{"id":525,"date":"2025-10-07T03:26:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T00:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kirsehirses.com\/?p=525"},"modified":"2025-10-12T21:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T18:22:08","slug":"525","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kirsehirses.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/07\/525\/","title":{"rendered":"Refik Soykut: Ahili\u011fe Adanm\u0131\u015f Bir Davan\u0131n \u0130zinden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Refik Soykut: Ahili\u011fe Adanm\u0131\u015f Bir Davan\u0131n \u0130zinden<\/strong><\/p>\n

K\u0131r\u015fehir\u2019in manevi kimli\u011finde derin izler b\u0131rakan Refik Soykut, ad\u0131n\u0131 Ahilik gelene\u011fiyle \u00f6zde\u015fle\u015ftirmi\u015f, ya\u015fad\u0131\u011f\u0131 d\u00f6nemde hem k\u00fclt\u00fcrel miras\u0131n korunmas\u0131na hem de \u015fehir bilincinin uyanmas\u0131na \u00f6nc\u00fcl\u00fck etmi\u015f \u00f6nemli bir isimdir.<\/p>\n

K\u0131r\u015fehir\u2019de 1920 (1330) y\u0131l\u0131nda d\u00fcnyaya gelen Refik Soykut\u2018un dedesi Balkan Harbinde \u015fehit d\u00fc\u015fen Kola\u011fas\u0131 Fettah Efendi. Babas\u0131 ise K\u0131r\u015fehir\u2019de Evkaf memuru olarak g\u00f6rev yapan Abdullah Hilmi Beydir.<\/p>\n

\u0130lk ve orta \u00f6\u011frenimini K\u0131r\u015fehir\u2019de tamamlayan Refik Soykut, 1936 y\u0131l\u0131nda ba\u015flad\u0131\u011f\u0131 Kuleli Askeri Lisesini 1939 y\u0131l\u0131nda tamamlar ve Harp Okulunda Top\u00e7u Te\u011fmen olarak 1941 y\u0131l\u0131nda mezun olur.<\/p>\n

\u00dclkemizin de\u011fi\u015fik k\u00f6\u015felerinde ba\u015far\u0131l\u0131 bir subay olarak g\u00f6rev yapan Soykut, g\u00f6n\u00fcll\u00fc olarak 22 A\u011fustos 1950 tarihinde Kore\u2019ye gider. Kore 1. T\u00fcrk Tugay\u0131ndaki bu g\u00f6revi 24 Ekim 1951 tarihine kadar s\u00fcrer. T\u00fcrkiye\u2019ye d\u00f6n\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnde atand\u0131\u011f\u0131 Genelkurmay Ba\u015fkanl\u0131\u011f\u0131 Moral \u015eubesinde g\u00f6reve ba\u015flar. O d\u00f6nemde Ankara Radyosunda Ordu Saati<\/strong>\u00a0isimli programlar yapar.<\/p>\n

24 Nisan 1958 tarihinde Amerika Birle\u015fik Devletleri\u2019nde havac\u0131l\u0131k alan\u0131nda e\u011fitim alan Soykut, Ortado\u011fu Amme \u0130daresi kursunu da bitirir. Y\u00fczba\u015f\u0131 r\u00fctbesiyle Tuzla Hava Savunma Okulunda \u00f6\u011fretmenlik yaparken 27 May\u0131s 1960 ihtilali sonras\u0131nda Tuzla Belediye Ba\u015fkanl\u0131\u011f\u0131 g\u00f6revine atan\u0131r. Bu g\u00f6revini 11 Aral\u0131k 1961 tarihine kadar ba\u015far\u0131 ile y\u00fcr\u00fct\u00fcr.<\/p>\n

