Ozcan Keles

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 (G�len) 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...See more

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 (G�len) 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. See less