Cemalnur Sargut (born November 3, 1952) is a Turkish Sufi, a leader of the Rifa'i order, author, and Islamic scholar.
[1] She has studied the works of Ibn 'Arabi, Misri Niyazi, Abu Bakr al-Shibli, Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, Abd al-Karim al-Jili, Ahmad al-Rifaʽi, and Rumi.
This work was translated into English and published by Fons Vitae as Beauty and Light: Mystical Discourses by a Contemporary Female Sufi Master.
[8] TÜRKKAD was founded by Samiha Ayyverdi in 1966 during a revival of NGOs resulting from the state's repression of Islamic organizations, schools, and Sufi lodges.
[1] Sargut and her organization endowed the Kenan Rifai Distinguished Professorship of Islamic Studies at the University of North Carolina in 2009.