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Ahmed Remzi Akyürek (Dede)

Died: 1363 AH (1944)
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One of the last Mevlevi sheikhs, a Sufi poet and scholar (Kayseri 1872 – Kayseri 6 November 1944). Born into a Mevlevi family, he became the last sheikh of the Üsküdar Mevlevihane and was renowned as a librarian and divan poet. He was buried in the cemetery of the Seyyid Burhâneddin Tomb in Kayseri, where his ancestors and his brother Şeyh Hüsâmeddin Efendi also rest. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Ahmed Remzi Akyürek'; A. C. Haksever.)

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  1. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) · entry “Ahmed Remzi Akyürek”

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