Accommodating Modernity and Sufism: Transformation of the Sheikh-Dervish Relationship in Contemporary Turkey

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dc.authoridBurcu Sağlam Sarıkaya / 0000-0002-6960-9872
dc.contributor.authorSarıkaya, Burcu Sağlam
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-18T06:32:39Z
dc.date.available2025-04-18T06:32:39Z
dc.date.issued31 Aralık 2024
dc.departmentİstinye Üniversitesi, İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Sosyoloji Bölümü
dc.description.abstractSufi orders, established in the 12th century, are mystical brotherhoods in Islam focused on cultivating the “mature self”. A fundamental element of these orders is the relationship between the sheikh (master) and the dervish (disciple), as spiritual progress in Sufism is considered unattainable without the guidance of a spiritual mentor. This paper explores how the sheikh-dervish relationship is experienced in contemporary Turkey. Drawing on data from in-depth interviews with thirty members from three Sufi groups (the İskenderpaşa and Erenköy branches of the Naqshbandi order and the Mevlevi order), the study addresses the following questions: (1) How do individuals establish and maintain relations with their sheikhs? (2) What traditional and new methods are used to sustain these relationships? (3) How do they legitimize and relate their sheikh-dervish relationships to tradition? (4) What ideal sheikh-disciple relationship do they envision? Using a comparative and historical approach, along with descriptive analysis and partial discourse analysis, the research reveals key strategies within the sheikh-disciple relationship: (1) prioritizing face-to-face interactions, (2) maintaining communication with elders through texts, (3) emphasizing the bond or spiritual union, (4) utilizing modern communication tools such as radio, streaming, television, and books, and (5) incorporating family relations. The paper highlights how modernity and political processes have influenced and diversified the sheikh-dervish relationship, offering an empirical contribution to contemporary studies of Sufism in Turkey.
dc.identifier.citationSarıkaya, B. S. Accommodating Modernity and Sufism: Transformation of the Sheikh-Dervish Relationship in Contemporary Turkey. Divan: Disiplinlerarası Çalışmalar Dergisi, 29(57), 113-149.
dc.identifier.doi10.20519/divan.1460557
dc.identifier.endpage149
dc.identifier.issn1309-6834
dc.identifier.issue57
dc.identifier.startpage113
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.20519/divan.1460557
dc.identifier.urihttps://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/divan/issue/89564/1460557
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12713/6337
dc.identifier.volume29
dc.institutionauthorSarıkaya, Burcu Sağlam
dc.institutionauthoridBurcu Sağlam Sarıkaya / 0000-0002-6960-9872
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBilim ve Sanat Vakfı
dc.relation.ispartofDivan: Disiplinlerarası Çalışmalar Dergisi
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectSufism
dc.subjectSheikh-Dervish Relationship
dc.subjectReligion in Modern Turkey
dc.subjectSheikh
dc.subjectDervish
dc.titleAccommodating Modernity and Sufism: Transformation of the Sheikh-Dervish Relationship in Contemporary Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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