Yangin Var | There is a Fire | Music from the 1960 film | Yesilcam

An imam was preaching

An imam was preaching about the evils of alcohol and asked "If you put a pail of water and a pail of rakı in front of a donkey, which one will he drink from?" A Bektashi in the congregation immediately answered. "The water!" "Indeed," said the imam, "and why is that?" "Because he's an ass."^[13]

A Bektashi was praying in the mosque

A Bektashi was praying in the mosque. While those around him were praying "May God grant me faith," he muttered "May God grant me plenty of wine." The imam heard him and asked angrily why instead of asking for faith like everyone else, he was asking God for something sinful. The Bektashi replied, "Well, everyone asks for what they don't have."

A Bektashi was a passenger in a rowing boat

A Bektashi was a passenger in a rowing boat travelling from Eminönü to Üsküdar in Istanbul. When a storm blew up, the boatman tried to reassure him by saying "Fear not—God is great!" the Bektashi replied, "Yes, God is great, but the boat is small."

Bektasi Poet Yunus Emre

Yunus Emre, the most acclaimed poet of the Turkish language, is generally recognized as a subscriber to the Bektashi order.

A poem from Bektashi poet Balım Sultan is below:

İstivayı özler gözüm, (My eye seeks out repose,)

Seb'al-mesânîdir yüzüm, (my face is the 'oft repeated seven (i.e. the SuraAl-Fatiha),)

Ene'l-Hakk'ı söyler sözüm, (My words proclaim "I am the Truth",)

Miracımız dardır bizim, (Our ascension is (by means of) the scaffold,)

Haber aldık muhkemattan, (We have become aware through the "firm letters",)

Geçmeyiz zâttan sıfattan, (We will not abandon essence or attributes,)

Balım nihan söyler Hakk'tan, (Balımspeaks arcanely of God)

İrşâdımız sırdır bizim. (Our teaching is a mystery.^[12])

the Dawn over Al Aqsa | Kudus | Jerusalem | Dome of the Rock | Allah Hu |

Riding in Bodrum and listening to KRS One’s Rockstar Speech

Sev Dedi Gozlerim | My Eyes Say Love | Orhan Gencebay (1972) (Project no...

Damn Trains Dialogue | For A Few Dollars More | Prophet and Manco

Soundcloud - Kadehgar Guzelim

https://soundcloud.com/benoak

Welcome the Coming

“Welcome the coming, but speed the parting”

The Dead

“The Dead travel fast”

Water Sleeps

“Water sleeps, however the enemy is sleepless”

Bodrum Kumbahce, Filmed from Above and Kadir Misiroglu’s Muhamed Name Sp...

Blowing Vent with Happy Faced Balloon & a speech by Ahmet Simsirgil abou...