Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey

Guvenc Abdal Turbesi (Tomb of Guvenc Abdal), (Haci Bektash) at Hac?bektas, formerly Karahuyuk, a town and district of Nevsehir Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. Haji Bektash Veli was a Persian Islamic mystic, humanist and philosopher who lived approximately from 1209-1271 in Anatolia. He is the eponym of the Bektashi Sufi order and is considered as one of the principal teachers of Alevism. The entire complex was restored by the Turkish Cultural Ministry and opened to the public as a museum in 1964

Alevi Arabic Aykac Baba Bahar Balim Bektash Bektashi Bektasi Capadocia Dedebaba Dervish Forty Haci Haji Kirklar Koran Meydan Meydani Mistic Nevsehir Spiritual Sufi Turbe Veli

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