PhD Semih Sağır
He was born in Diyarbakır in 1993. At the age of 13, he completed his memorization of the Qur’an (ḥifẓ). He passed the Qur’an memorization exam administered by the Presidency of Religious Affairs and received a certificate with a grade of “good.” In 2007, after successfully passing the Secondary Education Transition Exam, he was admitted to Batman Anatolian High School. After studying there for two years, he transferred to Bitlis–Tatvan Anatolian High School and graduated in 2011. In the same year, he was admitted to the Faculty of Theology at Marmara University. Between 2013 and 2014, he received 10 months of English language education at Istanbul British Street Language Schools. In 2016, he graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Theology as a High Honor Student with a GPA of 3.68/4.00. After completing his undergraduate studies, he was accepted into a master’s program in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Division of Sociology of Religion, at the same university. In April 2017, he was appointed as a Research Assistant in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Division of Religious Studies, at Adıyaman University Faculty of Theology. In 2019, he completed his master’s degree with a thesis titled “Islam and Anarchism in Turkey: İhsan Eliaçık and His Followers,” written under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Hafize Şule Albayrak. In 2025, he visited several countries on the African continent (Morocco, Kenya, and South Africa), conducting academic engagements and institutional observations. In 2026, he earned his PhD by completing his dissertation titled “Anarcho-Feminism and Religion in Turkey,” conducted at Marmara University Institute of Social Sciences under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Hafize Şule Albayrak. His field of expertise and specific research interests include anarchism, feminism, and the relationship of these ideologies with religion.
Academic Works
1- Anarcho-Feminism and Religion in Turkey (PhD Dissertation, Marmara University Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, 2026)
2- The Life, Ideas, and View of Religion of Voltairine de Cleyre as an Anarcho-Feminist Thinker (Article, Adıyaman Journal of Theology, 2025)
https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/4890494
3- Adıyaman in Terms of Its Potential for Faith Tourism (Conference Paper – II. International Mesopotamian Faith and Culture Tourism Congress, 2024)
4- What is Monehedonism? Evaluation of the Concept of “Monehedonism” from the Perspective of Economic Sociology (Article – Düzce Journal of Theology, 2023)
https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/duid/issue/82429/1380205
5- Little-Known Aspects of the Religion–Society Relationship: An Analysis of Recep Şentürk’s Book “New Sociologies of Religion” (Book Review – Journal of Islamic Studies Research, 2022)
https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/iiad/issue/73729/1169069
6- Understanding the Differences in Interpretations in Islamic Thought: Thomas Bauer, The Culture of Ambiguity and Islam (Book Review – Journal of Islamic Studies Research, 2021)
https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/iiad/issue/66229/998350
7- An Evaluation of Niyazi Berkes’s Work “The Development of Secularism in Turkey” (Book Review – Journal of Islamic Studies Research, 2021)
https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/iiad/issue/62761/928950
8- The Sacred Foundation of Being a Nation: Civil Religion (Book Review – Journal of Islamic Studies Research, 2020)
https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/iiad/issue/61990/928058
9- Islam and Anarchism in Turkey: İhsan Eliaçık and His Followers (Master’s Thesis – Marmara University Institute of Social Sciences, 2019)
Adıyaman Üniversitesi