Şefik Can

Şefik Can (June 22, 1909-January 23, 2005) was a Turkish spiritual leader and the last Sufi master in the Mevlevi Sufi tradition in Turkey.[1][2]

Biography

Born in 1909 in Tebricik village of Erzurum, Şefik Can completed his primary education in Yıldızeli, Sivas. Can learned Arabic and Persian at an early age from his father, and graduated from the Kuleli Military High School in 1929 and the Military Academy in 1931. Then, with the permission of the Ministry of National Defense, he became a teacher at Istanbul University, and in 1935, completed his internship under Tahirü l-Mevlevi at Kuleli Military High School. Until his retirement in 1965, he taught at various military schools, civilian colleges and high schools. He was initiated into the Mevlevi Sufi order by his spiritual teacher Tahir al-Mevlevi and had been the head of the tradition until his death on January 23, 2005.[3]

Works
  • Fundamentals of Rumi's Thought: A Mevlevi Sufi Perspective (Tughra Books, Jan 1, 2006, Originally published in 1995)
gollark: If you claim to care about something, but then mostly just ignore it, that's not exactly very meaningfully "caring".
gollark: I mean, yes, people care abstractly. If you ask them "hey, are you unhappy about some poverty-stricken countries being poverty-stricken" they'll say yes. But people do not actually practically care enough to do anything.
gollark: You STILL haven't demonstrated anything being basic.
gollark: It's like with, say, random poverty-stricken countries. They could probably have quite a lot of their problems solved if people actually cared very much. But they don't, because moral obligation actually drops off according to the inverse-square law.
gollark: High compared to what?

References
  1. "Son Mesnevihan Şefik Can dualarla anıldı - Milli Gazete". www.milligazete.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-12-03. no-break space character in |title= at position 43 (help)
  2. Nuriye Akman, Interview with Mevlevi Sheikh Sefik Can in Rumi And His Sufi Path Of Love edited by Faith Citlak (Tughra Books, May 1, 2007)
  3. "Mevlana nın Şefik Can ı... - Milli Gazete". www.milligazete.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-12-03. no-break space character in |title= at position 29 (help)
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