Tuzla Belediye Ba\u015fkanl\u0131\u011f\u0131 d\u00f6neminde halkla yak\u0131n ili\u015fki kuran Soykut, halk\u0131n kasaba temizli\u011fine kat\u0131lmas\u0131n\u0131 sa\u011flar, hatta e\u015finin evinin bulundu\u011fu soka\u011f\u0131 s\u00fcp\u00fcr\u00fcrken \u00e7ekilmi\u015f foto\u011fraf\u0131 5 A\u011fustos 1960 tarihli Hayat gazetesinde haber olur. Yine halk\u0131n deste\u011fi ve varl\u0131kl\u0131 insanlar\u0131n katk\u0131lar\u0131yla Tuzla\u2019ya 205 metrelik iskele yapt\u0131r\u0131r. 1 milyon 250 bin TL bedelli i\u015f belediye b\u00fct\u00e7esinden sadece 75 lira harcama ile yapt\u0131r\u0131l\u0131r ve iskele 26 A\u011fustos 1961 tarihinde hizmete a\u00e7\u0131l\u0131r. Bu hizmete \u00e7ok memnun olan y\u00f6re halk\u0131 Soykut\u2019un ad\u0131n\u0131 da \u201c\u0130skele Refik\u2019e\u201d \u00e7\u0131kar\u0131r.<\/p>\n

Tekirda\u011f Saray il\u00e7esinde Tabur Komutanl\u0131\u011f\u0131 yapan Soykut, 30 A\u011fustos 1963 tarihinde Albay r\u00fctbesi ile Hayrabolu Askerlik \u015eubesi Ba\u015fkanl\u0131\u011f\u0131na atan\u0131r. Bu g\u00f6revde iken Tuzla Belediye Ba\u015fkanl\u0131\u011f\u0131ndaki ba\u015far\u0131s\u0131 g\u00f6z \u00f6n\u00fcne al\u0131narak ba\u015fta Mustafa Karag\u00fcll\u00fc olmak \u00fczere K\u0131r\u015fehir ileri gelenlerinin y\u00f6nlendirmesiyle 12 Eyl\u00fcl 1963 tarihinde istifa ederek AP, CHP ve CKMP\u2019nin deste\u011fiyle ba\u011f\u0131ms\u0131z olarak K\u0131r\u015fehir Belediye Ba\u015fkan aday\u0131 olur. 17 Kas\u0131m 1963 tarihinde yap\u0131lan se\u00e7imlerde %48 oran\u0131nda oy alarak 27 Kas\u0131m g\u00fcn\u00fc resmen g\u00f6revine ba\u015flar.<\/p>\n

Belediye Ba\u015fkan\u0131 s\u0131fat\u0131yla Refik Soykut, i\u015fe h\u0131zl\u0131 ba\u015flar. \u015eehrin temizli\u011fine \u00f6nem verir, yeni imar plan\u0131 haz\u0131rlat\u0131r, yeni yollar a\u00e7ar, Ahi Evran Zaviye ve T\u00fcrbesinin etraf\u0131nda bir alan olu\u015fturmak amac\u0131yla yap\u0131lar\u0131 kamula\u015ft\u0131r\u0131r.\u00a0 Di\u011fer taraftan da en b\u00fcy\u00fck hayali olan Ahili\u011fi canland\u0131rmak ve K\u0131r\u015fehir\u2019in k\u00fclt\u00fcrel varl\u0131klar\u0131n\u0131 tan\u0131tmak i\u00e7in \u201cA\u015f\u0131kpa\u015fa\u201d isimli bir dernek kurar.<\/p>\n

Soykut\u2019un Ahili\u011fe ve Ahi Evran\u2019a kar\u015f\u0131 \u00f6zel bir ilgisi vard\u0131r. Kendi anlat\u0131m\u0131yla, Mara\u015f\u2019ta al\u0131\u015f-veri\u015f yapmak i\u00e7in girdi\u011fi bir d\u00fckkan\u0131n ya\u015fl\u0131 sahibi K\u0131r\u015fehirli oldu\u011funu \u00f6\u011frendi\u011fi Soykut\u2019a; \u201cPirimiz K\u0131r\u015fehir\u2019de ama ona sahip \u00e7\u0131km\u0131yor, t\u00fcrbesine bakm\u0131yorsunuz\u201d diye sitem etmi\u015ftir. Bunun \u00fcz\u00fcnt\u00fcs\u00fcn\u00fc ya\u015fayan Soykut, buldu\u011fu her f\u0131rsatta Ahi Evran ve Ahilikle ilgili bilgi toplar, Belediye Ba\u015fkan\u0131 olarak bu yolda yapaca\u011f\u0131 hizmetlerin hayalini kurar.<\/p>\n

