Abstract: We owe this amazing collection to the vision and dedication of Aras Bozkurt of the Anadolu University (Türkiye), who, with characteristic energy and imagination, has brought together a remarkable community of voices. Having collaborated with Aras on several AI in education research, I can say with certainty that he not only advances the field with rigor but also infuses it with creativity and warmth. This volume reflects that spirit: diverse in scope, rich in insight, and committed to the future of education as a human endeavor. To Aras and to all the book chapter con tributors, not only my thanks but the thanks of every reader who will learn, reflect, and dream alongside these pages. Your work is a gift to our field and a reminder that scholarship can be both courageous in its critique and generous in its vision. Rarely does a book succeed in being both a mirror to our present and a lantern lighting the path ahead.