Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen | |
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| President of theDirectorate of Religious Affairs | |
| In office 30 June 1960 – 6 April 1961 | |
| President | Cemal Gürsel (acting) |
| Preceded by | Eyüp Sabri Hayırlıoğlu |
| Succeeded by | Hasan Hüsnü Erdem |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Omar Nasuhi (عُمر نصوحى) 1883 |
| Died | 12 October 1971 (aged 87–88) |
Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen (1883–1971) was aMuslim scholar offiqh andtafsir, and the fifth president of theDirectorate of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Turkey. He is known for his expansive work on a concise manual on Islamic faith, worship and ethics calledThe Big Book of Islamic Catechism (Büyük İslâm İlmihali).[1][2]
Bilmen was born inErzurum,Ottoman Empire in 1883 (Rabi ul-Awwal 1300 Hijri, 1299 Rumi). His father was Haji Ahmed Efendi and his mother was Muhîbe Hanim. Upon his father's death when he was a child, he was raised under the patronage of his uncle Abdürrezzak İlmî Efendi at the Erzurum Ahmediyye Madrasa. He studied under his uncle and themufti of Erzurum, Narmanlı Hüseyin Efendi. When his two teachers died at close intervals, he moved toIstanbul in 1908 and in 1909 started attending the classes of Tokatlı Şâkir Efendi, one of theFatih Mosque lecturers. In addition, he passed the exam of Attorney General in 1912 and graduated from the School of Judges (Medreset ul-Kudât) he was attending in 1913.[3]
Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen knew Arabic and Persian, and together with Turkish wrote poetry in three languages. He also had a curiosity for French and learned enough to translate it.[3]
Bilmen's major works are the following:[4]
Bilmen had his essays published inBeyânülhak,Sırât-ı Müstakîm veSebîlürreşâd magazines, published a poetry book titledNüzhetü’l Ervâh (Istanbul 1968) which he wrote in Persian and translated to Turkish, and published a novel,İki Şükûfe-i Taaşşuk (1904).[5]
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