Ne var ki, Belediye Ba\u015fkan\u0131 olarak her alanda \u015fehre hizmet etmeye \u00e7al\u0131\u015fan Soykut\u2019un tarafs\u0131z duru\u015fu ve disiplinli davran\u0131\u015f\u0131 birlikte yola \u00e7\u0131kt\u0131klar\u0131 bir\u00e7ok arkada\u015f\u0131n\u0131 rahats\u0131z eder. \u0130nand\u0131\u011f\u0131 de\u011ferlerden taviz vermek istemeyen Soykut, 12 Haziran 1964 tarihinde yazd\u0131\u011f\u0131 tek c\u00fcmlelik dilek\u00e7e ile Belediye Ba\u015fkanl\u0131\u011f\u0131ndan istifa eder. Ancak bu k\u0131sa s\u00fcrede yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar neticesinde Mustafa Karag\u00fcll\u00fc ve arkada\u015flar\u0131n\u0131n deste\u011fi ile ilk Ahilik kutlamas\u0131, 08 Haziran 1965 tarihli Havadis gazetesinin haberine g\u00f6re 9-10-11 Haziran 1965\u2019te ger\u00e7ekle\u015ftirilir. K\u0131r\u015fehirli esnaf, Ahilik de\u011ferleri ile yeniden bulu\u015fur. Ahili\u011fin, g\u00fcn\u00fcm\u00fczde devlet eliyle K\u0131r\u015fehir merkez olmak \u00fczere \u00fclke genelinde kutlan\u0131r hale evrilmesi bu \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131n neticesidir.<\/p>\n

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\u0130stifas\u0131ndan sonra Ankara\u2019ya yerle\u015fen Soykut, arkada\u015flar\u0131yla birlikte K\u0131r\u015fehir \u2018i Sevenler Derne\u011fini kurarak k\u00fclt\u00fcr el\u00e7isi olarak K\u0131r\u015fehir\u2019e hizmet etmeye devam eder. Refik Soykut\u2019un \u00e7abalar\u0131 yaln\u0131zca Ahilikle s\u0131n\u0131rl\u0131 kalmaz. K\u0131r\u015fehir\u2019in manevi mimarlar\u0131ndan biri olan Yunus Emre i\u00e7in de \u00f6zel \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar y\u00fcr\u00fct\u00fcr. Yunus Emre\u2019nin Ziyarettepe\u2019deki t\u00fcrbesine sahip \u00e7\u0131kar, onar\u0131lmas\u0131n\u0131 sa\u011flar, anmalar ve y\u00fcr\u00fcy\u00fc\u015fler d\u00fczenler. Halk\u0131n Yunus\u2019u tan\u0131mas\u0131, benimsemesi ve anlamas\u0131 i\u00e7in \u00e7e\u015fitli etkinlikler organize eder. O y\u0131llarda hem K\u0131r\u015fehir\u2019de hem de \u00fclke \u00e7ap\u0131nda Ahilik ve Yunus Emre adeta yeniden ke\u015ffedilir. \u0130lim meclislerinde, k\u00fclt\u00fcrel toplant\u0131larda, yay\u0131nlanan kitap ve dergilerde K\u0131r\u015fehir\u2019i k\u00fclt\u00fcr \u015fehri konumuna getiren Cacabey, G\u00fcl\u015fehr-i, A\u015f\u0131k Pa\u015fa gibi Alp-erenler konu\u015fulur yaz\u0131l\u0131r hale gelir.<\/p>\n

