What is Bektashi?
{{tone|date=July 2024}} {{Merge to|Alevism|date=July 2024}} [[File:Hakob Hovnatanian - Ali ibn Abi Talib.jpg|thumb|Portrait of [[Ali]]]] '''Bektashism''' ({{lang-sq|Tarikati Bektashi}}; {{lang-tr|Bektaşilik}}) is a [[Sufism|Sufi]] [[tariqa]]. Founded in the 13th century, its followers are located mostly in [[Turkey]] and the [[Balkan Peninsula]], including [[Albania]], [[East Thrace]], [[Kosovo]], [[North Macedonia]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], and [[Bulgaria]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://https/| title=The Bektashis: A Sufi community that still stands for tolerance despite a long history of persecution| date=11 June 2018| access-date=18 July 2024| archive-date=25 June 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625000000/https://https//udn.com/news/story/121424/4659358| url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Sufism]]