Autor/-in: Keles Ozcan

Ozcan Keles. is a non-practicing barrister with a PhD in Human Rights from the University of Sussex. As a former participant, Ozcan is considered to be a leading expert on the Hizmet (Gülen) movement. He has lectured and published on human rights, freedom of religion, countering violent extremism claiming an Islamic justification, the Hizmet movement, and dialogue. In his effort to promote "dialogue" as a distinct academic field, he founded the peer-reviewed biannual Journal of Dialogue Studies. in 2012 and founded and delivered a Master's degree of the same title from 2011 to 2015 in partnership with Keele University.