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    26 Some reflections on Giil Baba ‘Some refleetidns on Gal Baba ‘The summer of 1997 will mark indeed the history of Europe. it wil starting point of a new era in & democratic Europe where peace, ‘possibiliies between peoples of Europe and overall tolerance prevail background, ‘anew eras laid dowm in the summer of iba’ Trbe (Sepuchral chapel of he Ro dervish of Bektashi sector simply a ‘and friendship between peoples? Where di Tis of course up to the historians to shed more light to the legend Which has served as a worshipping place for muslims from time to (Christians. I reflects a period of Europian history when Turkish an lived together for almost 150 years. ‘Todsy Gil Baba’s Tlbe has become a syinbol of friendship bet ‘Turkey and Hungary. Just like the roses whic brings us from the depths of history, a message of love an ‘modest but quite & meaningful example of this desire already nation. ‘The tepulchral chapel of Gil Babs has to be a symbol of love, friendship and tolerance. This message is Tash an Hangin peoples ait has en forthe past 50 years, Europe. The more we diversify the areas of cooperation on bil basis, the beter the message of Gul Baba will be remembered, Ambassador Exuraordinary and The Giil Baba’s tiirbe in Budapest skish building situated on the easter slopes of Buda’s Rose Hillis lasting the rule of Ferdinand of Habsburg (1526-1564), from taking the city. On 29 fifteenth anniversary of the Battle of Mohécs, while the Padisha the widow of the deceased Hungarian king and her entourage just outside satis slowly arrived in the city and took possession of it. On the following religious service of thanksgiving held in the Church of Our tumed into a cémi and renamed after the conquering sultan, the ‘mentioned the name of Stleyman for the first time in his Friday thereby announcing to the country and to the world that Buda — and Which was being established under it — had become part of the Sultan's 1 ofthe following 145 years, Buda became markedly Balkan and Muslim streets of the city the conquering Turks and the Southern Slavs. ixed with Hungarians, Gypsies of Orthodox faith, men of Latins), Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews. The Buda garrison troops 86 to the royal palace, around the edge of Castle acks fr the janissaries were loceted in the area ofall by the towers of the numerous c&mi (the minar), which reached jes. Most of the cli and mosques were converted Christian churches. -mioved the Christian symbols, took out the pews and covered the cold stone decorative Turkish and Persian carpets. They formed the niche (mir, a jue. Thus, although he really was ‘Father Rose’, Gil Baba was not a ent natural rose. Instead, ish, the most 's monastery and of his order, who wore the rose of the superior on which indicated the direction of Mecea (kible) so that faithful M their daily prayers (namaz) to the Cente. To the right ofthe mihrab, was consuctt in the cAmi, and it was only here thatthe Friday services could be held. Servi not be held in the smaller Muslim temples, i., inthe mosques, which were used for prayers only. Apart from converting Christian churches into cémi, the con also cons:ructed a good number of new cdi and mosques. Elementary schools ‘Baba inthe contemporary sources. The first reliable report mentioning -venteenth century Turkish traveller, Evliya Chelebi. 120 years after beylerbeyi) took the lead in the construction work. The most important ‘was Mustafa Sokollu from Bosnia, who was a nephew of the grand vi including a bath that still stands Elisabeth Bridge. ‘Tradition has it that it was another pasha of Bi ich are two metres in length and 0.45 metres in height were placed one on erin the usual Turkish manner of construction, and were fixed together iy ay coe mpanry meee ee Hale bay co Wingras eae pee a coat Mask on? Chelebi sought out the holy 1 was overlaid with nts represent the twelve imam or the twelve letters present in the {ekke, The decvishes also use the word gil to designate the spherical for lpm and travellers, which was made system of foundations. Both the accounts of Evi least sixty dervishes lived in the tekke ‘number of the monastery's proper ties of the order located on Joseph Hill them. Although the trbe is mentioned as a ‘mentioned in a register ofthe cit registry the tirbe itself was survey was made of the bu ‘charged by the Turkish consul mausoleum set straight, | shall make new staircases, doors zntng ofthe permit to Lajos Grill, which he regarded as requested permission for various construction works oo. “apart fom proof which rested on baseless fairy tales’ there -onnection with The restoration and enhancement of the environment o! Giil Baba’s Tiirbe | first saw Gl Babe's Turbe in the late 1950's, when it was hiding in te co ‘sll sanding Vila Wagne, on the lope above Marit Bridge. The suroundings cf the hhouse were perfect for the exotic Turkish tomb: the courtyard was bordered gallery withthe terrace wall so near it almost touched the tirbe. ‘The building was restored to its original outline in 1962, following plans of ‘Egon Pfunrl. The tomb regained its typical shapes and forms of Owoman Turkish ‘with keel-ached apertures, and with a hemispherical cupola replacing the shingled “The restored tUrbe was in marked contrast to the increasingly crumbling villa The Vile Wagner wet demoed In th erty 1 ng 2.5 metre walls: despite a slope built up from the the house the aesthetic effect was somewhat dubious. A concrete-framed vic\ ‘was built onthe former ground floor of the villa where a litle rose-garden wit an interest in these developments, but all plans for resolving the environmental problems of the Gill Baba trbe remained only on paper. ‘By the beginning ofthe 1990's the physical condition ofthe tbe had significantly v4 3f the octagonal building became apparent and damp be detected in the walls. The external stone suriaces

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