To have one's tongue

There was a song we heard from Grup Gündoğarken. You'll remember. It was also the music used in Levent Kırca's "Olacak O kadar" programs, either above or below the announcement:

“Our intention is not to offend anyone.

It's not about putting something here.

Once in a while we touched the tresses of the beloved

We put the scenery in the right place.”

Ask me, "What tress of love am I touching, and what image am I depicting?" In Bilge Khagan's Inscription, Khagan began his address with the words, "You, my Mother Katun, my Grandmothers, my Aunts, my Princesses..." According to ancient Turkish belief, "Khan and Khatun" were the children of heaven and earth. A woman's place was in the seventh heaven.

The most fundamental characteristic of Ahmet Yesevi's teachings was the equality of men and women. They would engage in conversations and dhikr together. Among the views on tolerance and human love propagated by Hacı Bektaş Veli, one of the Khorasan saints in Anatolia, I believe the most important was his advice: "Educate women." This was his crux of the matter.

Hacı Bektaş Veli's teachings were founded on love, peace, and tolerance. The essence of this understanding was to embrace all humanity, regardless of their beliefs or gender. Hacı Bektaş Veli won the hearts of the people. As the Prophet Muhammad said, "You cannot be a true believer unless you love one another," all the Anatolian saints viewed the seventy-two nations with the same eyes and approached all people with love and tolerance.

The path of true Bektashism is through self-awareness, transcending egoism, being humble and content, avoiding slander, jealousy, arrogance, envy, grudges, and gossip, and through honesty, kindness, helpfulness, and tolerance and patience in hardship. Those who embraced the essence of true Bektashism did not even hunt because they disliked harming others.

Bektashi tolerance was not limited to those within his own faith. He viewed those of other faiths with equal tolerance. For this reason, Hacı Bektaş Veli established a strong dialogue with the local Christians and was able to win their hearts.

Hacı Bektaş Veli's tolerance and love for humanity were lessons in the art of humanity:

Don't break anyone's heart

Don't break the words of the true saints

If you are human you will not die, do not be afraid

The lover is not eaten by the wolf, he is not on the edge

In the orbit drawn by Hacı Bektaş Veli, being overflowing with love, overcoming obstacles to serve humanity, and approaching limitless love and eternal beauty with faith was a matter of destiny.

Hacı Bektaş Veli was the wisest of wise men, who reached out to the people in his thought structure, spoke and conversed in the language of the people, and was respectful of the people's customs.

Especially to reach the secret of these four lines:

"You will not be wronged if you have what you have,

If you have a strong back, you won't fall into incurable troubles,

This is the command of the saints, listen wholeheartedly,

You will not be in trouble if you control your tongue.

"Our indestructible structure was established by the hand of Might,

Our indelible deed, engraved with the pen of love,

To those who take refuge in the Creator and come with hope,

From beginning to end, our door is open to you.”

“All my property and wealth remained at home,

My son, my daughter, my relatives, my youth were left stranded on the road,

One of my friends has never left me;

The good things I did for Allah remained with me.”

And so... And so, from the 13th century to the present... Hey people... Hey, where did you come from, where did you come from? Don't send your daughters to education. Especially not middle school, high school, university. Never mind, never mind. Don't take off your chador and make your sheikh sick. Come to the funeral... May heaven lie under your feet. But don't let those feet walk on your stone.

Well, I don't have a lodge or a sheikh. If I do, let my patron be Hacı Bektaş.