Binazir GASHIM-ZADE is a PhD student at Ibn Haldun University. She graduated from the theology faculty (Marmara University, 2018). She defended her MA thesis under “Najmuddîn Dâye’s Views on Politics” (Ibn Haldun University, 2021). Her primary research topics include Sufism and Islamic political thought. Working as a manager at IKI Academy, Gashim-zade also continues her academic and literary translations and editorial activities in Russian, English, Arabic, and Turkish.