Muzaffer Ozak

Muzaffer Ozak (formally: Sheikh Muzaffer Özak Âșkî al-Jerrahi) (1916 – 12 February 1985) was a Turkish Muslim spiritual author, imam, and the 19th Grand Sheikh of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order of Dervishes, a traditional Ottoman Sufi order based in Istanbul, Turkey.

He served the position from 1966 to 1985, becoming revered in Western countries because of his visits through Europe and the United States of America, where he celebrated public zikr ceremonies with his dervishes.

Ozak also ran a small shop in the historic book bazaar, Sahaflar Çarşısı, that still serves the community today.

Ozak's most prominent disciples and successors in North America were Tosun Bayrak, Lex Hixon, and Philippa de Menil.

Ozak's most prominent disciple and successor in Turkey was Ömer Tuğrul İnançer (1946–2022), who had been the 21st Grand Sheikh of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order since 1999 where he oversaw activities of the community from their three hundred year old tekke in Fatih, Istanbul.