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TheJerrahi (Turkish:Cerrahiyye, Cerrahilik) are aSufitariqah (order) derived from theHalveti order. Their founder isHazreti Pîr Muhammad Nureddin al-Jerrahi (1678-1720), who lived inIstanbul and is buried at the site of histekke inKaragümrük, Istanbul. Nureddin was a direct descendant ofMuhammad both from his mother and father. During theLate Ottoman period, the Order was widespread throughout theBalkans, particularlyMacedonia and southernGreece (Morea). The Jerrahi Order of Dervishes is a cultural, educational, and social relief organization with members from diverse professional, ethnic and national backgrounds.
The headdergah "convention" of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order is in Karagümrük,Fatih, Istanbul. There are some substations inTurkey and it has branches in some European countries,Australia,South Africa, South America and North America, includingLos Angeles, New York City, Mexico,San Francisco,Toronto[1] andChicago. Branches of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order conduct gatherings where the dervishes perform Sufiremembrance ceremonies, practicesufi music, serve dinner, pray together and listen to the discourses of their Sufi guides. The main branch of the Jerrahi Order of America is inChestnut Ridge,Rockland County, New York with a congregation of mixed immigrant and local convert backgrounds.[2][3]
This Sufi Order was brought to Western countries byMuzaffer Ozak, who was the 19th Grand Sheikh of the Order from 1966 until his death in 1985. Sefer Dal was Grand Sheikh of the Order from 1985 until his own death in 1999.Ömer Tuğrul İnançer was Grand Sheikh of the Order from 1999 to 2022. The current Sheikh of the Order since 2022 isAhmet Özhan. According to Gift of the Givers founder Imtiaz Sooliman, it was Sefer Dal, 20th Grand Sheikh of the Order, who advised him to establish the organization during a visit to Dal's Istanbul mosque.[4]
During theBosnian War, the Order's American branch worked with theFellowship of Reconciliation to bring 160 Bosnian refugees to the US.[5] Inancer, the previous Grand Sheikh of the Order, was a speaker at the World Sufi Forum organized by theAll India Ulema and Mashaikh Board in 2016.[6]