K\u0131r\u015fehir\u2019e duydu\u011fu aidiyet hissi o kadar g\u00fc\u00e7l\u00fcd\u00fcr ki, g\u00f6rev s\u00fcresince t\u00fcm y\u00f6neticilerle Ahilik ekseninde ortak \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar y\u00fcr\u00fct\u00fcr. Bu y\u00fczden K\u0131r\u015fehir halk\u0131 onu yaln\u0131zca eski bir belediye ba\u015fkan\u0131 olarak de\u011fil, Ahili\u011fe adanm\u0131\u015f bir g\u00f6n\u00fcl eri olarak g\u00f6r\u00fcr. Ona \u201cAhi\u201d unvan\u0131 verilir. Bu unvan\u0131n manevi a\u011f\u0131rl\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 daima ta\u015f\u0131r. Kaleme ald\u0131\u011f\u0131 yaz\u0131lar, kitaplar, yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 konu\u015fmalar ve k\u00fclt\u00fcrel etkinliklerle Ahili\u011fi bir halk bilimi olarak de\u011ferlendirmi\u015ftir.<\/p>\n

Refik Soykut\u2019un bu \u00e7abalar\u0131yla Ahilik yaln\u0131zca bir ge\u00e7mi\u015f hat\u0131ras\u0131 olmaktan \u00e7\u0131km\u0131\u015f, ya\u015fayan bir k\u00fclt\u00fcr haline gelmi\u015ftir. Bunca yo\u011funlu\u011fun aras\u0131nda, Kore Sava\u015f\u0131 an\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131 konu alan Kore\u2019de Ebedile\u015fen Kahramanlar, Orta Yol Ahilik, Ahi Evran, Esnafl\u0131kta Ahili\u011fe Yakla\u015f\u0131m, \u0130nsanl\u0131k Bilimi Ahilik, Emrem Yunus: Ahili\u011fi, K\u00fclt\u00fcr\u00fc, Yurdu<\/strong> gibi kitaplar\u0131 yay\u0131nlanm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r.<\/p>\n

O, \u00e7ok sevdi\u011fi askerlik hayat\u0131n\u0131, g\u00f6n\u00fcl verdi\u011fi bir k\u00fclt\u00fcrel davaya tercih etmi\u015f kendinden sonra gelenlere \u00f6rnek bir insan olmu\u015ftur. 2\u2019si erkek 1\u2018i k\u0131z 3 \u00e7ocuk babas\u0131 olan Soykut, 23 Aral\u0131k 1998 tarihinde Ankara\u2019da vefat etmi\u015f ertesi g\u00fcn Cebeci Asri Mezarl\u0131\u011f\u0131nda topra\u011fa verilmi\u015ftir. Soykut ile ilgili ara\u015ft\u0131rma yaparken telefonla arad\u0131\u011f\u0131m \u0130stanbul Yeni Y\u00fczy\u0131l \u00dcniversitesi \u00d6\u011fretim \u00dcyesi de\u011ferli hem\u015fehrimiz Erol \u00dclgen\u2019in Refik Soykut ile ilgili K\u0131r\u015fehir\u2019de Ahilik Bayram\u0131n\u0131 Ba\u015flatan Bir \u00d6nc\u00fc: Refik H. Soykut ve Ahilik K\u00fclt\u00fcr\u00fcne Katk\u0131lar\u0131<\/strong>\u00a0isimli teferruatl\u0131 bir makalesi oldu\u011funu \u00f6\u011frendim. Buradaki bilgilerin haz\u0131rlad\u0131\u011f\u0131m yaz\u0131 ile k\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck farklar d\u0131\u015f\u0131nda \u00f6rt\u00fc\u015ft\u00fc\u011f\u00fcn\u00fc g\u00f6rd\u00fcm.<\/p>\n

K\u0131r\u015fehir k\u00fclt\u00fcr\u00fcne ilgi duyanlar\u0131n zihninde Soykut\u2019un b\u0131rakt\u0131\u011f\u0131 izler hala tazeli\u011fini korumaktad\u0131r. Refik Soykut, bu topraklara yaln\u0131zca ad\u0131n\u0131 de\u011fil, de\u011ferlerini de emanet eden ger\u00e7ek bir K\u0131r\u015fehir sevdal\u0131s\u0131d\u0131r. Onu rahmet ve minnetle an\u0131yorum.<\/p>\n

