Prof. Dr. Seyit Bahcıvan Hocamın Ardından (1952-2023).

This article is an obituary. After the loss of Hasan Onat, the doyen of our field, in 2020, the Department of His-tory of Islamic Sects experienced a shock with the death of Sıddık Kork-maz in 2022, and in 2023, with the unexpected death of Seyit Bahcıvan. Bahcıvan, after spending many years in Istanbul and Mecca for the study of Islamic sects, returned to Konya and continued his service in his hometown. He made great contributions to the world of Islamic sects by editing and criticising important works in the field of History of Islamic Sects. Muham-mad Emin Sarac has a great place in the scholarly life in Istanbul. Bahcı-van, who attended the Higher Islamic Institute on the one hand, attended Saraç Hoca's mosque classes for 6 ye-ars and read many books from him. Bahcıvan, who went to Mecca with the blessings of his teacher, continued the tradition of lecturing that he inherited from his teacher in Konya after retur-ning to the country, and read books to students in various non-governmental organisations as well as faculty lectu-res for years. Bahcıvan, who processed what he saw from his teacher, conti-nued these voluntary lessons until about a month before his death. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]