Doctoral Title Earned
Zeynep Cevahir Altıntaş Earned the Doctoral Title
6 February 2024
Zeynep Cevahir Altıntaş successfully completed her doctoral studies at Istanbul University’s Institute of Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, earning the academic title of “Doctor.” On 6 February 2024 she defended—unanimously—her dissertation titled “The Turkish Commentary on al-Shifāʾ by Ibrāhīm Ḥanīf Efendi in the Context of the Prophet’s Rank before God and His Unique Virtues (Study & Critical Edition).”
In this work, Altıntaş conducts a scholarly analysis of Ibrāhīm Ḥanīf Efendi’s Turkish commentary on Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ’s classic al-Shifāʾ, and provides a transliterated critical edition of a significant portion of the text, thereby contributing both an academic study and a newly edited primary source to the literature.
