiİlhanProf.CemalKafadarProf.AhmetKalaProf.MuhsinKarProf.ErdalTanasKaragölProf.MahmutKayaProf.ZiyaKazıcıProf.BülentKentProf.YunusKoçProf.ZekeriyaKurşunProf.FuatOğuzProf.MehmetÖzProf.ŞevketPamukProf.AhmetTabakoğlu
Prof.MetinToprakProf.BahaeddinYediyıldızProf.MuratYülekAssoc.Prof.MirsadKarićAssoc.Prof.UmarAimhanosiOseniAssoc.Prof.AliPolatAssoc.Prof.BuerhanSaitiAsst.Prof.MohamedCherifElAmriAsst.Prof.AbdelkaderChachiAsst.Prof.MohamedAdnanDarwichAsst.Prof.AhmetŞuaybGündoğduAsst.Prof.Dr.EmilKnezovićAsst.Prof.Dr.GoranRidic
OrganizationandExecutiveCommitteeProf.RahmanAdemiProf.MehmetBulutProf.AbdurrahmanCandanProf.HüseyinÇınarProf.BülentKentProf.İbrahimGüranYumuşakAssoc.Prof.YusufDinçAsst.Prof.MerveBüşraAltundere
Asst.Prof.MustafaÇakırAsst.Prof.MuhammetEnesKalaAsst.Prof.FatihKaplanhanAsst.Prof.CemKorkutAsst.Prof.AydınKudatAsst.Prof.EnsariYücelMevlütÇam
SecretaryRes.Asst.FurkanDoğan,IZURes.Asst.OzanMarasli,IZU
Res.Asst.MehmetTuğrul,AYBURes.Asst.SafaYıldıran,IZU
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