Muzaffer Ozak

Muzaffer Ozak (aka: Sheikh Muzaffer Özak Âșkî al-Jerrahi) (1916 – February 12, 1985) was a Muslim cleric and the 19th Grand Sheikh of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order of Dervishes, a traditional Muslim Sufi order from Istanbul, Turkey. He was Grand Sheikh of the Order from 1966 to 1985. Ozak was well-known in Western countries because of his visits to Europe and the United States of America, where he celebrated public dhikrs with his dervishes. He is also well known in Turkey for his ilahis, Sufi religious hymns. Ozak also ran a bookstore in the Sahaflar Çarşısı in Istanbul.

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Muzaffer Ozak's most prominent disciple in North America was Tosun Bayrak. Muzaffer Ozak's most prominent disciple and successor in Turkey is Omer Tugrul Inancer Efendi (born 1946), who has been the 21st Grand Sheikh of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order since 1999.

Ozak's immediate predecessor as Grand Sheikh was Ibrahim Fahreddin (1885–1966), who was the 18th Grand Sheikh of the Order from 1914 to 1966. His immediate successor as Grand Sheikh was Sefer Dal (1926–1999), who was the 20th Grand Sheikh of the Order from 1985 to 1999.