{"id":5360,"date":"2024-12-09T19:38:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T16:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nefkrcenter.org\/kenan-rifai-exhibition-hall\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T14:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T11:58:16","slug":"kenan-rifai-exhibition-hall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nefkrcenter.org\/en\/kenan-rifai-exhibition-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenan Rifai Exhibition Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t[vc_column_text]In our exhibition hall, which presents the biographical narrative of Kenan Rif\u0101\u02bf\u012b\u2014one of the prominent late Ottoman Sufis\u2014under the thematic coordination of Dr. Arzu Eyl\u00fcl Yal\u00e7\u0131nkaya from the Institute for Sufi Studies at \u00dcsk\u00fcdar University and the curatorship of Bur\u00e7ak Madran, you will encounter the Me\u015fk\u00fbre Sargut Collection, honored with sacred relics including the Prophet\u2019s Hair (Sakal-\u0131 \u015eer\u00eef), the covering of the Prophet\u2019s Tomb (Ravza-i Mutahhara), and the inner and outer cloths of the Ka\u02bfba, all entrusted by the Kerim Foundation, which is registered as a collector with the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts.<\/p>\n

In this exhibition hall, you will see and hear excerpts from Ken’\u00e2n Rif\u00e2\u00ee’s 83 years of life full of faith and love, his works, his understanding of Sufism, his identity as an educator and artist. You will witness the richness of the legacy left behind by a guardian who lived in the last period of the Ottoman Empire and the first period of the Republic of Turkey.<\/p>\n

All the panels you will see in this hall are organized around certain themes or periods. The panels also include information boxes and drawers. You can examine special objects other than those displayed in the glass showcases by opening the drawers. You can also access some details about the theme that cannot be included in the audio guide on the digital screens you will see in each panel.[\/vc_column_text]\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_content_width=”grid”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-12 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_row_inner row_content_width=”grid” simple_background_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1743250564343{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”]

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