The history of sections in our age of Turkey (Sönmez Kutlu example)

Sönmez Kutlu is one of the important names of the last period of Sects Historiography in our country. Kutlu is a scholar who has made significant contributions to the History of Sects with his studies and continues to do so. In the first part of this study, Sönmez Kutlu's life, the intellectuals he was influenced by, in the second part his understanding of sects, his views on how sects emerged, the typology of the sects that were discussed by him for the first time according to the mentalities, the problems that emerged in the History of Sects, how he used the sources, While his views on 73 sect hadiths and his contributions to the History of Sects are included, in the third part, his views on sects, his views on sects, how he typology these sects according to mentalities, and his evaluations about the Maturidi sect, which he attaches great importance to, are included. Keywords: Sönmez Kutlu, Sect, History of Sects, Historiography of Sects, Imam Maturidi and Maturidiism.