The International Symposium on Islamic Civilization in the Balkans was organized by IRCICA in cooperation with the Institute of Higher Islamic Studies, the Institute of Balkan Studies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Centre of Oriental Languages and Cultures of Sofia University, the International Centre for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations (IMIR), which are located in Sofia. A total of 86 papers were presented during the symposium. The papers, subsequently revised by their authors, were published in two volumes: one for those in Turkish and another for those in English and Bulgarian.
