Prof. Dr. Ataullah Shahyar
Prof. Dr. Ataullah Şahyar was born in 1966 in the Sayar district of East Turkestan. He graduated from the Institute of Islamic Religion in East Turkestan in 1992 and completed his master's degree at the Marmara University Institute of Social Sciences in 1998 with his thesis titled "Teachers from Whom the Authors of Kutub-i Sitte Jointly Received Hadith". In 2002, he completed his doctorate at the same institution with his thesis titled "Ibn Abi Shayba's Objections to Abu Hanifa".
He worked as a faculty member at the Hitit University Faculty of Theology between 2012-2014, and received the title of associate professor in 2018 and professor in 2025. He currently serves as a faculty member at the Marmara University Faculty of Theology, Department of Fundamental Islamic Sciences, Department of Hadith.
Prof. Dr. Ataullah Shahyar is the former president of the East Turkestan Scholars Union.
