Turan Tekke

The temple in Turan village, 2km west of Korça along the road to Voskopoja, is where Bektashis meet and pray. The originally Persian Sufi order which is part of the Islamic mystic tradition considered blasphemous in many eastern Muslim countries, fled to Albania after Turkish leader Kemal Ataturk banned all Sufi orders in 1925. Bektashis are Muslims and believe in one God, but their liberal understanding of this is close to pantheism; Bektashis venerate the wider prophetic family and are noted for their tolerance of other faiths. The local leader is Baba Mondi Brahimaj.

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