The Mystical Relationship Between Sheikh Osman Bedreddin Erzurum？ (？mam Efendi) and Scholar-Mufti Kemaleddin Harput？ According to the Documents of the “？ark Istiklal” Court

The role of Sheikh Ali Sebt？ is great in the spreading of the Naqshbandi- Halid？ branch to Elaz？g and its vicinity. The most famous of the khalif he trained was Mahmud Samin？ Paluv？. And his most important and famous khalif was Osman Bedreddin Erzurum？ (？mam Efendi). Mehmed Kemaleddin who is the latest mufti of Ottoman Empire in Elaz？g and the first mufti of Turkish Republic at the same time is the last wiseman that wrote up religious books as a member of Harput Family line, a family of four century-long tradition of knowledge. Apart from being a teacher for a very long time he wrote lots of religious, ethical and sufistic books besides poetry and literary writings. While he was mufti of Elazig he had been judged by the Istiklal Court and exiled to Samsun as a result of a complain. In this article, according to the documents of the Independence Court, we examined the relation between Osman Bedreddin and Mufti Kemaleddin. We also identified poems written by Kemaleddin for Osman Bedreddin