Dishes you should try in Hacıbektaş: Hacıbektaş Mantısı (handmade dumplings), Arabaşı Çorbası (thick chicken and flour soup), Aşure (Ashure, sweet grain dessert) and Hacıbektaş Tava. This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Hacıbektaş is famous for.
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Prepared by stuffing small pieces of hand-rolled dough with minced meat and boiling them. Served with garlic yoghurt and a butter sauce.
A thick soup made with chicken broth and flour, the traditional flavour of Hacıbektaş's winter tables.
Prepared with wheat, chickpeas, dried beans, dried fruit and walnuts, aşure is traditionally cooked in Hacıbektaş, especially during the month of Muharram, and distributed to neighbours.
It appears in Hacıbektaş Municipality's 'Our local dishes' list.
These dishes are known throughout Nevşehir province; see the provincial food guide for details.
A kebab with a registered geographical indication, cooked in a clay jug that is broken open at the table.
A bun with a registered geographical indication.
A simit with a registered geographical indication.
Held every year from 16 to 18 August, the commemorative ceremonies draw hundreds of thousands of Alevi-Bektashis from Türkiye and around the world to Hacıbektaş. Semah performances, concerts and cultural events last for three days.
As the centre of the Alevi-Bektashi faith, Hacıbektaş keeps alive the philosophy of 'loving people'. Hacı Bektaş Veli's teaching 'Own your hand, your tongue and your waist' carries a universal message of peace.
Hacıbektaş is known for 4 local dishes, above all Hacıbektaş Mantısı (handmade dumplings), Arabaşı Çorbası (thick chicken and flour soup), Aşure (Ashure, sweet grain dessert) and Hacıbektaş Tava. Prepared by stuffing small pieces of hand-rolled dough with minced meat and boiling them. Served with garlic yoghurt and a butter sauce.
Hacıbektaş is known for Hacıbektaş Mantısı (handmade dumplings), Hacıbektaş Stone (Onyx) and Hacı Bektaş Veli Commemoration Ceremonies. Its best-known sights include Hacı Bektaş Veli Museum and Complex and Hacıbektaş Archaeology and Ethnography Museum.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Hacıbektaş include Hacıbektaş Stone (Onyx) and Hacıbektaş Pekmezi (grape molasses).