Calligrapher Hasan Çelebi was sent on his final journey

Despite the cold weather, the master artist's students and many fans attended the funeral ceremony held after the noon prayer at the Büyük Çamlıca Mosque.

The funeral prayer of Çelebi, who was considered the "Chief of Calligraphers" and had his signature on many mosques around the world, and who passed away yesterday at the age of 88, was performed by Istanbul Mufti Prof. Dr. Safi Arpaguş.

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the İlim Yayma Foundation Bilal Erdoğan, the Governor of Istanbul Davut Gül, the Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism Batuhan Mumcu, the former Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca, the Mayor of Esenler Mehmet Tevfik Göksu, the Mayor of Ümraniye İsmet Yıldırım, the President of the Turkish Manuscripts Institution (TYEK) Coşkun Yılmaz, the Istanbul Provincial Director of Culture and Tourism Hüseyin Keskin, the former Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu and Halil Necipoğlu, and many people from the world of politics and the arts attended the funeral and prayed for Çelebi.

Following the funeral prayer, Hasan Çelebi 's body was sent off from the mosque with prayers and takbirs and buried in the Calligraphers' Table in the Karacahmet Cemetery.

ABOUT HASAN CELEBI

Hasan Çelebi, the living master of calligraphy, was born in 1937 in İnci village of Oltu district of Erzurum.

Çelebi took lessons from the most famous masters of the period to improve himself in the art of calligraphy, which he started at the age of 24. Hasan Çelebi, who practiced and received his ijazah in thuluth-nesih from calligrapher Hamid Aytaç and Ta'lik-rik from Kemal Batanay, has gone beyond the borders of the country with his mosque inscriptions, private calligraphy collection and exhibitions.

Hasan Çelebi, who had nearly 100 certified students in different parts of the world, became the calligrapher who trained the most students after Hamid Aytaç.

Hasan Çelebi, who never put down his pen for nearly 60 years in his artistic career, made his last major projects for the Grand Çamlıca Mosque and the Sri Sendayan Mosque in Malaysia.