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The president of this institution is the highest authority of Islam ic Religion in Turkey . Mr. Bardakoglu is born in 1952 in Tosyar in the province of Kastamonu in Turkey. He has been the President of Diyanet Isleri since May 2003. In 1975 he completed his studies of law at the Istanbul Marmara University and gained Bachelor title at this faculty. Later he became assistant for islamic law at the High Islamic Insitute in Kayseri . In 1982, he earned his PhD in islamic studies at the Atatürk University and taught as Assistant professor at the Theology Faculty of the Erciyes University . From 1991 - 1992 he lived in the United Kingdom . In 1994 he visited the United States for the first time. He is well known in Turkey an Europe as a moderate islamic leader. He announced, in 2005, two women from Diyanet Isleri as vice Mufti s (i.e. professional jurists who interpret Islamic law and counselor who help local muslims on religious issues) for the Mosques of the Turkish cities of Kayseri and Istanbul . In February 2006 he participated as an honor guest in the opening ceremony of a protestant church in Alanya He speaks Turkish , Arabic and English . He is Married and has three children. EXTERNAL LINKS
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