Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen (1883–1971) was a Muslim scholar of fiqh and tafsir, and the fifth president of the Directorate of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Turkey.
Upon his father's death when he was a child, he was raised under the patronage of his uncle Abdürrezzak İlmî Efendi at the Erzurum Ahmediyye Madrasa.
When his two teachers died at close intervals, he moved to Istanbul in 1908 and in 1909 started attending the classes of Tokatlı Şâkir Efendi, one of the Fatih Mosque lecturers.
In addition, he passed the exam of Attorney General in 1912 and graduated from the School of Judges (Medreset ul-Kudât) he was attending in 1913.
[3] Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen knew Arabic and Persian, and together with Turkish wrote poetry in three languages.