Ahmet Hamdi Akseki (1886 – 9 January 1951) was an Islamic scholar who served as the President of the

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. The Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque is named after him.

Biography

Akseki was born in 1886 in

Antalya Province Antalya Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey. It is located on the Mediterranean Region, Turkey, Mediterranean coast of south-west Turkey, between the Taur ...

. He both studied and taught at various

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and became an Islamic cleric. Mehmet Rifat Börekçi appointed him as the Vice President of the Directorate of Religious Affairs in 1939, and he remained at the post until the death of

Mehmet Şerefettin Yaltkaya Mehmet Şerefettin Yaltkaya (17 November 1880 – 23 April 1947) was a Turkish religious scholar, who served as the 2nd president of religious affairs of the Republic of Turkey from 1942 until his death in 1947. He is known for leading the funer ...

, when he took the position of Minister.

References

1886 births 1951 deaths Turkish scholars of Islam People from Antalya Province {{Turkey-academic-bio-stub