Servet BAYINDIR

Member of the Board Servet Bayındır was born in Erzurum in 1968 (1965 in official records). He graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Theology in 1993 and Anatolian University Faculty of Economics in 2005. He took his master’s degree in Marmara University with thesis “Evaluation of Special Financial Institutions in terms of Islamic Law” in 1995 and took his doctorate with thesis “The Place of Interest-Free Banking Transactions in Islamic Fiqh” in 2004. He received Arabic language education in Jordan University for eight months (2002-2003) and completed his second master’s degree in Certificate of Islamic Finance (CIFP) program in INCEIF Institute in Malaysia (2008-2010).

He assumed the title of Associate Professor in 2008 and the title of Professorship in 2014 with his studies in Islamic Economics and Finance. He founded “Islamic Economics and Finance” Department in İstanbul University and served as Head of Department for three years. He also founded Islamıc Economics Researches Foundation (İktisat) in 2019 and currently serves as President of the Foundation.

Having worked as teacher within the structure of the Ministry of National Education between years 1995 and 2001, Servet Bayındır has been appointed to be membership of Presidential Economic Policy Board on 13.10.2018 while he was serving as academic member in Faculty of Theology of İstanbul University in İslamic Law and İslamic Economics and Finance. Mr. Bayındır currently serves as member in Presidential Economic Policy Board and as academic member in university.

As of 31 December 2020, he has been serving as Board Member in Vakıf Katılım.