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 "label": {
  "ar": "أحمد محمود أونلو",
  "en": "Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü",
  "ur": "احمد محمود اونلو"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "واعظ وحافظ وكاتب تركي، وُلد في إسطنبول سنة 1965، تدرّب على يد محمود أوستا أوسمان أوغلو في جماعة إسماعيل آغا النقشبندية، وذاعت دروسه ومحاضراته عبر الكتب والتلفزيون ويوتيوب، وغادر جماعة إسماعيل آغا سنة 2024 وشارك في تأسيس جماعة جديدة تحمل اسم شيخه.",
  "en": "Turkish preacher, hafiz and writer, born in Istanbul in 1965. He was trained by Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu within the Naqshbandi İsmailağa community, and his lessons and talks spread through books, television and YouTube; in 2024 he left the İsmailağa community and co-founded a new community named after his teacher.",
  "ur": "ترک واعظ، حافظ اور مصنف، جو 1965 میں استنبول میں پیدا ہوئے۔ انہوں نے نقشبندی اسماعیل آغا جماعت میں محمود استا عثمان اوغلو سے تربیت پائی، اور ان کے دروس کتابوں، ٹیلی ویژن اور یوٹیوب کے ذریعے پھیلے؛ 2024 میں انہوں نے اسماعیل آغا جماعت چھوڑ کر اپنے شیخ کے نام پر نئی جماعت کی بنیاد رکھی۔"
 },
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 "tags": [],
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 "span": {
  "earliest": 1965.1566425046374,
  "latest": 1965.1593804116126
 },
 "display": {
  "start": {
   "edtf": "1965-02-27",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "day",
   "status": "historical",
   "derived": false,
   "note": "Date and place (Çarşamba, Fatih, Istanbul) from the English and Turkish Wikipedia articles, which agree.",
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 "data": {
  "names": [
   {
    "value": "Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü",
    "kind": "full"
   },
   {
    "value": "Cübbeli Ahmet Hoca",
    "kind": "alternate"
   }
  ],
  "gender": "male",
  "roles": [
   "preacher",
   "writer"
  ],
  "born": {
   "edtf": "1965-02-27",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "day",
   "status": "historical",
   "derived": false,
   "note": "Date and place (Çarşamba, Fatih, Istanbul) from the English and Turkish Wikipedia articles, which agree.",
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   ]
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  "faith": [
   {
    "value": "sufi",
    "basis": "documented",
    "note": "Settled on attested personal practice in a living Sufi tradition. The Turkish article's text records that he was specially trained by Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu in the lodge known as the İsmailağa branch of the Naqshbandi order, and the Güncel Oku biography independently records the same personal training by Ustaosmanoğlu, a leading figure of the Naqshbandi order; the English article's lead likewise says he studied under Ustaosmanoğlu. The English infobox's Hanafi and Maturidi entries are structured data and were not used, and his former office in the community was not used.",
    "sources": [
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "English and Turkish Wikipedia 'Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü' (copies read on 30 August 2026) and the Güncel Oku biography, checked 4 November 2026. No student_of edge is written to Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu because no person record for him exists in the museum. Platform reach (about 1.71 million YouTube subscribers, VidMaestro, 14 May 2026) is recorded in the prose as a dated platform figure.",
   "generated_by": "Muse (Muse Wonder)",
   "run": "modern-figures-wave-189b"
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  "status": {
   "review": "published",
   "generated_by": "Muse (Muse Wonder)"
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "أحمد محمود أونلو، المعروف بلقب «أحمد ذو الجبة»، واعظ وحافظ وكاتب تركي، وُلد في 27 فبراير 1965 في حي جارشمبا بمنطقة الفاتح في إسطنبول{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-tr}. تدرّب على يد محمود أوستا أوسمان أوغلو في جماعة إسماعيل آغا، وهي فرع الطريقة النقشبندية الخالدية في تركيا{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-tr}{cite:gunceloku-ahmet-mahmut-unlu}، وذاعت دروسه عبر الكتب والتلفزيون وقناته على يوتيوب التي تضم نحو 1.71 مليون مشترك بحسب أرقام مايو 2026{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "النشأة والتكوين",
     "markdown": "وُلد أونلو لأبوين يديران مصنعا، وأصل أسرته من بخارى استقر في غورله بغريسون{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}. لُقّب منذ طفولته بـ«أحمد ذو الجبة» لحبه ارتداء الجبة، وهي الرداء التقليدي الذي ما زال يلبسه في ظهوره{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}. تلقى تعليمه الديني في مدرسة مسجد إسماعيل آغا حتى الحادية عشرة بتدريب خاص من أوستا أوسمان أوغلو{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-tr}، وبدأ الوعظ في كبرى مساجد إسطنبول كياووز سليم وقاسم باشا وهو في الثانية عشرة{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "المسيرة",
     "markdown": "أسس أونلو سنة 1990 وقف الفاتح للعدل والخدمة، واشتهر بسهرات الحديث والدعاء الجماعية التي بثتها قناة لاله غول لاحقا، وبمؤلفات وعظية كثيرة بالتركية{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}. يقدّم دروسه اليوم عبر قناته «جبة لي أحمد هوجا» على يوتيوب وعبر منشوراته على إنستغرام وإكس، ويخاطب جمهورا محافظا واسعا في تركيا والجاليات التركية{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "المواقف والنقد",
     "markdown": "تُروى المواقف هنا كما تنقلها المصادر، وهي أقوال أصحابها لا حكم المتحف. سُجن أونلو وحُكم عليه بالسجن سنتين وسبعة أشهر على خلفية تصريحاته بعد زلزال غولجوك سنة 1999{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}. وفي سنة 2024 غادر جماعة إسماعيل آغا بعد رفضه زعامة حسن كيليتش خلفا لأوستا أوسمان أوغلو، فأعلنت الجماعة في 27 مارس 2024 انقطاع علاقته بها{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-tr}، ثم شارك في 16 أبريل 2024 في تأسيس «جماعة المجدد محمود أفندي حضرتلري» التي يقودها مع مصطفى إرين أوغلو{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-tr}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "الأثر والجمهور",
