Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen

Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen
President of the Directorate of Religious Affairs
In office
30 June 1960  6 April 1961
PresidentCemal Gürsel (acting)
Preceded byEyüp Sabri Hayırlıoğlu
Succeeded byHasan Hüsnü Erdem
Personal details
Born
Omar Nasuhi (عُمر نصوحى)

1883
Erzurum, Erzurum Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died12 October 1971 (aged 87–88)
Ankara, Turkey

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. He is known for his expansive work on a concise manual on Islamic faith, worship and ethics called The Big Book of Islamic Catechism (Büyük İslâm İlmihali).