Draft:Cemre Demirel

Cemre Demirel
Cemre Demirel is a Turkish philosopher and writer. He has written two books on the place of God in moral philosophy and why pantheism is wrong.

In 2011, under the pseudonym Michael Sikkofield, he began writing a blog of the same name on various topics, primarily religion, philosophy, and conspiracy theories. He is also known for his videos and broadcasts on religious, philosophical, and ideological topics, which he started uploading on his YouTube channel in 2017.

Biography
He was born on December 9, 1989, in Istanbul. Since 2010, he has been writing articles on various websites under the pseudonym "Michael Sikkofield," and in 2011, he created his own blog under the same pseudonym, where he continued to write about a wide range of topics. Later, he also wrote several books on these subjects. In 2017, he started a YouTube channel where he uploaded videos on ethics, Quranism, psychology, Ayn Rand, and philosophy, with a few months' intervals between them.

He completed his undergraduate studies in the Department of Economics at Galatasaray University. He then pursued a master's degree in the Department of Philosophy at Yıldız Technical University, focusing on the relationship between religion and philosophy. Subsequently, he earned his doctorate in the Department of Philosophy at Istanbul University.

One week before the 2023 Turkish presidential election, on May 7, 2023, during a rally in Istanbul organized by the AKP, a video clip of Demirel criticizing CHP's presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was used without his permission. Later that same day, Kılıçdaroğlu defended Demirel and criticized the unauthorized use of the video in a post on his X account.

Bibliography


 * Piyon. Okyanus Yayınevi. 2013. ISBN 978-605-5134-24-2
 * Bir Başka Din: Tasavvuf. İstanbul Yayınevi. 2017. ISBN 978-605-7239-71-6
 * Ahlak Felsefesinde Tanrı Nerede? İstanbul Yayınevi. 2024. ISBN 978-605-72397-2-3