The evaluation of İshak Efendi's works of Kâşifü'l-Esrâr and Dâfiu'l Eşrâr in terms of history of Islamic sects

Ishak Hodja from Harput was written upon the publication of the Bektashis, Isknâme, one of the Hurufi books in 1871. Ishak Hodja from Harput wrote his false beliefs and criticisms about the life of worship both in Hurufi and Bektashis in order to tell the sultan about their situation and warn the people. Ishak Hodja is a scholar who was educated in the last period of Ottoman Empire. For this reason, as someone who is aware of all the troubles experienced in the last period of the Ottoman Empire, with the support of the state, he showed his reaction against the missionary activities of the Christians who tried to fulfill his duty in the field of belief. He also described the false beliefs of the Bektashis, whom he said to be influenced by the Hurufîs and the Hurufî in his work. In particular, Fazlullah Hurufî explained the divinity attributed to the Hurufis through their own books. In our study, we tried to determine whether these statements are true by examining the books of Hurufis in accordance with the principle of neutrality of the History of Sects. We have sought answers to this issue with quotations from the works of Hurufîs Câvidân-nâme, Işknâme and Hakikatnâme. At the same time, we did research on whether Bektashis were affected by the Hurufis. We gave information about İshak Hodja's life, period and works. We also gave information about Fazlullah Hurufi's life, works and Hurufism that were criticized in Ishak Hodja's book. The reason we examine the work called. Kâşifü'l-Esrâr ın is to understand what the Ottoman scholars think about some formations such as sect or cult, which continue to be discussed without gaining importance from past to present, and seeing what it does. Ishak Hodja of Harput, who lived in the last period of Ottoman Empire, was an important figure who took part in these studies with the incentives of the Ottoman administration of the period. It is the most important factor that caused our research to say that the Hurufis disguised themselves in Bektashism and talked about them. Thus, this issue, the establishment of the Ottoman Empire until the collapse of the process has provided us to obtain information about. At the end of our study, we presented the work of İshak Hodja which we tried to transfer from Ottoman to Turkish. Keywords: İshak Hodja of Harput, Hurufîsm, Bektashism, Câvidânnâme, Işknâme.