Garip Dede Tomb
About the Person:
- Garip Dede is regarded as one of the Anatolian saints in the Alevi-Bektashi tradition.
- He lived in the 16th century and is also remembered with a mythical identity among the communities belonging to the Alevi-Bektashi belief system.
- According to the Alevi-Bektashi belief, it is said that he was the companion of the famous dervish Gül Baba, whose tomb is in Hungary. It is said that he lived in the 1600s and lived a long life, dying at the age of 102.
About the Tomb:
Construction Year 1995
Ordered by: Nurettin Şen
Architect: Unknown
Prominent Features:
- Originally a plain tomb in the 16th century, it was turned into a tomb in 1995 and became not only a visiting point but also a belief centre.
- First, a small cemevi was added next to the tomb, and then a new dervish lodge building was built, with the ground floor serving as a soup kitchen and the upper floor serving as a cemevi.
- Today, the Garip Dede Lodge is one of the four main centers that form the Alevi Associations Federation, together with the Karacaahmet, Şahkulu Sultan and Erikli Baba lodges.
- Unlike the other three lodges, it is a new generation Alevi lodge that has no Bektashi lodge before.
- It is a place of pilgrimage and has spiritual importance for the Alevi community.
