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-CALL FOR PAPER-

2ndINTERNATIONALWAQFINSTITUTIONSYMPOSIUM

THEME:

“WAQF AND ALLEVIATING POVERTY”

July13-14,2019IstanbulSabahattinZaimUniversity

Istanbul - Turkey

IntroductionPovertyreferstothelackofopportunitytoimproveone’sstandardofliving.Povertyhasnotonlyeconomicconsequencesbutalsosocialconsequences.Forthis reason, the fight against poverty is done not only in the economicdimension but also in the social dimension. One of the institutions that canmakethisbidirectionalfightagainstpovertyisthewaqfinstitution.Thewaqfs stands as a third sector in addition to thepublic and theprivatesector.Thankstothewaqfs,manypublicservicesareprovidedbyvoluntaryorganizations.Inthisway,thepublicburdenisdecreasing.Ontheotherhand,socialsolidarityisincreasing.Thewaqfshavearoleinthepreservationofsocialstructureduetohavingasolidaritybase.Onthebasisofthissolidarity,thereisalsoalleviatingpoverty.

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The waqfs, especially in Islamic societies, have established a cooperationmechanismthatpreventssocialoutbursts.ThefactthatIslamisareligionthatencourages giving for poor (infaq) enables usingwaqfs as a tool of fightingagainstpoverty.The collectivistic structureof thewaqfs and the featuresofIslamthatgivingprioritytotheinterestsofthesocietyarealmostintegrated.Thus, the waqfs became quite common institutions in Islamic world in thehistory. In fact, even the financialneedsof entrepreneurs in the societyhadbeenmetthroughthewaqfs.Perhaps one of the most important economic problems of our time is thateconomicgrowthdoesnotprovidedevelopment.Economicgrowthhasbecomeaconceptexpressedonlybynumbers.Thedeclineofpeople'slivingstandardsdespite the growth, the gap between the rich and the poor, and the socialoutburstsarefrequentsignsofthissituation.Withthissymposium,itwillbecomprehensively examined how the waqfs should play a role in alleviatingpoverty. The role of foundations in history will be examined and thecontributionstheywillprovideinthemodernperiodwillbediscussed.ThesymposiumwillbeheldonJuly13-14,2018inİstanbulhostedbyIstanbulSabahattin ZaimUniversity (IZU) thatworks formaking Istanbul as financecenterofworldandthemostimportantinstitutiononIslamiceconomicsandfinanceinTurkey,andorganizedbythecooperationofSilkRoadCivilizationsResearchandApplicationCenterandAnkaraYildirimBeyazitUniveristyandAnkaraCenter forThoughtandResearch (ADAM).The themeof thisyear isWaqfandAlleviatingPoverty.

ImportantDatesDeadlineforsubmittingabstracts: 1May2019

Notificationsforacceptedabstracts: 15May2019Deadlineforfullpapers: 15June2019

Dateofsymposium: 13-14July2019

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Thesubjectsofthesymposiumisdeterminedwithintheframeworkofthefollowingtopicsandisnotrestricted.

o Waqfsasathirdsector

o History of waqfs and alleviating

poverty

o Waqfsasatoolofdecreasingincome

inequality

o Contributionsofwaqfstoeconomic

development

o Theroleofwaqfsintheprotectionof

socialstructure

o Impacts ofwaqfs in the alleviating

poverty

o Dimensionsofinequality

o Waqfs and preventing social

explosions

o Role of waqfs in fair income

distribution

o Socialpoliciesandwaqfs

o Sustainable economic development

andwaqfs

o Waqfs and Achieving quality and

lifelong learning opportunities for

everyoneonanequallevel

o Waqfs and micro finance / cash

waqfs

o Role of waqfs in social assistance

andhospices

o Infaq, sadaqa, waqf, zakat and

alleviatingpoverty

o Services of waqfs for alleviating

poverty

o A comparison between other

charities and waqfs in alleviating

poverty

o Waqfsanddevelopmentpolicies

o Internationalassistanceactivitiesof

waqfs

o Role ofwaqfs for solving economic

issues of modern Ottoman

geography

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PublicationOppurtunitiesTheabstractofthepaperssubmittedtothesymposiumwillbeincludedintheabstractbook.

