Prof. Dr. Mehmet Birekul
He was born in Konya. He received his undergraduate education at Selçuk University, Faculty of Theology in 1999 and his master's degree in Sociology of Religion at the same university with his thesis titled “Women and Family in Early Islamic Society from a Sociological Perspective” (2002) and his doctorate with his thesis titled “Reflections of European Union Membership on the Religious Life of Turkish Society and Expectations for the Future” (2009). He worked as a faculty member at İnönü University, Faculty of Education between 2010 and 2012. He was a visiting professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia in 2011. Birekul, who receiv...
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He was born in Konya. He received his undergraduate education at Selçuk University, Faculty of Theology in 1999 and his master's degree in Sociology of Religion at the same university with his thesis titled “Women and Family in Early Islamic Society from a Sociological Perspective” (2002) and his doctorate with his thesis titled “Reflections of European Union Membership on the Religious Life of Turkish Society and Expectations for the Future” (2009). He worked as a faculty member at İnönü University, Faculty of Education between 2010 and 2012. He was a visiting professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia in 2011. Birekul, who received the title of associate professor in Sociology in 2016, received the title of professor in 2021. Prof. Dr. While serving as the Dean of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Birekul was appointed Vice Rector of our University on December 30, 2022, in accordance with Article 13 of the Higher Education Law No. 2547. She has authored books including “Social Life and Family in the Days of the Prophet” (Konya / 2001), “Women in the Days of the Prophet” (Konya / 2004), “-Between Fear and Hope- the European Union, Turkey, and Religious Life” (Amsterdam / 2011), and Gift Culture (Istanbul / 2014), as well as numerous national and international articles and presentations in the fields of Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Music, Modernization, Globalization, and Identity, as well as copyrighted works in the same fields.
