Head of Academic Research
Dr Turner is a freelance writer and researcher with over twenty-five years experience as a university lecturer and co-founder of the IFMT. His most recent post was that of Reader in Islamic Thought at Durham University. While Dr Turner’s doctoral research was on state-clergy relations in Safavid Iran, his broader research interests include Muslim theology and philosophy, anthropology of religion, Quranic studies and the life and works of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi.
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