The work in your hands chronologically narrates the life of the Konya Seydişehir mufti, “Gök Müftü Ömer Efendi,” starting during the reign of Sultan Abdülhamid Han between 1876 and 1943, and the struggle of his son, Nuh Naci Kaplan, for love, ecstasy, knowledge, wisdom, justice, and civilization as a supporter of the caliphate under the legitimate banner of the Ottoman Empire. Built upon information, documents, and accounts, this memoir touches, albeit partially, on subjects that have not been or could not be told, and offers a historical analysis of the “transition from a civilized system to secularism.”

In particular, the deposition of Sultan Abdülhamid Han, the Ottoman Empire ending up on the defeated side in the First World War and becoming severely weakened, and the subsequent establishment period of the new Turkish state—which was born like an “aborted fetus”—along with the uprisings of the people of Konya, who remained loyal to the Ottoman caliphate, against the Ankara government are discussed.