Galip Hasan Kuà ÂçuoÃÂlu (27 March 1919 â 14 December 2013) was the sheikh of Galibi Sufi order.
Kuà ÂçuoÃÂlu was born on 27 March 1919, in ÃÂorum, Turkey. He is related to the famous Sage of Fatih Sultan Mehmet era, namely Ali Kuà Âçu who is a descendant of Caliph Omar. Galip Kuà ÂçuoÃÂlu has also kinship relation to the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his maternal kinship relation to Caliph Ali. He spent his childhood and adolescence in ÃÂorum and Samsun. He dropped out of school as his father who was managing a Turkish bath in ÃÂorum needed someone to help him. He realized that he was not tuned in to a life of immobility and left working with his father to be an apprentice to a carpenter. He soon became a carpenter and married the sole daughter of Sheikh ÃÂorumlu Hacñ Mustafa Anac who was the successor of Sheikh Ali Ahñskavî, the sheikh of his mother and father. He migrated to ÃÂankñrñ and soon to Ankara in 1948. He gained an expertise in carpentry, and earned his family's keep by working as a famous craftsman and tradesman in the Carpenters' Bazaar in Ankara. He is also a founding member of the Ankara Carpenters Association (Ankara Marangozlar DerneÃÂi) and Ankara Carpentry Complex (Ankara Marangozlar Sitesi).
Sheikh Galib Kuà ÂçuoÃÂlu is the successor of Sheikh Hacñ Mustafa Yardñmedici who is, in turn, the successor of Seyyid Ali Sezai Kurtaran, who was the active leader of civil resistance against the French occupation forces and Armenian military forces in Maraà  during the Turkish War of Independence. The meeting of Galip Kuà ÂçuoÃÂlu with his Sheikh Hacñ Mustafa Yardñmedici is very interesting. As Mr. Kuà ÂçuoÃÂlu narrates, this meeting occurred after a period of yearning and waiting for his unknown spiritual guide (Murshid).
In 1949 he had sworn an oath of allegiance to the Qadiri and Rifai Shaikh Haji Mustafa Yardñmedici, the caliph of Sayyid Shaikh Ali Sezai Kurtaran who is also known as "the Conqueror of Maraà Â". In 1956 on the BaraâÂÂah night, he was given the spiritual guidance duty and became a sheikh after his own sheikh made it public.
In 1989 he was given the position (i.e. maqam) of al-ghawth al-aâÂÂzam during Umrah and in 1993 he announced that the title of Pir was given to him. He said Galibi Order is the 13th order in Muhammadian Sufism and is the only one branching out of the combination of Qadiri and Rufai orders.
During his last years, he gave two ratifications (i.e. ijazah) from his order to Master Haji Ali Yetkinà Âekerci on 15 March in 2011 in Antalya and to Master Haji Atñf UzunömeroÃÂlu on 19 January in 2012 in Istanbul.
He wrote the following books: âÂÂThe Brotherhood We NeedâÂÂ, âÂÂTasawwuf and the Dhikr of AllahâÂÂ, âÂÂMetaphysics 1âÂÂ, âÂÂMetaphysics 2âÂÂ, âÂÂThe Mercy Drops of Modern Age: From the Divine Compassion to the Divine WisdomâÂÂ, âÂÂTasattur, Hijab and Adab in the QuranâÂÂ, âÂÂThe Handbook of Makarimul Akhlaaq (The Honorable Morals) and Al-Tariq al Mustaqim (The Straight Path) for Galibi Dervishes in Charge, and Islamic Tasawwuf PrinciplesâÂÂ, âÂÂThe Hadj Guideâ and âÂÂErudite Remarks and Experiences Compiled from Ahl al HalâÂÂ. In his books and religious talks Kuà ÂçuoÃÂlu stressed the necessity of being contemporaneous. He adored technological advancement if used for the common good of humanity. He was for democracy and republicity. He was fond of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in his mission of revolutionizing a backward country. He was for secularism and human rights if it means respecting religious rights as well. His religious perspective encompasses the whole humanity and unites them in believing in one omnipotent creator, Allah. He states that if one believes that there is no god but Allah, s/he is a muslim, according to the Quran. The sharias, religious laws that are sent down to David, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad are not separate religions like Judaism, Christianity and Islam. There is only one religion which is Islam and all the prophets are prophets of Islam. Those who follow the prophet Moses should be called Jewish Muslims; those who follow the prophet Jesus should be called Christian Muslims and those who follow the last prophet, Muhammad should be called Muhammadian Muslims only if they all believe in Allah. He emphasized the brotherhood of the ahl al kitaab (the People of the Book) and underlined the damage that has been inflected upon humanity due to the religious exclusivism.
Kuà ÂçuoÃÂlu died on 14 December 2013, in Antalya.