{"id":740,"date":"2022-01-06T12:56:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T12:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmseminary.com.au\/home\/mms_staging\/?p=740"},"modified":"2022-01-10T10:02:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T10:02:22","slug":"talha-bozkurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmseminary.com.au\/home\/2022\/01\/06\/talha-bozkurt\/","title":{"rendered":"Talha Bozkurt"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"740\" class=\"elementor elementor-740\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bed4507 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"bed4507\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4cfd35\" data-id=\"c4cfd35\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8da93c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8da93c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mmseminary.com.au\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mms-web2-slices-t-30-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-684\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmseminary.com.au\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mms-web2-slices-t-30-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mmseminary.com.au\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mms-web2-slices-t-30-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mmseminary.com.au\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mms-web2-slices-t-30-146x146.png 146w, https:\/\/mmseminary.com.au\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mms-web2-slices-t-30-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/mmseminary.com.au\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mms-web2-slices-t-30-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/mmseminary.com.au\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mms-web2-slices-t-30-85x85.png 85w, https:\/\/mmseminary.com.au\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mms-web2-slices-t-30-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/mmseminary.com.au\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mms-web2-slices-t-30.png 629w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12131d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12131d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #a98958;\">Director of Seminary<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-889f83b elementor-align-center elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"889f83b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">t.bozkurt@mmslocal.local<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-268f563 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"268f563\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07bb151 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07bb151\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; 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