Ar\u015fivimde rahmetli Refik Soykut\u2019la ilgili geni\u015f bir bilgi olmakla birlikte konuyu uzatmamak ad\u0131na yaz\u0131m\u0131 bir hususu ifade ederek bitirmek istiyorum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Malumunuz oldu\u011fu \u00fczere, Ahilik \u00d6d\u00fcl Y\u00f6nergesi gere\u011fince, her y\u0131l Y\u0131l\u0131n Ahisi, Y\u0131l\u0131n Kalfas\u0131, Y\u0131l\u0131n \u00c7\u0131ra\u011f\u0131 ve Y\u0131l\u0131n Yama\u011f\u0131na \u00f6d\u00fcl verilirken, Ahilik Hizmet \u00d6d\u00fcl\u00fc ve Ahilik Onur \u00d6d\u00fcl\u00fc de verilmektedir. \u0130lk y\u0131l Ahilik Hizmet \u00d6d\u00fcl\u00fc, KESOB Ba\u015fkan\u0131 Bahamettin \u00d6zt\u00fcrk\u2019\u00fcn talebiyle Mustafa Karag\u00fcll\u00fc \u2019ye, benim talebim ile de Galip Demir\u2019e verilmesi kabul g\u00f6rm\u00fc\u015ft\u00fc. 2007 y\u0131l\u0131 Ahilik T\u00f6renlerinde Mustafa Karag\u00fcll\u00fc plaketini bizzat al\u0131rken Galip Demir\u2019in t\u00f6renden k\u0131sa s\u00fcre \u00f6nce rahmetli olmas\u0131 sebebiyle plaketi o\u011flu Murat ve e\u015fi Nermin han\u0131ma takdim edilmi\u015fti.<\/p>\n

Yap\u0131lacak ilk Ahilik T\u00f6renlerine rahmetli Ahi Soykut\u2019un \u00e7ocuklar\u0131n\u0131n davet edilerek onurland\u0131r\u0131lmas\u0131, babalar\u0131 ad\u0131na Ahilik Hizmet \u00d6d\u00fcl\u00fc<\/strong> takdim edilmesi, Ahi Soykut\u2019a minnet duygular\u0131m\u0131z\u0131n ifadesi olacakt\u0131r.<\/p>\n

Yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131m ara\u015ft\u0131rmalarda K\u0131r\u015fehir\u2019de Refik Soykut ad\u0131na bir cadde veya sokak ismi bulunmad\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 tespit ettim. Belediyemizin hem K\u0131r\u015fehir Belediye Ba\u015fkanl\u0131\u011f\u0131 yapm\u0131\u015f hem de K\u0131r\u015fehir k\u00fclt\u00fcr\u00fcnde derin izler b\u0131rakm\u0131\u015f Refik Soykut\u2019un ad\u0131n\u0131 bir caddeye vermesi isabetli olacakt\u0131r, diye d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcn\u00fcyorum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Refik Soykut: Ahili\u011fe Adanm\u0131\u015f Bir Davan\u0131n \u0130zinden K\u0131r\u015fehir\u2019in manevi kimli\u011finde derin izler b\u0131rakan Refik Soykut, ad\u0131n\u0131 Ahilik gelene\u011fiyle \u00f6zde\u015fle\u015ftirmi\u015f, ya\u015fad\u0131\u011f\u0131 d\u00f6nemde hem k\u00fclt\u00fcrel miras\u0131n korunmas\u0131na hem de \u015fehir bilincinin uyanmas\u0131na \u00f6nc\u00fcl\u00fck etmi\u015f \u00f6nemli bir isimdir. K\u0131r\u015fehir\u2019de 1920 (1330) y\u0131l\u0131nda d\u00fcnyaya gelen Refik Soykut\u2018un dedesi Balkan Harbinde \u015fehit d\u00fc\u015fen Kola\u011fas\u0131 Fettah Efendi. Babas\u0131 ise K\u0131r\u015fehir\u2019de Evkaf […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kirsehir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kirsehirses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kirsehirses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kirsehirses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kirsehirses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kirsehirses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.kirsehirses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":542,"href":"https:\/\/www.kirsehirses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525\/revisions\/542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kirsehirses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kirsehirses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kirsehirses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kirsehirses.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}