[Discussion] SYMPOSIUM ON ISLAMIC CIVILISATION IN THE BALKANS

[Gonul Pultar]

SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ISLAMIC CIVILISATION IN THE BALKANS

Tirana ­ Albania, 4-6 December 2003

The international symposium on “Islamic Civilisation in the Balkans” is
jointly organised by the Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and
Culture (IRCICA), the Academy of Sciences of Albania, the General
Directorate of Archives (Albania), and the University of Tirana, in Tirana,
Albania, on 4-6 December 2003.

The symposium will review and study the sources and development of Islamic
civilisation in the Balkans with a comprehensive approach, covering the
subject matter in terms of the material culture (written, architectural and
other tangible assets and heritage) and spiritual culture (oral, artistic,
literary and other intangible aspects of culture and heritage), the stages,
trends and patterns of the expansion of Islamic culture and civilisation,
the formation and the legacy of the Islamic cultural heritage, its present
state and prospects, with specific thematic or regional focuses. The
symposium is expected to throw light on the contributions, the role and
place of Islamic civilisation in the region, its relations and interactions
with other cultures and civilisations, and also, to illuminate the future
prospects regarding peaceful co-existence and positive cultural dialogue
among the peoples of the region. At the same time, it will be an occasion
to take note of the new studies to be presented during these sessions, to
assess the state of scholarly research and publication in this field, and
to deliberate on the problems and prospects of the study of Islamic
civilisation in the Balkans as a field of academic research.

The languages of the symposium are Albanian, English and Turkish.

If you are interested in participating in the symposium, we will appreciate
receiving your positive reply as soon as possible, an abstract of your
proposed article by April 2003. Please kindly send it to the following
addresses:

Fax: +90 212 2584365
Telephone: +90 212 2591742 ext: 139 or 177


SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
ISLAMIC CIVILISATION IN THE BALKANS
Tirana, Albania,
4-7 December 2003

PROGRAM

Working languages of the symposium are Albanian, English and Turkish.
Simultaneous translation will be provided.


SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
ISLAMIC CIVILISATION IN THE BALKANS

Organising Committee


Ekmeleddin IHSANOGLU Director General, OIC Research Centre for Islamic
History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), Istanbul
Ylli POPA President, Academy of Sciences, Tirana
Luan OMARI Vice President, Academy of Sciences, Tirana
Shaban SINAN Director General of Archives, Tirana
Ethem LIKA Faculty of History and Philology, University of Tirana
Halit EREN Assistant Director General, OIC Research Centre for Islamic
History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), Istanbul


Symposium Secretariat

International Coordinators National Coordinators

Halit EREN, Istanbul Shaban SINANI, Tirana
Ali ÇAKSU, IstanbulEntela Muco Lefter NASE, Tirana

OPENING CEREMONY
Tirana International Hotel, Tirana

Friday, 05 December 2003

Addresses

10.00 H.E. Fatos Nano Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania
10.10 Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu Director General, OIC Research Centre for
Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), Istanbul
10.20 Ylli Popa President, Academy of Sciences, Tirana


Symposium Program
Tirana International Hotel, Tirana
Friday, 05 December 2003

Plenary Session Hall A
Chairmen: Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu - Ylli Popa

11.00 Aleksander Meksi: Aspects and problems of the architecture of the
sanctuaries in Albania

11.15 Machiel Kiel: Süleymanic Avlonya (Vlora): The Building Accounts of
the Largest Otoman Work of Fortification in Albania (1537-1539)

11.30 Elisabeth A. Zachariadou: Intercultural Oral Tradition

11.45 Mehmet Ipsirli: Remarks on Ottoman Bibliographic Sources on the
Balkans and their Authors

12.00 Alexander Fedotoff: Islamic Studies at St. Kliment Ohridski University

12.15 Discussion
13.00 Lunch

Session I Hall A
Chairman: Mehmet Ipsirli

14.30 Maurus Reinkowski: Ottoman Implementation of Reforms in Northern
Albania in the Middle of the 19th Century

14.45 Gökhan Çetinsaya: A Glance at Abdülhamid II's Albanian Policy

15.00 Orhan Kologlu: Faik Bey Konitza's Memorandum of 1899

15.15 Cezmi Eraslan: A Glance at the Ottoman-Albanian Relations in the 2nd
Mesrutiyet Period

15.30 Halil Bal: Albanians in the Ottoman Parliament (Meclis-i Mebusan) and
Albanian Independence Movement

15.45 Discussion
16.15 Coffee Break

Session II Hall A
Chairman: Hans Georg Majer

16.30 Bülent Bilmez: The Construction and the Use of the Myth of "National
Intellectual" in the Modern Turkish and Albanian Press: Shemseddin Sami
Frasheri Bey

