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Yasin Aktay to Give a Talk on 'Making History or Writing History' in Ankara

As part of MEKDAV Cultural Talks, on Saturday, November 7, 2026, at 20:00 in Yenimahalle, Ankara.

Yasin Aktay Guest on Akit TV's Kırmızı Masa

Prof. Dr. Yasin Aktay, a guest on Akit TV's Kırmızı Masa program, discussed the 103rd anniversary of the Republic with Muharrem Coşkun. The program addressed the founding conditions and values of the Republic, the implementation of the revolutions, the abolition of the sultanate and the caliphate, coups, and prohibitions.

The talk "The Middle East in the New World Order" took place

In the talk organized in cooperation between the Jerusalem Brotherhood Platform and the Boğaziçi Education Association, Prof. Dr. Yasin Aktay assessed current developments in the region and global power balances. The programme drew great interest.

Visit to Yakup Cem's studio: still lifes and portraits of poets

The studio where the painter Yakup Cem painted for many years was visited at the invitation of his son, Şehriyar Cem.

The 13th Konya Book Days brings readers of every age together

Yasin Aktay was among the authors who met readers in Konya at the Seljuk Congress Center on Tuesday, 20 October.

Konya Book Days 2026 begin: day-by-day calendar of authors and events

Aktay met readers at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, 20 October, in the Miryokefalon Hall.

A new book by Yasin Aktay: "İsmail's Smile" published by Beyan Yayınları

Visit to the Ambassador of Sudan in Ankara at his office

Feelings of solidarity with the brotherly people of Sudan were conveyed to Ambassador Nadir Yousif Eltayeb.

Visit to ATO President Gürsel Baran

The latest books were presented to the President of the Ankara Chamber of Commerce and Siirt was discussed.

Visit to Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş

She was congratulated on the Year of the Family; the importance of employing sociologists at the ministry was discussed.

Meeting with academics and students at the Asian University of Bangladesh

As a guest of honour at the university's 7th Graduation Ceremony, Aktay spoke about academic life in Turkey.

A conversation on Prof. Dr. İhsan Süreyya Sırma's book-length interview

A video conversation about the book on his life stretching from Pervari to Paris.

Conference "On Muslims and Democracy" held in Ankara

Faculty of Theology, Sakarya University, 2024–25 opening lecture: Prof. Dr. Yasin Aktay

On the faculty's 75th anniversary, an opening lecture entitled "The Sociology of Theology in Turkey: At the Limits of the Unthinkable".

"Westernization: Modernization or Alienation?" meets its readers

Fuat Oktay, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Grand National Assembly, received Azzam al-Ayyoubi, Secretary-General of the Justice and Democracy Forum, and his delegation

Jerusalem Seminar held at Siirt University

Re-establishing lost values through "the politics of friendship"

We hosted Prof. Dr. Yasin Aktay at Alparslan University

He spoke on the Al-Aqsa Flood and the politics of friendship.

Muş Municipality's 1st Book Days Fair held

Prof. Dr. Yasin Aktay met book lovers at the fair and signed his books.

AK Party Chairman's Adviser Prof. Dr. Yasin Aktay assesses the Justice and Democracy Forum

Prof. Dr. Yasin Aktay assesses the Justice and Democracy Forum

Panel: "Turkey's Political Horizon and Geographical Imagination: Why Is Xenophobia Spreading?"

AK Party Chairman's Adviser Prof. Dr. Yasin Aktay visits Siirt University

AK Party Chairman's Adviser Yasin Aktay speaks at Siirt University's opening of the academic year

Funeral of Yusuf al-Qaradawi, founding president of the International Union of Muslim Scholars

AK Party Chairman's Adviser Yasin Aktay gives a conference in Adana

Master authors take part in talks at the Üsküdar Book Fair

Aktay said that book fairs are an important medium for readers to meet books.

Beyoğlu Children's Rights Panel

"15 July: Sociology Cannot Be Neglected" conference in Samsun

The conference was held at the invitation of Samsun University, in cooperation with the Governorship and the Metropolitan Municipality.

Aktay: 'Israel will pay the price for this'

The 2nd hearing in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi was held

Yasin Aktay's assessment of the killing of his close friend Jamal Khashoggi

Prof. Dr. Yasin Aktay: 'There is rapprochement and contact between Turkey and Egypt'

The first hearing in the case concerning the killing of Jamal Khashoggi has been completed

Kartepe Summit: 'Urbanism and the Happy City'

Yasin Aktay talked about his close friend Jamal Khashoggi

AK Party's Yasin Aktay reacts to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the Khashoggi murder

İHH holds an event for orphans in Afrin

Aktay handed out gifts to the children at the event attended by about 350 orphaned children.

AK Party Chairman's Adviser Yasin Aktay: I Am Receiving Death Threats

AK Party Chairman's Adviser Prof. Dr. Yasin Aktay

Professor Yasin Aktay speaks at the founding of DOSTSİAD

He spoke at the general assembly and consultation meeting in Istanbul's Başakşehir.

AK Party Chairman's Adviser Aktay: '28 February Was the Name of Waging War on God and His Religion'

Conference on 'The City and the Politics of the Body' in Bitlis

Seminar on 'The City and the Politics of the Body' in Muş

AK Party's Aktay met the Turkey Director of Amnesty International

Aktay: 'This Report Will Make the Case an International Initiative of the UN'

UN Rapporteur Callamard met Yasin Aktay

Turkey's geothermal experience is being carried to Tunisia

Friends Commemorated Jamal Khashoggi

Statement on Jamal Khashoggi by AK Party Chairman's Adviser Yasin Aktay: They Dismembered and Dissolved Him

AK Party Chairman's Adviser Yasin Aktay Accompanied My Students' Orchestra on the Oud

Yasin Aktay was a guest of the Çeşm-i Cihan Talks at Bartın University

He gave a conference entitled "Migration, the City and the University".

Yasin Aktay: 'We Want Justice'

AK Party's Aktay: 'There Is Not One Jamal Khashoggi, There Are Millions'

President Erdoğan's new adviser: Prof. Dr. Yasin Aktay!

Prof. Dr. Yasin Aktay visited the AA stand

He toured the Anadolu Agency stand at the 4th International Istanbul Arabic Book Fair.

The '4th International Istanbul Arabic Book Fair' has begun

The 1st International Siirt Short Film Festival has begun

Aktay spoke at the opening and presented the "Lifetime Honorary Award" to Hülya Koçyiğit.

Aktay visits AK Party women attacked in Siirt

AK Party's support for the International Barricade Film Festival

AK Party's get-well visit to the CHP

Yasin Aktay at Sakarya University

He took part as a speaker in the panel organized by the Department of Sociology.