Celaleddin Bakir Celebi, the 21st grandson of Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi


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"All the nations of the world should break the cups of their egos and be unified in love of God, the Creator of all of us; in love of mankind, without discrimination of races, believes and nations; living all together, in a world of Love, with happiness and peace."

Who is Dr. Celebi?
Celaleddin Bakir Celebi, the 21^st grandson of Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi died on 13 April, 1996 in Istanbul, Turkey. He had spent the latter years of his life to teach Mevlana and his toughts to diverse audiences around the world. «more»

For this extensive work and research on Mevlana, Selcuk University at Konya gave him an honorary doctorate degree.

Dr. Celaleddin Celebi (1926 - 1996) was the 32^rd Celebi. After his death, his son, Faruk Hemdem Celebi became the 33^th Celebi.

His Works
Dr. Celebi has given numerous speeches in Turkish, English, French and Spanish. Some of these were compiled as books and booklets and were published during his life time. We will try to make some of his work in English available here.

His Message of Friendship is to us the most moving piece, but please read all of Dr. Celebi's writings and decide for yourself. «more»