The workshop coordinated by our faculty was held on January 06, 2025 at Sakarya University Staff Lodge.
The workshop started with opening and protocol speeches. Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Özer Köseoğlu stated that this workshop was organized with the coordination of our Faculty within the framework of the protocol signed by the Provincial Directorate of Probation and our university and the follow-up of the protocol. He expressed the expectation that opportunities, opportunities and projects that can be developed within the scope of this workshop will be discussed. He concluded his speech with the hope that the workshop will be beneficial.
Sakarya Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor Neceattin Öztürk made a speech on probation practices after thanking those who contributed to the realization of the workshop.
Finally, our Dean Prof. Dr. Hasan Meydan stated that the workshop was held in cooperation with different units of the protocol and on what can be done in terms of the university's research and development and contribution to society. He stated that the Faculty of Law, Social Work, Psychology and Sociology departments are also among the stakeholders of the workshop. Meydan stated that there may be practical reflections as well as theoretical productions on addiction, crime and repentance in relation to them, which are the subject areas of the faculties of theology. He stated that the practical equivalents of the theoretical studies in fields such as Kalam, Islamic Law, Sufism, Tafsir can be the subject of evaluation through academic studies and projects. He concluded his speech with the wish that the workshop would be a blessing.
Four sessions were held at the workshop. In the first session, Murat Zekeriya Demirbacak, Provincial Director of Probation, and social worker Şeniz Atan made a presentation titled “Activity Areas and Cooperation Needs of the Provincial Directorate of Probation”. In the second session, Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Saydam from the Faculty of Law made a presentation titled “Probation-University Cooperation from a Legal Perspective”. In the third session, our Dean Hasan Meydan made a presentation titled “Evaluation of the Faculty of Theology's Opportunity to Contribute to Probation Studies”. Finally, Prof. Dr. Yusuf Genç, Head of the Department of Social Work, who is also the President of Sakarya Green Crescent, made a presentation titled “Contributions of the Department of Social Work and Psychology to Probation Services and the Possibility of Expansion”. Discussions were held after each presentation. Academicians who participated in the workshop as general discussants also took the floor in the discussion sections of each session and made determinations, evaluations and proposals about the presentations.
The workshop ended after the thank you speeches.
07/01/2025
