Tomb· Yeşilova, Burdur

Niyazi Baba Türbesi

Niyazi Baba Türbesi is a tomb in Yeşilova, Burdur; The man buried in the tomb, named Niyazi Baba, was one of the saints of Khorasan who contributed greatly to the Turkification of Anatolia (Kalafat, 1999: 515).

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The man buried in the tomb, named Niyazi Baba, was one of the saints of Khorasan who contributed greatly to the Turkification of Anatolia (Kalafat, 1999: 515). According to tradition, Niyazi Baba first came to the Denizli region, then fell asleep exhausted in a village of the Tavas district of Denizli, leaving his dervish cloak there, which is why that village came to be called 'Hirka Koyu' (Cloak Village); he later came near the village of Solmaz, also in Tavas, where, because people treated him kindly, he said, 'May the pines you cut never wither...'

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