16.45 Gazmand Shpuza: Sami Frashëri in the Albanian and Turkish world

17.00 Shaban Sinani: The sanctuary of Sherie in Berat, an encyclopaedia of
the Albanian-Turkish relations

17.15 Nehat Krasniqi: The Contribution of the Albanian Nobility to the
Development of Islamic Culture in Albania during the Ottoman Period

17.30 Discussion
17.45 Break


Session III Hall A
Chairwoman: Elisabeth A. Zachariadou

18.30 F. De Jong: Centres of Islamic Learning in the Balkans and the
Mobility of Scholars in Ottoman Lands

18.45 M. Sait Ozervarli: The Contribution of Balkan Scholars to the Growth
of Ottoman Kalam Thought

19.00 Ibrahim Hatiboglu: Insai Interpretation of Islamic Sciences in the
Transition to a Multicultural Environment in Bulgaria in the First Half of
the XXth Century: The Case of Yusuf Ziyaeddin Ezheri

19.15 Sabaheta Gacanin: Libraries as the Islamic Cultural Heritage in
Bosnia and Hercegovina

19.30 Zorka Ivanova: On the History of Vakif Libraries in Bulgaria:
Çepintzi Vakif Library

19.45 Discussion
20.00 Opening of Exhibition on "Islamic Manuscripts in the Albanian
Archives and Ottoman Fermans About Albanians"
20.30 Dinner


Saturday, 06 December 2003


Session IV Hall A
Chairman: Ferit Duka

09.00 Süleyman Kiziltoprak: The Administration of Tasoz Island Assigned to
Mehmet Ali Pasa's Vakif in Kavala and Related Issues

09.15 Süleyman Dinç: Ottoman Vakifs in Romania According to the Archival
Registers of the General Directorate of Vakifs

09.30 Mustafa Özer: Turhanogullari Family's Construction Activities in the
Balkans

09.45 Slavka Draganovan: Ottoman Archival Documents in Bulgaria on Scutari
and Tirana

10.00 Sadik Mehmeti: The Oriental Manuscripts in the Archives of Kosova

10.15 Discussion
10.30 Coffee Break


Session V Hall A
Chairman: Mihai Maxim

11.00 Mehmet Günay: Post-Ottoman Religious (Ser'iye) Courts in Bulgaria:
Historical Development, Structure and Functioning

11.15 Fatmagül Demirel: The Judicial Reform Carried Out in Vilayet-i Selase
during the Period of Abdülhamid II

11.30 Ömer Turan: The 1919 Regulations on Religious Administration of
Muslims in Bulgaria

