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