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The tekke (a protected congretation room for members of a Sufi order) dedicated to Kutp Osman Fazli Efendi is located within the grounds of the Namik Kemal High School in Famagusta.
Kutup Osman Fazli Efendi, born 1632 in Shumnu, was of the Sufi Halveti-Oder, becoming its spiritual leader at the age of 41. Later in life, he became a counsel to the Ottoman Sultans Mehmet IV and Suleiman II. As a result of unpopular interior policies associated with his influence, he was relegated to his native town, and finally to Famagusta in 1690, where hi died the following year. His derelict tekke was restored in 1824 and still holds Kutp Osman Fazli's sarcophagus.
In spite of the harsh persecution of Sufi dervishes at the hands of Mustafa Kemal during the 1920 and 1930s, their spiritual way has survived in Turkey, and today the Halveti constitute the most numerous order among them.
Kutup Osman Fazli Efendi, born 1632 in Shumnu, was of the Sufi Halveti-Oder, becoming its spiritual leader at the age of 41. Later in life, he became a counsel to the Ottoman Sultans Mehmet IV and Suleiman II. As a result of unpopular interior policies associated with his influence, he was relegated to his native town, and finally to Famagusta in 1690, where hi died the following year. His derelict tekke was restored in 1824 and still holds Kutp Osman Fazli's sarcophagus.
In spite of the harsh persecution of Sufi dervishes at the hands of Mustafa Kemal during the 1920 and 1930s, their spiritual way has survived in Turkey, and today the Halveti constitute the most numerous order among them.