11.45 Nathalie Clayer: The Cadis of Gjirokaster and Libohove

12.00 Petrika Thengjilli: Judicial Power of the Pragmatist Ottoman State
During the XVII- XVIIth Centuries

12.15 Discussion
13.00 Lunch


Session VI Hall A
Chairwoman: Zeynep Ahunbay

14.30 Mihai Maxim: Tuna-i Amire: Some Ottoman Castles in the Lower Danube
in Romanian Lands

14.45 Aleksander Antonov: Architectural Complexes (Menzil Külliyesi) in the
Bulgarian Lands (XVI-XVIIth Centuries)

15.00 Osman Tutal: Ottoman Housing Culture in the Balkans

15.15 Ferit Duka: The naval facade of Albania in the Ottoman time: the town
of Vlora" (XVI-XVIII)

15.30 Emin Riza: The Albanian town and building in Balkanic space during
the XV-XIX centuries

15.45 Behicüddin Sehabi: Skopije Stone Bridge (Tas Köprü) in the Light of
the Latest Interventions

16.00 Discussion
16.15 Coffee Break


Session VII Hall A
Chairman: Machiel Kiel

16.30 Sulejman Dashi: Characteristics of the Albanian Mosques (history,
architecture and restoration)

16.45 Zoran Pavlov: Single-Domed Mosques in Macedonia

17.00 Neval Konuk: Architect Sinan's Works in the Balkans

17.15 Mehmet Zeki Ibrahimgil: Mehmed the Conqueror's Mosques in the Balkans

17.30 Zeynep Ahunbay: The Restoration of Sevri Haci Hasan Mosque in Mostar

17.45 Aneta Tanevska: Conservation of a Cultural Monument: Yahya Pasha Mosque

18.00 Discussion
19.00 Concert
20.00 Dinner

Sunday, 07 December 2003


Session VIII Hall A
Chairman: Shaban Sinani

09.00 Tomor Osmani: The application of the Arabic alphabet in the tradition
of writing of the Albanian language

09.15 David Luka: The contribution of the Onomastics of the Osman cadastral
Tefters of the XV century ( 1431, 1467, 1485 ) on the history of the
Albanian language

09.30 Irfan Morina: The Etimology of Turkish Words in Albanian Epic Poetry

09.45 Emil Lafe: Tahir Dizdari's "Dictionary of Orientalisms" as a
Reflection of the Influence of Islamic Culture among the Albanians

10.00 Discussion
10.15 Coffee Break


Session IX Hall A
Chairman: Irfan Morina

11.00 Shefik Osmani & Njazi Kazasi: The Albanian Alhimiada

11.15 Rahim Ombashi: The Albanian literature and its relations with Islamic
culture

11.30 Bardhosh Gaçe: Bektashism and the Albanian poetry

11.45 Fatbardhe Hoxha: The oriental poetic in the thoughts and practices of
those writers who wrote in Arabic alphabet

12.00 Ramadan Shkodra: Islamic Publications in the Albanian Language in
Kosova (Tradition, Challenges and Reality)

12.15 Discussion

Friday, 05 December 2003

Session I Hall B
Chairman: Luan Omari
14.30 Qazim Xhelili & Arian Kadiu
Hafez Vehbi Dibra, His Figure and the Celebrity Muslim
Personality As a Well Known Activist of the National Movement
14.45 Mehmet Canatar
Mehmed Mehdi Bey of Frasher and His Work
15.00 Entela Muço
The influence of Ibrahim Temo in the field of culture, in the
light of archival documents
15.15 Hatidza Car-Drnda
Mostar: Legacy of Islamic Culture and Civilization
15.30 Farudin Krutaj
The Islamic Civilization and the Environment
15.45 Discussion
16.15 Coffee Break


Session II Hall B
Chairman: Ethem Lika

16.30 Aydin Topaloglu: Abrahamic Traditions in the Balkans: Jews,
Christians and Muslims - Coexistence and Cooperation of Believers

16.45 Jashar Rexhepagiq: The scientific values of the Islamic learning and
the meaning of tolerance

17.00 Mark Tirta: Aspects of the inter-religion harmony among the Albanians

17.15 Arqile Bërxholi: The interreligius tolerance - a phenomenon of the
civilization of the Albanian social environment

17.30 Faikh Luli & Islam Dizdari: The inter-religious tolerance and the
dialogue between religions in Shkodra

17.45 Zeko Braho: The inter-religious cooperation on national question and
the on the progress in Vlora

18.00 Discussion
18.15 Break


Session III Hall B
Chairman: Gazmend Shpuza

18.30 Tahsin Özcan: The Role of Cash Vakifs in the Construction and
Development of Balkan Cities

18.45 Svetlana Ivanova: The Large Charity Foundations of Ottoman Elite in
Rumelia (17th-18th Centuries)

19.00 Mustafa Güler: Waqfs from Balkan Lands Assigned to the Two Holy
Cities of Mecca and Medina

19.15 Levent Kayapinar: The Charitable Foundations of the Family of Turahan
Bey who Conqured Thessaly Region in Greece in the XVth-XVIth Centuries

19.30 Ayse Kayapinar: The Pious Foundations (Vakifs) of Gazi Mihalogullari
in Bulgaria in the XVth-XVIth Centuries

19.45 Discussion
20.00 Opening of Exhibition on "Islamic Manuscripts in the Albanian
Archives and Ottoman Fermans About Albanians"
20.30 Dinner

Saturday, 06 December 2003

Session IV Hall B
Chairman: Jashar Rexhepagiq

09.00 Ayten Ardel: Ilbasan Sanjak According to XVIth Century Tahrirs
09.15 Arzu Terzi: Professions in the City of Prishtina

09.30 Ahmet Cebeci & Güray Kirpi: Demographic Changes in the Christian and
Muslim Populations of Albania after the Ottoman Conquest according to
Tahrir Registers

09.45 Mahmut Ak: The Rumelian Impressions of an Ottoman Traveler

10.00 Danuta Chmielowska: Balkan and Bosnian Impressions of Polish
Travellers Bronislawa Prasek-Calczynska ve Teodoraz Komorowskich Krajewska
(19th-20th C.)

