KADIRGA ÖZBEKLER TEKKESİ

Kadırga, Fatih - İstanbul - Turkey

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The building which is known as “Ozbekler Tekkesi” is located across Sokullu Mehmet Paşa Mosque. It was built in the 17th century as an accommodation place for candidate pilgrims and traveler dervishes who came from Turkistan and who are members of Nakhshibendi denomination. The Muslims from Turkistan who set off for pilgrimage considered going to Istanbul to visit Eyup Sultan and the Ottoman Sultan, who was the caliph of Muslim world, as a duty.

The Buharra Özbekler Tekkesi has the primary function as an accommodation place for candidate pilgrims to Mekka and traveler dervishes from Central Asia. It was a tradition for those pilgrimes from Buharra, that they first goto Istanbul and get a written permition by the Sultan who was also the Kalif and then continue their pilgrimage.

The building is next to the Sokollu Mehmet Paşa Mosque, which in retrun has some peaces of the holy stone in the Kaba from Mekka, which had also an importance for the pilgrims. Hencewe can conclude that the holy stone was embedded in a distinct sacral environment.

The lodge, known as Buhara Ozbekler Tekkesi, was built by Istanbul district treasurer, Ismail Bey in 1692. Although the lodge began to turn into a ruin by the years passing, it was restored with the order of Sultan Abdulhamit II, in 1887.

Style of Architecture
The structure which was built by Defterdar Ismail Bey, attracts attention with its interesting architectural style by mixing classical plan schemas, European based construction techniques and some details which are related to the First National Architecture Trend. Also, Ozbekler Tekke has a completely unique architect style with decoration of facade. One of the most interesting parts of tekke is the minaret, built above the entrance, which is very rarely encountered in the history of Turkish-Islamic Architecture.

Influences on Social Life
Since it has been established, Ozbekler Tekke has played a big role between Ottoman Empire and Turkistan in diplomatic and cultural fields. The maintenance that the dervishes who were trained in Ozbekler Tekke served to Turkish language is a remark.

Period of Republic
During the Republic Period, the lodge served as a place for Turkestani students and for the poor. It also served as the headquarters of associations which were founded by Turkestani people. In 1925, after all lodges were closed, Ozbekler Tekke was not closed due to a special permission. Cultural and social activities were conducted here.

Turkistan Culture Association, which maintained its activities until 1943, was closed after that year. For years, Ozbekler Tekke did not serve as the headquarters of any Turkestani association; it was used only as a shelter for helpless, poor, and elderly Turkestanis. The roof, which was made of wood, burnt down in 1956; and has existed as a ruin to today.

The lodge is restored by the  Metropolitan Municipality during 2006-2008. Then it was put into disposal as a design center. Istanbul design centre is a design educating school, which was established in 2008.

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SULTANTEPE ÖZBEKLER DERVISH TEKKESİ

Sultantepe, Üsküdar - İstanbul - Turkey

GPS : 41°01'50.6"N 29°01'44.4"E / 41.030722, 29.029000



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The lodge, also known as Hacı Hoca Tekkesi, is located across from the large grove in Sultantepe. Abdullah Paşa who was the governor of Maraş, built this lodge and invited Sheikh Abdullah Efendi from Samarkand to come here. People from Bukhara and candidates for the pilgrimage, joining the "Sürre Alayı" in Üsküdar to go to Mekka, were accomodated in this dervish lodge of the Nakşibendi order.

One of the most important historical sites of the neighborhood is the Özbekler Tekkesi (Uzbeks' Dervish Lodge), first built in the 1750s for pilgrims from Central Asia, possibly on the place where such pilgrims traditionally pitched their tents. The tekke was run by the Naqshbandi order and was rebuilt in 1844. A part of the building still serves as a convent for whirling Mevlevî dervishes.

The Ozbekler Tekkesi, a dervish monastery, is located on a steep hill in the neighbourhood of Uskudar. The monastery belongs to an Uzbek Nakshibendi Sufi order. Today, the tekke is in the hands of Ethem Ozbek, the grandson of the last Sheykh of the order. The tekke was established by Hezarfen Seyh Ibrahim Efendi, the man responsible for bringing the art of calligraphy to Turkey from Uzbekistan.

In the past, Uzbeks on their way to the Haj would first come to Istanbul to pay their respects to the Caliph, that is, the Sultan who would give them symbolic permission to set out on their pilgrimage. Sultan Mustafa III presented the tekke in Sultantepe to the Nakshi Sheykh in recognition of this service.

When İbrahim Edhem Efendi, the most famous sheikh of the lodge, gave a handmade candlestick to the first secretary of the Sultan Abdülhamid had the lodge restored and built a workshop for handicrafts next to it. İbrahim Edhem Efendi trained talented young people in carpentry and iron-work here.

During the War of Independence, the lodge also acted as a secret logistic center that forwarded guns, ammunition and volunteers from İstanbul to Anatolia. İsmet İnönü, the poet Mehmet Akif, Halide Edip Adıvar and many more people stayed overnight in this lodge before setting out to Anatolia. It played a role in the Turkish War of Independence as a refuge and meeting place for members of the resistance, communications center, hospital, and weapons depot.

To the northeast of the lodge is the tekke's cemetery, which holds the graves of the tekke's shaykhs and others associated with the tekke. Among those buried there are Münir Ertegün, Nesuhi Ertegün, and Ahmet Ertegün. At the entrance to the cemetery is the tomb of Ali Rıza Efendi, about whom nothing is known except that he died at age 15. There is a graveyard that belongs to the lodge. To the left of the lodge there are ruins of foundations that date back to Byzantium.

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