Before the
secularization of Turkey in 1925, the
Haji Bektash Veli Complex in
Hacıbektaş, Turkey was home to the
pir evi (Turkish for "pir's house") of
Haji Bektash Veli, which served as the international headquarters of the
Bektashi Order.
Atatürk's 1925 ban on all
dervish orders caused the exodus of the
Bektashi Order to
Albania in 1925, and the complex was closed for religious use. As a result, the administrative seat of the Bektashi Order was shifted to the World Headquarters of the Bektashi in
Tirana, Albania in 1930. The construction of the headquarters was finished in 1941 during the
Italian occupation of Albania. The headquarters were closed in 1967, when Albanian Communist dictator
Enver Hoxha shut down all religious organizations. On November 1990, a temporary committee for the resurrection of the Bektashi Community was established in Tirana. Since that year, the new community has worked hard to revive the traditions of Bektashism in Albania. The World Headquarters in Tirana was officially reopened on 11 July 1992 on
Sultan Nevruz. On 21 September 2024, it was reported that
Edi Rama, the
Prime Minister of Albania, was planning to create the
Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order, a sovereign
microstate for the Order with the Bektashi Headquarters serving as the nation's only territory. ==Headquarters campus==