Âmil Çelebioğlu (20 April 1934,
Karaman
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– 2 July, 1990,
Mecca
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,
Saudi Arabia
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) was a Turkish language and literature researcher and professor, who "worked in the field of classical Turkish literature, produced dozens of works and educated hundreds of students; Çelebioğlu was a scholar who was aware of the Islamic texture of Turkish literature and wanted to reveal this aspect; He concentrated his studies on religious and
Sufi
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Practitioners of Sufism are r ...
subjects". Âmil Çelebioğlu is said to be the descendant of
Hüsameddin Çelebi, the disciple of
Rumi
Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (), or simply Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century poet, Hanafi '' faqih'' (jurist), Maturidi theologian (''mutakallim''), and Sufi mystic born during the Khwarazmian Empire ...
and developer of the
Mevlevi Order
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. His grandfather, Ebûbekir Çelebi (Zükür Çelebi), was the last Karaman Mevlevi Lodge sheikh.
Âmil Çelebioğlu also wrote poetry under the pseudonym ''Hayrânî.'' A total of 284 pieces of his poetry are collected together under the title ''Yıldızlar ve Çiçekler'' ("Stars and Flowers").
Çelebioğlu died in the
1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy while performing a
hajj
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.
Family
The parents of Âmil Çelebioğlu were Ali Rıza Bey and Fevziye Hanım. Âmil had an older sister Zekâvet Gülener (b. 1929) and younger brother Âdil Çelebioğlu (b. 1946). His two other sisters, Gevher and Birsen, died as babies.
Âmil Çelebioğlu married Zuhal Öztekin Hanımefendi in 1964. They had daughters Adile (b. 1967) and Emetullah (b. 1970), and a son, Celâleddin Muhammed Ergun (b. 1975). Adile died in a traffic accident in 1980.
References
Turkish academics
Turkish poets
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