Inaddition, the fullpaperswillbepublished in thebook titledas “WaqfsandAlleviating

Poverty”byIZUandADAM,orintheinternationalpeer-reviewacademicjournals:ADAM

ACADEMY Journal of Social Sciences and Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance after

refereeevaluationprocess.

SubmittingProposalsandEvaluationParticipation and submitting proposals to the symposium will be made via

waqfsymposium@gmail.com. All submitted studies will be examined by the Scientific

Committeeandpositiveornegativenotificationswillbesenttotheapplications.Thestudy

that you submitted must have been previously unpresented and unpublished. The

submissionshouldincludeanabstractbothinTurkish,EnglishandArabic(Englishabstract

isrequiredforbothTurkishandArabicsubmissions),brieflyandlaconicallyexpressingthe

subject,inmaximum200-250words.Thereshouldbenoreferencetousedsources,figure

and chart numbers. Names and lastnames, the institution the author is associatedwith,

her/hiscontactande-mailaddressesshouldalsobespecified.

TransportationandAccommodationSymposium will be held at the Halkalı Campus of Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University.

Participantswillmeettheirowntransportationcosts.Authorsofselectedpaperswhowill

attendfromoutsideofIstanbulwillbeprovidedaccommodationintheguesthouseofIZU.

Address:HalkaliCad.No:2Halkali34303Kucukcekmece/Istanbul/Turkey

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People

HonoraryBoardOsmanAkyüz

Prof.MehmetBulutMuratÇetinkayaProf.MetinDoğanDr.AdnanErtem

İkramGöktaşProf.HayrettinKaraman

Prof.BülentKentMelikşahUtkuUfukUyan

ScientificCommitteeProf.RahmanAdemiProf.MuratAslanProf.RecaiAydınProf.MehmetBarcaProf.ArifBilginProf.ServetBayındırProf.ÖmerBolatProf.MehmetBulutProf.KudretBülbülProf.HüseyinÇınarProf.ÖzerErgençProf.TuranErolProf.ArifErsoyProf.SuraiyaFaroqhiMehmetGenç

Prof.CahitGüranProf.M.MehdiİlhanProf.CemalKafadarProf.AhmetKalaProf.MuhsinKarProf.ErdalTanasKaragölProf.MahmutKayaProf.ZiyaKazıcıProf.BülentKentProf.YunusKoçProf.ZekeriyaKurşunProf.FuatOğuzProf.MehmetÖzProf.ŞevketPamukProf.AhmetTabakoğlu

Prof.MetinToprakProf.BahaeddinYediyıldızProf.MuratYülekAssoc.Prof.MirsadKarićAssoc.Prof.UmarAimhanosiOseniAssoc.Prof.AliPolatAssoc.Prof.BuerhanSaitiAsst.Prof.MohamedCherifElAmriAsst.Prof.AbdelkaderChachiAsst.Prof.MohamedAdnanDarwichAsst.Prof.AhmetŞuaybGündoğduAsst.Prof.Dr.EmilKnezovićAsst.Prof.Dr.GoranRidic

OrganizationandExecutiveCommitteeProf.RahmanAdemiProf.MehmetBulutProf.AbdurrahmanCandanProf.HüseyinÇınarProf.BülentKentProf.İbrahimGüranYumuşakAssoc.Prof.YusufDinçAsst.Prof.MerveBüşraAltundere

Asst.Prof.MustafaÇakırAsst.Prof.MuhammetEnesKalaAsst.Prof.FatihKaplanhanAsst.Prof.CemKorkutAsst.Prof.AydınKudatAsst.Prof.EnsariYücelMevlütÇam

SecretaryRes.Asst.FurkanDoğan,IZURes.Asst.OzanMarasli,IZU

Res.Asst.MehmetTuğrul,AYBURes.Asst.SafaYıldıran,IZU

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ContactandforQuestionsAnkaraCenterforThoughtandResearch–ADAMHacettepeMh.TanisSk.No:2/AHamamonuAltindagAnkaraTurkeyTel: +903123246484E-mail: waqfsymposium@gmail.com