Halit Yuşa Hacıdervişoğlu

Whirling Dervish & Dhakir

He was born in Van in 1998. In 1999, his family moved to Istanbul, where he has lived ever since. From his early school years onward, he actively participated in various civil society organizations. After graduating from Maltepe Anatolian Imam Hatip High School, he enrolled in the Department of History at the Faculty of Humanities and Letters of Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University. During his undergraduate studies, he remained actively involved in non-profit and foundation-based activities. He contributed to research projects concerning Sadık Efendi Tekke in Üsküdar, taking part in archival studies and epigraphic readings of gravestone inscriptions. He completed his undergraduate degree in history in 2020 and continues to pursue academic and field-based work in the field of historical studies.