Mehmet Aydın

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Mehmet Aydın is a professor of philosophy and religion and one of Turkey's Ministers of State, responsible for overseeing the Directorate of Religious Affairs.

[edit] Education and academic career

Mehmet Aydın was born in 1943 in Elazığ. He graduated from the Faculty of Theology at Ankara University in 1966 and received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh in 1971. He has taught both religion and philosophy at: Atatürk University from 1971-1973; Ankara University and Middle East Technical University from 1976-1984; and Dokuz Eylül University, where he is Dean of the Faculty of Divinity. He has been advisor on religious matters to the National Security Council (Turkey)

[edit] Writings

Mehmet Aydın is also a member of the Turkish Philosophical Association and author of several books such as:

  • God and Moral Value in Kant and in Modern British Philosophy (1992);
  • Turkish Contribution to Philosophy (1985);
  • Philosophy of Religion (1992);
  • Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge (1982);
  • Islam en Dialoog, Amsterdam (1996).

As well as his own writings he has translated the works of Pakistani religious thinker Fazlur Rahman, philosopher Mircea Eliade and others.

[edit] Sayings and quotations

  • It is not possible for a truly religious person to disregard morality. However this does not mean that those without faith have no morals. It is not realistic to maintain that an atheist can have no principles (from The relation of God and morality)

and

  • The claim that "If a man abides by the moral code it means, even if he does not know it, he is a believer in God" is unrealistic and difficult to defend.
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