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Tiled wall in the Haji Bektash Veli Complex, Hacibektas #209227087
Description
The Haji Bektash Veli complex (Turkish: HacñbektaÃ
Ÿ Külliyesi) is an Alevi Cultural Monument of the Republic of Turkey, located in HacñbektaÃ
Ÿ, Nevshehir province. It was built in the 13th century as a Teqe (dergâh) of the Sufi saint Haji Bektash Veli. After his death, his mausoleum was built here. After the European reforms of the founding father of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the exodus of the Bektashi order to Albania in 1925, the complex was closed declared as museum in 1964. The khanqa of the complex is thought to be the first "King type" khanqa in Turkey