Ziyaret
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Ziyaret is the Turkish term for a place of pilgrimage. It literally means 'meeting'. It seems to be derived from Ziyarat
Ziyarat
Ziyārah is an Arabic term literally means "visit", used to refer to a pilgrimage to sites associated with Muhammad, his family members and descendants , his companions, or other venerated figures in Islām, such as the Prophets, Sufi saints and Islāmic scholars...

, a Persian term for an Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

ic pilgrimage, which itself is derived from the Arabic Ziyarah.

There are many ziyaret in Turkey -- however, the secular government has strongly discouraged open displays of Muslim piety. The ziyaret have either been turned into museums, or closed.
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