Kızıl Deli Sultan tekkesinin XVII-XVIII. yüzyıllardaki durumu

Kızıl Deli Sultan (Seyyid Ali Sultan) Dervish Lodge is located within the borders of Greece today. Kızıl Deli Sultan, who also participated in the conquests of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans, established his dervish lodge in Dimetoka. Kızıl Deli Sultan made a significant contribution to the Islamization and Turkification of the Balkans. That's why he was called the "Conqueror of Rumelia". Due to its usefulness, Kızıl Deli Sultan Lodge was given properties and exemptions by the Ottoman Empire. The Kızıl Deli Sultan Dervish Lodge continued its activity in the 17th and 18th centuries. Kızıl Deli Sultan Lodge is one of the important centers of Balkan Bektashism in these centuries. As a matter of fact, Kızıl Deli Sultan Lodge was visited by many dervishes and fathers in the Balkans. In addition, in some Bektashi lodges, due to the current conditions, a rule was introduced that the sons or dervishes of the Kızıl Deli Sultan should serve as postnishins. As in every lodge, there were changes in staff at the Kızıl Deli Sultan Lodge due to various reasons (death, abuse of office, etc.). In these centuries, Kızıl Deli Sultan Lodge had considerable wealth. As a matter of fact, the lands and small cattle herd owned by the lodge were indicators of this. Although issues that may cause conflict with different groups have arisen from time to time over the Properties of the Lodge, these problems have been resolved within the framework of legal rules. The exemptions of the Kızıl Deli Sultan Lodge were approved at regular intervals and updated by the administrators of the period. XVII. In the Avarız books kept in the middle of the century, the sons of the Kızıl Deli Sultan were also recorded. In this study, the activities of Kızıl Deli Sultan Dervish Lodge, its importance in terms of Balkan Bektashism, its inner workings, legal problems with its environment and the children of Kızıl Deli Sultan are mentioned.