Editing Ulama (section)

====Republic of Turkey====
In the Kemalist Republic of [[Turkey]], traditional Ottoman religious institutions were abolished like the [[Ottoman Caliphate]], the office of the Shaykh ul-Islam, as well as the dervish [[Tariqa|brotherhoods]]. The [[Presidency of Religious Affairs]] ({{langx|tr|Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı}}, or Diyanet) was created in 1924 by article 136 of the [[Constitution of Turkey]] by the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey]] as a successor to the office of the Shaykh ul-Islam.<ref name=constitution>{{cite web | last=Sayfasi | first=Hata | url=http://www.anayasa.gov.tr/images/loaded/pdf_dosyalari/THE_CONSTITUTION_OF_THE_REPUBLIC_OF_TURKEY.pdf | title=The Constitution of the Republic of Turkey | publisher=Anayasa.gov.tr | access-date=2017-04-23 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607054813/http://www.anayasa.gov.tr/images/loaded/pdf_dosyalari/THE_CONSTITUTION_OF_THE_REPUBLIC_OF_TURKEY.pdf | archive-date=2013-06-07 }}</ref> From 1925 onwards, the traditional [[dervish]] [[khanqah|tekke]]s and Islamic schools were dissolved. Famous convents like the [[Mevlana Museum|Tekke of the Mevlevi order in Konya]] were secularized and turned into museums.<ref>Law Nr.&nbsp;677 of 30 November 1925 concerning the prohibition and the closure of the dervish convents, monasteries and mausolea, the prohibition of the office of the mausoleum wardens and the awarding and holding of certain titles. [[T.C. Resmi Gazete]] Nr 243, 13 December 1925.</ref>