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Osman Nuri Topbaş
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “turkish sufi master and author who lives in istanbul”. Today it says “turkish sufi master and author”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Turkish Sufi leader”. It now reads “Turkish Sufi master and author”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Osman Nuri Topbaş (born 1942) is a Turkish Sufi master and author who lives in Istanbul , Turkey .1 He is the spiritual leader of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order based in Kadıköy , İstanbul .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “turkish sufi master and author who lives in istanbul”. Today it says “turkish sufi master and author”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Turkish Sufi leader”. It now reads “Turkish Sufi master and author”. Read the current article and compare.
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turkish sufi master and author who lives in istanbul
Now
turkish sufi master and author
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