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Hak Halili (Shaykh Hacı Halil Efendi)

A müderris (professor) and şeyh born in 1823 in Dereköy, Emirdağ, Afyonkarahisar. He studied in Bolvadin, Konya, Istanbul and at al-Azhar in Egypt, obtaining authorisation in twelve Sufi orders; he led the Naqshbandi order in Damascus and the Mevlevi line in Afyon. Settling in Karacalar village late in life, he founded a medrese training hundreds of students and died there in 1907. (Sources: Abdülhalim Durma, Afyon Evliyaları; academic article on Hak Halîlî Dergâhı, Dergipark 2022)

AfyonkarahisarDied 1325 AHView →

Faqi Tayran (Muhammad)

One of the foremost mystic poets of classical Kurdish literature, his real name was Muhammad; born around 1560 in the Bahçesaray (Müküs) district of Van and died around 1640. Known as 'jurist of the birds,' his poetry blends Sufi and folk themes. His tomb is identified about 15 km from the Bahçesaray district center and presented by the Bahçesaray District Governorship. NOTE: the burial site is disputed; a second tradition places the tomb in Dayılar village, Hizan district, Bitlis. (Sources: Bahçesaray District Governorship official site; Van YYÜ AVESİS academic record)

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Ahmed Kemaleddin Çelebi

Postnişin (head sheikh) of the Sultan Dîvânî (Karahisar) Mevlevihane in Afyonkarahisar, serving from 1872 for about twenty-three years. The lodge's repair after the 1875 fire was completed in his tenure; he continued in office despite losing his sight. He died on 21 July 1894 and was buried in the Mevlevihane türbe, succeeded by his son Ali Celâleddin Çelebi. (Sources: Semazen Akademik; TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Karahisar Mevlevîhânesi')

AfyonkarahisarDied 1312 AHView →

Nureddin Sultan

A Horasan dervish buried in Sandıklı, said to have come from Khorasan in the era of Yunus Emre (13th–14th c.) and settled there. Regarded as the patron saint of the Sandıklı chickpea-roasters' guild; his tomb in the courtyard of Emirhisar village mosque is preserved in original form. Lacking firm dates, he is a legendary figure (shrine/disputed). (Sources: Abdülhalim Durma, Afyon Evliyaları; Afyon Kocatepe University Sandıklı MYO study)

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Beyce Sultan

A Turkish dervish who lived in and around Çivril in the late 13th and early 14th centuries, taking part in the conquest and defense of the region and earning the people's respect. His octagonal Seljuk-style tomb stands on the northern slope of the Beycesultan Mound, built of cut stone, spolia marble and brick. (Sources: Ministry of Culture Kültür Portalı, Cultural Inventory; Çivril Municipality)

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Shaykh Hamza of Sandıklı

A şeyh and poet who lived in Sandıklı in the Horasan-dervish tradition, expressing his love for Yunus Emre in his verse; his poem dated 1758 is cited in the sources. He is counted among the patrons of the Sandıklı chickpea-roasters. His tomb adjoins the Muradin Mosque in Çay Mahallesi, alongside Musa Halife, Şemseddin Halife and Abdullah Halife. (Sources: Abdülhalim Durma, Afyon Evliyaları; Afyon Kocatepe University Sandıklı MYO)

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Abdi Hoca (Abdurrahman Hilmi Bilici)

A late-Ottoman and early-Republican scholar and madrasa teacher of the Kumru/Fizme area (1860–1957). He studied at the Kumru medrese and under Mustafa Efendi of Korgan and Hacı Yusuf Efendi of Ünye, founded two madrasas, taught for about forty years and granted ijazah twice. He died in 1957 aged 97. (Sources: Ahmet Çapku, 'Abdi Hoca — A Scholar of Turkey in Kumru'; Bekir Akkaya, 'Saints of Kumru District and Abdi Hoca')

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Sheikh Tarakçı Hamid Hoca

A Sufi figure of Fizme (Kumru) origin known as 'Tarakçı' (comb-maker) after his trade; trained under Hacı Mustafa Rûmî in Tokat and Çorum, affiliated with the Mustafa Hâki–Mustafa Takî–İhramcızâde İsmail Hakkı line. He lived in the early 20th century; his death is given as 1949. His grave in Fatsa, with that of his wife Cemile Hanım, was renewed by the Ordu Metropolitan Municipality in 2022. (Sources: Ordu Metropolitan Municipality restoration record; Bekir Akkaya)

