Ömer Faruk Harman

Ömer Faruk Harmin, who was born in 1950 in the Söğüt district of Bilecik, completed his education at Istanbul Imam-Hatip School (1968) and Pertevniyal High School (1969) and then graduated from Istanbul Higher Islamic Institute (1972) and Istanbul University Faculty of Letters, Department of Sociology (1973). In 1977, he started his career as a faculty member at the same institute with his thesis titled "Şahristânî and el-Milel ve'n-Nihal in Terms of the History of Religions", and in 1983, he worked at Marmara University Faculty of Theology with his advisor Prof.

Dr. He received the title of doctor with the same thesis as Hikmet Tanyu. He was promoted to associate professor in 1988 and to professor in 1994.

Since 1986, he took an active role in the preparation of the TDV Islamic Encyclopedia at the Turkish Religious Foundation Islamic Research Center and wrote many articles in the field of history of religions, especially on Judaism, Christianity and the Bible. Between 2005 and 2009, he worked as Religious Services Counselor at the Turkish Embassy in Paris, and since 2017, he has continued his academic studies at Ibn Haldun University.

He has also shared his expertise in his field of expertise with a wide audience as a guest on various television programs.

His works include his unpublished associate professorship thesis "Jewish Sacred Books in Terms of Textual Content and Source" in 1988; His unpublished professorship presentation thesis in 1994: "The Gospel of Barnabas in Terms of Textual Content and Source"; “Missionary Activities in Turkey” published in 2004; A section included in the compilation titled "L'administration des cultes en Turquie" published in Leuven in 2008; His article titled "The Emergence of the History of Religions as a Discipline (East-West)" published in Ankara in 2010; and “The Mysterious History of Jerusalem” published in Istanbul in 2016. He also took part in the preparation committee of the works "Catechism: Faith and Worship" (1998, 2017) and "Catechism II: Islam and Society" (1999, 2017), prepared by TDV Islamic Research Center (ISAM).

Ömer Faruk Harmı passed away in Istanbul on March 4, 2021 and was buried in Ümraniye Kocatepe Cemetery.