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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hicret K. TOPRAK
An academic known for his work on religious institutionalization, modernization and religious movements
hicret.toprak@asbu.edu.tr
Academic staff of the Department of Sociology of Religion
Even if you know that the Day of Judgment will come tomorrow, plant the sapling in your hand today! [Bukhari, Edeb al-Mufred]
She has published on religious institutionalization in Turkey, especially on the Presidency of Religious Affairs.
She continues her research on the sociology of religious movements as a form of objection and protest in the modern world.
She teaches courses in women's studies and sociology of the family.
Biography
Hicret K. Toprak was born in Ankara in 1980. She graduated from Tevfik İleri Anatolian Imam Hatip High School in 1999 and Ankara University Faculty of Theology in 2003. In 2008, she completed her master's degree at Hacettepe University Institute of Social Sciences. In 2017, he completed his doctoral study on the establishment period of the Presidency of Religious Affairs (1924-1950) in the same department. Between 2004-2018, he worked at various levels of the Presidency of Religious Affairs and Turkey Religious Foundation. Between 2011-2018, she worked as the Director of TDV KAGEM (Women, Family and Youth Center). In 2019, Toprak joined Ankara Social Sciences University, she is married and has two children.
Research Interests
Religion and Modernization
Religious Institutionalization
Turkish Modernization
Religious Warning and Protest Movements
Family Sociology
Courses Taught
Sociology of Religion (Undergraduate)
Religion and Modernization (MA)
Contemporary Sociological Theories (MA)
Sociology of Family (Master's Degree)
Religion and Family (Master's Degree)
Religion, State and Society in Modern Turkey (PhD)
Religious Warning and Protest Movements (PhD)
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