Empowering Kurdish Scholars

Fostering innovation and critical thinking, we elevate Kurdish contributions to global knowledge and scientific discovery.

Dr. Ali Soylu is currently a Tenured Associate Professor of Management in the School of Graduate and Professional Studies, Department of Business at Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Anadolu University in Eskisehir, Turkey. Dr. Soylu got his MBA (in Finance) from Drexel University and his Ph.D. degree from Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University, in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Soylu is also a free-lance writer on social, political issues. His research interests are in the areas of job stress, job security, cross-cultural human resources, foreign workers/expatriates, and International Human Resource Management.

Dr. Nuri Balta received a B.S. from Bogazici University, and a PhD degree in Physics Education from Middle East Technical University in Turkey. His research interests focus on teacher professional development, counterintuitive physics, science demonstrations, and developing strategies to improve teaching and learning physics. He has designed many in-service training courses for teachers, has prepared many students for the International Physics Olympiads, and science projects. He likes running, traveling, and listening to Kurdish music.

Ibrahim Ozdemir was born in Islahiye, Gaziantep. He is a professor of philosophy at Uskudar University, Istanbul, Turkey, and a visiting professor at Clark University, Worcester, MA. His diverse background as a researcher and teacher includes environmental philosophy and ethics, ecology and religion, practical ethics, philosophical counseling, critical thinking, and Islamic philosophy. He gave lectures and thought courses as visiting professor at Harvard University (1998), Hartford University, Hartford Seminary (2001-2003), and Abo Akademi University, Turku-Finland (2018-2020). Dedicated to sustainability and ethical responsibility, Dr. Ozdemir has contributed significantly to global environmental efforts, including the 2015 Islamic Declaration for Global Climate Change and UNEP’s “Environment, Religion, and Culture in the Context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” (2016). Recently, he was instrumental in drafting the 2024 UNEP document “al-Mizan: A Covenant for the Earth.” His books include Rumî and Confucius on Meaning of Life, Amazon: New Jersey, 2020; The Ethical Dimension of Human Attitude Towards Nature, 2nd edition, Insan Publications: Istanbul, 2008, and Globalization, Ethics and Islam, editors: Ian Markham and Ibrahim Ozdemir, Aldershot: Ashgate. 2005.