HACI BEKTAŞ VELİ

Sufi (b. 1210, Nişabur - d. 1270, Sulucahöyük village). He came from Khorasan to Anatolia and settled in first Amasya, Kırşehir, Kayseri, then Sulucahöyük Village. It was said that he lived in the same age with Mevlana and belonged to Baba İshak (1240) who was killed as being revolted to Anatolian Seljuks. His grave is in the district being named as Hacıbektaş after his death. Every year, the ceremonies are organized in the memoir of him in August.

The poems whether he wrote or were dedicated to him are the main sources of Alewi-Bektashi literature. Besides, Hacı Bektaş Veli had two valuable works on Sufism named Makâlât (Speeches, in Arabic, translated into Turkish by Prof. Esat Coşan, 1987) and Fevâid (Useful Advices).