Professor Dr Serif Ali Tekalan, Turkey
Professor Dr Serif Ali Tekalan, Turkey
Professor Dr Serif Ali Tekalan, Turkey
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Best Practices from History<br />
International HEI, Beyt al Hikmah<br />
• Beyt al Hikmah; House of Wisdom<br />
• Founded by Caliph Harun al-Rashid in the 8th century.<br />
• Established as Translation center and became research<br />
center.<br />
• The works of Aristotle, Plato , Hippocrates, Euclid, and<br />
Pythagoras were studied.<br />
• Greek, Indian, and Persian texts are translated.<br />
• Had a Christian Scholar as a head of translation<br />
activities.<br />
• It was an international curriculum, international<br />
approach, and international institutions.