Haci Bektas Veli, The Ruler of the Pirs
There is a Hacibektas motif on the fountain, which is believed to be a healing water, and where people passing through the hole are relieved with its water, just across the Hole Stone.
The Whirling Dervish Ceremony, where other cemevi congregations gathered in Bagcilar Djemevi in the Hacibektas district of Nevsehir, was held on the carpets laid in the open area. After the ceremony, the carpets were removed by the congregation.
A family seeking healing among those who visit the tomb located in the Haci Bektas Veli Lodge. Prayers are read in the shrine room to find a solution to the health problems of their daughters.
There is a Hacibektas motif on the fountain, which is believed to be a healing water, and where people passing through the hole are relieved with its water, just across the Hole Stone.
2021
The 750th death anniversary of Sultan Haci Bektas-i Veli, the father of the name and inspiration of one of the most original and popular Sufi orders in Anatolia-centered Turkish geography, was included in the scope of UNESCO's commemoration ceremonies. 2021 was also the Year of Haci Bektas-i Veli in Turkey. In this context, annual visits to the commemoration of Haci Bektas Veli were made by Alevis from all over Turkey in August and September in the Hacibektas district of Nevsehir, where his grave is located. Visits were made, prayers were made, wishes were made, meals were cooked, Cem ceremonies were held. Practices and beliefs that may be considered superstitious by many people, but considered sacred by Alevis. Haci Bektas-i Veli is not only one of the most important figures that the Alevi - Bektashi communities regard as their spiritual leader, but also the father and inspiration of one of the most original and popular Sufi orders in the Anatolian-based Turkophone geography. Hacı Bektaş and many Sufi masters and dervishes who are considered to be his spiritual followers are fixtures of the narratives of the founding period of the Ottoman state, and the Sultan was accepted as the patriarch of the Janissaries. For these reasons, Haci Bektas and Bektashism have always attracted the attention of both researchers and the general public in Turkey. However, there are huge gaps and many vague and controversial points in our knowledge of the subject.