Albania's Prime Minister wants to give a state and nationhood -- similar to the Vatican in Italy -- to a Muslim minority within the country.

“It is deeply meaningful that the path once taken by a Bektashi Dervish named Gul has now turned into a symbol of friendship ...

Emine Erdoğan’s diplomatic tour to Kyrgyzstan and Hungary, which focused on cultural diplomacy, highlighted Türkiye’s efforts ...

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama is considering granting sovereign state status to the world headquarters of Bektashism, a ...

Republican US presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump, at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, New York, October 27, 2024. BRENDAN MCDERMID / REUTERS New York made him, New ...

A screenshot of the ABC News-hosted presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in September 2024. Picture: Youtube screenshot of Wall Street Journal debate stream Half of the world ...

The Bektashi headquarters in Albania that the country intends to declare as an autonomous state like the Vatican. In a move that has garnered both intrigue and controversy, Albania’s Prime Minister ...

The pontiff tends to a billion-strong Catholic flock from the grandeur of Rome. The Bektashi World Centre, squeezed between an industrial estate and some fields being gnawed at by sheep ...

A spiritual and religious leader of the Bektashi Muslim sect, Baba Mondi, who is set to become the head of a new sovereign ministate planned by Albania, has expressed support for Israel in an ...

They are the work of the Devil. People who work in the ways of the Devil are not people.” According to the 2023 census, the Bektashi community in Albania consists of about 116 thousand declared ...

The mini state, whose territory will consist of around 0.1 square kilometers, is planned to be the “Vatican” of the Shi’ite Bektashi Sufi order. BABA MONDI, leader of the Bektashi sect of ...

TIRANA, Albania — Turkey’s president traveled Thursday to Albania’s capital to inaugurate a Turkish-funded mosque with 160-foot-high minarets as part of a trip to boost ties and discuss regional ...