Haji-Bektash complex

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Tomb complex of Haji Bektash

The Haji-Bektash complex ( Turkish: Hacı Bektaş Veli Külliyesi ) is a building complex in the Hacıbektaş district of the Turkish province of Nevşehir . It consists of a dervish lodge ( tekke or dergâh) and the mausoleum ( Türbe ) of the mystic ( Arabic ولي, DMG walī , Turkish veli , God friend ' ) Hajji Bektasch . He is considered to be the founder of the Islamic religion of the Alevis and namesake of the Bektashi community.

Due to Law No. 677 of the Turkish government under the state founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk , the building was secularized in 1927; two years earlier the world center of the Bektashi order was relocated to Albania . The complex has been used as a museum since 1964 and has been on the UNESCO tentative list as a world heritage site since 2012 .

In the 13th century, Hajji Bektash founded the dervish lodge. Through further modifications and additions, the building complex was given its present form, which essentially dates from the 16th century. The museum had a total of around 470,000 visitors in 2014 and is the sixth most visited museum in Turkey. With a Cem ritual approved by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Turkish Republic with a special permit, the first service took place in this tekke in July 2015 after 188 years.

Part of the Turkish unauthorized Star Wars adaptation Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam from 1982 ("Turkish Star Wars"), which is known among film buffs , was shot in the Hajji-Bektash complex; the Turkish “ Obi-Wan Kenobi ” serves here as the imam of the mosque and gives a speech to actor Cüneyt Arkın (in the film Murat ).

Web links

Commons : Hajjibektash Complex  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Act No. 677 of November 30, 1925 on the prohibition and closure of the orders of dervishes, monasteries and mausoleums, on the prohibition of the profession of mausoleums guardian and the management and award of certain titles, RG No. 243 of December 13, 1925.
  2. ↑ Haji Bektash Veli Complex. UNESCO , accessed July 27, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Hacı Bektaş Veli Türbesi (Nevşehir). General Directorate for Heritage and Museums, accessed July 27, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Hacıbektaş Müzesi. muze.gov.tr, accessed on July 27, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Top 10: Turkey's most visited museums. In: Hürriyet Daily News . November 10, 2014, accessed July 14, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Hacı Bektaş Veli Dergahı'nda 188 yıl sonra Cem töreni. CNN Türk , July 5, 2015, accessed July 7, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Aleviler İbadete Kapalı Olan Dergâhta Cem Töreni Yaptı. In: Milliyet . July 4, 2015, accessed July 7, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Turkish Star Wars - Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam on YouTube - from scene 56:45

Coordinates: 38 ° 56 ′ 34 ″  N , 34 ° 33 ′ 44 ″  E