appropriate parts, and later return them to the newspaper seller. With the coming to power of the Democrat Party some six months after Bediuzzaman returned to Emirdag, the restrictions on his movements were theoretically lifted and that year, in addition to sharing the joy of the whole country on the ban on the Arabic call to prayer being lifted, so too he was able to join the congregation in the Carsi Mosque for the teravih prayers each of the thirty nights of Ramazan.
On the Democrats winning the elections on 14 May ,1950, Bediuzzaman sent the following telegram to the new President, Celâl Bayar:

"To: Celâl Bayar, President of the Republic.
"We offer our congratulations. May Almighty God afford you every success in the service of Islam, and the country and nation.
"In the name of the Students of the Risale-i Nur, and one of them,
"Said Nursi"

To which he received this reply:

"To: Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Emirdag.
"I was exceedingly touched at your cordial congratulations and offer my thanks.
"Celâl Bayar"

While Bediuzzaman had since his days in Kastamonu attached the greatest importance to guiding the young and the numbers of Risale-i Nur Students in their youth and early youth had steadily grown, in the early nineteen fifties there was a striking increase in their numbers - and in the importance of the role they played in the work of the Risale-i Nur. In fact, in many respects these last ten year’s of Bediuzzaman's life may be seen as directing and training