     "markdown": "يُعد أونلو من أكثر وعاظ تركيا المحافظين انتشارا على المنصات، بنحو 1.71 مليون مشترك على يوتيوب بحسب أرقام المنصات في مايو 2026، وهي أرقام منصات تتغير باستمرار ولا يقدّمها المتحف وقائع ثابتة{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "- {cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}\n- {cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-tr}\n- {cite:gunceloku-ahmet-mahmut-unlu}"
    }
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   "updated": "2026-11-04"
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  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü, known as Cübbeli Ahmet Hoca (\"Ahmet the Robed Hodja\"), is a Turkish preacher, hafiz and writer, born on 27 February 1965 in the Çarşamba quarter of Fatih, Istanbul{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-tr}. He was trained by Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu within the İsmailağa community, the Turkish Khalidi branch of the Naqshbandi order{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-tr}{cite:gunceloku-ahmet-mahmut-unlu}, and his lessons spread through books, television and a YouTube channel of about 1.71 million subscribers in figures of May 2026{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Upbringing and formation",
     "markdown": "Ünlü was born to factory-owning parents, and his family, of Bukharan Turkic origin, had settled in Görele, Giresun{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}. He was nicknamed \"Ahmet in the robe\" from childhood for his love of wearing the cübbe, the traditional robe he still wears in public{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}. He received his religious education at the İsmailağa Mosque madrasa until the age of eleven, with special training from Ustaosmanoğlu{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-tr}, and began preaching in Istanbul's great mosques, such as Yavuz Selim and Kasım Paşa, at the age of twelve{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Career",
     "markdown": "Ünlü founded the Fatih Hak ve Hizmet Vakfı foundation in 1990, and became known for hadith evenings and collective prayer gatherings later broadcast by Lalegül TV, and for many devotional books in Turkish{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}. Today he teaches through his \"Cübbeli Ahmet Hoca\" YouTube channel and his posts on Instagram and X, addressing a broad conservative audience in Turkey and the Turkish diaspora{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Positions and criticism",
     "markdown": "Positions are reported here as the sources give them; they are their holders' statements, not the museum's verdict. Ünlü was imprisoned and sentenced to two years and seven months in prison over his remarks after the 1999 Gölcük earthquake{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}. In 2024 he left the İsmailağa community after refusing the leadership of Hasan Kılıç, Ustaosmanoğlu's successor; the community announced on 27 March 2024 that he no longer had any tie to it{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-tr}, and on 16 April 2024 he co-founded the \"Müceddid Mahmud Efendi Hazretleri Cemaati\", which he leads together with Mustafa Erenoğlu{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-tr}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Impact and audience",
     "markdown": "Ünlü is among Turkey's most widely followed conservative preachers on the platforms, with about 1.71 million YouTube subscribers in platform figures of May 2026 — platform figures that change constantly and are not presented by the museum as fixed facts{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "References",
     "markdown": "- {cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}\n- {cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-tr}\n- {cite:gunceloku-ahmet-mahmut-unlu}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "احمد محمود اونلو، جو «جبہ لی احمد خوجا» کے لقب سے مشہور ہیں، ترک واعظ، حافظ اور مصنف ہیں، جو 27 فروری 1965 کو استنبول کے فاتح علاقے میں پیدا ہوئے{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-tr}۔ انہوں نے نقشبندی سلسلے کی اسماعیل آغا جماعت میں محمود استا عثمان اوغلو سے خصوصی تربیت پائی{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-tr}{cite:gunceloku-ahmet-mahmut-unlu}، اور ان کے دروس کتابوں، ٹیلی ویژن اور یوٹیوب سے پھیلے؛ مئی 2026 کے اعداد کے مطابق ان کے چینل کے تقریباً 17 لاکھ سبسکرائبر ہیں{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "سفر اور علیحدگی",
     "markdown": "انہوں نے گیارہ برس تک اسماعیل آغا مسجد کے مدرسے میں تعلیم حاصل کی اور بارہ برس کی عمر میں استنبول کی بڑی مساجد میں وعظ شروع کیا{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-tr}{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}۔ 1999 کے زلزلے پر اپنی تقاریر کے باعث انہیں قید کی سزا ہوئی{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}۔ 2024 میں انہوں نے اسماعیل آغا جماعت چھوڑ دی اور اپنے شیخ کے نام پر نئی جماعت «مجدد محمود افندی حضرتلری» کی بنیاد رکھی{cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-tr}۔"
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     "heading": "حوالہ جات",
     "markdown": "- {cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-en}\n- {cite:wikipedia-ahmet-mahmut-unlu-tr}\n- {cite:gunceloku-ahmet-mahmut-unlu}"
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