Summary A summary of congresses is given below.
1st Congress The First National Congress of the Bektashi was held on 14–17 January 1921 at the tekke of
Prishta in the
Skrapar region. The name
Komuniteti Bektashian (Bektashi community) was adopted. Attendees also announced that the Bektashi were the first religious community in Albania to be free of foreign domination, hence breaking relations with the Bektashi in Turkey.
Kamber Ali and
Ali Baba of Tomorr (Baba
Ali Tomorri) helped organized the congress. • Baba
Ali Tomorri •
Abaz Hilmi Dedej •
Ali Kamber Prishta • Baba
Selim Gjirokastra (
Sulejman bey Delvina) of the Hajdërije
tekke of
Gjirokastra (b. 1884; d. 1932), a representative of the new Albanian government • Baba
Selim Gjirokastra • Baba
Ali Kamber Prishta • Baba
Ahmet Turani • Baba
Xhaferr Sadik • Baba
Abaz Hilmi 3rd Congress Following the exodus of the Bektashi Order to Albania from the newly formed
Republic of Turkey when
Atatürk's Reforms banned all
dervish orders in 1925, the Third National Congress of the Bektashi was held on 23 September 1929 at the tekke of Turan near
Korça.
Baba Zylfo of Melçan was the head of the congress. At the congress, the Bektashi declared themselves to be a religious community autonomous from other Islamic communities. They also declared the establishment of the
kryegjysh () and that the
Kryegjyshata would be their new headquarters in Tirana.
Kamber Ali was the head of the congress, and
Ali Baba of Tomorr also helped organized the congress.
5th Congress The Fifth National Congress of the Bektashi was held on 16 April 1950 at the
World Headquarters of the Bektashi in
Tirana. It was the last congress to be held during the
People's Socialist Republic of Albania.
6th Congress The Sixth Congress was held on 19–20 July 1993 at the
World Headquarters of the Bektashi in
Tirana. It was the first Congress held since the fall of Communism in Albania. At the congress,
Reshat Bardhi was elected as the
Kryegjysh of the Bektashi community. •
Baba Rexhebi •
Tomorr Aliko (
Sekretar i përgjithshëm i kryegjyshatës or
Secretary General) •
Hirësia e tij (
His Beatitude)
Anastas Janullatos •
Hafiz Sabri Koçi (
Kryetar i Komunitetit Myslyman or "Islamic community chairman") •
Imzot Rrok Mirdita • Dede
Reshat Bardhi •
Mother Teresa 8th Congress The Eighth World Bektashi Congress was held on 21 September 2005 at the
World Headquarters of the Bektashi in
Tirana.
9th Congress The Ninth World Bektashi Congress was held on 6 July 2009 at the
World Headquarters of the Bektashi in
Tirana. ==See also==