On the left of the second courtyard of the Haji Bektash Veli Museum, is the Meydan Evi bearing the earliest inscription in the complex, dated 1367. The timber roof of the Meydan Evi - where formal initiation ceremonies and acts of confession took place - has been beautifully restored, showing an ancient construction technique still in use in rural houses in central and eastern Anatolia. It's now an exhibition hall containing objects of significance to the order, including musical instruments and a late portrait of Haji Bektash. apparently deep in mystical reverie, with a hart in his lap and a lion by his side. In the Meydan there are twelve posts and the Taht-i Muhammad. The exact center of the Meydan is called dar" (place of execution)."