Stepping out of darkness to the light, the last step is on us

Thank You

They asked a dervish, “What is the wisdom of a dervish?”
Dervish, “To be patient when he has nothing,
To give thanks when he has something.”
You spoke well brother dervish, but the important thing is this:
“To be patient when you have nothing,
To be able to share when you have something.”

There are two types of writers, the active writer and the passive writer. Those who write books are active writers, those who have a part in writing the book, knowingly or not, are the passive writers.

First and foremost to my family, to those who have shared their knowledge and experience, to all I have had the opportunity to know and to those I haven’t met, and to those who have contributed to this book intentionally or unknowingly, I extend my heartfelt gratitude.

Aydın TÜRKGÜCÜ

 Special Thanks to:

Prof. Salih Akdemir, Ph.D.

Ankara U. Faculty of Divinity

Prof. Beyza Bilgin, Ph.D.

Ankara U. Faculty of Divinity

Prof. Ahmet İnam, Ph.D.

Professor, Chair
The philosophy department at METU

Prof. Hamdullah Aydın, Ph.D.

 

Y. Selim Sarıibrahimoğlu, LL.D.

Sinan Canan, Ph.D.

Başkent U. Faculty of medicine

 

Robert Abudara

 

Vice President
The Jewish Community of Turkey

Yusuf Altıntaş

Secretary General of the Chief Rabbi
The Jewish Community of Turkey

Geoffrey B. Evans

St. Nicolas’ Church,
British Embassy, Ankara-Turkey

 

Ali Aslan Dumanol

Alkan Kızıldel

Bonnie Pura

Connie Johnston

Elma Aksoy

Ercan Ergün
Ersin Güray Topçular

Gülnur Sarıibrahimoğlu
Hakan Günel

Hakan Yurdadoğan

Hakkı Altay Gökakın

Tülin Gökakın
Halime Öztürk

Kadriye Işıklar Pürçek
Kemal Ünal
Mike Wilkinson
Hicran Avcı Wilkinson

Melihat Eryıldırım
Nurdan Özbalkan

Oğuzhan Akova

Osman Akan

Ömer Ertuğrul Atasoy
Perin Öztin

Petek Evirgen

Robert Teague

Nevin Teague
Sinan Çam

Sadettin Yaşar

Tülay Yazgan

Ülkü Aksakal

Yılmaz Değirmenci

Yücel Türkay

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Foreword
ThankYou
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