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This article includes the biography of Cypriot Hürremzāde Mehmet Hakkı
Efendi, who grew up in Ottoman's scientific circles and performed many duties
in the fields of law, education and religion in Cyprus during the British
administration, and an introduction of his works.

The aim of the study is to introduce this personality, who is
particularly important for the religious, legal, and educational life of Cyprus
and about whom there isn't any research, to the academic circles in the
above-cited period.

In
the first part of the article, which consists of two main titles, the
environment which Hakkı Efendi was born into, his life, his education, his
duties and the problems of the Turkish Cypriot community of the time were
examined; and under the second title, the works he left behind were included.

During the examinations, it was understood that Hakkı Efendi had a serious
level of knowledge in the field of Islamic jurisprudence (Fiqh). In addition,
it was determined that the following works attributed to him were mentioned in
the sources: Canon case records as a product of judicial period, fatwas
belonging to the period of Fatwa Emini of Cyprus, translation of the work named
“Sirâciyye" which was accepted as the foundation of Islamic Law of
Inheritance.