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Hacıbektaş

Nevşehir · Historic Sites

Miniature relief of Hacıbektaş
AI drawing · Open data

“Be master of your hand, your tongue and your loins.” This counsel, attributed to Hacı Bektaş Veli, has been on Anatolia’s lips for centuries. Three words; yet weighty enough to last a lifetime… When the man behind these words set out from Khorasan and settled in a village in the heart of Anatolia, did he ever imagine that this little place would one day bear his own name?