Our Team

I worked as a lawyer and manager in the department responsible for collecting and liquidating overdue receivables within Kuwait Türk Legal Consultancy.

After leaving Kuwait Türk, I participated in establishing the Mutlu (Mutlu-Halaçoğlu-Yalçın-Ayaz) Law Partnership with colleagues I had worked with, and continued as a Founding Partner and Board Member Lawyer in this partnership until 2014.

In order to conduct studies and research in the field of Islamic finance and banking, I joined as a founding partner in ISFA Islamic Finance and Consultancy, which was established in 2014 as a special consultancy company in the field of Islamic finance and banking, together with a group of bankers, lawyers, and theologians from the sector/practice.

ISFA Islamic Finance Consultancy Ltd. Co., as of today, is the first institutional company providing institutional consultancy services in the field of Islamic law in our sector, primarily serving Ziraat Participation Bank, which is the first public participation bank, as well as other banks, insurance-takaful companies, pension funds, portfolio companies, real estate investment funds, venture capital investment funds, and Asset Leasing Companies in Sukuk issuances, and continues to serve many of these and new requests from the sector.

I continue my work as a founding partner within ISFA, particularly serving as an advisory committee member in development investment banks and lease certificate issuances.

He served in Balıkesir Central Preachership and Çanakkale-Bozcaada mufti positions. In 1975, he became a faculty member teaching Islamic Law, Fiqh Methodology, and Turkish Civil Law at Konya Higher Islamic Institute, and transferred to Bursa Higher Islamic Institute in 1978. He received his doctorate at Ankara University Faculty of Theology in 1983 and became Assistant Professor at U.U. Faculty of Theology in 1983. In 1986, he attended the courses of "Ma'hed Ta'lîmi'l-Luga el-Arabiyye (Arabic Language Teaching Institute)" at Riyadh Imam Muhammad University for 6 months.

He is a faculty member in the Department of Islamic Law. He knows Arabic and French. He is married and a father of four children.

He served as a founding board member of Neova Insurance, Turkey's first Participation Insurance company. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Theology in 2018. He completed his doctorate thesis titled "Management and Restructuring of Overdue Receivables in Participation Banks" in the Islamic Economics and International Finance department at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University in 2022.

Mustafa Dereci, who is the Chairman of the Advisory Committee at ISFA Islamic Finance Consultancy, continues his work on Islamic Economics, Islamic Finance, Participation Banking, Participation Insurance, Participation Finance products and services, and Finance Fiqh, and also serves as a trainer on these topics in domestic and international platforms.

He is married and a father of three children.

He obtained his master's degree from Sakarya University's Islamic Economics and Finance program. During his theology education, he studied classical Islamic sciences for five years, then deepened his expertise in this field by completing a two-year Fiqh Specialization program. He also contributed to the process of translating Muhammad Taqi al-Uthmani's work Usul al-Ifta into Turkish.

He draws attention with his publications on Islamic Economics. In addition to three authored books in his field and more than 10 articles, he won second place at the International Sheikh Hamad Translation Awards held in Qatar for his translation of the work Dala'il al-i'jaz from Arabic.

Güman, a graduate of Marmara University Faculty of Theology, completed his master's degree in Islamic Law and his doctorate in Arabic Language and Rhetoric at the same university. He continues his work combining academic knowledge and field experience.

He completed his master's degree in 2001 and his doctoral thesis in 2008. He received the title of assistant professor in 2011 and associate professor in 2021, and continues to work at the same institution.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Salih KUMAŞ, who is an Advisory Committee Member at ISFA Islamic Finance Consultancy, continues his work on Islamic Economics, Islamic Finance, and Finance Fiqh, and also serves as a trainer on these topics in domestic and international platforms.

He is married and a father of five children.

In the same year, he completed his doctoral education, which he started at Sakarya University, in 2018 with his doctoral thesis titled "The Use of Jadal Method in Fiqh Science (The Example of Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi)" and was appointed to the position of Assistant Professor at the same university in 2019. Ahmet Numan Ünver, who became Associate Professor in 2023, continues his work as a faculty member at the same university.

He completed the master's program of Sakarya University's Islamic Economics and Finance Department in 2016 and the doctoral program in 2020. Durmuş, who is currently a research assistant at Sakarya University ISEFAM, continues his academic studies in the fields of Ottoman waqf law, muamalat fiqh, Islamic economics and finance.

He served as Deputy General Manager at Çakmakçı Precious Metals company. He continues his professional life as the founding partner and General Manager of Nar Fund. He continues his activities for the development of the entrepreneurship ecosystem and alternative financing processes in our country. He is married and a father of 3 children.

Since 2023, he has been serving as the Administrative and Financial Affairs Manager at ISFA Islamic Finance Consultancy. He carries out the management of the institution's operational processes, financial planning, and administrative coordination activities in accordance with participation finance principles and corporate governance standards.

He provides consultancy services to various interest-free finance institutions. He continues his scientific and applied studies in the field of interest-free banking and insurance.

He left the master's education he started in 1991 at the International Banking Department of Marmara University Banking and Insurance Institute at the thesis defense stage.

He worked in various areas at Kuwait Türk, including general accounting, branch banking, structuring of the foreign trade department within the central operations unit, and correspondent banking unit management in the last seven years. He retired from Kuwait Türk as of the end of 2015. He has been working at Isfa Islamic Finance Consultancy (Isfa) since February 2016.

With the regulation made in 2019 regarding Participation Banking, he continues his work at Isfa as an Advisory Committee Member and Consultant.

After working in areas such as Business Development and Innovation, Albaraka Garage at Albaraka Türk, he participated in the Insha digital banking project in Germany. He worked as a product manager at Architecht, Kuwait Türk's technology subsidiary. He managed important projects such as Turkey's first "National Fintech Strategy" and "Turkey Fintech Guide" as Financial Technologies Manager at the Presidential Finance Office. He served as deputy general manager responsible for investment and strategy at Macellan. He is currently the founding partner and general manager of the Goldframer art investment platform established within the Macellan venture studio.