The Bektashi world headquarters in Tirana

AUG 11 2023

The Bektashi world headquarters in Tirana

The seat of the Bektashi order, whose leadership moved from Anatolia to Tirana in 1930 after the Turkish republic banned the dervish lodges. Suppressed in 1967, the order re-established itself here after 1990.

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