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Doğanlı Hasan Efendi

An Ottoman-era madrasa teacher regarded as a saint in the Perşembe (Vona) area. His plain tomb in the Doğanlı (today Doğan Mahallesi) cemetery bears an Ottoman-Turkish inscription whose text and death date are unpublished; information on his life is limited. As documentation rests largely on a single official record, the entry is transparently flagged as resting on local veneration. (Sources: Perşembe District Governorate tourism page; Doğan Mahallesi record)

Sheikh Abdullah (Ulubey)

A colonizing dervish-sheikh active in the early 15th-century conquest and settlement of the Ordu region who, alongside the frontier-warrior Sevdeş Bey, founded a lodge and Friday mosque around Ulubey and led the Türkmen transition to settled life. The 1455 cadastral survey records the 'endowment of Şeyh Abdullah's lodge'; Şeyhler village is named after his sheikh sons. The present tomb is a renewed structure within the old cemetery. (Sources: Kamil Yavuz, Turcology Research 2025/84; Ordu Provincial Directorate)

Mahmut Seydi

A velî regarded as one of the seven holy men said to have come to the Alanya region from Khorasan, reputed to be a disciple and descendant of Seyyid Hârun Velî. He settled in the village then called Onas, founded his lodge, and spread Islam in the area. Though his exact dates are unknown, a waqf deed of 1461 bears his name; his tomb lies in the Mahmutseydi neighbourhood 22 km north of Alanya, beside a historic Seljuk-era mosque. (Sources: Evliyalar.net; Alanya Municipality)

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Ahi Yusuf

A 13th-century Ahî saint who trained under Ahî Evran in Konya and was sent to Antalya by his shaykh in the reign of Alâeddin Keykubad I. He founded his madrasa and lodge in the Mermerli quarter of Antalya's Kaleiçi, where he also worked as a swordsmith. Mention of him in Sultan Veled's Dîvân attests to his renown; his two-storey tomb survives beside the mosque bearing his name. (Sources: Evliyalar.net; Antalya Cultural Heritage Inventory)

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Shaykh Shuja al-Din

A velî buried in one of Antalya's rare Anatolian Seljuk-era religious structures; his tomb stands in the Çaybaşı (Kızıltoprak) quarter of the city centre. Per the north-façade inscription dated AH 630/1232-33 (read by some as AH 636/1238-39), the building was commissioned in honour of Shaykh Shujâ al-Dîn by Türkerî ez-Zevâk and his brother. The square, single-domed structure has a burial chamber below and a small mosque above. (Sources: Evliyalar.net; Anatolian Seljuk Architecture database)

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Shid Abdal (Shidlu Dede)

A Turkmen colonizing dervish-sheikh of the Horasan-origin Abdalân-ı Rûm, a successor (halife) in the Bâyezîd-i Bistâmî line who settled at Kuzköy in Kabataş and founded an influential lodge. His 1395 (AH 797) Arabic decree, a dragon-headed iron staff and other relics are preserved locally. His death date is undocumented, placed at the late 14th/early 15th century. (Sources: Ordu Provincial Directorate of Culture & Tourism; Mehmet Fatsa, Karadeniz İncelemeleri Dergisi, 2013/15)

Sitti Zeynep (Alanya)

The figure venerated in an Ottoman-era (16th-century) tomb built on a large rock on the road up to Alanya Castle, near the Red Tower. In waqf records of Süleyman the Magnificent's reign the endowment is registered as 'Sitti Zeynep bint Zeynelâbidîn'; she is said to be a daughter of Zeyn al-Âbidîn of the line of Husayn, though her identity is not firmly established (disputed/cenotaph). Evliya Çelebi records the building as a Bektashi lodge. (Sources: Evliyalar.net; Antalya Cultural Heritage Inventory)

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Sayyid Muhammad Qutb al-Arwasi

The founding spiritual guide of the Arwasi lineage, son of Sayyid Qasim al-Baghdadi who migrated to Anatolia after Hulagu's conquest of Baghdad. He founded the village of Arvas (Doğanyayla) in the Bahçesaray (Müküs) district of Van, building a madrasa, lodge, library and mosque, and shaped the spiritual map of the region. His exact death date is unknown (c. 14th-15th century). His grave is in the Arvas village cemetery; by tradition no tomb structure could be built over it and it is visited as a grave/maqam. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Muhammed Kutub'; Prof. Dr. Dündar Alikılıç)

