⛔IRCICA condemns in strongest terms the continuation of the genocidal war crimes in Gaza and the blatant violations of international law committed by the Israeli Occupation in Palestine. Within its capacity as the subsidiary cultural research centre of the OIC and based on the

📢 Announcement of International Naat al-Sharif Competition. ✨ In commemoration of the 1500th Birth Anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad, the “International Naat al-Sharif Poetry Competition” is organized by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Konya Metropolitan

📢 المسابقة الدولية في المديح النبويّ. ✨ تحت رعاية رئاسة الجمهورية التركية، وبالاشتراك مع منظمة التعاون الإسلامي وبلدية قونية الكبرى، يُنظّم إرسيكا مسابقة دولية في المديح النبويّ وذلك بمناسبة الذكرى الـ1500 للمولد النبويّ الشّريف. يمكن تقديم القصائد باللغة العربية أو الإنجليزية

📢 Uluslararası Naat-ı Şerif Yarışması ilânı. ✨ Peygamberimizin doğumunun 1500. yılı onuruna “Uluslararası Naat-ı Şerif Yarışması” İslam İşbirliği Teşkilatı, Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi ve IRCICA tarafından ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanlığı himayelerinde düzenlenmektedir.

📖 This book contains papers presented by scholars of architecture and urban conservation from around the world during the symposium organized by IRCICA in 2023 in memory of Prof. Arch. Amir Pašić (d. 2022) former Head of its Architectural Section. 🔎Details on:

✨ The Summer Studio Program, coordinated by IRCICA’s Architectural Heritage Unit jointly with Abdullah Gul University, Gazi University, and the University of Sarajevo, began on 26 July with fieldwork in Kayseri-Develi. The team of students and academicians will examine the

📸 A sketch of the city of Mostar by Prof. Arch. Amir Pašić (1953-2022). ---.📸 Mimar Prof. Amir Pašić'in (1953-2022) Mostar çizimi. ---.📸 مدينة موستار بريشة البروفيسور المعماري عامر باسيج (1953ـ2022). ---.#ircica #ircica_in_2025 #ircicaarchivalmaterials

📖 This publication of IRCICA contains 19 articles resulting from experts’ studies on Islamic architectural heritage, its status and the related preservation and management policies in different regions of the world. 🔎Details on: ---.📖 IRCICA’nın bu

✨ An international architectural studio workshop program titled "Preservation of the Vernacular Architecture" is organized by IRCICA in collaboration with Kayseri Abdullah Gül University, Istanbul Technical University, Gazi University (Ankara), and the University of Sarajevo,

📸 Muradiye Mosque built by Sultan Murad III between the years 1583-1586; on the left in the background is the Sultan Mosque, (from IRCICA Photograph Archive). ---.📸 1583-1586 seneleri arasında Sultan III. Murad tarafından inşa ettirilen Muradiye Camii, arkada solda Sultan Camii

📖 The international conference on “Ottomans and the Malay World: Contemporary Reflections on History, Culture and Economy” was organized by the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC) of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and IRCICA

✨ IRCICA Genel Direktörü Prof. Dr. Mahmud Erol Kılıç İstanbul, Üsküdar Üniversitesi’nde 26 Temmuz 2025’te “İnsan, Tasavvufî Düşünce ve Şifâ” konulu bir konferans verdi. Program Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Cangüzel Güner Zülfikar’ın moderatörlüğünde, Üsküdar Üniversitesi Rektör Danışmanı Sn.

📸 The Sublime Porte, Istanbul (from IRCICA Photograph Archive). ---.📸 Bâb-ı Âli, İstanbul (IRCICA Fotoğraf Arşivinden). ---.📸 صورة أرشيفية للباب العالي، استانبول (من أرشيف صور إرسيكا). ---.#ircica #ircicaarchivalmaterials #ircica_in_2025 #ircicahistoricalphotographs #babiali

✨ Ten calligraphers from Indonesia who won awards in the 13th IRCICA International Calligraphy Competition received their award certificates at a ceremony held on this occasion at Nahdlatul Ulama Center in Jakarta on 21 July 2025. The awards were presented by the Director

📸A Malay tribe from the island of Sumatra (from IRCICA Photograph Archive). ---.📸 Sumatra adasından bir Malay kabilesi (IRCICA Fotoğraf Arşivinden). ---.📸 قبيلة من الملايو من سكّان جزيرة سومطرة (من أرشيف صور إرسيكا). ---.#ircica #ircicaarchivalmaterials #ircica_in_2025

RT @OIC_OCI: Final Communiqué Adopted by the Extraordinary Open-Ended Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Coo….

✨Prof. Mahmud Erol Kılıç, IRCICA Director General, gave an interview to Mr. C. Holland Taylor, Special Advisor for International Affairs to the General Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama Central Board, during the period of his program of lectures at Nahdlatul Ulama on 19-20 July 2025.

✨ IRCICA Director General Prof. Mahmud Erol Kılıç conducted a 2-day intensive program of lectures at the Akademi Kepemimpinan Nasional Nahdlatul Ulama (AKN-NU) – National Leadership Academy of Nahdlatul Ulama in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 19-20 July 2025. The program titled

✨ IRCICA Director General Prof. Mahmud Erol Kılıç gave a lecture at the Institute for Humanitarian Islam in Menteng, Jakarta, Indonesia, on 18 July 2025, during the program themed “Humanitarian Action from the Perspective of Islamic Culture”. Prof. Kılıç spoke on the principles

📖 This amply documented and detailed history of Al-Quds from its Muslim conquest up to the beginning of the Ottoman period, written by Prof. Dr. Fatma Akkuş Yiğit and published by IRCICA, will be an important contribution to studies in this field. 🔎Details on: