Haji Bektash Veli Complex

The Haji Bektash Veli complicated is an Alevi Cultural Monument of the Republic of Turkey, positioned in Hacibektas, Nevshehir province. It become built in the 13th century as a Teqe of the Sufi saint Haji Bektash Veli. After his dying, his mausoleum was constructed right here. After the European reforms of the founder of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and the exodus of the Bektashi order to Albania in 1925, the complex turned into closed d as museum in 1964.

The khanqa of the complex is idea to be the very first "King kind" khanqa in Turkey. Nowadays it is nevertheless visited through hundreds of lots of Alevis, Bektashis or even Sunnis Muslims from Turkey, Albania and the Turkish diaspora in Europe and the Americas alike. Large fairs are held here every August. Since 2012, the Haji Bektash Veli complex is at the World Heritage Sites Tentative listing of the UNESCO. This is very lovely vacationer spot.