Sheikh Mehmet Shirvani

A scholar and Sufi born in the village of Zerdab in the Shirvan region of Azerbaijan, who taught in many places. He came to Denizli in 1826-1827 at the invitation of the local notable Tavaslıoğlu Osman Ağa and died there in 1851. His tomb lies near the center of the İlbade Cemetery in Merkezefendi. (Sources: Denizli Cultural Inventory / Denizli Provincial Directorate; Evliyalar.net Denizli records)

DenizliDied 1851View →

Abdal Musa

A 14th-century mystic, one of the foremost dervish-saints of Anatolia and a major Bektashi velî, called 'pîr-i sânî' in some sources; his lodge is counted among the four chief Bektashi âsitânes. Said to be of Hoy (Azerbaijan) origin, to have taken part in the conquest of Bursa, and to have trained Kaygusuz Abdal. His tomb stands in Tekke village of Elmalı, alongside the graves of his parents and Kaygusuz Abdal. (Sources: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 'Abdal Mûsâ' & 'Abdal Mûsâ Tekkesi'; Elmalı Municipality)

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Sayyid Muhammad Ma'sum al-Arwasi

Son of Sayyid Fehim Arwasi, born in Arvas in 1880. He received his ijaza in 1899, taught at the Hatuniyye Madrasa in Adilcevaz, and was appointed mufti of Adilcevaz in 1910. He served with militia forces in World War I and was a founder of the Van Defense of Rights Society. He died in Arvas in 1942; his grave is beside that of his father Sayyid Fehim in Arvas village, Bahçesaray, Van. (Sources: arvasidernegi.com; Türkiye Gazetesi; Prof. Dr. Dündar Alikılıç)

VanDied 1361 AHView →

Sultan Sari Baba

Counted among the saints who came from Khorasan to spread Islam in Anatolia; though his exact dates are unknown, he is thought to have lived in the 13th century. His tomb lies in the Tekke quarter of Sarayköy, originally formed of two joined octagonal chambers, known for its centuries-old cypresses; restored to its original form in 2012. (Sources: Encyclopedia of Saints, ehlisunnetbuyukleri.com; District Governorate of Sarayköy)

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Sayyid Muhammad Siddiq al-Arwasi

Son of Sayyid Fehim Arwasi, born in Arvas in 1871 (AH 1287). He studied at the Arvas and Gevaş madrasas and, after authorization from Sayyid Abdülhakim Arwasi, accepted the post of mufti of Van. While serving as Van's mufti during World War I, he was martyred by Armenian militants in 1916 (AH 1334) while performing ablutions in the village of Mejingir (Yukarı Kaymaz) in Gürpınar. His grave is in Mejingir village, Gürpınar, Van. (Sources: arvasidernegi.com; evliyakabirleri.com; Prof. Dr. Dündar Alikılıç)

VanDied 1334 AHView →

Cekiclerli Ahmet Lutfi Efendi

A recent Aksaray saint of the Naqshi-Qadiri tradition, a disciple of Hacı İsmail Hakkı, Qadiri sheikh of Nar (Nevşehir). His open-air tomb is on the hill behind the mosque in Aksaray's Bedir Muhtar Cemetery; his son Çekiçlerli İzzet Baba is buried in the same cemetery. (Sources: Evliyalar.net)

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Taptuk Emre (Aksaray)

A 13th-century Sufi known as the master of Yunus Emre. His tomb in Taptuk village of Aksaray sits within a complex of mosque, library and fountain, renovated in 2023. DISPUTED/MAKAM: rival claims exist (e.g. Nallıhan-Sarıköy). (Sources: Aksaray e-Şehir Encyclopedia [Ottoman archives, Hacı Bektâş Velî Velâyetnâme]; Evliyalar.net)

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Kulhani Ali Baba

A saint called 'Külhani Ali Baba' because he worked as a furnace-stoker at an Aksaray bathhouse; Evliya Çelebi visited his tomb and mentioned it. His three-windowed, blind-domed, uninscribed tomb in the Sebil quarter was built by Hacı Ali Paşa, chief steward of Sultan Abdülhamid II. (Sources: Evliya Çelebi Seyahatnâme; Evliyalar.net)

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