Cappadocia Nevsehir

Haci Bektas

Haci Bektas Veli Dervish Convent and Kulliye:

is a famous Turkish - Islam intellect and thinker who lived in the 13th century. Having a brilliant and superior intellect and personality, Haci Bektas Veli had been initially educated in the culture society of the great Turkish intellectual and thinker Hodja Ahmet Yesevi, the patron saint of the Turkish lands and had attained the broad accumulation of knowledge and a wide understanding of the world in Horasan where numerous Turkish scientists had grown up.

After he had roamed every city and every village of Central Anatolia, he had founded a Belief and Education Center in Suluca Karahoyuk in order to preserve the Turkish traditions and customs and had educated numerous students. Also known as a patron saint in the Janissary society, Haci Bektas Veli had assisted to the obtaining of the Turkish-Islam Union in Anatolia.

Dervish Convent and Kulliye (Haci Bektas)

The Kizilca Halvet (suffering house) and its premises was constructed in 14th century by Haci Bektas Veli and attachments had been constructed in the following years. The Dervish Convent was restored in 19th century; the structure complex had been overhauled between 1959 - 1964 by the Charitable Foundations General Directorate and had been arranged as a museum in 1964.

Haci Bektas Veli Mausoleum (House of Saint - Haci Bektas)

The sides of the mausoleum had been composed of side by side three arched eyvan. The entrance to the House of the Saint is from a double door with iron bars under a great archway.

Kursunlu Mosque

Kulliye of Damat Ibrahim Pasha

The Kulliye was constructed by Damat Ýbrahim Pasha, who was from Nevsehir in 18th Century. The structure of Kulliye is composed of a mosque, a theological school, a library, a youth school, a charitable establishment and a bathhouse. The mosque which is located to the southeast of the Kulliye was constructed in the year 1726. The exterior part of the mosque displays a plain appearance while the interior sections are decorated with the embroideries reflecting the characteristics of the Tulip Period of the Ottoman Empire.