Terzibaba, whose real name was Muhammed Vehbi, was a man of the Sufi tradition known by that name — tailor father — because tailoring was his trade. He died in 1848 and was buried in the Kaledibi cemetery, the largest in Erzincan, and the cemetery was renamed after him.
The tomb is reached up four steps, and its entrance has a lead-covered canopy on two columns to keep off the rain. Inside it is plain, with no decorative elements, octagonal in plan under a flat covering, and the door and windows have crossed iron grilles. Of the two cenotaphs inside, the larger belongs to Terzibaba and the other to one of his closest disciples. Know what you are looking at: the tomb was ruined by a fire and rebuilt in reinforced concrete in the 1980s. The cemetery itself is built of cut stone in the Ottoman manner, and both tomb and cemetery are much visited. The tomb can be reached on foot from the city centre, by car, or by the minibuses that pass in front of it.
Getting there
- Access
- Within walking distance of the city centre; you can also come by car or on the minibuses that pass in front of it.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Erzincan as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -2.8 °C in January to 24 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (54 mm) and lightest in August (7 mm). Long-term means for 1928-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
