The transformation of waqf in Turkey from the Ottoman to the contemporary period

This paper aims to provide an overview of the existence of waqf in Turkey and the changes that occurred during the Ottoman Empire, which for a long time sustained the existence of Islamic civilization, including community service in the fields of worship, education, social and military. Even t...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Wira, Meirison, Elfia
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23117/
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description This paper aims to provide an overview of the existence of waqf in Turkey and the changes that occurred during the Ottoman Empire, which for a long time sustained the existence of Islamic civilization, including community service in the fields of worship, education, social and military. Even though Turkey has been completely secularized, waqf still exists in various forms. Using literary methods, historical qualitative approaches, and descriptive analysis, the researchers attempt to reveal the conditions and types of waqf in Turkey during the Ottoman period and the modern era, namely after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. In general, the researchers found that waqf in Turkey was used for humanitarian purposes, both for Muslims and non-Muslims, and animals might also benefit from the waqf. In the post-Ottoman Turkish period, waqf emerged in other forms, such as special waqf to deal with earthquakes and natural disasters, as well as to help widows and children of war victims. Sufi orders also played a role in the development of waqf, which avoided direct conflict with the secular government of the time of Kemal Atatürk and his supporters. Sufi orders lived to develop Waqf in community services, hospitals, education, and other social activities— expansion of sufi waqf in the Balkans.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:231172024-03-05T01:28:27Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23117/ The transformation of waqf in Turkey from the Ottoman to the contemporary period Ahmad Wira, Meirison, Elfia, This paper aims to provide an overview of the existence of waqf in Turkey and the changes that occurred during the Ottoman Empire, which for a long time sustained the existence of Islamic civilization, including community service in the fields of worship, education, social and military. Even though Turkey has been completely secularized, waqf still exists in various forms. Using literary methods, historical qualitative approaches, and descriptive analysis, the researchers attempt to reveal the conditions and types of waqf in Turkey during the Ottoman period and the modern era, namely after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. In general, the researchers found that waqf in Turkey was used for humanitarian purposes, both for Muslims and non-Muslims, and animals might also benefit from the waqf. In the post-Ottoman Turkish period, waqf emerged in other forms, such as special waqf to deal with earthquakes and natural disasters, as well as to help widows and children of war victims. Sufi orders also played a role in the development of waqf, which avoided direct conflict with the secular government of the time of Kemal Atatürk and his supporters. Sufi orders lived to develop Waqf in community services, hospitals, education, and other social activities— expansion of sufi waqf in the Balkans. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23117/1/IJIT_24_3.pdf Ahmad Wira, and Meirison, and Elfia, (2023) The transformation of waqf in Turkey from the Ottoman to the contemporary period. International Journal of Islamic Thought ( IJIT ), 24 . pp. 25-30. ISSN 2232-1314 https://www.ukm.my/ijit/
spellingShingle Ahmad Wira,
Meirison,
Elfia,
The transformation of waqf in Turkey from the Ottoman to the contemporary period
title The transformation of waqf in Turkey from the Ottoman to the contemporary period
title_full The transformation of waqf in Turkey from the Ottoman to the contemporary period
title_fullStr The transformation of waqf in Turkey from the Ottoman to the contemporary period
title_full_unstemmed The transformation of waqf in Turkey from the Ottoman to the contemporary period
title_short The transformation of waqf in Turkey from the Ottoman to the contemporary period
title_sort transformation of waqf in turkey from the ottoman to the contemporary period
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23117/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23117/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23117/1/IJIT_24_3.pdf