village of Teketo in Haskovo, BulgariaA tekke (from Turkish) is a word used to denote a Muslim monastic community, a monastery, usually a ritual complex of buildings, in which the central place is occupied by a seven-corner building called türbe - a tomb or a mausoleum (usually a symbolic one) of a Saint.
Osman Baba near the village of Teketo, Haskovo Municipality, is one of the four oldest, biggest and most famous tekkes in Bulgaria, alongside with the Demir Bebe tekke near the village of Sveshtari, Isperih Municipality; the tekke of Akyazili Baba in the village of Obrochishte, Dobrich Municipailty, and the tekke of Kademli Baba near the village of Sokol, Nova Zagora Municipality.
