İbrahim Bedrettin Elmalılı
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Cevdet Sunay
İbrahim Bedrettin Elmalılı | |
|---|---|
| 8th President of the Presidency of Religious Affairs | |
| In office 9 December 1965 – 11 October 1966 | |
| President | Cemal Gürsel Cevdet Sunay |
| Prime Minister | Süleyman Demirel |
| Preceded by | Mehmet Tevfik Gerçeker |
| Succeeded by | Ali Rıza Hakses |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 14 October 1973 – 5 June 1977 | |
| Constituency | Afyonkarahisar |
| In office 11 October 1969 – 14 October 1973 | |
| Constituency | Istanbul |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1903 Antalya, Turkey |
| Died | 1994 (aged 90–91) Antalya, Turkey |
| Party | Democratic Party |
| Other political affiliations | Millet Party |
| Alma mater | Darülfünun |
| Occupation | Politician, religious scholar |
İbrahim Bedrettin Elmalılı (1903 – 5 December 1994), also known as İbrahim Elmalı Hoca, was a Turkish Islamic scholar, civil servant, and politician who served as the 6th president of the Presidency of Religious Affairs from 1965 to 1966. He also served a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for two consecutive terms from 1969 to 1977.[1][2]
In 1965, Elmalı was invited by the then president of Tunisia Habib Bourguiba to travel from Tunisia to Benghazi with plans to continue to Turkey. However, this prompted the decision to send a formal communication to the Libyan embassy, requesting that, if necessary, he should be detained and sent back to Turkey. Upon his return, pressure mounted for his resignation, and he was asked to step down from his position. Despite resisting these efforts, two months later, Elmalı became the first president of the Presidency of Religious Affairs to be dismissed by a decision of the Council of Ministers.[3]
Born in 1903 in Antalya, Turkey Elmalı was a member of a prominent religious family. He belonged to Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır, a well-known Ottoman Islamic scholar and Quran commentator.[2] After completing his primary and secondary education in his hometown, he moved to Istanbul, where he pursued religious studies at the Darü’l-Hilâfeti’l Âliyye Madrasah. In 1928, he graduated from the Faculty of Theology at Darülfünun (now Istanbul University).[4]
Between 1927 and 1931, Elmalı worked as a muezzin at the Hayderî Hüseyin Dede Mosque and Şirmet Çavuş Mosque in Istanbul. He also served as a substitute Turkish language teacher at St. George's Austrian High School and Trade School in Istanbul between 1931 and 1932. Later on 24 November 1932, to 30 April 1934, he worked as a substitute Turkish language and civics teacher at the Bulgarian School in Beyoğlu, Istanbul.[5]
