Detail from the mosque in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevseh
Men praying int the mosque in the Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey. Normally Bektashi tekke's never have a mosque within the grounds of a tekke, monastery. In 1826 Sultan Mahmud the Second decided to close all the Bektashi Tekkes because the Janissary were all followers of Haji Bektash and several times had removed the sultan. Sultan Mahmud the Second has kept this tekke open because of his respect for Haji Bektash Veli but he ordered a mosque built in the tekke
Picture No
10643180
Media ID
44905372
Size
3744px x 5616px
(12.4MB)
Credit
© Bahar Aykac / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Bahar Aykac
Date
2012
