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The Sufi Lodge was founded in Akbaba Village immediately after the conquest of Istanbul.
The Sufi Lodge functioned with a Bektashi Sufi Lodge identity; it was closed in 1826 during the process of the abolition of the Janissary Corps.
After 1826, the Sufi Lodge was transferred to the Naqshbandiyya order.
The Sufi Lodge was revived between 1876 and 1889 by Sheikh Abdülhakim Efendi of Bukhara.
In 1925, the function of the Sufi Lodge came to an end with the closure of the Sufi lodges and zawiyas.
There is no information about the first Sufi Lodge structure.
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The Sufi Lodge is also referred to in the sources as “Akbaba Sultan Sufi Lodge.”
The founder of the Sufi Lodge, Akbaba Sultan Mehmed Efendi, was among the Ni’me’l-ceyş. This title means Blessed Army and is used for the soldiers who took part in the Conquest of Istanbul out of reverence for the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad.
The Sufi Lodge building that survives today is a single-storey wooden zawiya rising on a masonry basement; it consists of a small tevhidhane and a two-room harem section.
The entrance of the tevhidhane is on the garden side, while the entrance of the harem section is on the street.
