Reflections of the closing of dervish lodge and mansions on Turkish public

Islamic mysticism, in its historical course, VI./XII. century, started to be institutionalized with the development of sects, thus Gregorian XII. and XIII. in the centuries, dervish lodges were included in the social life in many parts of the Islamic geography. Ahmed Yesevi, who has a significant role in the introduction of Islam to Turks in Central Asia, has also been instrumental in the rapid spread and settlement of sufism among Sunni Turks. Political problems such as the Mongol invasions in the east brought the Anatolian lands to meet many Sufis; With the establishment of the Ottoman State, many sects such as Kadiriyye, Rifâiyye, Bektaşiyye and Mevleviyye found the opportunity to operate and spread in the Anatolian geography. Dervish lodges, on the other hand, have been the gateway to mystical thought and life and left permanent marks on the social structure. Dervish lodges, which knead Anatolian lands with elements of belief and culture, have become debatable in the last period of the Ottoman Empire due to their departure from their original line. In 1826, the Bektashi dervish lodges were closed, and in the following period, different approaches of the state administrators towards the monopolies occurred. The political developments also affected the dervish lodges closely, and with the abolition of the caliphate after the proclamation of the Republic, the administration of the dervish lodges was entrusted to the Directorate of Religious Affairs with the law numbered 429. While the existence of tekkes was a matter of debate in this period, these institutions were firstly closed regionally after the Sheikh Said rebellion in 1925, and with the decree number 2413 adopted on September 2, 1341/1925, it was decided to close the tekkes throughout the country. And on November 30, 1925 the Parliament adopted Law No. 677 with the closure of all of the lodges and shrines in Turkey was enacted. The law that closes the dervish lodges has been evaluated by various circles from different perspectives. In this context, although there were those who expressed their views for and against the decision, there were also those who remained silent by interpreting the decision as a divine manifestation. Keywords: Mysticism, Sect, Dervish Lodge, Tomb, Repealed