gave him mine, and we broke the fast in that way. We performed the evening prayers together. In Ilgaz I left Hoja Efendi and went to work, but a while later they arrested me and sent me to Denizli. They still had not brought Hoja Efendi there when I arrived. When the friends in the prison asked me anxiously if I had seen Ustad Hazretleri, I remembered the verse he had got me to write in the bus on the way to Ilgaz. I got it out and read it to them and related what had happened on the journey. It was a powerful consolation for them and they were very pleased. [^222]

[^222]:Şahiner, Said Nursi, 338-340.

Assigned to accompany Bediuzzaman from Kastamonu to Isparta was a non-commissioned gendarme officer called İsmail Tunçdoğan. He noted that on reaching Ankara, he and Bediuzzaman put up at a hotel in the Samanpazarı district. [^223] Soon after arriving, in a manner entirely outside the normal course of events, Bediuzzaman was summoned by the governor of Ankara, Nevzat Tandoğan. There followed an incident which if it had not been for the appalling disrespect shown to Bediuzzaman, would have been quite simply ludicrous. This unhappy man, who was one of the notables of the Republican People's Party and for seventeen years was governor of Ankara, had summoned Bediuzzaman in order to force him to take off his turban and put on the 'official' peaked cap. Needless to say, he was not successful. Bediuzzaman told him: "This turban only comes off with this head!" [^224] In addition to the gendarme officer, who noted that Bediuzzaman came out of the office carrying a peaked cap, the incident was witnessed by Bediuzzaman's student from İnebolu, Selahaddin Çelebi, who had been arrested in Ankara some days previously, and was taken after Bediuzzaman to the Government Building. He described it like this:

[^223]:İsmail Tunçdoğan, in Son Şahitler, iii, 101.

[^224]:Nursi, Emirdağ Lahikası, ii, 19.

It was a hot day towards the end of Ramadan. I was at the door of Nevzat Bey's office. The officials brought Bediuzzaman and went into the governor's office together. Then the officials came out and the door was closed. The sound of angry voices came from inside. Then a bell rang and a servant went in and then came out again. At that point, Bediuzzaman said angrily to Tandoğan: "I represent your forefathers. I live in seclusion. The dress laws may not be enforced against those living in isolation. I don't go out. You brought me out by force. I hope you pay for it!" The servant then returned carrying a twenty-five kuruş peaked cap and went into the governor's office. [^225]

[^225]:Şahiner, Said Nursi, 340-1.