Ali Erbaş

Ali Erbaş (born in 1961 in Ordu Turkey)[1] is a Turkish Muslim scholar and president of Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) in Turkey.

Ali Erbaş
Ali Erbaş
President of the Directorate of Religious Affairs
Assumed office
17 September 2017
PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded byMehmet Görmez
Personal details
Born1961 (age 59–60)
Ordu, Turkey
Alma materMarmara University

Education

Erbaş attended elementary school in Yeşilyurt, and graduated from the Imam Hatip School in Sakarya in 1984.[1]

Erbaş received a master degree at the Marmara University in 1987, and achieved a PhD in the Department of History of Religions in 1993 at the same university.[1]

Professional career

In 1993 he was nominated lecturer at the Theological Faculty of the Sakarya University.

Then he carried out studies in his field as a guest member of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Human Sciences at the University of Strasbourg for a full year as of the beginning of the academic year 1996-1997.

He returned to Turkey at the beginning of 1997-1998 academic year and became Associate Professor in November of 1998 and professor in the January of 2004.

In 2016 he was nominated as the rector of the Yalova University.[2]

Ali Erbaş was appointed President of the Directorate of Religious Affairs in September 2017.[2]

Controversy

Ali Erbas, in his capacity as the head of the directorate of religious affairs, has stated during a sermon in the Hagia Sophia on the 24 April 2020 that homosexuality leads to illnesses, which drew criticism from the Bar Associations of Ankara and Diyarbakır. Both Bar associations resulted being investigated for insulting religious values over their critical remarks on Ali Erbaş.[3] During the dispute, Erbas was supported by the Recep Tayyip Erdogan who mentioned that an assault on the Diyanets head would not be tolerated.[4]

Personal life

Ali Erbaş is married and has four children.[2]

References
  1. "Prof Dr. Ali ERBAŞ". Diyanet. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  2. "Professor Ali Erbaş appointed as Turkey's new top religious official". Daily Sabah. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. "Prosecutors' investigation widens to include Diyarbakır Bar Association after criticism of top cleric". www.duvarenglish.com. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. AFP. "Erdogan defends Turkey religious chief's anti-gay sermon". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 20 September 2020.


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