I understand that at the University of South Africa they call it a "thesis" rather than a "dissertation." Nevertheless, in investigating Dr. Caner's educational claims, I was able to locate evidence of publication of the thesis, though not under the precise name Dr. Caner had provided:
Bellum sacrum: the development of the Holy War of the first crusade in light of Augustine's Just War criteria. (
source) It is 416 pages (208 double-sided leaves) and was published in 2003, under the name Ergun Mehmet Caner by the University of South Africa. I did verify that it is available in the library at the Main Campus (apparently) in Praetoria and that it was given with respect to a doctorate in theology (
source). If any of my South African readers have the occasion to stop by that library and confirm that the Internet data is correct, I'd be most appreciative.
-TurretinFan
UPDATE: Peter Lumpkins has posted this image purporting to be the title page of Dr. Caner's thesis:

Note the 2003 date, which makes me think this is the published version of the thesis that I had previously mentioned, as opposed to whatever version he provided in 2001 when he supposedly matriculated.
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UNISA's web site confirms Caner's thesis is on shelf at their campus library in Pretoria. The shelf ID # is "261.8730902 CANE" and it is currently available for checkout.
Nice. That's apparently the only library that will admit to having it.
I don't know if anyone has seen this yet, but check out this transcript from an interview that Ergun Caner gave on CBN.com:
https://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/ChurchAndMinistry/ChurchHistory/Crusades_CanerChristianJihad0505.aspx
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