Cemiyet-i Müderrisîn was an Islamist organization in Turkey led by

İskilipli Mehmed Atıf Hoca Mehmed Âtıf Hoca () was a Turkish Islamist. He was born in the village of Toyhane, in the district of Bayat, Çorum Province, in the Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey) and went to school there. After a couple of years as an imam in İskilip ...

which aimed to increase religiosity in Turkish society.

History

The group was founded on February 15, 1919. Although the group did not permit their members to actively participate in politics, it did permit party membership. On September 1919, the group published a statement on

İkdam ''İkdam'' (Turkish: ''Effort'') was a newspaper in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey published between 1894 and 1928. During its lifetime it became the most popular newspaper in Istanbul.Selcuk Aksin Somel. (2003). ''Historical Dictionary of the Ot ...

Newspaper, heavily criticizing and insulting the Kuvâ-yi Milliye. Later, the group began to participate in politics and entered the general assembly in November 1919, and under the name Teâlî-i İslâm Cemiyeti. The group allied with

Freedom and Accord Party The Freedom and Accord Party (, French: ''Entente Libérale'') was a liberal Ottoman political party active between 1911–1913 and 1918–1919, during the Second Constitutional Era. It was the most significant opposition to Committee of Union a ...

and was headquartered in Istanbul, with intensive operations in and around Konya. On February 19, 1919, it was named Teâlî-i İslâm Cemiyeti, and when

Mustafa Sabri Mustafa Sabri Effendi (; 1869 – 1954) was the second last Shaykh al-Islām of the Ottoman Empire. He is known for his opinions condemning the Turkish nationalist movement under Kemal Atatürk. Due to his resistance to Atatürk, he lived half ...

became sheikhulislam, Mehmed Atıf Hoca from İskilip was brought to the presidency. The Society first issued declarations against Bolshevism and the occupation forces, which protested the occupation of Izmir by the Greeks and emerged as a new danger.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, cilt: 22, sayfa: 583Branches were opened in various parts of Anatolia. The Konya branch of the Teâlî-i İslâm Cemiyeti wanted to participate in the elections of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey dated 1920. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk did not see any problem in this.Tarık Zafer Tunaya, Türkiye'de Siyasal Partiler Cilt 2, Sayfa:384-385

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