Haji Bektash Veli complex
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The Haji Bektash Veli Complex (Turkish: Hacıbektaş Külliyesi) is an Alevi religious site located in Hacıbektaş, Nevşehir 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.
Before the secularization of Turkey in 1925, the complex was home to the pir evi ("pir's house") of Haji Bektash Veli, which served as the international headquarters of the Bektashi Order.
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