Biography of Bediüzzaman Said Nursi | PART TWO ( THE NEW SAID ) | 381
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The case of Bediuzzaman and his students at Denizli had been sent to the Appeal Court in Ankara on the Prosecutor's demanding the acquittals be quashed. The Appeal Court however had upheld the just decision of the Denizli judges, reaching their unanimous decision on 30 December,1944. This decision was arinounced on 15 February,1945. Thus, with all these legal delays it was not till 29 June,1945, that the Denizli lawyer acting for Bediuzzaman, Ziya Stinmez, was able to collect Bediuzzaman's books and copies of the R isale-i Nur. Hafiz Mustafa then brought them to Emirdag to hand over to Bediuzzaman.i2
Legally there was no obstacle now for the publication and free distribution of the Risale-i Nur. In addition, since the Denizli trials, the demand for it had greatly increased. All over Turkey people were seeking the Risale-i Nur. It was at this point while Students in the Isparta and Kastamonu areas, Denizli and other places were working llat out writing out by hand copies of the Staff of Moses and Zülfikar, and other parts of the Risale-i Nur, that in 1946 or '47 the Çelebi's and other Risale-i Nur Students in İnebolu bought one of the first duplicating machines to come to 'Ibrkey. When it was seen that this was successful, Tahiri Mutlu came from Isparta to see it and then returned there via Istanbul, where he bought a second one. These two machines gready facilitated the spread of the Risale-i Nur. The machines were bought and run by the Students, who with considerable sacrifice, pooled their resources, and were later finaneed from the sale of the books produced. They were used for the one a half to two years till the arrests preceding the Afyon trials and imprisoriment at the start of 1948.
The main parts of the Risale-i Nur to be duplicated on these machines by the Students were, The Staff of Moses, Zülfikar, The Illuminating Lamp, The Ratifying Stamp of the Unseen, A Guide for Youth, and The Short Words. In addition to these collections were thousands of copies of other parts of the Risale-i Nur and the numerous letters Bediuzzaman wrote his students at this time directing these activities and on various subjects. At the same time, the writing out by hand both of these collections. others parts of the Risale-i Nur and Bediuzzaman's letters continued at full pace.

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