10.15 Elizabeta Koneska: Inscriptions on Ottoman Copper Vessels from Macedonia

10.30 Discussion
10.45 Coffee Break


Session V Hall B
Chairman: Alexander Fedotoff

11.00 Yllka Selimi: The Islamic tradition - rites, customs, and ceremonies
of man's life from cradle to the grave

11.15 Gentian Kuke: Aspects of the Islamic culture, the end of the XIX
century and the beginning of the XX century, in the light of archive documents

11.30 Ruzhdie Qafmolla: The contribution of the Islamic ethics on the
traditions of the Albanian family

11.45 Agron Xhagolli: Parallelisms and influences on the Turkish-Albanian
folklore

12.00 Aférdita Onuzi: Phenomena of the religious tolerance in the Albanian
folklore

12.15 Discussion
13.00 Lunch


Session VI Hall B
Chairman: Halit Eren

14.30 Yusuf Küçükdag: Sufi Life, Tekkes and Zaviyes in Ilbasan during the
Ottoman Period

14.45 Markus Koller: Islamic Life in Ottoman Bosnia - Dervish Orders in the
Light of Local Chronicles (18th and 19th Centuries)

15.00 Slobodan Ilic: Wahdat al-Wujud, Melami-Bayramis, and the 17th Century
Ottoman Balkans

15.15 Resat Öngören: The Characteristics of the Sufi Activities in Albania

15.30 Tacettin Bütüçi: The Spread of the Halveti Order in Kosova and its
Contribution to the Development of the Islamic Civilization

15.45 Mustafa Eravci: The Mevlevi Order in the Balkans and Isa Bey
Mevlevihane in Saraybosna

16.00 Hamid Algar: Ilhami Zepcevi (1773-1821): Bosnian Sufi, Poet and Rebel

16.15 Coffee Break


Session VII Hall B
Chairman: F. De Jong

16.30 Ali Arslan: Transition to Education in the Albanian Language and the
Response of the Ottoman Administration

16.45 Kemal Yakut: Alphabet and Education Debates in the Albanian
Independence Movement According to Ottoman Sources

17.00 Mesut Idriz: Ijazah in the Traditional Muslim Education in the Balkans

17.15 Parim Kosova: The Prizren Medreses

17.30 Discussion
19.00 Concert
20.00 Dinner


Sunday, 07 December 2003

Session VIII Hall B
Chairman: Emin Riza

09.00 Peter Mentzel: Islamic Civilization and Technology Transfer in the
Late Ottoman Balkans

09.15 Ali Akyildiz: The Extension of German Capital in the Balkans:
Selanik- Manastir Railway

09.30 Ibrahim Gashi: The Islamic influence on the Albanian chronology: the
calendars of Lunar Hejira and Mali - Rumi

09.45 Ramiz Zeka: The Arabic calligraphy and its influence on the Albanian
material culture

10.00 Muzafer Xhaxhiu: Aspects of the influence of the Oriental
civilization on the European one

10.15 Qemajl Morina: The Influence of Islam on Albanian Names

10.30 Discussion
10.45 Coffee Break


Session IX Hall B
Chairman: Orhan Kologlu

11.00 Agop Garabedian & Rumiana Komsalova: The Millet System in the Balkans

11.15 Shemsi Ajvazi: Concepts of Ottoman Empire's Historical Experience

11.30 Jusuf Bajraktari: The Role of the Köprülü Family in the Ottoman Empire

11.45 Mustafa Bilge: Vizier Kara Mahmut Pasa, Governor of Alexandria

12.00 Mehmet Hacisalihoglu: The Change in the Place Names in Bulgaria Since
the Independence
12.15 Discussion

Sunday, 7.12.2003

12.30 Closing of the Symposium (Hall A)
13.00 Lunch
14.30-18.30 Visit to Kruja
19.00 Reception at the Turkish Embassy