Today, on the traditional day of the annual pilgrimage, the 194th anniversary of the tekke of Turan Korça is commemorated, a day which marks an important event for all Albanian Bektashism and in the world, as the fathers and dervishes of this tekke left traces in their activity, not only for Korça, but for all of Albania and beyond.
In the `30s, the Bektashi World Headquarters started operating in this tekke, with Grandfather Sali Niazi Dede. This tekke has a great history. It was founded by Salih Baba Elbasani. Many other fathers have served in this Bektashi facility, such as father Seferi, father Ademi, father Hajdari, dervish Filja, father Seit Leskoviku, father Pajua, dervish Hyseni. The tekke played an active role in the national renaissance until the liberation of the country. Here was held the third congress of the Bektashis in 1929, a congress which took important decisions. Here, on January 28, 1930, the Bektashi World Leader Sali Niazi Dede came and led from the Turan tekke until August 7, 1930. In the letter he sent to his myrshid, father Ali Naxhi Bajkali, in those last days of January 1930, after describing the journey to Albania from Saranda to Korça, he wrote, among other things:… “Going to Turan with twenty-five cars will remain an unforgettable and very precious memory for me. We will stay here for a few days and we will go to Tirana to get the order of the Grandfather ". With the establishment in the tekke of Turan-Korça, he started the intensive activity for the strengthening of Bektashism in Albania. This was accompanied by meetings with King Zog in February and the decree and decree by him, as the World Leader of the Bektashis in March of that year. Zog's government, respecting the will of the Bektashi clerics, by special decree appointed in March 1930 Sali Niazi Dedena, the World Leader of the Bektashis. This can also be seen in an archival document which reads: His Grace, Salih Niazi Dedes, Bektashi Leader ”. World Leader of the Bektashis. This can also be seen in an archival document which reads: His Grace, Salih Niazi Dedes, Bektashi Leader ”. World Leader of the Bektashis. This can also be seen in an archival document which reads: His Grace, Salih Niazi Dedes, Bektashi Leader ”.
On April 4, 1930, he organized the meeting of the Parents' Council taking into account the great needs of the organization and sent a Circular to the Bektashi Parental and Parent Centers of Albania. In seven points it is written about the appearance in the Supreme Court of the titles of the grandmothers and the names of the dervishes and fathers in their tekkes in detail, to follow the orders of the Quarter, in the appointment of the local council of each grandmother, for the best administration of the tekke property. exemplary discipline according to the teachings of Haxhi Bektash Veliu etc. A Statement of the Bektashi Parental Council was also prepared for all Bektashi believers of the people of Albania. Among other things, it states: “ This faith has always walked in the right path of God and has preached: righteousness, love, wisdom, liberty, discipline. "The Bektashi faith has tried to heal every kind of moral or spiritual wound that has brought great pain to the body of the nation from which it is being honored today." . The history of the Turan tekke is glorious. In this tekke, by the regime of the time, in 1943, father Zylfo was killed. The tekke was the center of Korça's Quarter (Korçë, Kolonjë, Bilisht, Pogradec).
The clerics who led the tekke are: Father Sali, father Hajdar Qencka, father Zylfo Vërleni 1940 killed in 1943 and dervish Nevrus Hoçisht, dervish Hajder Melcan, dervish Bektash Ishtip. In the years 1950-1955, grandfather Sabri Kalaja, dervishes Tahir Gërxhani, dervishes Bektash Nashkollari, dervishes Samit Zboqi, dervishes Shaqir Gërxhani, father Abdulla Çela 1963, grandfather Ramadan Metaj 1963-1965 .
In 1967, this tekke was closed by the monist state. It reopened in 1992. It was completely rebuilt in 2000 by the present-day Bektashi World Leader, His Holiness, Dede Edmond Brahimaj. After 1990, in this tekke 1990 were led by the clergy: dervish Barjam Çerçiz Ahmataj dervish Xhelal Resuli, dervish Sali Peti, father Mondi. Nuri Muçollari is the Quarter secretary.
Prepared by: Nuri Çuni
Kujtim Boriçi
