The Symbol Name Of The Turkish-Islamic Civilization In Sinop: Fair Or Sari Saltuk (Saltuk Et-Türkî)

Abstract

Fair or Sari Saltuk (d. 697 / 1297-98), known in the historical sources as adjectives such as mujahideen-veteran, sheik, pope, progenitor, veteran for the faith, fighter , sage, beloved person, saint, dervish is an important figure. There have been important efforts to conquer the hearts by playing an active role in the Turkification and Islamization of Anatolia and Rumelia. When the mythological identity of the real person is compared, it will be more accurate to say that the mythology has spread more than the language and that it creates more effective effects on people.  Fair Saltuk was born in Sinop and spent his childhood and youth in this coastal city which is a seaside city in the Black Sea. Afterwards, he went to Crimea and continued his conquests in these territories. In this regard, Fair Saltuk is one of the most important values who was grown up in Sinop. Sari Saltuk had gone deep beyond the borders of Sinop where he was born and grew and became one of the important figures of Turkish culture, which had left profound traces in Anatolia, Rumelia and the Balkans and was very popular with the people of his geography, getting beyond the borders and centuries. Inasmuch as Sari Saltuk, as an Anatolian Saint was enlightened by Hacı Bektâş-ı Velî and visited various places of Anatolia and in the Balkans where the people had met in the meeting with people because they had contributed to the introduction of spreading Islam, many authority tombs were built in the name of Sari Saltuk after his death. Today, there are many maqams and tombs in Bulgaria, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania, Istanbul, Edirne, Niğde, Diyarbakır, Kütahya, Manisa, Tunceli and İznik. As a result, the life of Sari Saltuk, his contributions to the spread of Islam in Anatolia and the Balkans, his influence on Turkish Islamic civilization and the messages he gave to the present day by going beyond the ages will be evaluated in this study.