Ankara - Haci Bayram Camii and Haci Bayram Türbesi

Haci Bayram, founder of the Bayrami order of dervishes in Ankara, is revered as one of the country's holiest men. Active here around the turn of the 14th/15th century, he was pronounced a "veli" following his death in 1430. His tomb (open: Wed.-Sun. 8-11am, Mon.-Sun. 3-5pm) and the adjacent mosque (1427) which he endowed (adjoining the Temple of Augustus) are among the most visited places of pilgrimage in Turkey and the scene of much devotional activity. The türbe door and window frames are elaborately carved in the Early Ottoman manner. The beautifully ornate wooden doors are now in the safekeeping of the Ethnographic Museum.