At the beginning of the 20^th century, a significant mystery for researchers in fields such as archaeology, history, linguistics, and theology began to unravel with the discovery of Manichean written records in Central Asia and Upper Egypt. While Manichean texts were composed in various languages, the largest body of religious writings was primarily in Middle Iranian languages. Following Bögü Kagan’s conversion, many of these texts in Central Asia were translated into Old Uyghur, predominantly from Middle Iranian sources. This study explores the origins of the Manichean script and provides a comparative analysis of its development and paleographic characteristics across Parthian, Middle Persian, Sogdian, and Old Uyghur. Additionally, evaluations of certain paleographic features in the Manichean script have been incorporated into the study.

İbnü’l-Arabî metafiziğinin kalbi sayılan Fusûsu’l-Hikem, varoluşun ve insanın gizemini kader ekseninde çözen sarsıcı bir haritadır. Bu çalışma, Şeyh-i Ekber’in düşünce dünyasındaki, çoğu zaman pasif bir boyun eğme olarak yanlış yorumlanan yazgı kavramını, dinamik bir kader ontolojisi olarak yeniden keşfe çıkıyor.

Kitap; kaderin kör bir tesadüf ya da dayatılmış bir senaryo değil, varlığın kendi öz hakikatine (a’yân-ı sâbite) attığı bir imza olduğunu gözler önüne seriyor. İlâhî isimlerin tecellisi ile kulun iradesi arasındaki o muazzam dengeyi incelerken, insanın kendi kaderinin hem şahidi hem de aktif bir yürütücüsü olduğunu vurguluyor.

İbnü’l-Arabî Metafiziğinde Kaderin Ontolojisi: Fusûsu’l-Hikem Örneğinde Varlık ve Yazgı, kaderin kozmik ritmini ve varoluşsal derinliğini anlamak isteyen araştırmacılar, akademisyenler ve irfan meraklıları için vazgeçilmez bir başvuru kaynağı. Okuru, kaderi bir mahkûmiyet gibi yaşamaktan çıkarıp, onu ilâhî bir sır olarak idrak etmeye davet ediyor.

Short Stories in ELT Classes is a book which consists of ten widely known short stories in literature. The stories were purposefully chosen as they were suitable to enhance the critical thinking skills (comprehension, analysis, evaluation and synthesis) of students in ELT (English Language Teaching) classes. Although the main notion that the initial goal of ELT is to provide students opportunities to develop language competence, the new trends in second language teaching indicates the significance of integrating literary texts in ELT classes at colleges and universities. Literature, particularly short stories, are authentic texts that enhance students’ language skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. In this book, each story was designed with –pre, while and –post reading questions and activities. While presenting universal themes such as morality, relationships, compassion, sacrifice, free will, equality, charity, maturity and experience, the stories in Short Stories in ELT Classes aims at providing

educators and teachers materials and texts to increase students’ awareness with class discussions and debates.