Ahmet Kayhan Dede (1898,
Pütürge
Pütürge or Pötürge ( ku, Şîro) is a district of Malatya Province of Turkey. The mayor is Mehmet Polat ( AKP).
Composition
The district is populated by Kurds (both Alevi
Alevism or Anatolian Alevism (; tr, Alevilik, ''Anadolu Aleviliğ ...
,
Malatya
Malatya ( hy, Մալաթիա, translit=Malat'ya; Syro-Aramaic ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ku, Meletî; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a large city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city ha ...
– August 3, 1998) was a Turkish
Sufi
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...
master.
Books by Ahmet Kayhan
All books by Ahmet Kayhan were in the Turkish language.
* ''Âdem ve Âlem'' (“Man and Universe”) (1989)
* ''Ruh ve Beden'' (“Spirit and Body”) (1991)
* ''Aradığımı Buldum'' (“I Found What I Was Looking For”) (1992)
* ''İrfan Okulunda Oku'' (“Study in the School of Wisdom”) (1994)
These books are anthologies of essays, poems, book excerpts and condensed books. A selection from these in English can be found in
Henry Bayman Henry Bayman is an independent scholar living in Turkey who has spent twenty-five years studying with the Masters of Wisdom of Central Anatolia
The Central Anatolia Region ( tr, İç Anadolu Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The larg ...
's ''The Meaning of the Four Books''.
Books about Ahmet Kayhan
The Biography of Ahmet Kayhan is written by Henry Bayman: ''The Teachings of a Perfect Master: An Islamic Saint for the Third Millennium'' published in 2012 by Anqa Publishing, .
Other books published posthumously about Ahmet Kayhan and his teachings are:
* ''Hacı Ahmet Kayhan: Sohbetler'' (Kayhan Berişler et al., 2011, revised and expanded from an earlier 2007 edition). This is basically a transcription of the Master's Friday discourses.
* Ayşe Serap Avanoğlu, ''Veiled Islam: A Deconstructive Sufi Formation'', Unpublished Master's thesis submitted to METU Dept. of Social Anthropology, 2012. Deals with an educated urban middle-class cross-section of the Master's disciples.
* Henry Bayman, ''The Station of No Station: Open Secrets of the Sufis'' (2001) North Atlantic Books.
* Henry Bayman, ''The Secret of Islam: Love and Law in the Religion of Ethics'' (2003) North Atlantic Books.
* Henry Bayman, ''The Black Pearl: Spiritual Illumination In Sufism and East Asian Philosophies'' (2005) Monkfish Book Publishing.
See also
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Naqshbandi
The Naqshbandi ( fa, نقشبندی)), Neqshebendi ( ku, نهقشهبهندی), and Nakşibendi (in Turkish) is a major Sunni order of Sufism. Its name is derived from Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari. Naqshbandi masters trace their ...
External links
AhmetKayhan.comThe Flawless Human BeingEnglish biography written by Henry Bayman
Official Website of Henry BaymanStudent of Ahmet Kayhan Dede
The Meaning of the Four Books by Henry BaymanOnline Edition
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1898 births
1998 deaths
People from Pütürge
Turkish Sufis
20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
Naqshbandi order
Turkish centenarians
Men centenarians