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Professor Dr. Hasan Onat, who was born in Chankırı in 1957, finished secondary school and high school in Yozgat after completing the primary school fees. In 1979 he graduated from the Faculty of Theology of the University of Ankara and started as the Historical Assistant of the Islamic Mezhepleri. From 17 August 1999 to 16 August 2002 he was the Dean of the Faculty of Chorum Theology at the University of Gazi. While he continued his work at the University of Ankara's Faculty of Religion for a long time, he received the mercy of Hakk on 27.09.2020 due to the Covid 19 epidemic he was exposed. The topics that come to our mind when mentioned the name Hasan Onat are: the common part of Islam, the understanding of the tradition very well, the focus of being a human, the attempt to understand the age of knowledge, the assessment of differences as wealth, the understanding of change, the idea-hadise connection, the mind-science unity, the religious-science relationship and the understanding of modern Western thought. He also often pointed out that the religion emphasized individual liberation and believed that the Muslim society could only develop by strengthening the individual. Islam was hoping for the future of the people. But sometimes his hopes were shattered. However, he never stopped his work and struggle for the protection of the dignity of mankind which he gave him.

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Dr. Hasan Onat, who was born in 1957 in Çankiri, Turkey, after his primary education therein, got his secondary and high school degrees from the boarding school in Yozgat. He graduated from Divinity School of Ankara University in 1979 and started to work here as an assistant in the department of History of Islamic Sects. Between 17 August 1999 and 16 August 2020 he held the dean’s office in Çorum Divinity School of Gazi University. As he was continuing his studies in Divinity School of Ankara University where he had held a position for a long time, he passed away on September, 27, 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic to which he was exposed. The first issues that come to mind when the name of Hasan Onat is mentioned; The common denominator of Islam is to understand tradition very well, to put being human at the center, to try to understand the information age, to consider differences as wealth, to understand change, to understand the relationship between ideas and events, the relationship of mind and revelation, the relationship between religion and science, and to understand modern Western thought. He also often stated that religion emphasized individual liberation and thought that Muslim society could only develop by empowering the individual. He was hopeful about the future of the Islamic ummah. But the tides were also shaking his hopes from time to time. Despite this, he never hesitated to work and struggle in the name of protecting the human dignity bestowed upon him by God Almighty.