Saints and Tombs of Çanakkale

Muhyiddin Mehmed Dâğî (Mehmed-i Dâğî)

A Gelibolu (Gallipoli) Sufi of the Şâbâniyye branch of the Halvetî order; born in Gelibolu in 944/1537, son of the imam Pîr Ali Halîfe and grandson of Mevlânâ Köse Şemseddin, a sheikh of Bayezid II's era. He was trained by Alâeddin Efendi, a deputy sent to Gelibolu by Şâbân-ı Velî of Kastamonu; the historian Gelibolulu Âlî Mustafa Efendi records that after Alâeddin Efendi died, Şâbân-ı Velî spiritually completed his training by the Uwaysî path. Withdrawing from public attention to the village of Değirmendüzü (Burgaz) near Gelibolu, he died in 1030/1621 and was buried in the cemetery of his lodge on a hill outside the village.

Ahmed Bican Efendi

Fifteenth-century Turkish scholar, Sufi and translator; younger brother of Yazıcıoğlu Mehmed, author of the Muhammediyye. A Bayramî dervish initiated under Hacı Bayrâm-ı Velî, he is best known for Envârü'l-âşıkīn (1446-1451). His death date is uncertain (857/1453 or 859/1455); he died in Gelibolu. His own tomb stands beside his brother's mosque and cemetery (today Yazıcıoğlu Park). (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Ahmed Bîcan' & 'Ahmed Bîcan Türbesi'; teis.yesevi.edu.tr)

Gazi Suleyman Pasha

Son of Orhan Gazi, remembered as the 'Conqueror of Rumelia' who secured the Ottoman crossing into the Balkans. He died in 758/1357 after falling from his horse while hunting between Bolayır and Seydikavağı, and per his will was buried in the tomb he had built beside his imaret at Bolayır. Restored in 956/1549, the tomb remains a major pilgrimage site visited with Qur'an recitations and prayers. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Süleyman Paşa Camii ve Türbesi'; Çanakkale provincial records)

Agazade Mehmed Hakiki Dede

Founder and first postnişin of the Gelibolu Mevlevî lodge; son of the janissary officer Kara Hasan Ağa. In his youth he renounced his wealth, joined I. Bostan Çelebi at the Konya lodge, and after his retreat returned to Gelibolu to teach the Mesnevî and establish the Mevlevî dergâh. He died in 1063/1653 and was buried in the lodge's semâhâne-mausoleum. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Gelibolu Mevlevîhânesi'; Sâkıb Dede, Sefîne)

Yazıcıoğlu Mehmed Efendi

author of the Muhammediyye

A Sufi and author of the Bayramiyye order, affiliated with Hacı Bayrâm-ı Velî. His most famous work is the Muhammediyye, a Turkish verse work on the Prophet completed at Gelibolu in 853 (1449); he also wrote the Arabic Meġāribü’z-zamân. He lived in Gelibolu together with his brother Ahmed Bîcan and died there in 855 (1451). His grave lies in the tomb within the precinct of the mosque now known as the Yazıcıoğlu Mosque.

Jahidi Ahmed Efendi

Jahidi Sultan

Born in Edirne, he was a Sufi and poet of the Uşşâkıyye branch of the Halvetiyye order and is regarded as the founder of the “Câhidiyye” sub-branch. For many years he guided followers across the Çanakkale, Biga, Lapseki, Bayramiç and Gelibolu regions. He left a Divan of mystical folk poetry and a treatise titled Kitâbü’n-Nasîha. He died in 1070 (1659-60) at Kilitbahir and was buried in the tomb beside the mosque that bears his name.