Religious Groups, Islamic Sects, Batinism, Ismailism, Qarmatianism.
Ali AVCU (Prof. Dr.) received his Bachelor's (1999) and Master's (2002) degrees from Ondokuz Mayıs University, and his PhD (2009) from Ankara University. He worked as a faculty member at the Faculties of Theology at Ondokuz Mayıs University between 1999 and 2002, and at Cumhuriyet University between 2002 and 2018. Pursuant to Article 35 of the Higher Education Law (YÖK), he was assigned to Ankara University from 2003 to 2010. In August 2018, he began working at the Department of History of Islamic Sects at the Faculty of Theology, Ankara Social Sciences University. Avcu has published books, articles, papers, and translations on topics such as Islamic Sects, Imamiyya, Batinism, Ismailism, Qarmatianism, Religion-Culture Relations, the relationship between Batinism and Terrorism, and the relationship between Sufism and Batinism.
Head of the Department of Basic Islamic Sciences
Head of the Department of History of Islamic Sects
Member of the Faculty Board
Topic Editor at Ulûm Journal
TİB 561 Methodology of the History of Sects
TİB 562 Sources of the History of Sects-1
TİB 588 Basic Concepts of the History of Sects
TİB 589 Sources of the History of Sects-2
TİB 590 Salafism
TİB 736 Marginal Islamic Sects (Ghulat)
TİB 737 Religious Groups in the Islamic World
TİB 738 The Mental Frameworks of Religious Groups
TİB 763 Batinism
TİB 764 Religious Groups in Turkey
TİB 765 Shiism
A scholar known for his studies on Batinism and Ismailism in Islam.
He conducts research on Batinism and Ismailism.
He is one of the few scholars who has deeply considered the relationship between Batinism and terrorism, as well as Mahdism and terrorism.
He also investigates the influence of pre-Islamic religious and philosophical movements on Islamic thought.
He has plans to conduct original research that explores the relationship between Batinism and Sufism, and between Batinism and Alevism.
He works to develop unique approaches on topics such as the religion-sect relationship and the relationship between religion and interpretation.