Muhammed Hayri ŞAHİN

Dr. Lecturer Muhammed Hayri ŞAHİN is a full-time academic at Kastamonu University, serving in the Department of Basic Islamic Sciences under the Faculty of Theology since 2016. He earned his PhD in Tafsir (Quranic Exegesis) from Ankara University's Institute of Social Sciences in 2013.

• Education:
  • PhD (2013), Tafsir, Ankara University
  • MA (2005), Tafsir, Ankara University
  • BA (2001), Theology, Ankara University

His research focuses on Quranic recitation (Qira'at) and exegesis, with publications analyzing classical and modernist approaches to Quranic interpretation, manuscript controversies, and pedagogical frameworks in Islamic education.

Recent publications explore comparative tafsir methodologies (Mukâtil b. Süleyman vs. al-Jabiri), Quranic land promise theories in Palestine studies, and Arabic linguistic frameworks in Quranic hermeneutics.

• Students:
  • Emine Ünal (2024, Master's thesis on istishhad methodology in Qira'at)

He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses including Quranic Reading, Tajweed, and Classical Qira'at Texts (2016-2025). His academic metrics include a 2021 weighted score of 115 and rankings within YÖKSİS categories.