Erol Güngör Symposium on the 40th Anniversary of His Death' was held at Selçuk University

"Erol Güngör Symposium on the 40th Anniversary of His Death" was held in cooperation with Selçuk University and Conservative Thought Magazine, with the support of Konya Metropolitan Municipality.

Selcuk University Rector Prof. Dr. Metin Aksoy, Prof. at the opening of the symposium held at Sultan Alparslan Cultural Center. Dr. He said that Erol Güngör grew up in an environment surrounded by science from an early age. Prof. Dr. Stating that Güngör combined the classical scientific heritage he acquired with the modern science he studied at universities in Turkey and abroad, and that he painted a portrait of an exemplary scientist for those who followed him with his rational scientific approach and personality connected to his roots, Prof. Dr. Aksoy said, “Despite the great time he studied in the West and spent there, he drew attention to the alienation in this field without making the mistake of alienating his own nation and culture. He encouraged Turkish youth to examine and understand our own civilization and the stages it has gone through. However, while doing this, he also warned against the mistake of looking at our own civilization from the perspective of Western value judgments. "He has stated in various ways and media that Turkey cannot progress without being disconnected from Turkish-Islamic values, using his knowledge spread in wide media such as sociology, psychology and history." said.

Prof. Dr. Aksoy, Prof. Dr. He stated that Erol Güngör played an important role in laying the foundations of Selçuk University, as the rector he assumed at a time when it was newly established.

Explaining that he contributed greatly to the University's development by adding his vision and knowledge to the foundation of Selçuk University, Prof. Dr. Aksoy said, "As he stated, the motto 'Universities in the West are not concerned with the issues of the country, but with training qualified people who will solve these issues' continues to resonate with Selçuk University today and constitutes a target for the students it educates. In this sense, Selçuk University management considers it its duty to support studies in this field in all the efforts and projects offered by our University in scientific studies. "Many investments and infrastructure have been made to date to support the work." he said.Prof. Dr. Metin Aksoy, the scholarships given by the University "Prof. Dr. He added that they offer it to students as "Erol Güngör Scholarship".AK Party Ankara Deputy Prof. Dr. Vedat Bilgin said that important thinkers and intellectuals were generally not understood very much during the periods in which they lived, and Prof. Dr. He explained that Erol Güngör had a serious readership even when he was alive. Emphasizing that solving today's problems depends on understanding the Islamic concept, Prof. Bilgin said. Dr. Güngör's works and Prof. whom he met after becoming an assistant. Dr. He explained Erol Göngör with anecdotes.Ercan Uslu, Secretary General of Konya Metropolitan Municipality, stated that Güngör is a very deep and knowledgeable personality, as well as an exemplary figure for today's youth in terms of both knowledge and action. Uslu stated that Erol Güngör's view on social issues and the issues he suggested for human perfection are a "local and national" stance that can be implemented.Conservative Thought Magazine Founding Editor Serhat Buhari Baytekin noted that they organized the symposium to commemorate Erol Güngör on the 40th anniversary of his death, to contribute to qualified scientific studies and to introduce Erol Güngör to young people.Following the opening speeches, Dean of the Faculty of Letters, Prof. Dr. The first session titled "Erol Güngör as an Intellectual" started under the chairmanship of Mehmet Ali Hacıgökmen. In session; Prof. Dr. Yasin Aktay, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aydin, Prof. Dr. Naci Bostancı and Prof. Dr. Kurtuluş Kayalı, Prof. Dr. He made a speech about Erol Güngör.The opening of the symposium was attended by YÖK Supervisory Board Chairman Prof. Dr. Hamit Emrah Beriş, Selçuk University Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Emrullah Eken, deans, directors, academic and administrative staff and students attended.Sessions were held at the symposium under the topics of "Traces of Intellectual Intellectual Life", "Erol Güngör at the Junction of Sociology and Psychology", "History, Culture and Civilization in the Concept of Society" and "Erol Güngör with his Political and Social Ideas".