Shaykh Ramazan Kaya's life and mystic views, master's thesis

In this thesis, life, works and mystic views of Sheikh Ramazan Kaya, one of the great mystics who lived in the 20th century, were examined. Our Sufi was born in 1928 in Siirt, Soğuksu Village of Kurtalan, then took his visible education in the vicinity of Siirt and later connected to Seyyid Muhammed Kadri who was the Sheikh of both Naqshish and Kadiri. He has been with sheikh for many years and received caliphate. After the death of the sheikh, he educated his disciples in Siirt and Van for many years. He died in Van in 1991. Our study consists introduction and three main sections. In the introduction section, we discussed the subject, purpose, method and the social and political situation of Sheikh Ramazan in the period he lived and the state of the mysticismin Siirt and Van. In the first chapter: Life, childhood, family, collecting life and mystic life of Sheikh Ramazan Kaya were told. Information about his life was obtained through interviews with his children, caliphs and followers and evaluated with an academic style. In the second chapter: some of the poems and some miracles of Sheikh Ramazan are included. In the third chapter; Sheikh Ramadan's views on Sufism are included. His Sufi viewpoints have been evaluated in an academic manner by collecting from his poems, caliphs and disciples' structured interviews.