Akbaba, Istanbul

Akbaba, is a neighborhood in Beykoz district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. It is home to the türbe of (Akbaba Mehmed Efendi or Akmehmet Efendi in short), a Bektashi sufi baba who participated in the Conquest of Constantinople and was a mentor of Ottoman Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror (reigned 1444–1446, 1451–1481). Following the Conquest, he moved to this valley rich with spring waters and established a tekke with his dervish murids. The tekke was last revived by the Naqshbandi Shaykh Abdulhakim Efendi of Bukhara between 1876-1889.

Akbaba, Istanbul

Akbaba, is a neighborhood in Beykoz district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. It is home to the türbe of (Akbaba Mehmed Efendi or Akmehmet Efendi in short), a Bektashi sufi baba who participated in the Conquest of Constantinople and was a mentor of Ottoman Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror (reigned 1444–1446, 1451–1481). Following the Conquest, he moved to this valley rich with spring waters and established a tekke with his dervish murids. The tekke was last revived by the Naqshbandi Shaykh Abdulhakim Efendi of Bukhara between 1876-1889.