Selçuk Eraydın

Researcher-writer (B. 18 Jul  1937, Edincik / Bandırma / Balıkesir - D. 19 December 1995, Istanbul). He graduated from Istanbul Imam Hatip School (1960), Istanbul High Islam Institute (1964). He worked as a teacher in Sivas for a while, and then he became a mysticism history assistant in Islam institute he graduated from. He received his Ph.D. degree with the thesis titled “XVII. Asırda Yazılmış, Tevhid ve Na’atlardaki Tasavvufi Remizler” then he became an assistant professor.

While he was coming back from his “Miraç Kandili” program in Iskenderpaşa Camii, he died in a traffic accident. He was buried in Sahrayı Cedit Cemetery. His articles were published in İslâm Medeniyeti, Tohum, Nesil, Kök magazines and various newspapers.

WORKS:

İslâm Türk Edebiyatı (with Dr. Necla Pekolcay), Tasavvuf ve Tarikatlar Tarihi.

Also his translations from Mevlâna and İbn-i Arabi were published.

REFERENCE İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2007) - Ünlü Bilim Adamları (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 2, 2013), Hocamız Selçuk Eraydın (Haz. H. Kamil Yılmaz, 2017), Kâmil Büyüker / Miraç Gecesinde Hakka Yürümüştü Hocamız Selçuk Eraydın (dunyabizim.com, 28.03.2017).