[3][4] Following the Conquest, he moved to this valley rich with spring waters and established a tekke with his dervish murids.

[4] Canfeda Hatun, a noblewoman attendant of Sultan Murad III’s mother,[5] completed building a mosque in 1588 which bears her name.

[6] It is thought that the Sufi complex first fell into disuse, along with all other Bektashi lodges in and around Istanbul, with its closure following the Auspicious Incident of 1826.

The law for the closure of traditional institutions was passed on 30 November 1925 as part of Mustafa Kemal's reforms and revolutions.

[4] Religious institutions started to appear in public life along with the multi-party system following the 1950 Turkish general election.